Archives for November 2007

The Robot Guitar you Play

November 13, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Robot Guitar from Gibson
Gibson presents the Robot Guitar. However, it does not play it’s self. You play it. The guitar is a limited edition (10 per store) which has a unique feature in that it tunes it’s self. You will notice the times on stage when guitarists are tuning their guitars, or having several around so they do not have to spend time tuning on stage. With the flick of a switch the guitar can now tune it’s self and be ready in seconds rather then spending time your self tuning it.

Not a bad idea. I personally need a guitar that plays for me too 🙂

Via: Gibson

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Natural Wave Radiator Heater

November 13, 2007 by Leave a Comment

radiator-heater
The radiator is common in a number of homes in the UK and make your home nice and warm. However, the radiator heater is designed for the older version radiators which you see in older buildings. It rests on top and fits in the grooves of the radiator. You can then place a drink and cakes on to the plate which in turn, warms them up. Unfortunately you do not see too many of the older radiators around though. If they could design one for the newer slim versions then that would be cool.

Via: UberGizmo

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Folding Personal Sauna

November 13, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Folding Personal Sauna
Not everyone has the space for a sauna in their home or garden. With the IronMan Elite Folding Carbon Pro Sauna you can now squash it up to 1/4 of it’s set up size. This allows for compact storage of the sauna when not in use. Inside the sauna is a CD/Radio sound system with a digital control panel. To get the sauna to work you just plug it in to a regular 110V wall socket and you are ready to go.

Available from Costco for $2499.99.

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

There is no G-Phone

November 13, 2007 by Leave a Comment


There is no g-phone from what Google now tell us. Rather then a G Phone you will be seeing Android which is a software stack for mobile phones including an operating system. By using the Android SDK, developers will be able to create their own software. Android sets all applications equal, meaning that you can get rid of the dialler, change the home screen etc… and make the phone very customised.

The video demonstration above shows various apps such as maps, streets, Quake, a 3D earth. The whole system looks great and very promising. To generate interest in Android, Google are giving away $10M to developers in a challenge to create great apps.

For more details check out Android.

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Cool Camera Tripod

November 13, 2007 by Leave a Comment

gorillapod
The Gorillapod is a cool tripod with flexible gripping legs which allow it to be wrapped around many items and placed on almost any surface. Three different sizes are available with the strongest being able to support a 3kg SLR camera. Costing £15 – £45 depending on size you get a cool little and portable tripod.

Via: Crave

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

TomTom High Definition Traffic

November 12, 2007 by Leave a Comment

TomTom HD Traffic
The announcement came today from TomTom of a new HD (high def) traffic service which is initially available in the Netherlands. The service will cover about 10 times the amount of roads that regular TomTom traffic covers which will allow for far better route planning and alternative routes to more accurately be created.

The service uses anonymous GSM signalling which comes via a SIM card for Vodafone. The first unit to ship will be the TomTom ONE XL HD Traffic available in NL in November followed early next year in the UK.

I have used the TomTom traffic before and although it was impressive with some of the routing around the congestion, I often wondered about routing on smaller roads. The HD version should cover a lot more and make journeys even smoother.

Via: Pocket-Lint

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

eMail Enabled Digital Photo Frame

November 11, 2007 by Leave a Comment

eStarling eMail Wi-fi Photo Frame
The eStarling digital photo frame is a tad different to your average photo frame. It has wi-fi, but the unique part of the frame is the ability for it to pick up images from emails or from RSS feeds. This allows you to email photos from anywhere in the world and then the pictures in the email will show up automatically on the frame. An example could be where your frame is on a wall at your grandma’s house and you and the family are on holiday. So that granny can keep up with what is happening on holiday you just email photo’s to her photo frame. Let’s just hope that no spam reaches the mail box.

The next unique feature of the eStarling frame is web based access allowing you to control what photo’s appear on the frame where ever it is in the world. If you do not want family shots then connect it up to flikr with phrases such as “cool Japanese robots” and the frame will automatically download and display a flikr stream of jap robots.

When receiving the photo frame you connect it to your PC via a USB cable. This allows you to configure the wi-fi connection and connect it up to your own network. Once this part is done you do not need the USB cable anymore except when reconfiguring the wireless settings and IP information.

Security for email is also available where you can assign the digital photo frame it’s own email address (something random at your domain.com) and then configure it to only receive emails from particular email addresses should you wish.

Storage on the digital photo frame is either a compact flash or SD card.

To be honest, it looks like one killer photo frame with a lot more fancy features then the rest. Of course, a lot of people are content with just the one picture on the wall. Should you like to mess around and change the scenery then this could be for you.

3 versions of the frame are available which are 2 at 7″ which display 480 x 270 pixels and an 8″ version at 800 x 600 pixels. The difference between the 2 7″ frame is that one has an external wi-fi antenna.

Prices range from $149.99 – $269.99.

Filed Under: Displays

Nokia N95 Nokmote

November 10, 2007 by 1 Comment

N95 Accelerometer
The Nokia N95 has a built in accelerometer. To make use of this, a company in France has created some software called Nokmote which allows you to control the N95 by tilting it left, right, up or down. To skip through menu’s you just flick it to the left or right and then push the phone quickly away from you to select the item. The software is not just for menu’s though. It also allows you to play games, browse through photo albums and control the media player. With the video being in French I have no clue what was actually said, but do check out the game when attached to the screen as the N95 can be used like a Wii Controller which is cool.

What I would like to see (if it’s not already there) is certain shakes and twists quick launching applications. Such as a tilt right to create a new SMS and a twist right to open up your address book etc…

The software will be available in December at Bysamir.

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Fukadasi Mirror

November 10, 2007 by Leave a Comment

fukadasi_mirror
The fukadasi is apparently the name of the bubble which is used in a lot of cartoons to express feelings or sayings. I never knew it actually had a name. Anyway, the fukadasi mirror goes on your wall and is programmable to say what ever you want. If you do not like someone then program it to say so.

Via: Yankodesign

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Visuals USB Gauge

November 10, 2007 by Leave a Comment

visuals_usb
Over clocking PC’s is serious business. Parts can be expensive and you need to make sure you do not over heat the thing, or have a lack of power. Getting the most out of your power supply is also needed. The Visuals USB gauge provides real time readouts on what is happening right now inside your PC. The gauge supplies information on wattage consumption, temperature and fan speed of the PSU. As the name suggests, it connects to a USB port on your PC. To switch between various modes you just hit a small button on the face of the device.

Via: OhGizmo and Technabob

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Remote Control Moon in my Room

November 9, 2007 by 1 Comment

Personal Bedroom Moon
This moon is remote control and sits in your bedroom on the wall. The moon has light sensors built in which allow it to switch on when it gets dark in the room. The light show the moon cycling through 12 lunar phases. The moon is also true to life with a detailed moonscape. The moon for your room will set you back $29.95 from Discovery.

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Nokia N82 Comparison

November 8, 2007 by Leave a Comment

nokia-n82-compares-with-n95
The N82 from Nokia has some fairly impressive specs such as a 5 mega pixel camera with Xenon flash. Connectivity is plentiful too with HSDPA, Wi-fi, Bluetooth A2DP and GPS. The phone compares to the N95 in specs but is not a dual slider (or single slider) and has a keypad on the front face. We are expecting to see an official announcement about the phone in December.

Via: PMPToday

Filed Under: Cell Phones