Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
The Lunar Lander game kind of reminds me of them grabber games in the arcades where you need to pick up a teddy bear. This version has a lunar lander module attached to the arm which you need to carefully control till you land on a specified target. A number of old school instruments and dials let you know if your moving too fast and what speed etc…
The game is based around an ATMEL AVR microcontroller and uses an Arduino board to connect it to a USB port, via serial to a PC. [Read more…]
SPOT is a Satellite GPS messenger that alerts authorities of your exact location in times of emergency. It is 30% smaller then previous models from the company.
The device sends a signal to a GEOS International Emergency Response Centre every 5 minutes when you activate the system. When the signal is received at GEOS they in turn, work out where you are and alert the correct people to come and find you. [Read more…]
The Spy Kite is a kite that’s equipped with a digital camera allowing you to grab pictures of the ground from 80 feet in the air.
The camera is secured to the underside of the kite and can be pre programmed to capture images at 15, 30, 60 or 90 second intervals. [Read more…]
We’ve seen a bunch of fridge magnets recently including some other Mario Fridge Magnets. This new version comes in the form of a Mario Item Block that Mario head-buts to get powerups from in game.
The set includes 1 item block box and a couple of coin magnets to stick it to the fridge. [Read more…]
NAVIGON are soon to be releasing their iPhone satellite navigation app. This app will also be subscription free which is always a bonus. NAVIGON includes maps of the USA and Canada (not Mexico) and comes in the form of a 1.29GB download.
Both landscape and portrait modes are available and the maps are shown in a 3D view. Multi-touch zoom by pinching the screen is also possible. [Read more…]
We recently received a USB Battery Charger to take a look at. This version is different to the USB Cell that we wrote about a few years back in that it’s a charging unit that you put batteries in rather then the batteries themselves housing a USB connector.
The USB charger only takes 1 type of battery that is a 1500mAh capacity 1.2V NiMH (Nickel-Metal Hydride). 2 of these batteries come supplied with the unit and when using the charger, both batteries must be inserted in the charging unit. [Read more…]
It seems like YouTube is venturing in to 3D and following the general trend for this year hoping that 3D will be here to stay. This past weekend they began experimenting with 3D videos. The engineer responsible for the tests was actually using his “20% time” that google gives to employees to experiment and try new things out.
Videos can be viewed in various ways by using various strings on the end of the URL. These include yt3d:enabled=true to enable the view mode, ytd3:aspect=3:4 to set the aspect ratio, yt3d:swap=true to switch over the left and right sources of the encoded video. [Read more…]
These cool looking eyes 
The cool eyes are called the Animated Ominous Eyes and are illuminated to provide a sinister gaze as visitors come to your house at night. The eyes also blink to add to the eerie effect.
The eyes adhere to a window with the built-in suction cups, set up in your yard with the included lawn stakes, or hang in bushes, and can be set to blink slowly or project a fixed, ominous stare. Using electroluminescent technology (the same backlighting used in automotive instrument panels), the pupils and eyelids project a bright red glow that is clearly visible day or night.
The ace little RC helicopter can be charged by the USB port on your PC or Laptop. It is made of a light weight metal and has a gyroscope system inside that helps with stability when flying.
It’s a perfect office gadget and one well worth buying should you get some spare time to fly it around the office when you have nothing better to do. [Read more…]
It’s not often we mention Lemmings here at gadgetvenue. Actually, I can’t even recall a time when they have been mentioned at all, and yet they were part of a huge game back 20 years ago or so. Now they have returned in craft form as crochet lemmings. [Read more…]
The SimBook is an object that blends old technology with new technology. In this case we see an old address book shaped to look like a modern SIM card from a mobile phone.
The SimBook looks great and allows you to manually write down, with a regular pen, all your friends names, phone numbers and notes about them. [Read more…]
If you have suffered with loss of memory and cannot get your valuables out of your family safe that is hidden behind your mirror then don’t worry as a bloke named Carlos has created a safe cracking contraption that will sit on your safe going through every possible combination till the safe is cracked open. At least, that is the idea for now.
The reason Carlos created this gadget was because he found a safe at home and spotted that others had tied to rip it open unsuccessfully and rather than taking a drill to it he thought he’d build a robot to do it for him. Unfortunately the safe cracker didn’t have a strong enough motor to turn the dial, so this will come back in V2 of the cracker. [Read more…]
