If you are one of the unfortunate ones to be trapped in a car at some stage in your life then perhaps this tool could be a life saver depending on the situation. It’s called the ExiTool and attaches to a seatbelt which can be quickly detached if stuck in an awkward situation.

The device has a sharp blade within that can be used to slice open a seatbelt if needed. [Read more…]

Addictaball is the UK version of what the US call Superplexus. It’s a handheld puzzle game that requires you carefully manoeuvre a ball bearing around a 360 degree puzzle along a pre determined track.

Addictaball comes in two different sizes with the larger one measuring 19cm in diameter and the smaller, 13cm that’s aimed to be an on the road type game (obviously not while travelling as it’s hard enough sitting still to navigate the ball around the maze).

it takes serious hand-eye co-ordination to steer your ball through Addictaball’s handily numbered sections (138 sections for the large, 100 for the small). We guarantee you’ll be cursing this unputdownable sphere’s devious nature and pulling faces worthy of a champion gurner in under a minute

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Sony have announced 12 new full HD TV’s in their Bravia range, some of which are 3D TVs. The Sony Bravia LX900, HX900 and HX800 series are each backlit by LED and have full 3d HDTV capabilities with those attending the press event describing them as being “beautiful”.

Interesting features of the LX900 series include a new Intelligent People Sensors mode that uses a built in camera on the TV to detect were viewers are sitting in the room and the system adjusts the sound to match their location. As well as dealing with sound the Intelligent People Sensors also adjusts brightness in that it can detect when the viewer just has the TV on in the background rather than directly watching it… in these cases the picture will dim to save power. When it detects that no viewers are in the room the TV will automatically switch off to again, save a bit more power. Lets just hope that Sony have got this right!!! [Read more…]

Vers have created another wooden case. This time the case is built for the Apple iPad that will be launching next month on April 3.

The casing costs $80 and is set to be launched soon and aims to protect your iPad from general knocks and scrapes from carrying it around. The Vers Wooden iPad case is top loading. Inside it’s soft allowing protection for the iPad while the outside is made from wood and bamboo. [Read more…]

The USB Power Station is designed to give your mobile phone batter a boost when you are away from a regular power source. The device can hold up to 5000mAh of battery storage that can charge a mobile phone, MP3 player or any other electrical gadget while on the move.

The Power Station has a couple of USB ports allowing up to two phones to be charged simultaneously. With a 5000mAh battery built in it allows for a regular phone to be charged 2 – 3 times or more depending on the capacity of the phone battery you have (usually between 1000mAh and 1500mAh).

The USB unit measures 110 x 70 x 16mm and weighs just 152g making it quite small and handy to carry around. [Read more…]

Honda have been working away at creating a new product called the Honda Driving Simulator that aims to bring a more realistic simulator for drivers to learn in.

The driving simulator has 3 large LCD displays that give a wide view of the road ahead. The software on the system allows various weather and day/night conditions to be created.

The simulator was designed for driving schools to purchase it allowing students to practice on a more realistic computer before going out on the road. [Read more…]

By using Lego, a camera, photoshop and some imagination xxxfancypantsxxx, a user at YouTube, has created this cool looking Lego stop motion animation called Lego – The Force Unleashed.

The animation was part of a challenge to see who could make the best lightsaber duel. The special effects such as the lightsabers and blaster effects were done in Photoshop while the rest of it was done 1 frame at a time moving Lego men around and capturing every single change. The video is shown below… [Read more…]

Sony have announced a new GPS unit designed for bike users. The device is called the Sony NV-U34 and is more rugged than a traditional satnav unit allowing it to be used in all weather conditions.

The unit is quite small measuring 112 x 17.8 x 79mm and weighs 176 grams. It has a 3.5 inch QVGA screen that is also touchscreen displaying 320 x 240 pixels. The software built in allows for both 2D and 3D navigation. A specifically designed handlebar mount is also available allowing it to be securely attached to a bike.

Storage wise it has 8GB of memory built in which can be increased by using Memory Stick Duo cards. [Read more…]

Hornby, the train set makers, have created Hornby Digital Sound that brings locomotive noises to each individual train. The old system made it’s sounds from a single box located near the model railway tracks, but now each train that has the Hornby Digital Sound system built in has it’s own speaker that can emulate sound far better.

The trains also have a system built in that can change the sound effects as they travel around the track. If the train goes through a tunnel then the noise will be more echoed just like it would should a full sized train go through a tunnel.

Several new trains have the new Hornby Digital Sound system already installed which includes the LNER Herring Gull class A4 that costs £234.99. Others include the Diesel Electric Class 50 Illustrious that costs £209.99 and finally the Diesel Electric Class 60 The Hundred of Hoo that costs £209.99. Various models are available at Amazon that also are a little cheaper in price. [Read more…]

Roots and Wings Co have created a detailed tutorial that gives all the steps you need on how to make your own soap bars that look like bricks of Lego.

The mold that created the bricks was made of urethane and was shaped around actual Lego bricks. By attaching the real Lego bricks to a surface and building up surrounding walls it allows the liquid urethane to be poured and left to set. Once the mold is created it allows for soap to be poured and again left to set creating some colourful Lego soap bricks. [Read more…]

There isn’t much information about this Nintendo Gameboy ring around the internet. That said, it appears to be made of clay (possibly) and from what we see in the photo found on flickr, it has plenty of detail although it’s safe to assume it doesn’t actually function as a Gameboy… but you already knew that.

As far as I am aware the Nintendo Gameboy ring is not for sale and was custom built by someone who just loves the old handheld games machine. [Read more…]

Normally in the tech industry we see gadgets that shrink in size such as memory cards getting smaller but having much higher capacities. This time the sequence has reversed with this SD card being made huge but also being restricted in what it can hold… ie, just 60 pictures.

If you haven’t figured it out already then you will notice it’s actually just a photo album designed to look like an SD card. It’s capacity, measured in plastic wallets I guess, is capable of holding 60 pictures inside it. The 60 photos it can holds each measure the traditional 4 x 6 inches. [Read more…]