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Lego Bugatti Veyron has 7+1 Sequential Gear Box

Occasionally we come across Lego gadgets which generally fall in to the category of cool because you have to admit, most Lego is cool.

The latest we came across just today was a custom built Lego Bugatti Veyron that was built at a scale of 1:8. Inside there’s plenty of good features too including a 7 speed sequential gear box along with a reverse gear. The Veyron has a motorised retractable roof, independent suspension, all wheel drive, retractable spoiler and air break (motorised too of course), motorised forwards/backwards/left/right movements and a whole load more cool features that make it one of the best Lego sets I have seen. [Read more…]

Honda Driving Simulator Lets you Learn Safely

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…]

Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000

The Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 allows you to use the mouse as a mouse – no surprise there, but also allows you to control power-point presentations.

Features on the mouse include the Presentation Controls, Media Remote, Battery life Indicator and it connects over a 2.4GHz frequency on Bluetooth. Microsoft [MSFT] also say the BT connection uses First Connect technology. A laser pointer is also built in to the mouse.

The scroll wheel lets you also scroll left to right as well as up and down by using a technology called Tilt Wheel. [Read more…]

Spoke-less Bicycle

Mechanical Engineering students at Yale have managed to create a Spokeless Bicycle. The bike uses a wheel that has teeth around the inner side of the rim that mesh with gears attached to the bicycle. By offering a spokeless set of wheels the space can be used for other functions such as a generator to be attached to the bike.

You might have noticed that only the back wheel is spokeless. This was done for a number of reasons some of which are cost in developing a wheel without spokes as well as the time to create the bike. The students only had one semester to work on the prototype. [Read more…]

Objet Geometries Connex RP Samples

objet_geometriesWe have received a few samples of printed objects in the past from Objet Geometries and each time we get samples we are more impressed with what they achieve. Out of the 3 or so samples we have received each one is slightly more advanced than the previous 3D print allowing for various types of plastics to be used on a single pass.

At Core77, Objet Geometries were demonstrating some printed objects which were just fantastic it has to be said. Objects ranged from a set of wheels with soft rubber tires that had working suspension and a rigid frame work. What makes it more impressive is that everything was printed with a single pass. Basically you feed the machine with a type of CAD file that contains the 3D data and plastic data and it prints the object out for you. [Read more…]

Christmas Gift Ideas for Babies

4118Mr2uJ4L._SL500_AA280_Alicia here… It’s the time of the Christmas season where you realise it’s time to do your last round of online shopping to make sure it gets to you on time. All items listed below have been searched for to find the best toys and gadgets for your children starting at ages 0-2. Tomorrow we will bring you the next instalment for a new age group. Many of the items will also arrive before December 24 when choosing the free shipping option, so don’t wait around and go grab yourself some Christmas presents today. [Read more…]

Lego Mouse

lego-mouseThe Lego mouse is a great idea that brings the much loved Lego to the desktop computer. The mouse is designed to look just like a regular 2×4 Lego brick and connects up to your PC by a USB cable.

The Lego Mouse has both left and right buttons as well as a scroll wheel and although it doesn’t look like the most comfortable mouse to use, it’s still one of the best mice I have seen. [Read more…]

Canon Touchscreen DSLR Patent Revealed

Canon-TouchScreen-DSLRA patent has been found that was filed by Canon and provides details of a touchscreen DSLR camera. Filed back in April and approved in October this year, the patent describes a DSLR camera where you can easily manipulate the settings by touching the screen rather than the buttons.

The patent was found to be just 13 pages long. One of the first things that comes to mind with a touchscreen on a camera is that when you look through the viewfinder, your face is actually touching the screen. To prevent settings being changed by accident the system can be programmed with what eye you look through the viewfinder with and when you look through it, the parts of the screen that your face will touch have the touchscreen portion disabled. When moving away the portion of the screen then can be touched again. [Read more…]

LG eXpo with Detachable Pico Projector

att_lg_expo_1The LG eXpo has been spotted although no official press release has been launched just yet. The eXpo is a Windows Mobile 6.5 device that has perhaps one of the most unique features of a phone… a detachable Pico Projector courtesy of Texas Instruments.

When attached, the Pico Projector allows items displayed on the screen to be thrown on to a nearby wall. Having the Pico Projector detachable is a good move in my opinion as it will allow the phone to stay a decent size when the projector is not needed.

The phone looks like it will be launching on to AT&T’s network when launched. [Read more…]

Lego USB Flash Drive Car

Lego-USB-Flash-DriveThis Lego USB Flash Drive is a one of a kind 4GB flash drive that as the name suggests, is built of Lego. The Lego Flash Drive car measures 3.5″ x 1.5″ and can be taken apart if you want.

The Flash Drive uses a micro flash drive embedded in to the main body of the car with the top section and wheels attaching to the flash drive. As it uses what appears to be regular lego, there is also room to further customise the drive if needed. [Read more…]

The Hexatech £120,000 F1 Simulator

F1-SimulatorThe Simulator company Cruden has built an F1 simulator that costs a hefty £120,000. The simulator is called the Hexatech and is capable of providing what Cruden call 6DOF (six degrees of freedom).

The simulator is said to provide g-Force simulation of multiple G’s as well as realistic steering that is 100% accurate.

‘Let’s be clear: this is not a video game linked up to a steering wheel, race seat and pedals. Although easy to operate, this is the exact same equipment used by the top racing drivers and engineers to improve their race craft and evaluate new tracks and car settings. Our simulator and the software it uses cannot be bought in a store.

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aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm Clock Review

aXbo-Alarm-Clock-LightWaking up in the morning is perhaps one of the most annoying parts of the day. Nobody likes to wake up at the wrong time feeling like they just need that few minutes extra sleep. The aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm clock was designed to tackle that problem by analysing your sleep patterns through the night and waking you up at a time where you are not in the middle of a deep sleep. By waking up at the right time it prevents the groggy feeling you get sometimes in the morning.

We were given an aXbo alarm clock to test for a couple of weeks to see how it performs and if it works as well as it claims it does. In short, it seems to do what it says on the box in that each morning I woke up I never seemed to wake up in the middle of a deep sleep. Lets take a closer look though to see how it actually works and what it actually does to prevent the groggy mornings. [Read more…]