April, 2008
Fun Stuff – The Paper E-mail
Here’s something fun to confuse your friends and coworkers with, the Paper Email. Next time you want to send someone an email, just write your message out on this pad and then hand it to them. Paper E-mail is perhaps the funniest way to pass messages in your office. Why? Because it will confuse the [...]
Funky Gadgets – The Floral Titi MP3 Player
Check out the Floral Titi MP3 player from Korea. OK it has a somewhat unfortunate name, but it looks kind of funky, it is designed to be a competitor for the iPod Shuffle and comes with either 1GB or 2GB of storage. The Floral Titi comes in a choice of nine colours, and weighs just [...]
Watch TV on Your Asus Eee PC with the Asus HDTV USB Tuner
According to the guys over at Everything USB, you can now watch TV on your Asus Eee PC. You will need an Asus My Cinema U3100 Mini DVB-T USB TV tuner, which now works thanks to some updated Linux drivers from Asus. The USB TV tuner was tested out by a Hong Kong based magazine [...]
iPod Accessories – The Aqua Tune V2 Waterproof Nano Case
Here’s a useful case for your iPod Nano, the Aqua Tune V2 case. It comes with a built in speaker, and will totally protect your iPod whilst you are at the beach this summer. It can be sumerged in water up to 1m deep for a maximum of 30 minutes, so you could even take [...]
Cool Mods – The PS3 Laptop from Ben Heck being auctioned for charity
Here’s another marvelous mod from moder extraordinaire Ben Heck, this time its a Sony SP3 Laptop. The PS3 Laptop features a 17 inch LCD HTV screen capable of producing HD content in 720p. Ben used an original 60GB PS3 with backwards compatibility, and it also features a built in Keyboard, USB ports a headphone jack [...]
Fun Gadgets – The Mini Desktop Safe – My Own Safe
Here’s a fun gadget to store all your valuables in, a mini desktop safe. It measures 15 x 14 x 8.5 cm, and features a light pad so you can enter you pin in the dark, and has a built in top compartment that acts as a money box. It runs off 3 AAA batteries, [...]
Nintendo announces another Mario game for the Wii – Mario Super Sluggers
Nintendo has announced another Mario game for the Wii, the next one is Mario Super Sluggers. As the name suggests Mario Super Sluggers is a Mario themed baseball game, similar to Mario Superstar Baseball. The details on the game are pretty limited at the moment, but we can expect a lot of baseball style accessories [...]
iPhone Accessories – The Ivyskin Xylo T2 Reflect Chrome case
My search for a decent iPhone case continues, I have bought about five so far and while most of them are good, I still haven’t found one I am 100% happy with. I spotted the Xylo T2 Reflect Chrome Case on Engadget, and I have to say I like the look of it. This cool [...]
Stylish Gadgets – The Di Grisogono Meccanica DG Digital / Analog Watch
Check out this amazing watch, the The Di Grisogono Meccanica DG Digital / Analog Watch. This stlish looking timepiece may look like a combination digital / analog watch, but it is actually all analog. It is made from a total of 651 pieces and has no digital parts or LEDs. The mechanically operated digital display [...]
Fun Gadgets – The Rubik’s Cube Alarm Clock
Check out this fun Rubik’s Cube Alarm Clock. In one twist, you’ll solve the puzzle of this clock’s popularity. Twist the top row, and the display changes between time, temperature, alarm or date, so you’re always just one turn away from exactly what you need. The Rubik’s Cube Alarm Clock is available to buy online [...]
Cool Mods – The Multari – The Handheld Atari 2600
Check out this amazing mod, the Multari, a handheld Atari 2600 with 32 games built in. Since it’s really easy to get the game ROMs to boot straight off an EEPROM, I decided to use one… except I didn’t have any usable EEPROMs, or even a suitable programmer! Instead, I grabbed a 128kB FlashROM from [...]
Video – Toshiba’s Talking ApriPoko Robot Universal Remote In Action
You guys may remember the cool new robot from Toshiba called ApriPoko that I featured on the site last month, well here is a video of this clever robot in action. In case you missed the original story, the ApriPoko is a clever robot that learns how to operate any gadgets in your house that [...]
