October, 2009

If you have a  few hours spare this weekend perhaps you could try your hand at making this retro flash USB drive made from a couple of  old Rubik Cube squares.   This innovative little device took the maker about 3 days to complete. By lining up the square the USB connector appears in the front ready [...]

The first of the three episodes has been released for the new Assassin’s Creed: Lineage short movies. Which has been created  and d eveloped by Hybride Technologies, the visual effects studio behind 300 and Sin City which Ubisoft bought last year for just these sorts of projects. These short movies will definitely help wet the appetites of [...]

Check out these Silver-plated Cufflinks  made from LEGO Star Wars Shadow Troopers. You to can have have the force with you while you work or play.

Boston Dynamics have just released footage of their new biped robot PETMAN.  Which will balance itself and move freely; walking, crawling and doing a variety of  other movments. balances dynamically using a human-like walking motion; it is a close relative to BigDog, sharing elements of the mechanical desgin and control. PETMAN was designed as an anthropomorphic robot for [...]

After announcing last week at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco that Google would be adding Twitter to its  Google Social Search you can now use the social networking search tool to trawl through “tweets” as part of its search results. Google Social Search essentially pulls its information from social networks  Twitter, FriendFeed, Picasa, [...]

This contest is now closed The winner will be announced on Monday 2nd November 2009 It is time for this weeks Geeky Gadget Giveaway, this week we are giving away this fun Space Invaders Alarm clock. The contest is open to readers worldwide, all you need to do to enter is follow the instructions below.

Check out this original wedding cake that has been designed to show the scene in Stars Wars were Luke it put inside a Tauntaun to keep him warm during an Ice Storm. This must me one of the most original wedding cakes I’ve ever scene and the cake has fantastic detailing. Including some lovely Tauntaun [...]

These iPhone costumes are going to take some beating this Halloween. Created from LCD TV’s and using car batteries for power. Unfortuantely the screens are not touch sensitive and the actual iPhones are mounted on the top of the  LCD screens which hetn display the content.  The whole custome weighs in at around 85lbs and [...]

Rave computes has just released two rugged mini PC’s that would be perfect for in-car pc’s.  The MIL-SPEC-810F is fanless and powered by an Intel 1.6 GHz Atom N270 processor which consumes less power, making it suitable for nearly all vehicles. The MIL-SPEC-810F has a PCI-104 expansion connector, 2 mini PCI express slots, compact Flash and SIM slots, [...]

PureSilicon have just added a new  256GB drive to its  Renegade R2 SSD range.  The drive meets MIL-STD-810F standards while offering 255 MB/s read performance and 180 MB/s write performance. The pureSilicon SSD Drives can tolerate extreme temperatures, shock, and vibration, enabling Renegade R2 to perform from -40C to +85C.

Developed by the students at  Iwata-Yano Laboratory at the University of Tsukuba this ‘Media Vehicle’  is designed to be a the  personal virtual reality cocoon. Whilst inside you look at a spherical display and is supposed to allow users  move around both in the real world and a virtual  environment.

If you into motorcycles and like a cool beer now and again then this gadget is for you. This motorcycle grip bottle opener not only opens your favourite brew it also revs up every time.  Great as a Christmas