TILT MacBook Pro Cooling Stand (video)
Two brothers Spencer & Clinton with over 20 years of combined experience in design & mechanical engineering are looking to launch their new MacBook Pro cooler called the TILT, and have started their journey over on the Kickstarter website. If you own a MacBook Pro you will already know how hot the underneath of the laptop can get. The [...]
Sparc MGS Digital Watch Uses A Motion Micro-Generator For Power
A new digital wristwatch called the Sparc MGS has been created by Ventura Watches which uses its own built-in motion micro-generator to provide it with the all power it needs to run its LCD display. Motion powered wristwatches have been around for some time, and only require the movement of your wrist to generate enough [...]
Nikon D300 Travels To The Edge Of Space In A Beer Cooler (video)
A couple of intrepid tech students, Erich Leeth and Terry Presley have sent their Nikon D300 camera to the edge of space strapped inside a beer cooler that they purchased from Walmart. The duo used a weather balloon to carry their Nikon D300 right to the edges of space and used the beer cooler to protect it from the cold [...]
Bizarre Door Periscope Lets You Peep At People
The designer who figured this out thinks children might find it useful. You know, for watching out for strangers who come knocking at the door. How about leave the children guns instead? Uh oh, bad idea! Only in a zombie apocalypse would that be sensible, ladies and gentlemen. Ahem! Okay let’s get into more detail [...]
Indian Scientists Working On Compassionate And Sensitive Alarm Clock
Actually it’s neither. Instead it’s calculating and ruthless, striking at the precise moment when your sleep is most shallow, thus amplifying the pain. It’s supposed to measure brainwaves, see, then gauge the most opportune moment to wake you. So how does this make it exceptional? Well, because it measures brainwaves during sleep, this alarm clock [...]
Black Luk Coffee Maker Hangs On A Wall
So, right, it hangs on a wall. That, and it’s really innovative. Then again, that’s what all concepts aspire for. Anyway, the strangely named Black Luk is a wall-mounted coffee maker with an embedded cup. See the picture below to discern its use.
Capta Smartphone Tripod Mount (video)
If you have ever wanted to securely fix your smart phone to a tripod you will already know how awkward this can be. Well a new handy device has been developed and is now looking to make the jump from concept to manufacture over on the Kickstarter website. The device is called Capta and it [...]
RIM And Porsche Design Unveiling A New BlackBerry Next Week?
Could next week bring the arrival of a new smartphone from a partnership between RIM and Porsche Design? Apparently Blackberry is sending out invitations inviting guests to a new preview evening next week on October 27th 2011. The invitation pictured below was received by the team over at the Stuff Middle East website and hints of a [...]
WanderPlayer Transforms Your Phone Into Computer Game Controller (video)
A new startup company called WanderPlayer have been developing a new application for mobile smartphones that will transform them into a computer game controllers. The great thing about the new WanderPlayer controller application is that it will replace any controller you wish whether it be a classic controller, a motion controller or steering wheel. The [...]
Microsoft Holodesk Allows You To Interact With Hologram Images (video)
Microsoft has today introduced a new project that has been working on called the Holodesk, which enables users to interact with 3D holographic images. The new project is work which has been carried out by the Sensors and Devices group from Microsoft Research Cambridge, and has been designed to allow you to interact with 3D [...]
Twist Minimalist Pencil Sharpener
I am a great fan of any designs that reduce an objects functionality right down to the bare minimum without reducing its usability, and even though this pencil sharpener design has no electronic wizardry like a majority of the gadget and gizmos we feature here on Geeky Gadgets its simple form is definitely a winner [...]
Vertical Bed Concept Is Perfect For A Quick Nap
An innovative vertical bed concept has been created, that provides a new slant on traditional comfy sleeping arrangements and allows you to sleep while standing in the street. The design created Brooklyn based inventor Jamie O’Shea simply attaches to a subway ventilation grate using, two vertical legs. Which then provide it with the strength required [...]
