Gadgets

Only the Japanese are ingenious enough to wrap a really smart gadget inside a cute polar bear. It’s called Jukusui-kun, which means deep sleeper. What it does is adjust a person’s sleeping position to keep them from snoring. The magic is one of its paws moves to the sleeper’s head and tickles it. Sort of [...]

Aluminum AND carbon fiber. Survival rifles aren’t really that exciting anymore. Often found in emergency kits for downed airmen who might be trapped in the hostile outdoors; the compact weapons are designed with ultimate simplicity in mind. No surprise then that the latest from Mountain View Machine & Welding, the Pack Rifle,  barely manages a handful [...]

This week Nuforce have unveiled their latest amplifier creation in the form of the new Dia stereo amplifier which has been designed for home audio/visual and streaming devices. The NuForce Dia digital amplifier provides a 24bit/192kHz D/A converter (DAC) and 24-watt stereo amplifier which can be used with all your latest gadgets via optical or coaxial digital inputs and used in [...]

Synology have today launched their new DS212j NAS Server which has been designed specifically for the home user and features dual drive bays, allowing you to add up to 6TB of storage. Using Synology apps you can also view data or stream music and videos stored on the DS212j directly to your iOS or Android device [...]

If you are looking for something a little different for your daily commute, then how about this twin pulse jet engine Harley Davidson motorcycle which has appeared on eBay. This crazy Harley Davidson was built by Robert Maddox for one of his customers, I wonder if the customer thought it might be too powerful for [...]

Seen below is a home-made flame pistol built by an enthusiast who wants to light camp fires better. It looks real nice but the ‘making’ part is rather complex. Also, it’s a very dangerous tool that no one in their right mind should use indoors. Then again, no one in their right mind would put [...]

If you are an iOS device user wanting a new set of headphones that looks cool and sound good too, Marshall has a new offering. The new headphones are called the Marshall FX and have an Apple certified remote on the cable. The headphones have design cues to look like a Marshall amp and promise [...]

Nuance has today launched their new Dragon Express speech-to-text application in the Mac App store. Dragon Express has been design as an easy to use and fun speech recognition utility that introduces OS X Lion users to voice recognition, putting your words to work without the hassle of typing. The new Dragon Express Mac App [...]

Amazon announced their new $79 Kindle, which will launch next week along with the new Kindle Fire and Kindle Touch, the device is supported by adverts in the US and Amazon will be selling it for $79. Now according to a recent report by iSuppli, the new Kindle actually costs Amazon $84.25 to make, which [...]

Biscotti have launched a new TV phone that has been designed to bring video conferencing to your home HDTV. The Biscotti TV Phone is equipped with a high definition camera and microphone and comes supplied with a simple remote control to allow you to take and make calls from the comfort of your arm chair. The Biscotti [...]

Akitio has unveiled their new personal cloud storage device in the form of the Akitio MyCloud Duo which provides 3TB of storage together with cloud access.  The Akitio MyCloud Duo is equipped with a Gigabit Ethernet connection and web based file browser to manage your files, together with a media player and the cloud access gives you the  convenience of being [...]

Recon Instruments have today unveiled their latest MOD Live Adroid device which has been designed to sit inside your ski goggles and provide you with a colour heads up display as you ski or snowboard. The new MOD Live device shows you with GPS data as well as data on your runs,  jumps, speed, altitude, [...]