Author: Camille Dumas
Neiman Marcus recommends outer space for Christmas hols
For the geek who has everything plus five friends, the Christmas present of choice this year is surely the Neiman Marcus space trip for six, including after-party with Virgin honcho Sir Richard Branson. Not to mention a full medical…
Linkman stop-smoking gadget
Speaking as someone who has quit smoking, oh, five or six times now, the Linkman is an interesting gadget (with a terribly meaningless name) that will probably only work for people who can come up with free ways of…
Driving Miss Penguinbot
Oddly resembling the good-natured younger brother of HAL 9000, the Pioneer Penguinbot is actually intended to improve your driving by warning you about red lights or speeding, letting you know when you're getting lost or passing by some point…
ChaCha adds humans back to the search equation
The biggest problem with search engines, of course, is that they're not mind readers, so to our minds, they're often somewhere between dense and outright stupid. ChaCha lets you chat with an actual human during the search process, so…
Middlesbrough names and shames antisocial behaviour on the fly
Be careful littering, skateboarding or fighting in Middlesbrough – talking CCTV cameras have arrived to tell you off. Control room operators surveil various parts of the downtown, and if they see anyone misbehaving – from drinking in public to…
MobilEye corrects your lousy driving
Since our bumper is maybe a little more scuffed than it could be, largely because of dumpsters and shopping carts mysteriously charging the car, the Mobileye looked pretty exciting. Basically, it's a very complicated combination of sensors and Radar…
Suspicious Looking Device entitles you to cavity searches
Are you tired of not being noticed enough by the authorities? Would you like to be strip-searched more often? Do you need a date for the dance and not care how you get more attention? You need a Suspicious…
Exterior Laptop Screen From Asus
There are times when you want to just check something quickly, or change the volume on the music, or look for a WiFi signal, and don't want to have to open up the whole laptop. For that, Asus has…
TrackItBack stickers for finding lost gadgets
TrackItBack stickers have a freephone line listed on them and a code unique to you, so that if you lose your mobile, PDA, etc, some kindly stranger can ring up and let be known what's become of your stuff,…
Display your alien, glowing DNA in a GloFrame
Send Generate a DNA sample and they'll make art out of it. Using "proprietary 'edgelighting' technology" to smoothly light up this slice of your protoplasm, it looks somewhat like a rather expensive screensaver on a monitor gone walkabout. Comes…
