Author: Gabrielle Taylor
Cerebrex DreamWare lets you control your dreams
When I was young (a lie; my mother says I was born 40) I tried lucid dreaming, the psychological process whereby one tries to train oneself to become conscious within one's dreams, and control them to one's whim -…
Sunglasses change colour by your command
I love my prescription glasses which change tint so delicately that I often forget that the sun even exists, but those could seem like monochrome compared to new sunglasses on the horizon that change colour at your whim. They…
The Connaught Type-D H: the world's first hybrid sports coupé
The Connaught Type-D H specs are as follows: 140mph, 0-60mph in 6.5s, 42mpg, compliant with the 2010 low emissions guidelines. Being a four-seater and emphasizing fuel economy and inexpensiveness of operation, it seems to be trying to straddle the…
100 million iPods sold
Breaking down to a little under 20 million units per year since the player was first introduced in November 2001, Apple announced they have sold 100 million iPods. Presumably this doesn't constitute 100 million iPod owners – the shuffle,…
Pill shaped 4GB USB Flash Drive
Load two Pill Shape 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drives and call me in the… Then again, if you call me in the morning you'll get a response ranging from no answer to a metal spike through your ears. The…
Darth Vader Umbrella
We published a lightsaber umbrella before, with mixed sentiments. The Darth Vader Lightsaber Umbrella looks more like a lightsaber but it doesn't light up. It does on the other hand feature artwork of Darth Vader amidst rivers of burning…
Ministry of Defense vision of future: we're all going to die
A new report from a Ministry of Defence team projects a future loaded with Marxism, EMP rifles and drastic population swings. A militant middle class, the militarisation of space, and a new caste of technomancers with heads full of…
Cario: notebook on the go
So you're driving along, and you get stuck in traffic, so you whip out your Cario laptop and mount it on your steering wheel. Which locks up your steering wheel and enacts all other kinds of safety precautions intended…
Stow your bible: iPod stops bullets
Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side. The two of them were within…
Sega Dream Chick robot is peeptastically cute
Unlike the somewhat ugly cartoon program Robot Chicken (which I watch any chance I get) the Dream Chick from Sega looks adorably like a real-life baby chick that will never grow into the ugly week-old stage where it looks…
