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Renault's Grass Mat protects your technovaluables
Every time I get in the car, I take along my iPod and mobile and a bunch of other gadgets. And then when the car stops suddenly, they all dash from the back seat into the front with me….
Cute Ball Robot is too cute for you!
The Cute Ball Robot is one of the many cybernetic creations gracing the 2nd Wonderful Robot Carnival in Japan. It proves conclusively – if you had any doubt left, after Hello Kitty – that the Japanese could weaponize cute…
Banclock makes you pay not to play
The Banclock has no OFF button. It has no snooze alarm. What it does have is a slot in the top that takes coinage. If you want to stop it wailing, you've got to pay it to shut up….
Shutdown Day, 24 March 2007
Shutdown Day, 24 March 2007, is an initiative sponsored by AMD to draw attention to how much global impact is exerted by computers operating the internet. Imagine what you can to with a full 24 hours of time, the…
Anty the "huggy" robot
Resembling a somewhat alarming Muppet, Anty is a robot designed to make sick children happier, probably because however crappy their lives may be, at least they've got better noses. Anty has sensors for vision, audio and touch, and demonstrates…
R2D2 encourages you to Use The Post
As part of the celebration of Star Wars' 30th anniversary, the US Postal Service will allegedly – and photographic evidence notwithstanding this still smacks of some clever wanker's idea of humour – remake a swath of postboxes to resemble…
The Tokyo Ubiquitous Technology Project
Ginza, Japan, has been plastered with thousands of RFIDs in order to monitor everything from how well tourists are being treated, to the history of the Mitsukoshi department store. Anyone who has a suitably equipped receiver can get completely…
Mind Spa chills the body through the head and eye
Mind Spa is a set of biofeedback sunglasses (with built-in headphones) that let you take your relaxation on the road. Housing eight relaxation programs and four performance-enhancement programs, it lets you turn dead time into time to declutter your…
Watchminder 2 reminds you again, and again, and again, and again…
Speaking as someone who takes upwards of seven prescriptions a day (plus a similar volume of other odds and ends) – that is, seven that I remember – I'm pretty keen on the Watchminder 2. It looks like a…
Make your own biodiesel
Considering the virtue of biodiesel is that it's derived from purely animal-or-vegetable sources, you won't be surprised to hear that you can make your own biodiesel in the comfort (provided you don't mind the smell) of your own home….
