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FlashFog puts smoke on your (car) mirrors
Instead of a car alarm which we, frankly, all know is useless – they go off so dratted easily that everybody just mentally tunes them out – FlashFog actually temporarily disables your car, by releasing a big dose of…
METAPHYS Lighting’s Hono 24000 LED candles
To “light” the Hono 24000 LED candle, the designers have thoughtfully provided a giant matchstick that you “strike” against the side (albeit gently since they’re over £40 per light). Striking lights them, and blowing them out turns them off….
Alien UFO Detector with handy wrist strap
After the first couple of abductions you're going to want to be on the alert, and certainly the cheapest and most convenient route (not to mention stylish, with its brilliant yellow strap) is via the Alien UFO Detector. Not…
Shock Ball automates hot potato
You could play hot potato with any old pair of wadded up socks, or you could up the stakes by introducin the Shock Ball. Equipped with a random timer and four hours' worth of juice per charge, the Shock…
GE announces high efficiency incandescent (HEI™) lamp
Not a moment too soon, considering the movement to ban the conventional incandescent bulb, General Electric has announced a superior variant which has comparable efficiency to compact fluorescents or LED cluster bulbs. The high efficiency incandescent (HEI™) lamp delivers…
Sony DVDirect VRD-MC3 makes converting those old tapes easy
If you've ever tried to convert analog video to digital format, you're aware that unless you've got a fully-equipped multimedia facility at your beck and call (which I do not, although the noises I hear from the neighbors sometimes…
Robo-salamander shows secrets of robolution
It's hard to say just how close a resemblance the so-called robo-salamander bears to its reptilian namesake, but its purpose is to provide insight into the workings of evolution. By examining how it swims, slithers and crawls, a Franco-Swiss…
Golf Ball Launcher
Pull! That is: fore! The Golf Ball Launcher is basically an air gun which uses air pressure to fire a golf ball. The maker recommends it for golfers with mobility difficulties or age issues but it seems to be…
Car Seat Knows If You're Sleepy
After studying the driving habits of 100 test subjects, researchers from the University of Tokyo, Oita University, the Shimane Institute of Health Science, and Delta Tooling, developed a car seat which can tell if you're about to have an…
Giraffe Video Conferencing Robot
While videoconferencing theoretically can save thousands of dollars per meeting and cut down on unnecessary travel in a big way, good videoconferencing hardware is prohibitively expensive still and bad hardware, such as the average (or even above-average) webcam is…
