Tag: gabrielle taylor
Light Saber Umbrella: good or evil?
My second reaction to the Light Saber Umbrella was, "What a smart idea; often when raining it's dark, so extra light would not only be helpful to you, but make it easier for drivers to spot you." However, when…
Flash version of the Enigma machine
Pretend you're a wartime British codebreaker who just happens to have a supercomputer to type on, with the Flash simulation of the Enigma machine. You type, and it indicates how through four different codewheels it scrambled the message into…
Star Trek voice-activated dimmer switch
You're hosting a very elegant dinner party and both hands are full of bottles of Cristal. You need to dim the lights for a dramatic presentation of the Crepes Suzette. So you say, "Computer! Lights to 25%!" And Majel…
Egyptian blogger gets four years' prison for 'insult'
Abdel Kareem Soliman, aka Kareen Amer, has been sentenced to four years' prison for insulting various things bloggers are prone to insult. (Bite me, Tony Blair!) Soliman had some choice words about Islam, the president of Egypt, and called…
Saab 9-3 BioPower Hybrid concept car
The Saab 9-3 BioPower Hybrid concept car has a 2.3t engine which delivers 14% more power and 11% more torque when running on E85 bioethanol compared to petrol, which means you can really gun it down the M5 but…
SteriPEN UV Light Water Purifier
Combining Star Trek-like cool factor with the simple practicality of a drug-free way to make dubious water safe to drink, the SteriPEN Classic UV Light Water Purifier destroys viruses, bacteria and cysts with a swizzle of the stick. Since…
Verbarius Clock tells time, temps, la hora
Next time you yell out "What time is it?", the Verbarius Clock can answer it for you, and give a little language lesson at the same time. It displays the time in written English, French, Russian, German or Spanish,…
Leave a Britenote before you go
Though I saw complaints that the Britenote is somewhat tiny, in my household, anything that makes a note stand out greatly increases the odds that those much-needed garbage bags will get picked up. Basically, it's a small whiteboard with…
Fetch A Bubble Machine amuses your dog
Dogs, it seems, love bubbles, and stay excited about them long after their owners, exhausted, just want to lie poolside with a mint julep and a parasol. The answer: the Fetch a Bubble Machine, which burbles up chicken-scented bubbles…
Flisom says thin film solar to wipe out fossil power
New thin film solar, so lightweight and flexible it can be stuck to the side of buildings (or clothing for that matter) is about to sweep the marketplace and provide power at half the cost of the current fossil-fuel…
