Tag: gadget
Wake up with a BOOM with the Hand Grenade Alarm Clock
Explosives have no place in the modern bedroom. You can tempt someone back to your place by telling them you’re dynamite in the sack, but if that turns out to be actual TNT, you’ll be sleeping alone.
However, the Hand Grenade Alarm Clock is just about acceptable, seeing as it doesn’t actually wake you up by exploding in your face.
Wacom introduces Cintiq 12WX interactive graphics display tablet
Wacom has announced its new Cintiq 12WX, a high end graphics tablet solution that's sure to appeal to anyone who works with a lot of artistic, technical drawing, and digital content applications. It features a high quality 12.1-inch widescreen…
Video Preview: Voice-activated Dalek for Doctor Who fans
Proper daleks don't respond to voice controls very well. You say 'don't zap me!', they ignore you and shout 'Exterminate!', and basically it's all a bit of a shambles. Ah well.
Shiny Shiny's Susi has found a dalek that's more polite, however. It's a voice-controlled dalek, which can react to movement, answer questions, and generally behave more like a decent, upstanding member of society. Check it out below:
Confuse your postie using an old Mac as your mailbox
True Mac geeks will do everything they can to ensure their (err, our) beloved machines get as much use as possible. With two old Macs, we can not only create a beer server, but also a nifty mailbox. Cool…
Worried about your obese hamster, or training him for a marathon? Get him a pedometer
While there are plenty of guidelines for how much humans should walk each day, I've not come across any such measurements for the humble hamster, but if you're worried, or simply curious, about your little furry friend's movements, try the…
TwinMOS launches B1 series of 4GB mobile disks for Vista
TwinMOS has unveiled its B1 series of mobile USB disks, offering up to 4GB of storage in a compact case measuring just 2.8mm thick and weighing 1.5g. It comes in a variety of colours including black, white, pastel yellow, pink,…
Ultimate Fantasy Cue: Hopeless for playing pool, great for looking tough
McDermott, creators of handcrafted pool cues, has come up with "the Ultimate Fantasy Cue", a scary 3D piece of collectible art featuring four bold bladed wings, a genuine Italian obsidian gemstone sphere, and all set in a solid piece of…
This iPhone's a brick – a pile of LEGO bricks
Nathan Sawaya is a LEGO artist who has constructed a replica of the iPhone from a pile of plastic bricks. He obviously thinks fairly highly of his work, too, as he's charging $399 for the model – the same…
In the 80s, a portable record player was cutting edge
New Launches has dug up some technology which was cutting edge for 1983. Mister Disc is a personal, portable record player system which allows you, with only a little bit of fiddling, to play standard 331/3 and 45 rpm…
Robot watch becomes desk clock: cool metallic time-telling gadgetry
If you're hooked on the Transformers idea, and you'd like a watch and a desk clock in one gadget, then these Japanese metal robot watches are just the thing. They can be worn on the wrist as a standard watch,…
