Tag: gadgets
Wine rack fitted with RFID identifies and illuminates wine of your choice
The RFID Wine Rack is a great idea for people who have an extensive collection of wine in their home, but don't really know much about it. Using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags on each bottle, the rack can be…
Joel Johnson and Boing Boing launch Boing Boing Gadgets blog
The whole tech ‘blogosphere’ is no doubt feeling a little unnerved today, as heavyweight tech journo Joel Johnson has just launched a brilliant new gadgets blog with ‘blogosphere’-ruling Boing Boing…
Bop It updated for the download generation
The highly addictive and frustrating game, Bop It!, has had a makeover for the download generation, to become… Bop It Download!
It features the same gameplay as before, but now allows you to replace that irritating bloke that shouts and screams at you when you “pull it” when you should’ve “twisted it” with your own sounds.
13 tech-related product placements in The Bourne Ultimatum
Last night, whilst all the ‘slebs were walking the red carpet in Leicester Square showing off their designer frocks for the premiere of The Bourne Ultimatum, a few of us lucky Shinies got to go to an advance screening with Motorola at the BAFTA down the road. No fancy dresses for us, we all wore jeans. And boy, were we impressed, and I don’t even LIKE Matt Damon. (Said in Team America-esque voice, obviously).
One thing you’ll notice minutes into the film is the blatant product placement – director Paul Greengrass didn’t even try to hide it. Like the good little Tech Digester that I am, I sat there with a pen and paper and scrawled down every techie product placement I saw in the film, whether used by Jason Bourne himself, CIA agents, hit-men, or just billboards seen in shots. If you noticed any more I’ve missed, definitely leave your comments in the field below…
Top five left-handed gadgets for Left Handed Day 2007!
Your whole life you’ve been ostracised for being a darn lefty, you’ve had troubles using implements such as knives and scissors every day of your life. Of course, you’re blessed with an extra-creative mind, but that’s small compensation when you can’t even open a tin of baked beans. Today you can rejoice in all your left-handed glory however, as not only is it the international Left Handed Day 2007, but we’ve put together a list of the top five gadgets for lefties, enjoy.
1.) Virgin’s Sony Ericsson LH-Z200 mobile phone – it’s about three years old, but you can still find them lurking on eBay, where they have a unique keypad layout perfect for lefties, with the number keys positioned from right to left. It was £119.99 when it came out three years ago, but would obviously be significantly less now…
Ultra-Wideband technology given UK go-ahead by Ofcom
Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, which allows devices to communicate wirelessly at high speed over relatively short distances, has been given the go-ahead by Ofcom to be used unlicensed in the UK.
Normally, equipment which uses a part of the radio spectrum requires a license from Ofcom in order that any interference between different users can be managed. However, UWB technology has a low power output and shouldn’t interfere with other signals.
Top 5 gadgets to keep you cool this summer
Yes, it’s summer. Really. After all those weeks of frankly atrocious weather for the time of year, we’ve finally got enough sunshine for us Brits to indulge in our traditional summer pastimes of getting lobster-red ‘tans’, reporting neighbours for breaking hosepipe bans, and poisoning friends and family with poorly-barbecued chicken drumsticks. Heaven.
Greenpeace wants to survey green gadgets as well as companies
If you’re a regular reader of Tech Digest, you might remember our posts on Greenpeace’s consumer electronics reports, in which it rates the world’s top tech companies on their production and recycling processes to see how eco-friendly they are.
Best 4 Reviews does what it says on the tin
Admittedly we here at Tech Digest can’t review every piece of kit available – we do need some time for heating up a £1.99 Morrisons ready-meal, popping the cork of a bottle of Lambrini and watching Eastenders, after all – so if you can’t find a review of that special laptop, camera or TV you’ve had your eye on, then consider Best 4 Reviews, a new British site aimed at reviewing every electronic piece in existence…
Shiny Video Review: Brando USB products
Ahhhh, USB tat. The new office toys. Susi and Katie rummage through the latest and occasionally greatest offerings from those wonderful USB-meisters from Honk Kong, Brando.
Brando…
