Tag: Remote control
CES 2008: Never get up from your pool lounger again, thanks to the RC Cooler
There’s really nothing better than lazing around in the sun next to your pool with an ice cold beer. Or at least I’m fairly sure there isn’t – but then I live in a third floor flat in Scotland, which pretty much rules out ‘pools’ and ‘sun’ all at once. One thing I definitely don’t like doing is hauling my lazy arse out of a chair to go and find more beer, which is why the Interactive Toy Concepts RC Cooler looks fantastic.
WowWee has done it again, with the Barry B. Benson bee
WowWee, those ever-inventive chaps behind the Robosapien, FlyTech Dragonfly and Robopanda amongst a whole other menagerie of animals, have just added another critter to the collection. They’ve teamed up with DreamWorks to produce a piece of merchandise bound to be on every kiddywink’s Christmas want-list this year, Barry B. Benson from the upcoming Bee Movie.
Using the same technology…
Artificial Intelligence meets remote-control cars and lasers. Fun-and-a-half
Watch out, for these are not your every day remote control mini cars. For one, they're fitted with infrared laser technology, and for the other, they're not only remote controlled, but can be switched into Artificial Intelligence mode. These…
Shiny Video: Kat looks at the Logitech Harmony universal remote control
The trouble with writing about consumer electronics all day, every day, is that your brain gets chocker-block full of information about various products, you often forget if you’ve seen something before, or indeed…shot a video of it nine months previously when it was unveiled at CES. Whoops…
LEGO TECHNIC Motorised Bulldozer: remote-control plastic bobbly goodness
LEGO TECHNIC has launched this cool Motorised Bulldozer, a realistic model fitted with an infrared receiver, and powered by a remote control unit.
It features four individual motors and one battery box, which work together to enable the bulldozer to be driven, turned on the spot through 360 degrees, its blade and piston engine to be operated, and driven on its realistic caterpillar tracks.
GE Find It remote control key finder for STUPID PEOPLE
OK, here’s the best-kept secret of the key world – just put your keys in the SAME PLACE EVERY DAY.
Put them on top of the fridge. Or on that little table. Or in the fruit bowl. Or on top of the TV. It doesn’t matter where you put them, as long as it’s ALWAYS IN THE SAME PLACE.
Video Review: Zara plays fetch with the Doctor Who K-9
Zara is fast becoming our remote control-gadget guru, and this week she’ll no doubt have all Doctor Who fans in a spin over her latest, the K-9. Old Doctor Who fans will remember these robotic dogs from as early back as The Invisible Enemy in 1977. Cripes – Zara wasn’t even born then!…
Shiny Video Review: Air Hogs Zero Gravity Wall Climber
Zara does her bit for superhero women drivers by climbing the walls… you’ll see…
RC Tumbler Batmobile gets PC case modification
It’s a good time for moddin’ fans alike, as the spec’d-up PC cases are rolling out faster than the creators’ thumbs in a Halo sesh during their slacktime. The big blockbuster films are being represented left, right and centre, and this week it’s the Tumbler Batmobile which has found its way onto teh intertubes…
Win a Doctor Who R/C Dalek Battle Pack from Prezzybox and Tech Digest!
Yup, we’ve teamed up with Prezzybox, the online gift boutique, to hand out one Dalek battle pack to a lucky Tech Digest winner.
You can ‘seek’, ‘locate’ and ‘annihilate’ to your heart’s content with the remote control Dalek, and aim your weapon at an opponent’s Dalek’s Infrared sensor and ‘exterminate…exterminate!’ When hit five times, the Dalek will scream ‘ARGH!’ and an explosion will be heard…
