Gadgets
Plenio VXA-3000 GPS Navigator
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008Overview
The Plenio VXA-3000 GPS is a GPS unit with a built-in media player and includes a number of multimedia functions such as picture viewing, as well as playing videos, games, and music.
Product Features
The VXA-3000 boasts most of the same features as the top end systems currently on the market, but also has an extra large [...]
Asus to launch desktop Eee PC
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Asus is expanding its low-budget Eee PC range with three new models. The first machine to be launched by the Taiwanese manufacturer will be the E-DT, a desktop PC.Set to be released later this spring, it will initially run on Intel’s Celeron processors, but will move to Intel’s new Shelton platform towards the end of [...]
Forget Ringtones, Horntones are here!
Sunday, January 20th, 2008Groovy Gadgets for Gearheads
Source: http://canadafreepress.com
By Jim Bray
Horntones. I don’t know if it’s the greatest gadget for the car since the turbocharger – or the worst example of a company chasing profits at the expense of public good. One thing I do know is that it made me laugh so hard when I [...]
Sony’s TransferJet or Wireless USB? What is your pick?
Friday, January 18th, 2008Well, Sony has decided to throw a spanner in the works with the news of their new TransferJet technology which allows you to transfer data wirelessly across devices. But wait a second… isnt that the same thing that Wireless USB is supposed to do?
And what is the point of bringing out a completely new [...]
Criminals to be Microchipped
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008Injected chip plan to track offenders
Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz
Britain is planning to implant “machine-readable” microchips – like those used on pets – under the skin of thousands of offenders as part of an expansion of electronic tagging.
Because of concerns about the security of existing tagging systems and prison overcrowding, the British Ministry of Justice is investigating the [...]
USB Pole Dancer for your desktop!
Thursday, January 10th, 2008Well now I have seen it all!
A USB Pole Dancer!! Come check out some really bizarre but very cool little gadgets.
Take a look at the USB pole dance in action on youtube
Come have a look at some more weird gift ideas here.
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EEE PC Touch Screen
Thursday, January 10th, 2008We have seen some really neat stuff in terms of Hacks and Mods to the EEE PC, but I think this by far has to be one of the coolest!
The Touch Screen Hack seems quite easy to implement, and also very cheap! (Approximately $60 from Ebay). Here is an Ebay Auction for a 7″ Touch [...]
Bring back the Iomega Zip Drive?
Thursday, January 10th, 2008Well apparently Iomega are bringing back their Zip drives that were only mildly popular in the 90’s. Well I know I for one was no big fan of them, as the hardware was bulky, and expensive compared to CD and later DVD technology.
Iomega has decided to drop the name Zip, and call it the [...]
Start your engines with your cellphone
Monday, January 7th, 2008Start your car with your cellphone? Why?
AS company called Autopage has come out with an interesting new technology. Some of it very practical, and other features not so…
Apparently with their new Autopage C3, you can be sitting in another country enjoying your holiday, and call up your car back home, and just for [...]
Transfer video without a PC
Monday, January 7th, 2008The 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas starts on Jan 7 2008.
I missed out on this event by a few weeks, maybe I should have delayed my trip by two weeks…
Not being from this part of the world makes it hard to keep track of what is on at certain times of the [...]