Archive for November, 2006
StorVision Mini VCR - video to memory card
The StorVision SV-1000 Mini VCR. Cute little box lets you copy any video you like from your television to a memory card. So you can happily transfer all those episodes of Lost, The Musical onto your PSP, smartphone or wherever else you need to watch on a tiny screen with tinny […]
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No commentsCosmo TV Bath
The Cosmo Hydromassage Television Bathtub. Q: What’s sleek, white and bubbles uncontrollably when a shampoo advert is on? A: Danni Minogue. And then there’s the Cosmo hydromassage (that’s bubbles to you and me) bath with integrated LCD television. Tell you what, dear reader, you’d better have more than one bathroom if you […]
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No commentsUltra Wideband USB - RU ready for it?
So UWB (Ultra Wideband) USB Adapters have started shipping in Japan, eh? Right. Did anyone ask us whether we were ready to scatter wireless USB peripherals around our homes and offices? No they didn’t. Typical. And here we are just about coping with getting Bluetooth to work reliably. Tsk.
The hub is […]
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No commentsSamsung SPH-P9000 - handheld PC, great spec
The Samsung SPH-P9000 handheld computer is a very cool looking piece of tech, with a spec to match. It comes with 1GHz CPU, Windows XP, 30GB hard disk, 256MB of RAM, 5 inch display, WiMAX, CDMA EV-DO, and a 1.3 megapixel camera. Phew. And it weighs just 580g. The real doozy though is that fold […]
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No commentsSwoop - the ultimate poop scooper
Swoop. Is this really the world’s best poop scooper? Apparently it grabs and bags your dog’s doings in one simple action. Oops, nearly said motion there. That wouldn’t do at all would it? Ahem, OK, so it’s £16.99 including 6 bags. ‘Nuff said?
The distinctive claw design mimics the human hand with […]
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No commentsLike - visual shopping search
The good folk at Riya appear to have given up on face recognition search and launched a shopping search tool called Like.com . The new service is very clever and lets you find a product that looks similar to something you’ve seen or can describe. Hmm…why can’t I shake this feeling that they’ve blown […]
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No commentsSchmap Local - auto cut and paste
Paul Hallett, CEO of Schmap, sends me news of their latest toy, Schmap Local. It’s basically a browser plugin for speeding up online local search – say looking for a bike shop or whatever. Now instead of laboriously scribbling down the details, you just click a button to send the address and telephone number to […]
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