Archive for February, 2008
Motion Sensing Mirror - just a small wave to light up your life…and face
Motion Sensing Mirror. Twin sided magnification mirror lights up at the wave of a hand. Such raw power we have, don’t we? With all these things at our beck and call. What a mighty species. $179.95.
This patented two-sided lighted vanity mirror employs a motion sensor to detect when your hand waves […]
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No commentsElectric Police Car - Car 54, where the heck are you?
This Electric Police Car just has us creased up imagining the chase scenes. Tom Cruise leaning out the side, trusty firearm in hand, villains screaming away on their Segways. All in super–real slow motion. Beautiful. Max speed 40 km/h, max range 80 km/h, charging time 7–10 hours.
350kg Motor power: 3.0kw Non-brush […]
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No commentsBooklet Creator - create simple booklets from standard PDF documents
Booklet Creator. Fab little free online application that lets you create foldable booklets from any PDF document. Upload your file, and print on both sides of the paper to make the end result. Don’t forget your stapler!
Then you print out the document chosing “Print on both sides” in your printer preferences. […]
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No commentsQuickmap Movies - brilliant map animations for public transport
Quickmap Movies are oh so simple and yet brilliant. Just a small Flash powered map with looped animations of the buses running on each route in a particular area of London. From the ‘why didn’t somebody think of this before?’ dept. Check it out in a larger format here.
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No commentsBooks In My Phone - free e-books you can downlod to your mobile phone
Books In My Phone. A nice selection of e-books embedded in a Java reader for download to your mobile phone, either directly over the air or via your computer. All out of copyright or Creative Commons of course, so no commercial ‘blockbusters’, but it’s a neat idea nonetheless. As someone who […]
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No commentsRead In Bed Without Having The Book Fall Flat On Your Face
Reading before I got to bed is one of those things that I have been doing for years. It’s relaxing and entertaining, without being over stimulating. I’m just getting sick of waking up in the morning with the book laying over my face, leaving nasty looking skin indentations that last through the day.
The Bedtime Reading Quilt is made of several layers which can be teared off as you rea…
GPS-Equipped Walker Saves Grandpa From Making A Senile Turn
Oh, Grandpa you did it again. Brought home by the police for making a wrong turn and “accidentally” walking into the woman’s fitting room. What are we going to do about these old timers constantly getting lost in the shuffle? Some student researchers are playing around with the idea of including GPS connected through WiFi on walkers.
This way, patients at nursing centers would b…