Lumigon’s T1 & S1 Android-powered phones

What is the tech-head’s paradox? I hear you cry. Well, it’s a gadget that does everything. For, like Alexander weeping that there are no more lands to conquer, if one has something that does everything, one does not need any more gadgets. Lumigon may not have quite smashed this paradigm, but they have made a [...]

Electrolux’s futuristic ‘Heart of the Home’ kitchen table

The kitchen can be a veritable hotbed of technology.  From the first labour-saving appliances, such as the washing machine, to more recent interactive devices, such as fridges that contact you when you’re running out of milk, we are always looking for ways to make day-to-day life more efficient.  With this in mind, Electrolux has developed [...]

Samsung reveal “Long Term Evolution” (LTE) Netbook

Earlier this month at the Mobile World Congress 2010, Samsung wowed the tech world by unveiling its Long Term Evolution (LTE) netbook PC. What places the N150 netbook at the forefront of technology is that it features a new Kalmia chip which has been designed in-house and has been described as the future of mobile [...]

Sony Cyber-shot TX5: water, dust, shock and frost proof!

Sony have just announced their latest and greatest, the Cyber-shot TX5 and are heavily touting it as being “everything proof”. The TX5 can take on water, dust, shock, cold and just about everything else bar T1000s. According to Sony the TX5 can withstand drops of 1.5 m, although I have no desire to test this. [...]

MSI launch GX640 & GX740 gaming notebooks

The MSI GX700 and GX640 have been designed by MSI for that most hard-to-please class of techhead; the gamer. The tagline- obscene performance for serious gamers- says tells you all you need to know about the products intended audience- social Pro Ev’ers need not bother.  Stick to your PS3 because these two brand new models, [...]

Three of the best: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) lights

SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder – is a condition where the ‘winter blues’, can cause stress, depression and and considerable disruption to a sufferer’s life. However, the condition is treatable and can be combated in a number of ways. One of the most common is to use a SAD lighting product such as a special [...]

Air2Air’s ‘DraganFlyer X4′ takes HD skyward

Unmanned airbourne vehicles (UAVs) have really taken off in recent years. Innovation is seeing these clever critters call the shots by taking pictures at angles hand-operated cameras can only dream of. Traditionally the territory of the military, surveyors and the police, Canadian UAV big-shot Air2Air has launched DraganFlyer X4 for the more mainstream aerial photographer [...]

Hands on with Google’s Buzz (kill)

The idea sounds great: let people connect to those they’ve emailed using their Google account. Let them share Twitter updates, show pages they’ve visited, videos they’ve watched on YouTube and swap more online content than ever before.
Yes, it’s a lovely idea, but, in practise, it has proved to be a dramatic failure.

When Buzz was launched, [...]

5 free iPhone apps for a greener life!

Love Food Hate Waste

Did you know the average household in Scotland throws away £430 worth of food a year? That’s almost enough to buy an iPad with! So, whether you’re appalled at food waste, or just on an economy drive, the free app from the Scottish Love Food Hate Waste campaign is worth downloading (after [...]

Olympus camera is tough cookie (with a colourful shell)

Anyone who’s seen the adverts for those tough kids’ cameras, where the little boy tosses the camera across the garden, runs it under the tap and still manages to take a very passable snap of his pet dog and thought; “hmm, wish they did one of those for grown-ups”, need wish no more.
Olympus has put [...]

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