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Loop: Energy Empowerment
The downside of being always plugged in … is that I’m always plugged in. That might seem a little obvious but the various shiny gadgets that I’ve accrued as a professional gadgeteer litter my house the like children and pets of more balanced individuals, all sucking electricity and draining my…
The Krup’s Nespresso ‘Gran Maestria’ Coffee Machine
Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat. I am mad about real coffee. I bore my friends senseless about aroma, strength, intensity and crema. The fact of it is, I am old school. I love the process of grinding beans and brewing a fresh cup of espresso the…
Video: The SodaStream Revolution Drinksmaker
If you’re old enough to remember the long, dark days of the seventies then one of the brighter moments back then was getting a glass of effervescent action from a SodaStream. The home drink-making machine was one of the gadgets to own and although it’s retained a cult following ever…
Grillbot: BBQ Cleaning Robot
Robotic gadgets often work best when they prevent us having to do tiring and repetitive physical work, and that’s certainly an apt description for cleaning a barbeque grill. Enter the Grillbot: a gadget that looks and works a lot like the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner but for your grill. As…
Home Automation Future and Present: WiFi Lightbulbs, Speakers and Doorlocks
Are you ready for robotic lawnmowers, rechargeable cars and intelligent fridges? Well, we’re not quite there yet. But our homes are a lot smarter than they’ve ever been before, and with the rise of home automation systems they’re only going to get smarter. An automated home is all about saving…
5 Interesting Energy Saving Gadgets for 2013
As energy costs proceed in one direction only, it is fair to say that any new invention that can serve its purpose and use less power, has to be a darn good idea. Tesco may assure us that ‘every little helps,’ but if everyone in the world relied permanently on…
iRobot Roomba 660 Vacuum Cleaning Robot
They say a dog is a man’s best friend, yet it’s quite possible that statement may be under threat. After all, when was the last time your dog vacuumed the lounge for you? IRobot’s founders have been innovators in domestic robotics since the late 90′s after a stint collaborating with NASA on…
iRobot Scooba 390 Floor Washing Robot
Still basking in the relative success of their domestic vacuum robot, the Roomba, iRobot have not unsurprisingly looked at what else they can revolutionise on the domestic front. Personally, floor washing is a particularly tedious chore I have to contend with; all that soapy water sloshing about getting dirty the…
Invoxia NVX 610: Plug and Play Professional Phone Products
Man, the people at French telecommunication giants invoxia are doing very well indeed as we get stuck in to 2013! Following the mighty Best of CES Innovations award and the multiple worlds awards (Red Dot 2012, Observeur du Design 2013, Telephony Product of the Year 2012, celebrating the new telecommunications…
UrbanHello: Giving the home phone some smarts
Adding “smart” to the home phone seems like an obvious leap, especially since the proliferation on clever mobile phones has been so succesful. Then again with such wonderful mobiles and with companies such as ePure replicating the home phone experience on the mobile perhaps the home phone is a thing…
iRobot Mirra 530 and Looj 330 Pool and Gutter Cleaners: Robot Chores
Pool cleaning isn’t normally the first type of manual labour (or in some parts of California, Manuel labour) that I would assume would be under threat from robots. According to my knowledge, which is based solely on movies, pool cleaners are good looking wayward men in their early 20s who…
Electrolux Infisight and Zanussi QUADRO: Take your home cooking up a notch.
We recently did a feature on fitness gadget that covered all sorts of bits and bobs that will help you stay trim for 2013. However as I’m sure you know “great abs are made in the kitchen, not in the gym” so we thought we’d also look at two new…