Misc. Tech & Gadgets
Vaude PETros and Rails: Taking your gadgets safely from A to B
We love a good bag here at LG Towers. It’s all well and good being able to curl on an sofa and get your geek on (there’s a chiptune Missy Elliot remix of that floating around I’d wager) but it’s as much fun to take your geek to the streets with all manner of swaddling garb to keep your precious gadgetry safe. Enter Vaude and…
Scanomat Top Brewer: The future of coffee?
I’m sure I’m surprising exactly no one by being a writer who’s into coffee so my delight at seeing the Scanomat Top Brewer was a predictable as the slew of “lose weight in the new year” articles I’m going to write when this is done. But in all fairness, the Scanomat Top Brewer is an amazingly stylish approach to brewing beans. You’ve already seen what…
Keep those flu viruses away with ECO DD322FW Dehumidifiers
This winter there are apparently more flu and viral strains than ever before. It’s bad enough to have to put up with contagion during commuting let alone getting infected when you’re in the comfort of your own home. So why not make sure you don’t give them a chance to get near you by installing a dehumidifier. During the dehumidifier season from September to March…
Multimedia multitasker – Nero 11
If you want to do anything with multimedia files, whether it’s editing MP3 files, create slideshows, edit video, receiver data from damaged discs and loads more, Nero software seems to be able to do it all. Long gone are the days when all it did was burn data to CDs (although you can still do that too!) This is version 11 so what’s new since…
GoKart launches ‘psychic’ electric golf trolley
The electric golf trolley used to be a sign of advancing years. It was the signal to everyone else that your days of lugging a golf bag over your shoulder or pushing a trolley uphill are now over thank you very much. It is that time when you are on, what many people term, as the ‘back nine of life.’ Fortunately, technology has helped to…
eTRV: Remote control radiator temperature control
We love green at Latest Gadgets – grass, trees and low-power gadgets that make the world a better place. The eTRV – or electronic thermostatic radiator valve (sounds like a name out of Dr. Who) is the latter. Essentially, it’s a remote control radiator temperature control. Made by heating control specialists Chalmor Limited, the eTVR easily replaces existing thermostatic radiator valves – simply unscrew the…
Polar RCX5 training computer: The pocket-sized personal trainer
Think all personal trainers are muscle-bound blokes in skin-tight lycra or impossibly lithe, enthusiastic women who think nothing of a completing a 20-mile run before breakfast? It’s time to think again. Heart rate monitoring expert Polar has launched its RCX5 training computer – which you can wear on your wrist or slip in a pocket. The monitor has been designed to be a personal trainer…
Philips SENSOTOUCH 3D RQ 1280. Cutting edge wet or dry electric shaving
Well this is the first time I’ve used a 3D product without having to wear glasses and whilst the thought of my face jumping out at me from the mirror might be a fun concept for some people, it is, fortunately for me, something I don’t have to deal with. 3D in this case simply means the shaver covers every contour of your face to…
Ultra Motor Fast4ward cycles
Ultra Motor, the makers of electric bikes, may be one of the biggest names in transport that you’ve never heard of. Producing over 250,000 electric motors a year, its creations have ended up in the hands of Leonardo Di Caprio, Johnny Vaughan and Jay Leno. And with its new Fast4ward range, electric bikes may just have got better than ever. The new Fast4ward cycles were…
Karrimor AirSpace Range review
We love bags here at Latest Gadgets as we are constantly carting copious amounts of technology from one place to another. Be it laptops, tablets, cameras or consoles, we have a lot of gizmos that we like to take on the road with us. So when Karrimor told us about AirSpace range – a high tech bag that we could carry our high-tech toys around…
Clean up in style: The latest and greatest in vacuum cleaners
Who would have thought you could be stylish while you’re vacuuming? Well Yat Wong-Jones, buyer of small electrical appliances at John Lewis, who, we suspect, is going to turn out to be the Gok Wan of the gadget world, reckons you can vacuum AND look fabulous. His choice for stylish cleaners? Well if you want 1940s glamour, you should opt for the Oreck XL4 Upright…
The Navigon 70 Easy and 70 Plus Live – Coupling driving with relaxation?
I have never really been a fan of sat navs, finding them slightly patronising and off-putting and preferring to follow my own route with a good, old-fashioned map. Although I have to admit, how advanced has the world become when a machine can tell you when you need to start indicating to change lane in busy traffic? This “Active Lane Assistance”, which provides safe assistance…
Tune in, log on and watch movies while you’re on the move
If you’ve been inspired by the London Marathon or are one of the thousands who took part in the Race for Life, and are keen to continue your running training, a few tunes should help you along the way. Radiopaq has just launched a designer sports headset that has been fashioned to offer a secure, lightweight and tailored fit for anyone who likes to listen…
There’s no smoke without Firetext
You’ve got your fire alarm, you’ve checked the batteries, but have you ever thought – well, that’s all very well and good, but what if no one’s around to hear the thing go off? Obviously that’s what the good folk behind Firetext thought too, because they came up with a smoke alarm that uses text messages to alert home owners when the alarm is activated….
Autoglass 2020 Vision
Fortune-telling is a dubious business. And if Gypsy women with mystic balls and hordes of magic charms aren’t to be believed, what chance do windscreen manufacturer Autoglass have? Well, when the future is this cool, hopefully quite a lot. Autoglass has created a “2020 Vision campaign”, pondering what information our windscreens will show us in 2020. The video, included below, suggests combining augmented reality, visual…




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