Archive for the ‘Misc. Tech & Gadgets’ Category
TwitReview: It’s rude to eat and tweet at the same time. Or is it?
Seeing a man chow down on his cheese and herb pizza and take out his BlackBerry to use Twitter might be about to become normality after details of a new unique restaurant review website emerged. TwitReview, which begins with a private beta launch in March before a full public unveiling later, spins on the idea that up-to-date restaurant reviews are indeed the best reviews. Out of date reviews are the…
Samsung’s Navibot Silencio: Grime fighting robot
For the vast majority of the population who dislike cleaning, languid thoughts must have entered your mind as you nonchalantly vacuum up, about transferring your much disdained household chores on to robotic cleaners. Samsung Electronics Company UK may have just converted our unflappable daydreams into a firm reality, with the birth of the Navibot Silencio, a robotic cleaning device that provides hands-free automated floor cleaning, and, at long last, taking…
be.ez La Robe Club
The laptop revolution started around 2004. It became cooler in May 2006, when the MacBook scampered out of Apple’s labs. It’s taken a while, but in 2011, cases have finally caught up. The be.ez La Robe Club combines portability, functionality and style to make, possibly, our favourite laptop case. The reason for this La Robe Club lust is not simply adoration for black-and-vibrant-colour combinations – although the Club’s black-and-saffron is…
Pioneer’s new MVH-7300 and MVH-8300 BT join app bandwagon
Pioneer has jumped on the App bandwagon with a pair of state of the art in-car digital media receivers that make in car movie watching a breeze. The MVH- 7300 and MVH- 8300 BT have been designed to combine the best of today’s new technology by offering dedicated support for iPhone, iPod, USB and SD media. The 3 inch TFT colour screens provide album artwork, video and a fully customised…
Pupils explore a 3D world with Acer projectors
The 3D experience is coming to schools thanks to Acer’s newest line-up of projectors. From January 11-14, the leading providers of technology for educational purposes gathered in London for the BETT trade show, which brings together the latest developments aimed at all education from early years right up to higher education. Just after the show finished, Acer continued its theme with its latest projectors, designed to bring new ways of…
Making tax less taxing – CropMark bluetooth keyboard that also avoids the Apple tax
If you’re still wading through your accounts and gamely trying to bash in figures using your Mac keyboard, here’s a gadget that could save your sanity (and you’ll be able to add it to your expenses for next year!). And because it’s not made by Apple, you can also avoid the fanboy fee. CropMark’s numeric keypad has been designed to attach to keyboards on Bluetooth-enabled Macs, and with its brushed-aluminium…
Ford Focus Electric at CES 2011
It seems Ford is turning greener by the second. Not only has it announced that its first ever zero emission all electric passenger car will be available in Europe and the US by 2013, but it will be produced for the US market at its Michigan plant, itself part powered using one of the largest solar energy generators in the western world. This is all good news of course. Even…
Vier shower system: The perfect shower – before you step in
Showers are great – except for those first few minutes, when you stand there shivering as you try to get the temperature right and avoid scalding your nether regions or dodging the freezing flow of water before it gets to the perfect temperature – if indeed it ever does. But now, gadget lovers, thanks to some technical wizardly, it is possible to use a wireless console to get the shower…
CES 2011: Golla cases and bags for your gadgets
If Santa was good to you this Christmas and bought you a new phone or even iPad it is time to start thinking accessories. So by now you have got to grips with it and you want a new case. When you have something as valuable as the iPad you need something stylish and functional to carry it around. A quality bag or case which does not fall apart on…
CES 2011: Panasonic Tablet, Crayola for iPad & Breffo’s tablet Spiderpodium
Continuing our series of round-up stories from this year’s CES in Las Vegas, we’re focusing on a new tablet, a way for kids to safely ‘crayon in’ your iPad and a funky spider that will help you position your tablet in all sorts of ways. So, lets get started with three tablet-related products that caught our eye… Panasonic Viera Tablet First up is the Panasonic Viera Tablet – which we…
