Tools & Gadgets & Gizmos to Drool for
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The Single Digit Clock Kit. We love this idea, a single digit clock that displays the time as a sequence of numbers. One at a time. OK, so you’ve got to have the patience to stare [...]
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The Telemania Smiley Face Phone should be compulsory equipment for all heads of state around the world. Then there’d be no excuse for dropping bombs on each other or declaring states of emergency. Are we being overly simplistic here?
This friendly telephone will add a goofy charm to any kid-friendly décor while [...]
The Reizen Talking Atomic Watch. Now here’s a timepiece you really don’t want to argue with. It keeps itself atomically correct (via all sorts of clever radio signal tech) and will announce the time and time ‘and more’ in a reasurringly male voice. Well we assume it’s reassuring. Whatever. Anyhoo, it [...]
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The Star Trek Phaser Universal Remote Control. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Now at last we can Trekkie our family into submission with the press of a button. Zap, there goes Desperate Housewives. Zap, bye-bye American Idol. And with sound effects too? Oh the power and the glory, Jim. What a shame it’s [...]
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Breath Capture. Hmm…not sure what to make of this one. The company sells a range of glass tubes – as pendants, bracelets, earrings etc – which can hold the breath of a loved one as a keepsake. We’re kind of creeped out by this for some reason which we can’t explain. [...]
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Move Tracks is so clearly a ‘wow, what a cool idea’ project. Basically it’s a mashup between iTunes and Google Maps which lets you create a playlist for your journey based on the time the trip will take and the tracks you choose. Set the route, select the audio tracks and press [...]
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The Insider Pages acquisition rumors that we posted on last week were accurate - later today Citysearch, a division of InterActive Corp., will announce that they have acquired the company.
The size of the transaction is not being disclosed, although our understanding from a source close to the deal is that the price is in [...]
UIQ Technology has released the sixth and last of their official themes for all UIQ 3 smartphones: Amazonia is 'inspired by the mighty Amazon rainforest'. Unfortunately, the link is to a Flash widget, so you'll have to click through to find it, and see the note on the UIQ page about the .utz download.
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Filed under: Hardware, iPod Family
TomTom is one of the leading GPS device makers out there, with its TomTom Go device setting a new standard while back. Now electronista is pointing to a FCC filing revealing the TomTom DUO, a “handheld [that] would have support for a unique USB docking station in the style of a [...]
Filed under: How-tos, Developer
For a long time now I have been working on learning AppleScript, where “working on” means I bought an AppleScript book that sits on my table accusingly, but I’ve never actually picked it up and read through it. AppleScript is clearly a powerful and relatively easy way to get somewhat complex tasks [...]
Appulo.us - free software for iPhones
