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Illoom Balloons add an LED twist to your balloons
Posted by admin in Kids Gadgets on January 10th, 2010
Balloons seem to have lost their appeal to most of us. They’re still just the same boring balloons we’ve had for years. Sure, those ones made into cool shapes will keep us a little more interested, but it’s still not enough. Well these Illoom Balloons bring new life to balloons. Fill a dark room with these and you’ll have some interesting child-like lighting that will keep everyone entertained.
Each balloon has a tiny LED light, which makes the whole balloon glow. In order to get the balloon started you just pull the tab to activate it, then air it up. You can as usual either just blow them up and have little glowing spheres on the floor or put helium inside to give yourself some floating spheres. Surprisingly these will actually glow for a full 15 hours. They come in packs of 15, you can get a blue pack, a pink/white/purple pack and then a mixed colors one. Each pack of them will cost you £8.99 or about $14 through Firebox.
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Stereo Neckphones keep your music nearby
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on December 9th, 2009
If you thought that Bluetooth headsets made people look ridiculous, you’ll just love this gadget. Instead of listening to headphones like a normal person or just buying a portable speaker you could have these Stereo Neckphones. They hang onto you like a set of headphones would, but make it so you can be aware of your environment like having portable speakers. It’d be the best of both worlds if it didn’t make you look incredibly foolish.
Not to mention the fact that you’ll be that annoying person that wanders around playing their music so that everyone is stuck listening to it. This device works just like a set of headphones would. It just requires you to plug in your MP3 player through the 3.5mm plug. The cord itself is 36 inches long. In order to keep the neckphones powered you’ll need two AA batteries, which will keep it going for 15-30 hours. You can purchase this gadget for $129.95 through Hammacher Schlemmer.
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Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on October 29th, 2009
Boredom is a dreadful thing, so you should always find ways to get rid of it. Thankfully, Think Geek is always around to rescue geeks from being sucked into a bland dark place in their mind. Now you can spend your days strumming on a fake guitar on your shirt. It has all the major chords and plays them out loud for all the world to hear. Whether they like it or not.
The major chords that you have will allow for you to play a great deal of classic rock songs. That or you could just randomly hit buttons and make everyone around you completely annoyed. There is a mini amp that comes with the shirt. It has a tone nob that allows for you to turn the volume of the guitar up and down. The amp can be clipped to your belt. You can purchase the shirt and amp set for $29.99 from ThinkGeek.
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Freaky Body Illusions
Posted by admin in Kids Gadgets on October 28th, 2009
Grown up on a diet of illusionists and magicians, that you want to emulate the careers of David Blaine and David Copperfield instead of taking the traditional engineer/doctor/lawyer route? The Freaky Body Illusions set ought to get you started on the right footing then, letting you perform seemingly “miracles” by stretching your ear to an inhuman length and levitating on the spot among others.
Perfect for scaring the local kids and giving elderly relatives a heart attack, the range of disgusting acts you can perform with this set is delightfully wide. All in all, you can take pleasure in making your audience (or just the cat if you can’t rustle one up) feel quite sick with these clever little tricks. You can snap bones in your neck, discover a disembodied hand, even tear someone else’s arm off – all with the help of the included instructional DVD. Of course, the Magic Circle might not approve of these secrets being divulged, but that won’t matter a jot when you’re merrily terrifying anyone watching you yank a blood-drenched and still-moving arm out of a box. Of course, the tricks are surprisingly simple and just require a little bit of acting (not method-acting) and rehearsal to make a convincing show. Included are all the props you could need for these illusions, such as a box (with one panel missing), a fake ear, a fake arm (with gore detail), a bone-click simulator, a fake hand and various other bits and pieces to create the impression that you’re doing yourself some irresponsible harm.
The Freaky Body Illusions will retail for £24.99 and ought to make for a really wacky gift set.
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Spy Gear Evidence Kit, for kids who want to be CSIs
Posted by admin in Kids Gadgets on October 15th, 2009
I think that most of us would agree that CSI: Crime Scene Investigation isn’t designed with for six-year-olds. However, if you have a six-year-old that happened to watch it, then perhaps they would be inspired by the forensics people. This is assuming they wouldn’t have nightmares.
I am assuming that this is the target audience for the Spy Gear Evidence Kit. This All-in-One Inspection Set is designed for future detectives, as it highlights all the nifty aspects of it. For example, it has a 7 piece fingerprint kit that allows your kids to use lifting tape, glow in the dark powder, and an LED flashlight with UV Blacklight. This kit also has tiny ink case and a 2-sided fingerprint card for more fingerprint fun.
The Evidence Kit also has an interesting 30X microscope that you can see standing on end in the photo. It can definitely introduce youngsters to the concept of the microscopic world. It also comes with 2 collection bags in case your kids are playing very realistic cops and robbers for “tag it and bag it” fun.
The Evidence Kit is just neat enough to make any kid want to be an ace detective. For those who are looking for a stocking stuffer for their kids ages six and up might consider this one. It is available at the Shop Wild Planet website for about $22.95 (Sale Price).
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Nissan’s EPORO robot cars won’t have accidents
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on October 2nd, 2009
My source called these EPORO robot cars, but I don’t know if I feel comfortable calling these things cars. Unless these are cars from some alternate universe where penguins rule the world.
Yes, they may not look like what Nissan usually rolls off the assembly line, but the EPORO robot cars are an advancement for the day when cars drive themselves like Knight Rider.
You see, these EPORO robot cars are able to move in groups, and have software built in that keeps them from crashing into each other. Just think of them as bumper cars without the humans and without the bumps.
I suppose a better comparison would be to schools of fish, who are able to travel without bumping into each other and fluidly avoid other obstacles.
It sort of reminds me of the software used in Pixar’s classic Finding Nemo. Remember how the schools of fish traveled in schools, just like real fish? It would appear that Nissan took that tech a step higher, and plans to put six of the EPORO robots on display at CEATAC Japan next week.
I like where EPORO technology is going. I suppose automated cars could easily be programmed to follow traffic signals, but Nissan has finally figured out how to keep automated vehicles from hitting each other.
Are we that far away from Minority Report style automatic vehicles? I hope not. I would like to take nap in my car while on the way home.
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Punch Camera responds to senseless beatings
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on October 2nd, 2009
Now here’s a camera that is way better than any of the other types of cameras that give you instant pictures. Polaroids are cool and all and digitals are convenient, but this tops them all. With this you get your pictures instantly, plus you get to let out all that pent up aggression. No more just holding it all back and pretending to be chipper all the time. Now you have a valid excuse to beat the snot out of something.
In order to get the image that you have just captured on the camera, you’ll have to pound it out. This is of course tragically just a concept design. Otherwise, I imagine there would be a lot more stress-free individuals in this world. The designer didn’t exactly have that goal in mind though, they were more worried about tangible memories. You know connecting both physical and digital while minimizing materials. Personally, I just like that you get to thump on it.
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Kymera Magic Wand let people watch TV magically …
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on September 14th, 2009
With this This Kymera Wand changing channels is downright magical
While some may think that the Kymera Magic Wand remote control may make them feel like Harry Potter, but don’t be eager to scream “expeliarmus,” because they’re actually more like Galen from the doomed TV series Crusade.
Galen was a technomage, that is, a being who uses technology to give the appearance of magic. So, when a viewer using the Magic Wand to change the channel with a flick or the wrist, they are doing just that, using technology to create a desired effect and giving the appearance of magic. Then again, any remote can do that, so we’re already technomages. What are we talking about again?
In addition to changing channels with the flick of the wrist, there are twelve other gestures with which to do such things as adjust the volume (clockwise motion for up, flick left or right for track skip of the show, counter clockwise for down), and custom gestures such as pushing back and forth or tapping which can be programmed to adjust picture quality, or choose a favorite channel, even recording from your DVR.
The wand learns almost any function of a standard remote control and promises to be very simple to program. There’s even a practice mode to get better at using the wand without affecting the TVs picture settings – which is important if you’re planning to join the technomage guild later in the future.
Cost is about $100. Crusade or Harry Potter DVD set not included.
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Creative to release World of Warcraft headset
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on August 19th, 2009
For those of you that have been sucked into World of Warcraft and are happy to stay right there, there’s a new WoW themed gadget you’ll want to check out. Creative will soon be releasing a World of Warcraft headset to go along with your WoW gear that you likely already own. The best part about this headset is that you’ll get to show your Horde or Alliance pride right on the headset itself.
The headset uses Creative’s THX TruStudio PC Surround to give you a little more realistic surround sound. You’ll also get to make the choice between a wired and wireless headset. It of course has a built-in microphone too, so it’ll work out great for those of you that use vent while you’re raiding. These won’t be released till this November though, but at least they’ll be around just in time for some holiday shopping. At that time they will range in prices from $100 on up to $150.
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Trek Tricorder Media Player, a geek’s wet dream
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on August 19th, 2009
A working Tricorder? Only if you want to analyze movies and music!
Okay, show of hands. If you’re a Star Trek fan, how many of you have a phaser toy sitting on your desk right now? Yeah thought so. Some of you may have gotten the Trek Communicator VOIP phone. But how many have gotten this cool Trek gadget … a Trek Tricorder Media player?! You heard me. Someone has built a Tricorder that not only looks like one, but works like one as well. Sort of.
Ameralis Grafx‘ Tricorder PMP-09 seems to have gotten all the details right in creating a replica tricorder from Star Trek the Next Generation series. Handheld, about the size of a pregnant iPod, it flips open to review power, play, rewind, forward and volume buttons and a 2.8” LCD screen which does double duty as both a menu interface and movie screen. It has 8 GB of on-board memory (no sign of an SD expansion slot, sadly), and a life of between 4 hours for video and 12 hours of music before needing recharging. The PMP-09 has working lights and sounds from the hit sci-fi series, has the standard LCARS interface (you trekkers know what that is) and plays AVI, MP3, MP4, and WAV files. It’ll even serve as a digital photo album with capability to display both JPG and BMP files.
Six different tricorder PMP models will be available …
The PMP-09 comes in six different styles from standard Starfleet issue, to Medical, Marine, and Borg models. Borg models?! But it’s not cheap. Figuring that if you build it, they will come with their VISA cards, the PMP-09 will set Trek geeks back between $350-430 bucks. Yikes.
Check out the Tricorder in action over at YouTube here.
Hat Tip – Engadget
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