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Continuing the archive of independent Cool Tech reporting (Archive Page 21).

Some of the best hand built lasers and guns you’ll ever see

January 7, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Laser Gadgets seems to be a little known site and YouTube channel. This might be because you get a no nonsense, no razzle dazzle, presentation of the final product. Patrick Priebe, however, is one of the best builders I follow online. He makes functioning laser guns and they look incredible. Late last year he uploaded […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: weapons

Bungie release an Alexa Destiny Ghost skill

December 1, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The first big expansion pack for Destiny is out in just a few days. Will it help the game recover from the discovery that Bungie has been secretly throttling experience points? We’ll see. Meanwhile, this quirky add-on from Bungie seems to be landing well. You can now connect your Alexa to your Destiny Ghost so […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: alexa, bungie

Xbox UK Black Friday deals

November 23, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Speaking for myself I’m ready to pounce on Black Friday deals this year. If I had coordinated better this would have been my Christmas shopping day but, nope, I rolled a critical botch on my calendar skills. I’m over the fact that this mega sale is a weird cultural import from the United States. Now […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: microsoft, shopping, xbox

Xenomorph storage egg reacts to you

October 27, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’ve a problem in my little writing den. I need some storage space but since it’s going to be plopped in the corner of the room it needs to look cool. I can’t just have a boring old blanket box. Unbox Industries’ impressive Alien Egg is a contender! [I need this now!] The motion activation […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: aliens, household, xenomorph

Fix: Crunchyroll queue missing on Amazon Fire TV

August 10, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Veteran anime streaming service Crunchyroll has an Amazon Fire TV app. This is a great help to anyone who wants to keep their tablet or phone free while a monitor streams for them. A bug I’ve encountered a few times now is that the queue and history on the Crunchyroll App sometimes go blank. It […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Crunchyroll

The concept gamepad – Nintendo Cross

August 2, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Smartphones have eaten a huge chunk into the handhold console gaming market. Why carry a console around when your phone is nearly as good? The answer, perhaps, is that the console has better controls and doesn’t drain your battery. Taking a leaf from some of the concept PCs and tablets where users simply pop their […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: nintendo, smartphones

The Iron Throne can charge your smartphone

August 1, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Do you treat your smartphone like a treasure? This video from YouTuber Natural Nerd races through a whole lot of effort. I’m not saying she skips on any of the details, you can watch this how-to and build your own iron throne, and you have a good idea of the time it’ll take. Fortunately, you […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: smartphones

New Cross X Marvel collection

July 28, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’m still a fan of my Spider-man pen from Cross. They’ve a new Marvel collection in stock. The Cross X Marvel Collection features Hulk, Spider-man and Thor. They’re rolling ball pens with chrome. The price tag of £50 makes them gift-worthy, I think. They might be more than you’d spend on yourself but just the […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: marvel, spider-man, the hulk, Thor

Superhero Week: Mechanical moving Spider-man mask

July 3, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

When Spider-man or Venom’s mask eyes narrow is that a trick only comic book illustrators and special effects wizards can make? No, small UK company No Limit Designs have a cosplay set up that creates the same effect. No Limits want to produce the highest quality specialist costumes and are looking to extend their relationship […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: cosplay, spider-man, superhero week

The new way to get Audible onto the Amazon Fire TV

June 3, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

I’ve an Amazon Fire TV. I don’t mean one of the popular Amazon Fire TV Sticks that compete with Google’s Chromecast; I mean the full-fledged Amazon Fire TV. I’m not sure why but they’re far less popular than the cutdown version and still safely well under a hundred bucks. I use my Amazon Fire TV […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: amazon, amazon prime video, audible

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