This week I got my first email which had “Sent from my iPad” in the signature. It came from a colleague in London. I teased him. He pointed out the worse thing about having an iPad already and being based in the UK is that the App Store isn’t yet open over here. He can’t […]
The iPad becomes the Star Trek PADD
The folks at Gizmodo sum this up with a “Someone Had to Do It” title – and they’re probably right. It’s also their scoop as the designer contacted them. Yup. An iPad/iPhone application designer has created a clever skin for a bunch of social networks that looks like a Star Trek PADD. It screams Trek […]
Yes; this is ace – an umbrella broadsword
My friends would love this as a birthday present. ThinkGeek has a totally awesome umbrella broadsword in their shop. It has a push button opening mechanism. It has a shoulder strap aka the scabbard. The umbrella itself is black but with a silver interior. This is ace.
Big head alien USB
Hmm. This USB stick isn’t at all my taste but it strikes me as an excellent joke present for someone – or, perhaps, a statement to make on the office desk. It’s the way the mouth appendage bobs back and forth that makes this alien that degree of speshal. It lights up too.
Transformers USB stick – that transforms
Got to admit it; I thought I was so tired of Transformers stuff (I blame the attempted films squarely for that) but this rather cool gadget has raised my interest. It’s a USB stick. It actually transforms. Okay, okay, it’s a Decepitcon but some people actually prefer that. It’s sold by Mertline for American money.
Infinite USB ports
Designer Gonglue Jiang should be happy with himself. His design for Infinite USB has done well with the if Online Exhibition and picked up a prize for the concept. I see the need. I’m always running out of USB slots. I’m no electronics guru but is there a risk that the power reduces with each […]
An introduction to inflatable spacecraft
“You can think of it as going from a pencil to a coke can after expansion,” says one of the experts promoting the idea of inflatable spacecraft. No prizes for guessing that the next question from the lips of the New scientist reporter is, “Is it safe?” Turns out, the argument is, that inflatable fabric […]
Cyute metal spiders
Imagine the scene – you’ve absolutely no idea what to get your best friend’s wife for her birthday. Not an unlikely scene, no? You have to get her something. But what? Why not some awfully cute metal spiders from the ArtOfMetal? I think they’re too cute to fail!
Happy toast is happy
Okay, okay – so the design of this prototype has been thoroughly bashed. Glass is a rubbish conductor of heat. The design notes from Xu Yan Xiang talk about an “electric-heating nano-membrane”, rather than glass, as a way to achieve the heat transfer but the experts have been bashing that as future-tech too. Not sure […]
Fork phone – cutlery for your iPhone
Someone at a more popular blog than this one (erm, which doesn’t narrow it down much at all! ;)) suggested this might be the cutest cutlery based iPhone holder you’re every likely to see. I think they might be right! The best part is that it’s dead cheap (well, it’s currently dead cheap) and you […]
