Archive for February, 2007
Put your cup holder to work
You might find it weird that this post is about gadgets that give your cup holders some real use, you know, make it do more work than just hold a drink. Maybe it’ll be a plate, maybe a juice box holder, maybe a trash bin, maybe even a fry holder for those trips to McDonalds. Seriously, each one of those gadgets exist and can be bought. Excited yet?
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Grundig B700 - Looks like a Blackberry and Runs on Linux
Grundig is better known for their sound systems and radios, but now they’re aiming at the cellphone market. Grundig Mobile is launching the B700 Ultra Slim Communicator, a Blackberry style smartphone that runs on a Linux operating system. The design is very simple, but it also looks effective, with a QWERTY keyboard with SureType® technology, just like the Blackberry.
Happy Birthday Digital Drops
Nick from Digital Drops has been blogging with us for the last few weeks and has brought us such classics as the Dodecahedra Speakers and the R2D2 Trash Can. Nick’s just told me that Digital Drops (his own site) is 1 year old today.
So happy birthday to Nick and DD, if you want to read about all the latest gadgets in Portuguese it’s well worth checking out (though a few of the pictures do look similar to here 
).
Scrolling LED License Plate Frame
Ever wanted to tell the driver behind you exactly what you think of them (without stopping and getting your head ripped off)?
Now you can with the scrolling digital license plate frame (pictured) or for your back window the rear deck scrolling digital message system. Both display a scrolling LED message that you can program and then activate via remote control.
Must admit I’m not sure if this will help deter tailgaters as they may now need to get closer to read the profanity message. You can get the message system’s from Roadmaster USA.
A Retro Boombox with a CD player, a Cassette Deck, USB and SD
Do you remember your old cassette tapes? Yes, those same tapes you used to record with your favourite songs and that are probably hidden in some dark corner of your house? Well, if you have any of those tapes left, you might consider buying the Sanyo MAJ-U02. This portable Boombox comes with a CD player, a cassette deck, a digital FM tuner and a SD/MMC card reader.
Pizza Vending Machine
We’ve written about quite a few different vending machines but this one has got to be my all time favourite, the pizza vending machine. Read the rest of this entry »
Anakin, your boat is ready, it’s the Front Runner
Is it a pod racer?
No, that’ s just ridiculous (but it does kind of look like one).
This new boat from designer Joey Ruiter has twin sponsons that are separated from the main hull. More importantly, they both house 215 horsepower jet drive motors. This means, yes, 430 horsepower of pod racing water skimming insanity!
But wait, there’s new based in reality too! It’s designed to run in extremely shallow water (think around 2 feet, at the lowest, when it’s up on plane probably about a foot, but that doesn’t really count when coming in to beach it at the local lake).
The other cool bits are the it’s not a glued aluminum solution (likely aluminum welds). The big thing about that is, when you’re done with it, you can recycle the whole thing like a drink can!
GatLight V3 - Flashlight or Piece of Art
This is the third incarnation of the variable brightness flashlight, the GatLight and like it’s predecessors it still looks pretty flash (excuse the pun). Read the rest of this entry »
