A lovely piece of hardware that takes 1280×1024 pictures at customisable intervals for only $159.99

I’ve been writing about mind controllers for years now but we’re finally seeing some movement in the market. Neurosky finally has their unit ready for production, and has launched an SDK for developers. They’re also looking to use their technology in a wide variety of settings such as cars. Find out here!

This is a simple piece of hardware you put under your shower drain, which transfers heat from hot shower waste water to cold incoming water. This cuts water heater use by 25%-40%. It has no moving parts This seems like a very easy and effective way to save money.

This online store in Hong Kong only charges $3,- for worldwide shipping and features a dizzying array of USB gadgets. The selection of USB hubs alone is totally astounding, but the amount of other USB stuff they have is completely insane. Happy shopping!

With the Zypad device, which runs a Linux operating system, one can access a remote host system through integrated wired or wireless interfaces. The unit boasts a special fiberglass-reinforced nylon-magnesium alloy case for maximum durability and minimum weight. Features include “802.11 and Bluetooth/Zigbee interfaces, a GPS receiver, electronic compass, biometric fingerprint sensor, and a tilt- Read more about Zypad wrist computer[…]

Easy to build, this will fry anything with an ethernet port on it.

Introducing SPOT %u2013 The World%u2019s First Satellite Messenger Whether you%u2019re just checking in, allowing others to track your progress, or calling for help %u2013 SPOT gives you a vital line of communication with friends and family when you want it, and emergency assistance when and where you need it. And since it utilizes 100% satellite Read more about SPOT Europe, The World’s First Satellite Messenger[…]

How to turn a motion detector into a USB device that will lauch a multimedia presentation.

And why not put an accellerometer on the SIM card?

Very usefull, huge collection of manuals about just about everything.

This one is for the flash on your camera, and uses fibre optics to create the ring directly around the lens. It goes for $5,-

Kind of like Keepon but furrier

It takes around 4 – 8 hours to purify a full one, but it’s less resource intense than boiling the water.

TrueMotion is a Wii controller by Sixense which is way way better than the actual Wii controller because it has a much more accurate way of determining where the stick is in space. So they’re releasing it for the PC at around $100,- with a game.

Very usefull if you’re an outdoors type of person who does like his gadgets:

The new Palm Pre looks very awesome: smaller than an iphone, slideable keyboard (I love that keyboard, it’s very very good) and an OS which seems slicker than Apple’s. Other than that it seems to have all the prerequisite bits and bobs, such as wifi, gprs, reasonabley poor camera, gps, bluetooth, 480×320 display. Contact management Read more about Has Palm done it?[…]

This drive uses P2P technology to back up your drives synchronysly anywhere on the planet. Sounds good, but you do need to have 2 of these drives. They’re made to sync to each other. It won’t plug in to your existing NAS automagically. Your source drive would need some way of identifying and sending the Read more about Datto’s Box 2 Box[…]

This allows you to set your white balance before uncapping your lens.

This links to a whole range of impressive cheapskate (but effective!) ways of upgrading your camera setup, such as how to make cheap flash diffusers, your own camera bag, flash deflection umbrella’s, tripods, ringlighting rigs, etc.

It’s GSM Watch phone week! The first is the Phenom Watch Phone which features a 1.3″ touchscreen you can operate with a stylus and has a seperate keypad. It’s feature packed and also has an MP3 & MP4, built in microphone and speakers, digital and video camera, Micro SD slot and built in Bluetooth. They Read more about GSM Watch Phones[…]

Some clever chappie (professor Silver) has designed a lens for your glasses that you can change the strength of the focal distance yourself – ie. no more optician! He does this by filling a membrane with water. Using in syringe with a dial you can put in more or take out some fluid, customising it Read more about DIY adjustable glasses[…]

This is a good guide how to do it easily and reap the benifits of proper colour. All you need is a THX certified DVD and a pair of $4,- goofy glasses.

It’s an easy system: you plug one end into your PC and you plug the other end (which can be bought seperately) into your USB thing, making it a wireless device. Prices seem reasonable.

With 200x magninfication and 1600 x 1200 resolution this is quite something for only GBP 50

BSODomizer is a small, battery-powered, mischievous electronic gadget that interfaces between a laptop or desktop and VGA monitor and flashes images onto the monitor at random time intervals or when triggered by an infrared remote control Childish and random? Hell yeah! Cool as fuck and I want one!