Hands up! Who likes to start their morning with a coffee and a catchup of the daily news? In “the old days,” this meant grabbing the latest newspaper to read, but these days with all the digitised content out there, you’re no longer constrained to having to read a single source about a single subject. […]
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The kids and I love making Sushi rolls, but it can be a tedious and slow process. The Sushibot was demonstrated at the World Food and Beverage Great Expo 2012 in Tokyo. Produced by Suzumo, a company that specialises in sushi making machines from domestic to commercial, the machine is capable of making up to 300 rolls
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“Don’t slouch!” “Don’t spend so long at that monitor!” “Turn off the power when you’re finished!” Sound like anyone’s mother? Well the new Phillips ErgoSensor range of monitors is now a mother substitute. The monitors feature: Optimal viewing distance measurement and advice Time-break reminder Neck posture detection and corrective advice User presence detection and behaviour
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Every day we use WiFi on our notebooks, phones, tablets, routers, TVs – in fact it’s estimated that there’s around 3 billion WiFi-enabled devices worldwide. Who out there knew though that WiFi is actually an Australian invention? Developed by Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) , it was patented in Australia
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Ever use your phone in “unsavoury” places ? Well even if you don’t, who knows what bacteria and germs live on your phone that you’ve picked up during the day? I mean we use them everyday, everywhere we go…and sometimes it really is everywhere. 🙂 PhoneSoap is a Kickstarter project to address this issue. Rather
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In my review of Sugru I mentioned that it would be great if it came in primary colours, which would give you yellow and reds and allow you to mix almost any colour. Well they must have listened to me. 🙂 Announced today, it’s now available in packs of 8 x 5 gram packs of
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Finnish company Biolan specialises in ecological farming and green area management as well as environmental products. The Icelett is a dry toilet that does not require water, sewer, or a ventilation pipe, and is easy to install anywhere. The difference: the Icelett freezes your waste to -15 degrees Centigrade, which inhibits and stops the activity
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From the BBC comes a report on “e-textiles” that can provide clothes with a single, central power source to charge devices. Intelligent Textiles from Surrey UK has developed and is testing a lightweight uniform for the military that has conductive fibres woven into it. Rather than carrying seperate batteries for each device, a central battery can
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From cerriousdesign on Etsy, this mini USB flash drive guitar is a nice little piece for that musician in your life. It’s made from pine with copper strings that you can even change the tension on, and it also comes with its own soft lined hard case. Available in 8GB for $75 or 16GB for $90, plus shipping.
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Scheduled for release later this year, the Tamagoo 360-imager is capable of taking panoramas in sky/ground, horizontal or vertical panoramic planes. With a 14MP sensor, 2″ LCD touch screen and built-in WiFi, the unit is 92 x 55.8 x 61.1mm and weighs in at around 190g. Once processed, you can create fully-navigable panoramas and share them directly from
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Sometimes watches from TokyoFlash can be a little “out there” and hard to read. The Kisai On Air Acetate touchscreen LCD watch however is a much simpler concept than normal. We told you about the On Air with a stainless steel case and strap late last year. Now they’ve introduced a version in acetate, which
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They’re not as big as the Robots in Real Steel, they’re more advanced than the robots in The Big Bang Theory, but they’re not toys and they’re playing for a $12,000 pot. Started in 2002, the ROBO-ONE championship is an annual competition held in Japan where bipedal humanoid robots fight it out to the end.
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Around my household I’m known as McGyver because of my VERY improvised solutions to fixing things. The issue I have though is that often my fixes don’t even last as long as an episode of McGyver 🙂 When I first came across a product called Sugru, my mind boggled about the many different ways that
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Australian Company Haul specialises in making bags, cases and accessories from recycled products like billboard vinyl and number plates. Their Foreman is made from recycled truck tyres, seat belt webbing and recycled denim. Capable of taking a 15″ laptop and A4 folders, the bag is 38 x31x12 cm. The rubber is not affected by water or weather
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If you travel a lot, you’ll know that one of the biggest dilemmas is traveling light but still having enough clothes. In some locations, finding a laundry can be hard and expensive – or if you’re further afield, impossible to find. Australian inventor Ashley Newland has come up with the Scrubba Washbag, a possible solution
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Recently a spate of videos showing a smartphone treated with Neverwet being dipped in water was doing the rounds; however, Ross Nanotechnology’s product goes well beyond that. Neverwet is a spray on or dip application that applies a super hydrophobic coating that completely repels water and heavy oils. Any liquid placed on the coating literally just
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I know lots of us Gadgeteers love stuff like creating and building things with LEGO. Well Nathan Sawaya is a New York based artist who’s taken things to another level. He builds with LEGO for a career 🙂 As a full-time freelance artist Nathan accepts commissions to design and build custom creations. His work has graced photoshoots,
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Hokay, I’ll admit it I’m not really a video kinda person I’m more a stills kinda guy. One of the reasons I don’t like video is I don’t have the time or patience to go through a full days shooting to find the highlights, to cut them out into individual files and do all the
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From design company Frank Etc. comes the concept of the Spider, a mobile solution for connecting to the Web. The Spider Computer is an ultraportable device with a built-in projector and laser keyboard that you can easily carry with you. When folded the Spider can also be used as a mobile phone. “Its three legs can
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When I think messenger bags, Berlin isn’t the first city in the world that comes to mind but Bagjack has been locally producing handmade messenger bags and accessories since 1993. Their 20 litre capacity Messenger NXL (Next Level) is a versatile bag that can be used as a messenger, a briefcase or a backpack (without
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