Gadgets and New Technologies

Voodoo Gingerbread Man set If it looks like your going to be alone this valentines day then you’ll need something to make you feel better. There isn’t much that could make you feel better than the Voodoo Gingerbread Set. Invite your friends round and think about your ex-lovers so you can each bake them, then break them!Contains:Man shaped cookie cutter, Recipe card, Voodoo instructions and Rolling pin.H: 200mm Technorati Tags: Home gadgets (Read the full post about ‘Voodoo Gingerbread Man set’…)

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SYMA 603 Remote Control Super Flier Helicopter The Syma 603 RC Helicopter is the easiest and simplest remote control helicopter there is. This ready to fly model is ideal for the novice and younger people who wish to start flying their own helicopters! Gone are the days when a remote control helicopter would set you back hundreds of pounds. But dont think that because of the low price it is low quality! This is one of the best constructed helicopters on the market. The sturdy design and simple function make this helicopter ideal as it is light, strong and susceptable to a few knocks and crashes (which we all have to admit we do when we first get a new chopper!). (Read the full post about ‘SYMA 603 Remote Control Super Flier Helicopter’…)

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Posted Feb 3rd 2008 4:03PM by Joshua TopolskyFiled under: Misc. Gadgets Apparently, water is all the rage these days if you want to get a message seen. In Tokyo Bay Monster-fashion (sans holographic video monster), a designer named Julius Popp has created a system of displaying moving text and images using falling drops of water, thus creating a kind of virtual billboard that appears to be hovering in mid-air. The system — called AquaScript — works by utilizing magnet-valves which expel single drops of water on demand; proprietary software syncs the valves into a “freely definable bitmap-muster” which produces blocks of images with the falling liquid. Check the video after the break and see the wetworks in action. (Read the full post about ‘AquaScript paints words onto water’…)

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Popcorn Maker An old fashioned popcorn brought back from the dead, reverse engineered shrunk down to a fraction of its original dimensions so it sits handily on your kitchen worktop See price (Read the full post about ‘Popcorn Maker’…)

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Posted Feb 3rd 2008 9:53AM by Darren MurphFiled under: Robots C’mon, be honest — the unofficial cutoff age for playing with Legos sans kids is sometime way before puberty, but thanks to a new development from Carnegie Mellon University, we adults may soon be able to unashamedly indulge in those desires once more. Posey, hailed as a “hands-on way of interacting with computers,” features a plethora of snap-together, sensor-laden parts that can communicate with PCs through ZigBee. When a user attaches a leg to a body, for instance, an on-screen representation immediately mimics the movement, providing hours of fun and some real promise for future applications. (Read the full post about ‘Posey makes playing with snap-together blocks okay for adults’…)

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Battery Lamp You can have this for ?14.95 (Read the full post about ‘Battery Lamp’…)

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Posted Feb 3rd 2008 7:41AM by Darren MurphFiled under: Misc. Gadgets Unfortunately, Dr. Chunlei Guo of the University of Rochester hasn’t yet figured out how to turn scrap metals into gold, but he, along with Dr. Anatoliy Y. Vorobyev, has discovered how to colorize a variety of metals. By utilizing a “femtosecond laser processing technique,” the duo has crafted a method for turning even aluminum into aluminum with an impeccable gold finish. Furthermore, they’ve also been successful in turning tungsten dark blue, leaving reason to believe that nearly any metal could be altered to appear as a different color. Ah, just imagine what these folks could do with your MacBook Pro.[Via The New York Times, (Read the full post about ‘Researchers devise method for colorizing metals, alchemists swoon’…)

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What kind of chair do you sit in? I’ve got a pretty decent chair that I’ve had for around five years. It’s nothing fancy, just a black high-back computer chair. If you like to sit in something that differs from the norm, and happen to be an aviation enthusiast, this B-52 Stratofortress Ejector Seat Chair should be right up your alley. This rather eccentric-looking chair is modeled quite accurately to the ejector seats found in B-52 bombers. I’m going to guess that when you pull on the straps, the seat will still remain firmly planted on the ground. I’m going to venture a guess that only the most dedicated of aviation enthusiasts will want to pick one of these up. (Read the full post about ‘B-52 Ejector seat won’t launch you from your cubicle’…)

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Posted Feb 3rd 2008 5:24AM by Darren MurphFiled under: Misc. Gadgets We’ve seen (though not felt, for obvious reasons) a few touchless interfaces before, but the latest development coming from Elliptic Labs is a real treat. Dubbed a “touchless human / machine user interface for 3D navigation,” the firm has somehow figured out how to allow mere mortals to manipulate on-screen images without requiring any sort of funky gloves to be worn or a microchip to be installed in your fingertip. (Read the full post about ‘Elliptic Labs shows off touchless interface for 3D navigation’…)

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According to T3, Sony will be releasing a slim PS3 in quarter 3 or 4. There’s no listed specs or prices yet, but here are some pics of the supposed slim PS3. More detailed pics after the jump. [Source] (Read the full post about ‘Rumor: Slim PS3′…)

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