Jul 18, 2010
Under the heading of “Cute, but essentially without merit”, comes the USB Mail Box Friends Alert, from Brando. Compatible with most common social networking sites, this is a usb stick that also monitors your email, and it tells you when new email (or contact) arrives, with a soft light, and a sound. My guess is that the sound will be totally...
Jul 11, 2010
Sony have taken the compact digital camera market and blown a very big hole in it. Traditionally, this market, aimed at those who wish their cameras to be just a simple point and shoot affair, has been populated with small, fashion accessories, most of which also happen to make perfectly good wallet-sized images. While some of them can actually take some fairly...
Jul 4, 2010
Courtesy of the good folks at Nikon Australia, we have had the opportunity to spend a couple of weeks with their flagship D3s along with a 70-200 VRII lens. First impressions are important, and this combo feels like a tank. The build quality actually reminds of the legendary Nikons of the 1970s and 1980s, and to be perfectly honest, that surprised me. In a good...
Jul 4, 2010
The heading says it all. Hiromi Ozaki has put together a device that, apparently, dispenses blood and simulates abdominal cramping, so that men can feel what menstruation feels like. There’s no word on whether women have confirmed how accurate this machine is in its simulation, but in all honesty, I’m having a lot of trouble trying to think of any...
Jun 27, 2010
How about NesBot, the fully automated coffee serving robot? BlueBotics SA, in conjunction with Nestlé’s Nespresso SA, have developed exactly such a thing. Combining BlueBotic’s Autonomous Navigation Technology (ANT) technology with a Nespresso machine and a Pocket PC, they have developed a system that will come to you and let you order your coffee,...
Jun 27, 2010
A few other bits of news that you find to be of interest … Is the traditional business card dead? This one is a bit like the Kindle vs traditional books argument, and like books, I think there’s a certain aesthetic about traditional business cards that no amount of electronics can begin to approach. A well designed business card should tell you...