Today, IM-messengers are not used only by the laziest. Many people prefer Skype, someone ICQ, and someone Google Talk.
Regarding the latter two I cannot say exactly, but this gadget works with Skype, MSN and Yahoo! IM. Funny little creatures in the picture will let you know if you have a new message in your messenger or when someone from your contact list is on-line.
They do this by tapping a hammer on the head and pronouncing various amusing phrases.
i-Knock gadget also lets you know about a new e-mail message. In order for little men to work, you just need to insert the wire in the USB-port. The sounds they make can be changed by inserting a new MP3 files.
The size of this gadget: 7.4 cm X 5.1 cm X 13.4 cm. The price and the release date is unknown. Developer: STYSEN.
Who are the homeless in the eyes of Americans? These are people who have no home, they wonder on streets and courtyards of cities in search of something that can be processed and exchange it for some money. These people benefit more than anyone in our planet – they contribute to environmental cleaning. But this is a different story; now let’s see what we have for them.
In general, the homeless – is a big social problem for the United States. And, apparently, in 2006 in order to draw public’s attention to this problem was held a competition called Designboom Social Awareness Award 2006, which would path a way for solving this problem.
Designers Barry Sheehan and Gregor Timlin represented an interesting project to participate in this competition.
Shelter Cart – is something like hybrid of a trolley, a basket and a bed. During the day the homeless can carry and collect bottles, metal or something else in it. If they want to relax, they can turn this trolley and sit down covering the top of the seat. But at night it can be open and they can sleep inside. This hybrid is made from environmentally-friendly materials.
In January this year at the exhibition CES (Customer Electronic Show) in addition to all other gadgets, the public was shocked with robot dog named Wrex. Now this toy for adults and children, as was promised, is on sale.
So, Wrex is a robot dog that gives a paw, barks, can dance, play dead, wants to eat and goes to the toilet “as the real dog does”. Wrex can be happy, angry or mad.
This robot can be reprogrammed turning it into a cat or just a toy “without a certain kind”. Special sensors do not give the robot hits the obstacles, and it reacts to the movement. Wrex has 9 engines, 10 different “icons” in the eyes; there are speakers and 3 levels of volume.
The full name of the gadget is WowWee Wrex The Dawg. It costs about $200.
One of the unpleasant moments, occurring in everyday life, is that the batteries in the remote control loses power at the very moment when these devices are most needed. Imagine a situation: in the evening you are sitting in front of TV, but you cannot turn it on or you switch channels with great difficulty, while finding new batteries is very problematic case.
An excellent solution of this problem will become universal remote control which works without batteries. Twist the special handle 30 times, and the gadget will be able to work for a whole week.
You can buy this gadget for $38.
We can hardly find someone who doesn’t realize the importance of presentations in modern business. But representatives of modern business are tired of similar to each other slides of PowerPoint. Papershow Oxford will help to create original presentation.
Papershow is a set consisting of a digital pen, paper and a special USB Bluetooth-adapter that allows you to transfer info to your computer and display all that is written or drawn.
This set of digital messages will be an excellent solution for various business meetings or conferences. Papershow makes it possible to write and draw a variety of colors, using lines of different thickness, and provides editing functions, allowing an arbitrary way to erase the picture.
The result can be saved for further editing, print and send by e-mail.
The cost of Papershow is about 280 dollars.
Despite the fact that such popular products from Apple, as iPhone or player iPod Touch, has no problems coping with video playback, but sometimes you want to watch interesting videos with friends, so this miniature projector from Honlai Technology will help you.
This gadget is a docking station for Apple phones and players. It also has audio and video inputs, allowing connection of various devices. The projected image size of 15-37 inches (0,5-1,5 m) has a resolution of 640×480 pixels, brightness of 10-15 lumens and contrast ratio of 200:1. The sound is played through the built-in 2 Watt speakers.
This quality is of course difficult to compare with those that provide the home theater, but it is still better than the small screen of mobile devices.
Dimensions of this gadget are 76x102x54 mm.
You are sick of the smell of tobacco, but you don’t want to give up the habit of smoking in the building? Ionic Ashtray offers a simple solution.
This gadget is an ashtray, which destroys smoke and the smell of cigarettes. Gadget draws a cigarette smoke and destroys it. Manufacturer claims that this happens due to ionization of air.
It is not known whether it is really an effective device, as the cigarettes are not in the ashtray all the time. We also do not know the amount of smoke, which this gadget can destroy. What will happen if the company of at least four members starts smoking?
May be, this gadget is designed for personal use by people who do not smoke cigarettes, one by one. It costs only $20 – so you can check its effectiveness.
Whatever happens around us, the human body still needs food. And it is desirable that the food is at least warm. But how it can be warm, if you have long been in the car? Now this is not a problem. New microwave oven is able to work from via cigarette lighter or directly from the battery.
In general, this microwave oven is compact and comfortable. It is equipped with a touch screen and copes well with its work. For example, it will take from 2 to 4 minutes and from 3 to 6 minutes (depending on connection type) to warm pizza and coffee respectively.
You can buy this useful gadget for 90 pounds (about 178 dollars).
With the development of mobile telephones, wired phones seem to be fading. But the IOCELL company decided to give them a new life. With its new telephone under the name “IOCELL contents phone” the company intends to change the paradigm of the wired connection.
The main feature of the device is an embedded hard disk drive, which allows to transfer work from a fixed phone to a new level.
The device is equipped with the ability to record conversations and communications with their transfer to external devices. The recordings can be played on a PC or MP3 player and other devices with the corresponding function.
To communicate with external devices, there is a USB connector, and there is specialized software in a set.
If you have not yet to got burnt on the beach, then you have the opportunity to escape from this unpleasant experience with the help of the gadget, which will be discussed in this article. It is a portable UV meter from the company Oregon Scientific.
The gadget which can be easily fastened to the arm instead of a watch, takes into account your skin type, air temperature and amount of ultraviolet light. On the basis of these data you will be able to see the preferred time tanning. And to put it simply – the time during which you can tan a little, without getting burnt.
In case of the change the ultraviolet level, the gadget automatically makes the conversion time. The screen displays a clock, the level of ultraviolet and countdown timer.
You can buy this gadget on the manufacturer’s site for $29.95 or at Amazon for $19.95.
