Venus: goddess of love, beauty, some other things, and Steve Jobs’ new yacht. Wait, Steve Jobs has a new yacht… isn’t he…? Yes, Steve Jobs is very much, sadly, dead, but unveiled yesterday in a shipyard in Aalsmeer, just South of Amsterdam, and released into an…
Halloween is around the corner and if you’d like a one armed robot to do your pumpkin carving for you then the PunkinboT is for you. In the meantime there is only one prototype available, created by Brian and Alex VanDiepenbos, a father and son team based in…
Let’s get down to brass tacks – working out is the absolute worst. I don’t get people who actually like it. I’m not anti-exercise in the least – a little physical activity might be good for your overall health here and there. You don’t want to look like a…
What would Hartwig Kantorowicz, founder Wyborowa, think of his beloved Vodka brand today? Usually when a vodka company introduces flavored concoctions like Bacon, Fruitloops, Cupcakes, Smoked Salmon, and entirely made up flavors like Peppar, they are usually taking…
Ever wish you could jump into a car that knows you as personally as some of your best chums? Say hello (possibly literally) to Toyota’s new INSECT car. An acronym for "information network social electric city transporter,” the INSECT is Toyota’s response to…
Chat Perf is a hilarious new product from our friends over in Japan. Ever the romantics and connoisseurs of the ultra cute, Chat Perf is a dongle like accessory that connects to your iPhone and with an accompanying app you can send little puffs of scents to your…
Monday – the word itself just crawls at your back with a general sense of unpleasantness. What does that have to do with anything? Probably nothing, but it could be a metaphor for all things that are unpleasant – including most speakers. Finding a good pair or set…
Introducing the Gibbs Quadski, possibly the world’s first most versatile amphibious vehicle. For those on secret, covert missions or perhaps those who simply love the sport of jet skis and ATVS, the Quadski offers an incredibly impressive amalgam of the two. At the…
Lytro, the world’s first commercially available plenoptic or light field camera that allows you to endlessly refocus the image after you’ve clicked the shutter, is now available to consumers after a limited release last Spring. Announced only a couple of…
The whole idea of charging your phone seems an archaic notion. At least to ever think about charging your phone does. No matter how smart our phones get, at some point in the day we’ll inevitably be frantically searching for the closest outlet; and usually its on the…
Researchers at Microsoft Research Cambridge and Newcastle University have unveiled Microsoft Digits. Totally gloveless and strapped to the wrist like a watch, the device uses sensor technology that “…recovers the full 3-D pose of the user's hand.” Where as…
Make your light switches literally green with envy with LiFX, the amazing new Wi-Fi enabled, multi-color, energy efficient LED light bulb that you control simply with your iPhone or Android. This amazing LiFX comes from prolific Aussie developer and inventor…