Monthly Archives: July 2008

The HY Handheld Wind Turbine

The HY Handheld Wind Turbine

Solar power is so last week. Wind power is the new portable power choice of the eco gadget fan, especially those that live in the UK – after all, we enjoy persistent gales more frequently …

The PC Wiimote – Actually, It’s Called The Stix

The PC Wiimote – Actually, It’s Called The Stix

The Pcmote might have been a perfectly good name, but Stix is the name of the motion sensing, all singing all dancing Wiimote copy clone styled remote for the PC. OK, so the reason most …

Virgin Media Clamping Down On Illegal File Sharing With… A Letter Campaign

Virgin Media Clamping Down On Illegal File Sharing With… A Letter Campaign

It’s estimated that approximately one fifth of the UK’s population partake in illegal music downloading and the music industry obviously wants to take some form of action. Their latest proposal is to take ISPs (Internet …

The Sat Nag System

The Sat Nag System

Sat Nav may be responsible for preventing a lot of relationship breakdowns – men get lost, and women give bad directions. They’re just two facts of modern life that we all need to come to …

The New Nikon D700

The New Nikon D700

The Digital SLR camera is an odd, middle of the round kind of market, but it’s one that Nikon has pretty much got in the bag. After a solid year last year, releasing high end …

Acer Predator – The Hardcore Gaming Machine

Acer Predator – The Hardcore Gaming Machine

When it comes to PCs, gamers like to shout about it – after all, what’s the point in having the mutt’s nuts of a computer if it doesn’t look as good as it performs? The …

The Hyper Intelligent Livescribe Pulse Pen

The Hyper Intelligent Livescribe Pulse Pen

A lot of time when you peruse through details of emerging technologies it’s difficult to see either a point to the technology or, worse still, a date when a genuinely useful technology will become available. …

The Green Car Guide Live 2008

The Green Car Guide Live 2008

If stereotypes were true, then staging any car show in Liverpool would be asking for trouble, and making it a green car show would be even more dangerous. Liverpudlians (stereotypically, speaking, of course) certainly aren’t …

First The C5, Next The Flying Car?

First The C5, Next The Flying Car?

Sir Clive Sinclair believes that the future lies in personal flying cars, and despite often being remembered for the C5 electric car failure he has pioneered a number of impressive designs. In fact, looking at …