Have you been sleeping well lately? If you haven’t then maybe you need a new lamp. Does that sound like too simplistic an approach? Well, this isn’t any old beside lamp we are talking about. Oh no, this is a smart lamp. One that changes colour while you sleep. The smart sleep system called Aura was revealed by Withings in the run up to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Three Different Parts to the System There are essentially 3 different elements involved in the system. First of all, there is a padded sensor which is placed...
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There are some great Halloween gadgets around these days. From skull based USB ports to serial killer shower curtains, this is a great time of year to scare people witless with a cool gadget. However, what if you really want to make an impression and turn your home into a big budget haunted house? Well, you will need a vortex tunnel in this case, won’t you?. The good news is that this amazing tunnel will set the scene perfectly for your guests. The bad news is that it will blow a scarily big hole in your gadgets budget for the rest of...
Doesn’t it feel great when you snap your fingers and get what you wanted? The only problem is that unless you are an embarrassingly rich Sheikh or a power-hungry dictator this doesn’t happen too often. Well, now you don’t need to discover vast oilfields or launch a military coup to enjoy this sensation. Sadly, the feeling of controlling things with just a wave of your hands only applies to the lights. Still, it’s a start. The device which is going to let you live out at least some of your dreams is the AREA under cabinet lamp....
The idea of sitting down on a toilet which costs almost £4,000 is pretty exciting but it is also rather scary. After all, with most toilets the worst that can happen is that the lid falls down unexpectedly. However, when you are talking about the Satis luxury toilet then there is clearly more capacity for things going wrong. Any bathroom device which offers automatic flushing, music, fragrance release and, gulp, a bidet spray has got to be something to be wary of. The Satis was put together by a Japanese company called Lixil and it even...
There are many reasons for choosing a Dyson vacuum cleaner and the new DC49 model gives us a new one to consider. The incredibly compact design of this machine means that it is ideal for anyone who doesn’t much storage space or who doesn’t fancy moving a big vacuum cleaner around the house. In terms of size, the Dyson DC49’s footprint isn’t much bigger than an A4 sheet of paper. Part of the reason that it can be made so small is that it is built around one of the smallest fully integrated motors around. This is the first ever...
Gadgets don’t always need to be packed full of hi-tech wizardy to be fun. They can be inflatable and designed to hold a can of beer as well. Just like the Everything Inflatable Chair, in fact. So what does it offer? First of all, you can use a 3.5 mm jack to hook up your mp3 player, your games console or anything else you have ever imagined hooking up to an inflatable chair. There are two speakers built into the headrest, so you get to enjoy a great sound experience while relaxing in it. Pockets for Everything Of course, we need more...
Wouldn’t it be great to live like a hermit for a while? Sure, the lack of conversation would drive you mad after a while and you would probably start making friends with the little animals and shooting trespassers in the behind with a blunderbuss, it would be fun for some time. Anyway, if you ever feel like living like Grizzly Adams (he probably wasn’t a hermit but famous ones we could mention are kind of thin on the ground) then you will want a house with some gadgets in it, won’t you? Well known architect Renzo Piano knows what...
A new study just released by British Gas suggests that by 2030 we will have considerably more gadgets in our homes and that some of them will help UK homeowners save millions of pounds off our energy bills. The report was put together with the help of The Future Foundation and it suggests the following: By 2030 we can expect to have 51 gadgets in our home, compared to 35 just now. By this year the appliances we use at home will use up 40% less energy. The use of remote control on our home technology could help cut down on the amount of...
The Philips Hue home lighting system promises to give you an unprecedented level of control over your home’s lighting from your phone. This system runs through a mobile app and is an advanced sort of mood lighting method which allows the homeowner to control the colour and brightness of every bulb in the property if they wish to do so. It works by hooking up Wi-Fi connected light bulbs to an iOS app which can be used to control them and a gateway which slots into a wireless router. The whole thing can be run from an iPhone, an iPod or...
If you are a big fan of the telly then you probably already have some sort of set top box. However, does it give you 1TB of space in it? This is what the new Samsung HomeSync offers. It was shown off to the world for the first time at the recent Mobile World Congress and to be honest it sounds more exciting than set top boxes generally do. The idea of this box is that it works with mobile devices. The HomeSync is powered by Android and uses the Jelly Bean version of the technology. It will allow viewers to put their games, apps and other...