When planning your ultimate man-pad you probably have some idea of your dream requirements. Widescreen or Projected TV? Check. Xbox or PlayStation? Check. Surround Sound System. Check. Pool Table. Check. Universal Control from an iPad? Check. Room design like something out of Alien? Double Check. Perhaps the reality may end-up being something a little more budget… Continue reading Design Your Dream Bespoke Man-Pad
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AutoChron Offers Smart Home for $30
One of the things I feel is holding back the ‘smart house’ revolution is that (many times) to install all the proper gadgetry you would need to get your house rewired and re-plastered – not a cheap option by all means! AutoChron seems to have come up with a solution to this by offering an… Continue reading AutoChron Offers Smart Home for $30
Black & Decker Revinvents the Shredder with the iShred Vertical Shredder
Shredding your sensitive documents is always the best thing you can do, and a large proportion of households invest in shredders to help reduce the risk of identity theft in this modern world. The only problem with shredders is that their design hasn’t really altered from when they were first brought to the personal and… Continue reading Black & Decker Revinvents the Shredder with the iShred Vertical Shredder
RedAlert motion-sensitive recorder captures video and images
Here is another security monitor for your home – the RedAlert by Swann which is primarily a motion-sensitive video recorder. It records either JPEG photos or AVI videos when motion is selected. It can record from 1 camera at a time, although you can hook up a wired camera to it as well and switch… Continue reading RedAlert motion-sensitive recorder captures video and images
Protection One’s eSecure lets you control your home alarm system from your iPhone
Home security comes to the iPhone from security company, Protection One. eSecure is a Web-based home security system that also features an iPhone app. The Web app lets you monitor in real-time your cameras at home as well as adjust your home alarm system. There is also an SMS text message-based system for controlling your… Continue reading Protection One’s eSecure lets you control your home alarm system from your iPhone
Dyson Air Multiplier – Fan Without Blades
Industrial designer and inventor, James Dyson, is at it again. This time, he’s moved away from vacuum cleaners and onto fans. Fans, you ask? Yup, fans, but take a look at the photo. It doesn’t have any blades! It just looks like a cylinder. What it does is pull in air and amplifies it 15… Continue reading Dyson Air Multiplier – Fan Without Blades
iTouchless Touch-free Paper Towel Dispenser
Ever have dirty hands while say cooking and need a quick paper towel to clean something up, and you end up doing all sorts of acrobatics with your arms and head and arms to either get a paper towel or need to wash your hands first? Well those days are over. The Towel-Matic Sensor Paper… Continue reading iTouchless Touch-free Paper Towel Dispenser
Lacie’s Lacinema Black – Home Entertainment System
LaCie have released their new sleek multimedia entertainment system – LaCinema Black – a system that allows you to play movies, photos and music on your HDTV, play media from networked computers and generally just have a bit of fun with your multimedia. This comes in 2 versions – PLAY or RECORD. PLAY can simply… Continue reading Lacie’s Lacinema Black – Home Entertainment System
Black & Decker TLD100 Thermal Leak Detector
If you care about energy efficiency, saving money, the environment or just plain have a drafty house, then take a look at this handheld gadget. The B&D Thermal Leak Detector uses infrared sensors to measure surface temperatures to show you where there are temp differences and hence leaks. The TLD100 is easy to use: just… Continue reading Black & Decker TLD100 Thermal Leak Detector
Magnetic Paintbrush Holder
Another gadget that you take one look at and say to yourself “Why didn’t I think of that?” followed closely by “I need to get one of those!” Pretty simply, the magnetic paintbrush holder keeps your paintbrush from falling into your can of paint. Simply clip it to the side of the paint can and… Continue reading Magnetic Paintbrush Holder