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July 14, 2008

Solar Powered Fairy LED Lights!

Okay, here’s a cool set of solar powered fairy LED lights you can use anywhere including your exisiting outdoor umbrella bench. The idea of hanging twinkly lights around the garden is a great one. Unfortunately regular fairy lights are liable to short-circuit the second you unfurl the mains lead extension. Not so our hassle-free Solar Powere ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Entertainment, Gadgets, Household, Solar, lights by max on the July 14th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
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July 10, 2008

IKEA PS is a Small Laptop Workstation/Cabinet!

If you are looking to replace your large desk with something that’s more compact, this IKEA PS laptop workstation/cabinet might do the job. Key features Combined workstation and storage for laptop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop and accessories. Saves space and is easy to place anywhere in your home. The cable outlets inside and at the b ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Furniture, Laptop by max on the July 10th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
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June 14, 2008

AA Batteries that can be recharged via USB!

Now, you can officially charge your AA batteries with USB! The high quality batteries (1450mAh) will power any device you need them for, then when the time comes take them out, pop off the caps and insert them into a USB port for quick easy charging. There is even a handy blue LED to show when the batteries are charging which turns off when they a ... More

Posted in Batteries, Consumer, Cool, Design, Gadgets by max on the June 14th, 2008 at 11:29 am
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March 16, 2008

DIY HACK - How to make an NES Game Cartridge Harmonica or ‘HarmoNESica’!

This one deserves our attention due to the fact that the creator is ‘masked’ to protect his online identity. Just kidding, this DIY is about how to make an NES Game Cartridge, (that’s right, I bet you got one of those in your garage somewhere) into a HarmoNESica. Basically, it’s a Harmonica, but you can make it look cool. ... More

Posted in DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Games, Hack, NES, Projects, Video by max on the March 16th, 2008 at 9:05 am
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December 28, 2007

Hide away embarrassing wires

With all of the electrical items that we all have today, it will be foolish to think that the wires and cables are a nice addition to your home, so it may be a good idea to find a solution that will do the job in a simple yet cost effective manner. These lamps do precisely that by covering the messy wires and plugs and at the same time providing ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, Household, lights by david on the December 28th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
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August 12, 2007

Keep your cables tidy

There is nothing worse than a mass of wires that are all tangled up together in one great big bulky mess, which is impossible to unwind. Which is why the cable yoyo is so cool. It keeps all cables nice and neat, in the image it looks like a USB cable but I suppose that it would work with any other smallish cable. The box can fix to the desk, whic ... More

Posted in Consumer, Gadgets, Storage, USB by david on the August 12th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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June 2, 2007

The all weather television

Its great to watch the TV outside in the garden, patio or balcony, getting the sun and fresh air, instead of being stuck inside, and now you can watch a 46 inch HD ready all weather TV. SunBriteTV have the answer for anyone who would love to own such television without the worry of the weather, of course there is always the possibility of there be ... More

Posted in Audio, Consumer by david on the June 2nd, 2007 at 3:00 pm
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May 3, 2007

DIY APPLE HACK - Apple Bus Mouse garage door opener mod!

Check out this cool Apple Bus Mouse that’s been modded into a garage door opener. Brilliant! So I got bored tonight and started going though my box-o-cables and came across an old Apple bus mouse I had gutted years ago. I always wanted to turn it into a garage door opener but never got around to it. Well, coincidently the garage door open ... More

Posted in Circuits, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Hack, Microcontroller by max on the May 3rd, 2007 at 1:25 pm
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November 17, 2006

DIY HOWTO - Turn a standard Xbox 360 video cable into a VGA cable!

Here’s a cool DIY for ya if you have an XBOX 360 via engadget Recent Xbox 360 updates have allowed the system to spit out resolutions up to 1080p, and with the new HD DVD add-on drive there’s more reason than ever to use a high quality VGA signal instead of the more standard 3-cable component. However there’s a bit of a catch &# ... More

Posted in Circuits, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Gadgets, Games, Graphics, Hack by max on the November 17th, 2006 at 12:25 am
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