-
Music Industry Giant, Sony, Set to Take on iTunes
Could anything rival the iTunes we know and love? Sony certainly hopes and seems to believe so. Rumor has it that the music industry giant is set to announce its iTunes competitor in Berlin at the IFA press conference, starting September 3rd. This move follows the President of Sony, Howard Stringer’s, prediction that 90% of…
-
Oxford English Dictionary Unlikely to be Printed Ever Again
Today is a sad, sad day. It is with deep nostalgia and regret that I must inform you of the possible, imminent demise of the Oxford English Dictionary, from bookshelves, that is. The publishers of the OED have announced the unlikelihood of new editions ever again appearing in print. In its full-blown, multi volume form,…
-
Minox Hit the Target Again With New Range of Spy Cameras
German optics makers Minox have announced their plans to showcase three new cameras at the upcoming TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes. Minox are famous, or notorious, for their original mini spy camera dating back to the Second World War. It had a brass body covered in a stainless steel shell, which telescoped to reveal or…
-
“Love Plus” Gives Japanese Tourism a Virtual Romance Re-Boot
The traditional Japanese hot spring town of Atami is on otaku alert following an influx of techno nerds on summer vacation with their virtual girlfriends. Thanks to a Love Plus campaign by Konami Digital Entertainment, the increasingly sleepy holiday town has received a new injection of tourist life, with more than 200 male visitors coming…
-
iPad Replaces Sushi Restaurant Menus
It seems like there is no limit to the iPad’s talent. It’s been used during medical operations, as an alternative to paper car manuals and it has overthrown traditional wine lists in restaurants in New York City. Now, it’s being used in Japanese sushi restaurants as part of a new point of sale ordering system…
-
Magic Wand Remote Control is Simply Spellbinding
Last week, I wrote to you about the record breaking episode of UK TV show Dragons’ Den, in which two unassuming inventors caused a mild flurry amongst the dragons and sparked a bidding war over their remote control wand. Now I can confirm that the wand is in production and available for you to purchase…
-
Preserve Your Memory in Vinyl for an Afterlife-time
What would you like to be done with your ashes when you are gone? Have them sprinkled somewhere special? Have your family store them on the mantelpiece? Or something a little different? Britain based Jason Leach, co-founder of the record labels: House of Fix, Daftwerk, Death to Vinyl, and company And Vinyly, has a better…
-
Pretty Up Your Car with Luscious Carlashes
I don’t know why this hadn’t been thought of before. We have all, at one time or another, thought that a car’s front resembled a human face. Now Carlashes have made fake eyelashes for your car headlights. Carlashes are long, curly lashes that resemble the kind of thing you may see on a drag queen.…
-
Pet Robot Eats, Sings and Poops
We all remember how Tamagotchi took the world by storm. This latest robot pet from Taiwanese Phison Electronics may soon do the same. U.bo (Designed for U, bo/ball shape) is an alien spore that inhabits a six-legged body. It has an LED face that displays its ‘emotions’. It will call out when it needs feeding.…
-
Blast Your Unborn Bub with Messages of Love
The lengths new and expecting mothers will go to never cease to astound me, and for every whim, there is a cunning designer waiting to make and sell you a product to satisfy your worries. The latest is an audio device from Creative Baby called Sound Beginnings that you wrap around your womb so that…
