Archive for February, 2008
NatureMill: Your own indoor compost maker
By Andrew | February 25, 2008
If you are a nature lover at heart and always make sure to give back to nature what it gave to you, then the NatureMill Pro Indoor Composter is made just for you.
You can use it like a trash can, installed under your kitchen cabinet, where you can dump all the kitchen waste. Anything from coffee beans to vegetable peels to egg shells or any organic food waste that can be broken down can go inside the can.
It is big enough to hold up to 120 lbs compatible organic waste and in a matter of just two weeks NatureMill decomposes the waste into fresh compost that you can add in your garden. The ready compost is transferred into the lower compartment of the can, which you can pull out and use.
Now if you are thinking that the decomposition process that’s happening right there inside your kitchen, might fill it with that eerie and dirty stinking smell, then you must know that the carbon filters and air flow produces energy that destroys any excessive odors, pathogens, and seeds attempting germination.
Price: $300-400
Via: Coolest Gadgets
Liscio from Onyx: Just a fashion phone
By Andrew | February 25, 2008
If you are planning to replace your old phone with something that’s not much when it comes to features but quite swanky to look at …then Onyx’s latest fashion phone – Liscio, can be a perfect pick for you.
The all black phone is a stunner packed in a chic small bod. It’s just 90mm long and 35mm wide, and is as light as 60 grams.
Coming to the features, Liscio comes with good old MP3 player, bluetooth and built-in radio, 128MB of inbuilt-memory which is expandable to upto 1 GB with a Micro SD card (it could have been more). Apart from this the phone also features a full color OLED display, but that’s also not much of an attraction as it’s just 1.10 inches
On the whole it’s indeed a fashion phone with great looks and average features that you can do with if ou are not a sucker for those high-tech applications in a phone.
Price: GBP 129.99.
Via: ChipChik
zml.com: One stop shop solution for moviebuffs
By Andrew | February 25, 2008
Strictly or the suckers of Hollywod! If you had been waiting all the while for one stop shop kinda site or Internet help to give you everything to keep your Hollywood hunger at bay but didn’t get any help from Hollywood, can now feel happy.
Zml.com is here!
The site offers everything that a moviebuff wants.
Zml.com poses as a user friendly website that lists thousands of movies, both old ad new, which you can download at a jet speed into your high quality to personal computers, iPods or other handheld devices. You can also burn a DVD for yourself.
Isn’t cool. Now I don’t think I need to tell you why Hollywood didn’t come up with something like this. Thank Joe for the discovery. Zml.com charges a minimal of $2-$3 sans any DRM (digital rights management) so it’s your call as to what you want to download.
The only hassle with the site is that this one is a pirate site and aleady attempts are being made to have it shut down. But till the time it’s on….make the best out of it and have a fill of Hollywood!
Via: BookofJoe
Car accident proof recorder
By Andrew | February 22, 2008
Don’t know how important and useful is to record your own driving, but if it is in any which way, the first of its kind mobile DVR screen can be of some help. This one is a 2.5″ LCD screen provides that keeps recording the way you drive the moment you start the engine till you switch it off.
And whenever you want, you can se the instant playback of recorded audio and video footage of everything happening in front of your car. The gadget gets activated automatically the moment you turn the engine on.
Now the basic motive of the company in making something like this is to avoid blind spots but what we consider the best advantage is that you can always get a clean escape from an accident where it is not your mistake. As the device will record the complete event, storing it in the SD card and will save you from paying higher insurance premiums because of the fault of some one else.
Via: Popsci
Solar powered USB drive
By Andrew | February 22, 2008
There are both positive and negative points in this USB drive. Positive that it features a little screen on the face of the USB flash drive that makes it easy to show how much space is available in the flash drive, without plugging it into the computer. Another positive point is that the drive takes power from the sun. Yes, this one is a solar powered USB drive.
But the only negative is that you can charge it only when you are working while sitting in the sun, which usually doesn’t happens coz most of the time the USB drives are lying either in our bags or drawers. So a piece of advice that comes here says that if you want to take the benefits of this Drive, keep it near a place where it can eat sun required to get the power.
But no doubts it’s a promising design!
Via: Dvice
World’s first handsfree Umbrella: Nubrella
By Andrew | February 22, 2008
Most of us must have been in that rain under a hard to manage situation, where you try to hold so many things and also the umbrella and also fight to keep most of our things saved from water inside the umbrella, but for no use.
To give you complete control of the tough situation comes Nubrella. This new breed of good old umbrella will not just keep you safe from rain, wind, snow and extreme cold but will also give extra-cover to your head, face and shoulders…something that ordinary umbrellas can only think of.Now this is not where the wonder story of the wonder Nubrella ends. There’s another twist in its tale, which makes it all the more hot among the users.
What is it?
This umbrella, comes with straps that can be snapped up to your shoulders together with an offset handle to leave your hands totally free to hold your belongings.
Yes, this one is probably the first hands free umbrella in the world.
Now who cares of rain, when Nubrella is at guard!
Price: $60
Via: Gadgettastic
mStation Orb Docking/Speaker Station
By Andrew | February 22, 2008
After a long break, but I’m back to my gadgetsblog! Just as I sat to find something to tell you about, I scrawled through a number of iPod docks, before the mStation caught my fancy. The only reason I decided to tell its tale was its unique design, which was quite a relief from the monotonous ones and of course the sound quality.
The mStation Orb is a Docking/Speaker Station that’s not just different in looks from its contemporary’s but also packages fine sound quality.
The red colored docking station looks cute in that round avatar and comes home with a matching remote control, a USB Cable, and a stereo mini cable.
As you start exploring mStation, you’ll discover a few buttons on the top. These 6 buttons to be more precise are the controls for power, volume controls, previous, forward, and play/pause. For your convenience, all these controls are also available on the remote control.
A little bigger than the credit card, remote control is quite light in weight. Easy to install, mStation docking station is a cool cradle for the 3rd generation Nano.
There’s no need to disappoint if you own the older version of the iPods, since the cradle also homes a Firewire port that helps you to connect the older iPod generations.
Now, this was the best feature that was missing from other iPod docks on the block.
Via: ChipChick
The hand cranked eco friendly MP3 Player
By Andrew | February 13, 2008
This music player is unique. It’s not electrical but a mechanical gadget and also a eco-friendly one. We are talking here about The Eco Media Player that is sure to bring some revolution in the world of music.
If not on battery or electricity then how does it work? It is a crank-powered MP3 player. Based on the good old cracked AM/FM radios, even this MP3 player includes an AM/FM radio and flashlight to make it an apt fit in the survival kits.
As far as the memory is concerned, the player around 500 songs and comes with cool SD expandability.
Crank the player once for a minute and it produces 40 minutes worth of MP3 time. This not where the story ends, the best part of this player is that it comes with a USB port to charge other devices like your cellphones, with it’s hand crank….Quite interesting…isn’t it?
Via: $275.
Via: Fearest Gizmos
Say “I Love You” with Ego notebook this Valentine
By Andrew | February 13, 2008
There’s no better way to say those three words on the day on love than the new Valntine’s collection from EGO.
Be it the colours, the design or the shape of this Cupid struck new notebook from EGO …everything speaks nothing but Love Love and Love.
It is definitely for her if she is a tech freak and all the more made for her if she love crystals and luxury. As this gorgeous handcrafted leather covered notebook is stamped with a heart of the skins of Italian leather that dazzles bright thanks to hundreds of Swarovski crystals caked all over…making it a perfect Valentine’s gift.
What more? The bright outside match up with the metallic inside to make her drool for you every time she puts her hand on your gift.
If pink is not her love pick, Ego brings the notebook in some other sensuous colours as well.
The limited edition is Priced: $13,000.
Via: Bornrich
Explay’s nano projector: Smallest in the projection world
By Andrew | February 11, 2008
If you are a connoisseur for the slim, sleek and smallest of gadgets then the latest tiny invention from the Israeli company Explay is sure to catch your fancy. We are talking about their new nano-projector that’s small enough to be adjusted in your pocket of to be fitted in your mobile phone.
The extremely revolutionary laser based projection technique from ExPlay projects high-resolution images that can be as much as 20 times larger than the mobile device itself.
The nano-projector is battery-operated and claims to be eye-safe, and gives superior quality, powerful projected image, which are the major elements necessary for frequent usage by mobile product consumers.
Thanks to the ultimate combo of techniques including an innovative light source, an enhanced image modulator and a proprietary ASIC, Explay projector offers a complete optic and electronic projector engine that’s a one stop shop solution for a smooth projection experience.
Via: Geeksalert