The Bowling Pin Lamp

Strike, that’s what you need to turn this modern lamp on of off. Simply leave it standing and the lamp will illuminate the room like any other lamp (nothing unusual there). However, when knocked over or turned on its side the lamp will turn off automatically. I would like to tell you this product is reliable and robust and able to take a few bowling balls being thrown at it but it does actually have a bulb in it so is very fragile. Therefore throwing a bowling ball at it is not recommended.


The Bowling Pin Lamp is available from $26 from Fosters.

Dalek Illuminating Wall Clock

Another Dr Who gadget, this latest one is called the Dalek illuminating Wall clock. For those of you that don’t know, Doctor Who is a British science fiction program first shown on the BBC which was about the adventures of a time traveler known as “Doctor Who”. The Doctor travels through space in his time ship called the Tardis and fights against alien invaders called “The Daleks”.

I was never a Dr Who fan (maybe because i was scared of the Daleks) but i am a fan of some of the gadgets that’s being released. Today’s gadget is a Dr Who Dalek wall clock which shines brightly through the night indicating the time clearly.


Priced at $24.99 I hope this Dr Who Figure won’t cause you to have nightmares!

Radio Controlled Hovercraft

I am really into RC gadgets at the minute and recently seen this Radio Controlled Hovercraft and couldnt help but blog about it. It may be the kid in me but i just love Radio Controlled Toys and think this RC hovercraft would be an ideal Birthday or Christmas present…..for me! (hint hint family and friends).

Features:
- The World Smallest Indoor Infrared Control Hovercraft
- IR Control: FORWARD, RIGHT and LEFT
- Indoor usage
- Simple charging system
- Length: 10.5 cm
- Usually ship on the same or next business day.

Included:
- The World Smallest Indoor Infrared Control Hovercraft
- IR Controller

The mini RC hovercraft measures just 10.5CM in length which means it can fit in the palm of your hand. The hovercraft is available in four different colours being blue, red, black and orange. Although I said it was an RC (radio controlled) hovercraft, it actually works with Infra-red meaning it generally needs to be operated with in line of sight of the RC unit.

Available: Brando
Price: $34

Automatic Adjustable Wrench

I consider myself to be quite handy at DIY, give me a hammer and i can nail something together, a screwdriver and i can build something better, however give me a adjustable spanner or a adjustable wrench and im all fingers and thumbs.  However, this latest hand tool gadget could be the answer to all my problems.


The Automatic Adjustable Wrench has a electronic adjustable thread tool which automatically adjust to the size of the nut or bolt being tightened or loosened. Simply press the button and the wrench adjust to the correct size which is indicated on the scale at the side of the wrench.


The Automatic Wrench can work with nuts or bolts up to 32mm in diameter and deliver 220 foot-pounds of torque which should serve useful for the majority of home DIY jobs.


Well who is behind this latest DIY creation? Well of course Black and Decker! The Automatic Adjustable Wrench can be found is most good DIY shops priced at around $30.

Palm-Z Remote Control Aircraft

The Palm-Z R/C is the best selling Mini RC plane available from HobbyTron.  The Palm-Z makes an ideal Birthday or Christmas present for children or adults.  The RC airplane can do tricky acrobatic maneuvers being controlled by remote control. The plane is powered by a long lasting internal rechargeable Li-Poly battery providing up to 7 minutes of flight time, with a recharge time of only 12 minutes. The plane is constructed out of highly durable expanded EPP foam which is able to withstand the roughest of landings until you have mastered the art of flying.

Check out the Palm Z Mini RC Plane in action below!

Features:

- Fully Functional Indoor Airplane with Digital Proportional Speed Control
- Ready to Fly with Internal Rechargeable LiPo Battery
- Tri-Bands System for 3 People (Fly up to 3 in the same area!)
- Wingspan of only 8″, Weighs less than 10 grams
- Slow Fly Design Feature for Small Indoor Environment Control
- Super Wide 2 Channel Infrared Control
- Digital Rudder, Proportional Speed
- Charges from the Remote: 10 - 12 Minute Charge Time, 7 Minute Flight Time
- Wall Hanging Hook for Display
- Uses 4 x AA Alkaline Batteries (Not Included)(Sold Separately, See Below)

Includes:

- Palm-Z Mini Plane
- Channel Infrared Control
- 7V Li-Poly Rechargeable Battery Pack in Plane
- Wall Hook

Available: HobbyTron.com
Price: $29.95

15″ Gigantor Digital Photo Frame

If you don’t have a digital photo frame by now what are you waiting for. Digital photo frames or as they are also called digital picture frames are an ideal way to present and share digital photos in your home, office, or anywhere else. These days they are packed with features such as slide shows, movie and audio players, coming in a range of screen sizes, and allowing huge memory card storage capacities. One of the best things about them is that they are user friendly, even my gran has one! Simply insert your memory card into the digital photo frame slot and plug it into an electrical outlet.

The Gigantor digital photo frame has a screen size of 15″ and crisp 1024×768 resolutions making it the largest digital photo frame gadgets we have blogged about. What makes this digital picture frame stand out from others is not just the size but its other features such as built in speakers, compatibility with 8 different media types, MPEG video and MP3 playback all included in a very reasonable and affordable price tag. If you think the 15″ frame is too big then the Gigantor digital photo frame also comes in 8″ and 10.4″ at $109.99 and $139.99 respectively.

Product Features

- Displays digital pictures (JPEG or BMP) without a computer
- Cherry Wood Frame
- Simply insert a compatible memory card into the digital frame to show photos, play MP3 music or supported video files
- Display photos on a connected USB Thumb drive or External USB Hard Drive (FAT32 Format Only.
- Compatible memory cards include Compact Flash, Memory Stick, Secure Digital, Multimedia Card, Smart Media and XD.
- Instantly plays MP3 music with the integrated speaker.
- Instantly plays MPEG 1, 2 or 4 Movie files with sound.
- Supports up to 12 Mega Pixel image files
- Bright 15″ TFT active matrix LCD screen
- 1024x 768 Resolutions
- Automatic slide show with multiple transition effects and display times
- Plays slide show with MP3 music in the background
- User-friendly on-screen display lets you access all controls easily
- Included IR Remote controls all frame functions
- Powered by included AC Adapter 110-240V AC 50/60Hz

Available: Thinkgeek
Price: $219.99

USB 8GB Flash Drive Lighter

Here is another addition to our USB gadgets category called the 8GB USB Flash Drive Lighter.  Probably a useful gadget for computer users who are also smokers, the flash drive includes a reasonable 8GB of memory and is the lighter is refillable.

The USB drive connector is found at the bottom of the lighter case and is revealed when the slider lever on the side of the lighter is moved to the up position. The USB lighter is a neat little product

Features:

- Refillable lighter with built-in USB flash drive
- 8GB capacity
- USB connector slides out of the lighter
- Polished metal case
- Adjustable flame
- Includes USB cable
- Dimensions: 1.5″ x 2.4″ x .5″ (3.8 x 6 x 1.3 cm)

Available: Thinkgeek
Price: $49.99

Conof’s C-shaped Lamp

This snazzy lamp shaped like the letter “C” is the latest offering from Conof. Simply plug the lamp into a USB port and away you go, enough light to illuminate your workspace. The Conof C-shaped Lamp is also capable of swiveling 270 degree allowing you to focus the light where you really need it.

We have noticed an ever increasing demand and supply for USB gadgets so we have had to create a separate category just to display them. The C-shaped light is a welcome addition to this list of related gadgets and I haven’t even mentioned its iPod dock. Please Conof, if your listening price this gadget reasonably so that it’s within everyone’s budget, thank you.

Hand Grenade Mouse

Well, I’m quite an intensive computer user and go through more than my fair share of computer mouses, actually at the last count I’m up to my fourth one for the year.  Based on my poor record of breaking those this little Hand Grenade Mouse caught my eye as being something that may be a little more robust.

Manufactured as a mod, this little mouse gadget must be the ultimate gamers mouse especially for those playing war of attrition online games. Not a lot is known about the mouse itself except it is actually crafted from an old grenade casing (don’t worry though the pin is still in). Looking cool is all well and good but I can imagine the mouse not being the most comfortable of products to use. So weighing all that up would you rather have a mouse that looked good or felt good, what do you think?

Acer Aspire Predator G7700 desktop PC

Acer, the Taiwanese PC company has announced its latest creation into the desktop marketplace called the Aspire Predator. Before looking at the specifications of the PC I must say I am already impressed by the design of it. The Aspire Predator comes with a G24 widescreen LCD display making it ideal for gaming. So with such an aesthetically pleasing outside appearance is it as impressive inside as well?

Here goes. First the processor, is an Intel Core Quad processor powerful enough for you? I somehow think the processor is not going to be the bottleneck in this system somehow. Next the graphics card, well the Acer Aspire Predator comes with NVIDIA’s GeForce 9 Series graphics card so there won’t be any issues here with outputting images for the most demanding of games.

One of the problems with gaming is the heat generated internally by the demanding nature of playing video games online. However, the Predator solves this problem by running a state of the art liquid cooling system that ensures all hardware components run at optimum temperature which ensures maximum performance with no damage due to overheating.

Estimated price of the Acer Aspire Predator Desktop is $1,649.

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