Gadgets Reviews

Top 10 strangest keyboards

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:22:32 -0400

The keyboard is a very much needed device in the computer. Nobody experiments with keyboards too much, even the layout that most of us use (QWERTY) did not change since typewriters. However, there would be no development without evolution, and while some of us make wireless keyboards with displays and USB hubs, others works on massive redesign of what the keyboards must be. Here are the top ten strangest keyboards ever produced in our opinion.

Sand and time watch

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:14:05 -0400

At present sand filled hour glasses being one of the most ancient technology that had been used for thousands of years are not considered as an useful device. It seems that modern society has moved away beyond the need for this great invention. However designer Pavel Balykin believes that this very retro timepiece is on schedule for a comeback. So he decided to create a new concept that would possess some features of hour glasses.

More than a simple karting

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:10:52 -0400

Though karting being a kind of recreational racing is popular enough among young people and adults, it is not considered a good thing when someone says that your car looks or drives like a go-kart. The reason for this is that generally go-karts do not possess any outstanding technical characteristics, still it's a great fun to ride one. However transportation designer Florian Dobe can doubt the truthfulness of given stereotype with his little concept.

The balance of your knowledge

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:05:02 -0400

It's quite an understandable fact that book reading represents very interesting and useful pastime. Moreover if you are an educated person or just want to become so in future, you probably like reading books. As regards the collecting of the books itself it may be very interesting and pleasant as well. But now due to the new invention of Denis Oh it became possible to make both these actions, i.e. reading and collecting, even more absorbing.

A bike for night riders

Tue, 06 May 2008 01:17:57 -0400

Almost everybody who has ever got a bike knows how dangerous it can be to ride it late in the evening. Though modern bicycles have different devices that are used to reflect the headlight of any transport, sometimes they can not ensure your safety because of the poorness of the reflected light. The idea of making a bicycle that would have its own source of light can hardly be regarded as a new one, still it was never interpreted in the way proposed by Rudi Moosmeier. The gadget he managed to create is called "Tong City Bike".

A tube of coffee or a spoon?

Tue, 06 May 2008 01:13:13 -0400

True connoisseurs of coffee think that there is nothing better than a cup of fresh hot coffee. However it's not quite so, because a fast cup of fresh hot coffee is better for sure. No doubt that at present there are a lot of ways to make an instant coffee, still according to the opinion of Hye-Yeon Choi it's possible to improve the coffee making process.

Music on your back

Tue, 06 May 2008 01:06:30 -0400

All of us probably remember those days when real music lovers were walking down the street with the boom box on their shoulders. However, despite the fact that young people were satisfied enough having the opportunity to listen their favorite music everywhere they want, it wasn't an easy task to carry those big boom box all day long. Yet designer Joonas Saaranen working on his B.A. degree has recently managed to invent Reppo II gadget that would probably simplify significantly the process of "boom box carrying".

Electric-driven Bicycle

Sun, 04 May 2008 15:20:39 -0400

Ride on the bicycle can be very exhausting, especially if you need to ride uphill, or the distance is more than a mile. Of course, you can get yourself a scooter, but that will eliminate all health-giving portion of your ride, and it uses gas to work. So, is there a way to help you travel long distances without completely wasting the profit of riding a bike? Of course there is.

MP3 player in a cassette form

Sat, 03 May 2008 15:29:06 -0400

Today, such things as "cassette players" are hard to find, they all gave up their positions first to CD players, now to more compact and modern MP3 players. However, car cassette players can be seen in many old cars, sometimes they are built-in, and sometimes car's owner does not want to spend couple of hundreds for new audio system. Fortunately, there is a way to modernize such audio players without buying new one. Just add one gadget, and it will be possible to play MP3 files on your old cassette player.

Memristor - a breakthrough in electronics world

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:43:19 -0400

The digital technologies appear to develop very quickly. Every month something new appears, sometimes it is just a redesign of what we already know, and sometimes it is a revolutionary new idea, which turns the digital world upside down. This time, it is second. Being a new basic element, such as resistor, condenser and inductor, the new invention, made by scientist of Hewlett Packard, is too advanced to be called "simple" one. It definitely can change the whole digital world as we know it. Why is it so special?

Jacket that monitors your heart condition

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:39:23 -0400

Today, various medical gadgets help millions of people to be healthier and to monitor their health status. Unfortunately, the heart problems are not rare nowadays, making the heart monitoring gadgets more popular than the others are. Regular heart monitoring gadgets show information about heart rate, blood pressure, in some cases also sugar level - this is basic information that many people need to check for. However, sometimes knowledge of these basic parameters will be not enough to see a real picture of your health status, thats why there is need in more complex and multifunctional gadgets. Like this one, that incorporates all the heart-monitoring tools in one jacket.

Keyboard Pants - pants with an integrated keyboard

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:58:00 -0400

Modern portable devices surely have many abilities. Some gadgets are like computers, running on OS like Windows Mobile or Symbian, which gives users almost full PC experience. However, all portable devices lack one important detail - the comfortable keyboard for text input. Of course, you can try on-screen virtual keyboard on touchscreen devices or hardware keyboard but the buttons on them are too small to be comfortable. There are Bluetooth keyboards for this matter, but they must be carried along with the device. Maybe it is better when keyboard is always ON you?

USB Duplicator - duplicate 60 USB drives at a time

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:49:18 -0400

There are many USB gadgets out there, like USB hubs and various USB powered devices. However, no one seriously worked upon USB flash drives duplication. There are portable CD and DVD duplicators that are very easy to use, why there is no similar devices, meant only for USB drives? It is not a big problem to copy one USB drive's contents into another in usual way, but if you have more than one drive to write information to it can be real pain. This is the situation, in which such USB duplicator can come in handy.

A magic coffee maker

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:15:32 -0400

There is no doubt that everything on the Earth obeys to the gravity law formulated by Sir Isaac Newton. In other words, everything that goes up must come down. However in the short run coffee lovers will have the opportunity to realize that there is a least one exception to this law. The gadget in the question represents a gravity defying coffee maker named Kahva and designed by Lina Fischer.

The Luna Crystal watch

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:57:57 -0400

Despite the fact that at present many different things such as cell phones, mp3 players and so on can be used to tell time, the watch is still considered as a necessary device. From the very appearance of the watch till present days there was an enormous amount of watch designs, yet the common feature is that given device has always served as an adornment as well. So nowadays the main function of the watch, i.e. to tell time, is not of great importance, because it's generally used as an ornament.

Music changes its shape

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:45:23 -0400

The cone shape has always been a natural one for sound enhancement and projection. The fact, that conical horns were used a long time ago when circus hosts announced some daring feat of high-wire acrobatics and are still used these days, shows that the cone is probably the first and the best idea in sound delivery. However there isn't a great variety of acoustic systems that possess such a shape. Designer Paul Scarfe tried to solve this problem.

Aviva shower station

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:37:48 -0400

Do you know that waking up on the right side of the bed forecasts a good day? Don't let anything ruin your day, especially when that day is your single day off. You still don't have no idea what am I talking about, dont you? It is about your morning shower ritual that may often go totally wrong and spoil the whole day. It is about those unreachable shampoo bottles and shower lotions that fall from the shelves over your head.

Secure Digital telephone recorder

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:45:27 -0400

Don't forget what you are talking about with your insurance agent, because they can cheat too. People who have many things to do and that work hard tend to forget "unimportant" things like phone conversations. However, when the conversation is between you and your insurance agent it is important for you.

Top 5 bizarre wedding rings

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:13:25 -0400

More and more people use computers every day and this is how computer themed weddings appeared. Of course for a computer wedding you would need computer themed wedding rings. CAT 5 Ethernet plug rings will suit you the most if you want to make a wedding like this.

Two display LG cell phone with a touch screen

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:30:48 -0400

Venus has two displays in the front and that makes it different from other LG mobile phones. The bigger display on top is a 2" 240 x 320 pixel screen. The second display is a 1.5" screen with resolution of 176 x 240 pixels and is called "InterractPad". This is where you can press buttons with your fingers. I think this idea is very interesting and somewhat useful.