Wiener Dog Accent Lamp
Co-ordinating the furniture within your home can be quite the challenge, but thankfully taste is always subjective and personal, making this Wiener Dog Accent Lamp a hit-or-miss affair. I presume with other equally bizarre items in your living room, this lamp will settle down just fine, but for those who want to adopt a Zen look might want to give this a pass. A textured amber glass torso provides ambient lighting, separating both the metal head and tail ends. If you’re insistent on picking one up, the Wiener Dog Accent Lamp will set you back by half a Benjamin.
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Add comment June 25th, 2007
Are all digital photo frames alike? While it might seem so at first glance, the FotoVivo from AG Neovo takes a slightly different route, offering a whole lot more character in terms of design when compared to the standard digital photo frame. Features include a touch-sensitive frame (you gotta hand it to the LG Chocolate for sparking this highly functional design) and LED controls that bring more “Wow” factor than Vista ever could. Too bad the FotoVivo’s internal memory is capped at a paltry 128MB with no additional memory card slots for expansion purposes. Choose from glossy red or black colors.
The Icon Mobile Manager is one PDA that will probably be a hit among the senior folks, especially those whose eyesight are starting to fail. While it does pretty much the same thing as basic PDAs do (calendar, address book, clock, word processor, calculator, voice recorder), the Icon Mobile Manager is different since it comes with large and easy-to-use buttons. Powered by Linux, the Icon Mobile Manager features a 30GB hard drive for storage purposes, an audio-based Web browser and email client, as well as Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. Sounds neat, unfortunately this device strains your pocket at $1,395 a pop. Shipping is apparently restricted within the U.S. only.
Shadow Robot Company (sounds as though they manufacture cyborg ninjas and samurais) is well known for creating the 24-degrees of freedom dexterous hand, and they are now credited with adding tactile sensors to the hand as well. Each sensor comes with either 34 or 22 active tactile elements (known as tactels), making them inch closer toward the sensitivity of our human skin. The tactels are available in a couple of sizes - as a finger tip or a thumb, but they can also be custom made to virtually any shape you desire. These new sensors were researched and developed for future use in new prosthetics, perhaps helping the disabled “feel” once again via their artificial limbs.
The Battery Eater is one of those rare few gadgets that you won’t need but probably want. You know the drill when it comes to exhausted AA batteries - from the digital camera, they’re transferred to the TV remote control, and when it can’t transmit signals anymore, off they go into the living room clock before their final destination at the trashcan. The Battery Eater gives the final insult by draining whatever juice there is left inside, making sure you get every single cent’s worth. I’m sure those who still have fun with their first generation of Gameboys have plenty of used batteries to spare for the Battery Eater. Interested parties can pick up the Battery Eater for $6.95 a pop.
While most of us equate the Boeing 747 as a mass people carrier, the military decided to turn it into an Airborne Laser, carrying a “megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser beam” that takes aim at both ground and airborne targets, turning them into a fine mist with a direct hit. Created specifically to combat the threat of airborne missiles, this technology is still undergoing heavy research at this moment. Ah well, looks like there are now more reasons to believe that the world is coming to an end pretty soon. We don’t even need to wait for another meteorite to wipe us out, I guess us humans are pretty adept at doing that ourselves.
