The Arch Ball Clock is a DIY project that you can build. It uses 2 stepper motors to control the 2 arches. The arch on the left represents hours and the one on the right represents minutes. The arches hold a steel ball bearing which rolls freely on the arch above the number that gives the time. [Read more…]
Archives for July 2009
Worlds Biggest RC Helicopter
July 8, 2009 by 11 Comments
The helicopter you are looking at here is a replica of the Mil Mi-24 GunShip helicopter. According to GizmoWatch it’s the largest RC helicopter in the world.
The real helicopter measures 56’9″ x 70’5 x 21’4″, has a fully armoured cockpit that’s protected by bulletproof glass and has a speed of 208mph with a 99 mile range. Check out the video after the jump. [Read more…]
New LG Chocolate with 21:9 Aspect Ratio
July 7, 2009 by 2 Comments
LG are soon to launch a new Chocolate phone. The original chocolate was a big hit with selling 21 million units worldwide.
The new LG Chocolate will fall in to LG’s Black Label series will be announced next month in August. Perhaps the most striking feature will be that the screen will have an aspect ratio of 21:9 with a resolution of 800 x 345 and measure just over 3 inches diagonally. A 5 megapixel camera will also be used in the phone. [Read more…]
Magellan Maestro 4700 GPS
July 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The Maestro 4700 is Magellan’s latest GPS unit to be announced. The device is slim and has a fairly large 4.7″ widescreen touch display. The device aims to have a number of user friendly features which include the OneTouch user interface which allows favourite destinations to be put in to a single menu. [Read more…]
CrunchPad Could be here this Month!
July 6, 2009 by 2 Comments
The CrunchPad was mentioned on gadgetvenue a few months back where at that point, it was still in prototype form. Today we hear that the CrunchPad is almost ready and will probably be launched in either late July or early August.
The New York Times have reported that it will be priced at less than $300 which is quite amazing! [Read more…]
iPod Video Around the Corner?
July 6, 2009 by Leave a Comment
A rumour is out and about today indicating that iPod’s might be getting embedded video cameras built in. TechCrunch report that a huge order of cheap $10 cameras have been ordered by Apple. Apple are expected to sell 20 million iPhones this year and about 3+ Million iPods/month. If Apple were to include cameras on their range of iPod’s then that 3+ Million per month would give the low end video market a run for it’s money. [Read more…]
Leyio 16GB File Sharer
July 6, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Leyio is a secure portable hard drive which has a 16GB capacity and allows you to wirelessly share files without Leyio users in a secure way.
The 16GB of on-board flash can be used to store photos, videos, documents and other formats which can be quickly transferred to other users at speeds up to 10Mbps. [Read more…]
Archos 9PCTablet Runs Windows 7 and Possibly Android
July 6, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The Archos 9PCTablet is an Internet Media Tablet. It is already known that the 9 will run Windows 7, but TG Daily mentioned today that it could possibly come with Android OS installed. [Read more…]
Handy USB to SATA Adapter
July 6, 2009 by 1 Comment
If the USB to SATA Drive Dock was a bit too big for your liking then another option is the USB to SATA adapter which is far smaller and does pretty much the same job.
It has it’s own inbuilt power supply which provides power to the SATA drive and all you need to do is connect up the USB port to your computer and copy all the files off your drive. [Read more…]
History of Space Exploration
July 6, 2009 by 1 Comment
We don’t mention too much of space here on our gadget blog, but this was quite cool and is well worth a mention.
This year is the 40th anniversary of man landing on the moon. On July 16th Bonhams New York will be celebrating this with a sale of some historical space goods. Nearly 400 lots will be up for grabs including bits of spacecraft that have been taken in to space and on to the moon’s surface. [Read more…]
Wireless 700 Card brings GPS to Dell Mini 10 Netbook
July 3, 2009 by 2 Comments
The Dell Mini 10 Netbook will soon become available with the Wireless 700 card (costs $69) and provides the netbook a dual function card that will have wireless and GPS giving the netbook navigation and geo-tagging capabilities. [Read more…]
Sync Blocker Lets you Choose Between Sync and Charge
July 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The Sync Blocker is a device which allows you to choose the option of either synching and charging your iPhone, or just charging your iPhone. [Read more…]
