This certainly makes more sense than the WiFi detecting glow-in-the-dark t-shirts we've been seeing around. The Soyntec WiFinder (not to confuse with a bag that finds Nintendo game consoles) has a little LCD display on the side to show you hotspot activity. Now you don't have to boot your laptop to search for open hotspots but you can simply check your laptop bag. If the signal is strong enough you can choose to boot your laptop and get online. Prices are between $52,- and $101,- for (...)  read more

This table only makes sense if you see the before and after pictures. Fusion tables designed a table that looks awesome as a dinner table but is also, if you take off the top, a pool table. A typical AllCoolAndNew product: hidden appear-when-you-need-it-functionality in a stylish design. Because of the dimensions of the pool table it does make a pretty large dinner table. But how cool is that pool table?! And I don't even play (...)  read more

Apple recently announced the new iPhone SDK (software development kit) for third party application developers. Of course third party applications have been available for jailbroken iPhones for some time now among which were some virtual instruments. The Japanese band Denki Groove used only those virtual instruments on their iPhones en iPods Touch to create their own version of Smoky Bubbles as the video below shows. For a link to the software the band uses see the GeekAlert (...)  read more

If you ever used or planing to use a computer or an old no-longer-in-use computer in your living room as a media center (HTPC), you know silence of the machine is a big factor. You don't want anything that sounds like it could take off any second while reading a book. Cooling (fan noise) is one thing, but often hard drive noise is very noticeable too. A lot of hard drives are specialised in being silent and there are some smart tricks and tools to damp noise even more but it will still have (...)  read more

Simple ideas are often the best. Why not combine a clock with a note board? This Eco-Artware clock is made of blackboard material and has a little chalk holder along the bottom. Might be useful in the kitchen (like the image proposes) but I can imagine making more use out of the clock/chalkboard combination by putting certain time related notes on certain parts of the day. For example "write blog post" on the place where the hour hand hits 4 (...)  read more