Not everything geek related needs to be practical. Sometimes things are just cool for the sake of it. This iPhone controlled kitchen island that sinks into the floor by the press of a button is an example of that. It’s an impressive do-it-yourself project and undoubtedly to some practical use to the owner of the kitchen. The likelihood of this going mainstream is slim to none though. Still, you have to admit that it’s an awesome sight (maybe even more so with the cat on top of it) and it could give (...) read more
Now that the iPad 2 is officially for sale, a lot of iPad 1 owners are thinking of getting rid of their old iPad and buy the new one. But the iPad 1 can still be put to good use. And with Apple dropping the price of their first iPad and the online marketplaces overflowing with people trying to get rid of their iPad 1, you might not always get the price you had in mind. So before you sell your old iPad online; consider this list of alternative ways to use your old iPad. (...) read more
The Gorenje iChef+ is more than just an oven. Even though touch screens on kitchen appliances are nothing new and the iChef does pretty much the same as an oven 50 years ago could do, the way you do it just got a bit more interesting with this huge colored touch screen. It has 65 oven meals pre-programmed so you can simply start the appropriate oven program by touching the picture of that meal and has 150 open slots for you to save your own programs (...) read more
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No more smudgy handles with this touch activated faucet. Simply touch to activate and touch again to deactivate. The video below shows the magic. It looks like a very simple and clever idea, and judging by the video they also took in account situations like moving the spout sideways without it activating the water flow. Currently this ToucH2O technology comes with only one model of faucet with a retractable spray head for (...) read more
In general digital photo frames around the house can give a too techy 'what is this, Las Vegas?' feeling if you ask me. But this little digital fridge magnet photo frame just looks cute. It has an internal memory of 32 Mb, a 2.4 inch LCD screen with a resolution of 320 x 240 and supports JPG, BMP and GIF (...) read more
