You know what it is like when you are on holiday. You bake in the sun and then cool off in the pool. But while you are cooling off you can’t listen to your music because your Nano doesn’t like the water as much as you and will explode from any contact with any sort […]
The more of the bigger gadgets I get, the more remote controls I get. I have 5 remotes at the moment. Now the controller for the surround sound system is the size of a credit card and is forever getting lost down the back of the sofa. There are quite a few all-in-one controllers around […]
I’m not a bird watcher myself, but I can imagine that you have to carry a lot of equipment around with you. The same for train and plane watchers. And probably the most awkward will be your camera and binoculars. Great big gadgets hanging round your neck, not exactly leaving you very mobile. And for […]
There are still a lot of people around who like the old fashioned way of taking notes. The use of gadgets seems alien to them and my partner is a case in point. She is studying at the moment and when she gets home after being at college she sits down and writes out her […]
Most of us like to listen to music while we are in the bath or the shower, but the environment isn’t exactly ideal for our little devices. An alternative is to get some proper bathroom speakers wired in. Now you can get this professionally done and have them sunk into the ceiling or do a […]
I’m a fan of Sci-Fi films and a common theme in the future among some of them is the way we clean ourselves. Due to water being a rare commodity new ways to cleanse our bodies have been devised which usually involves some sort of light. Well taking a leaf out of the Sci-Fi books, […]
There are quite a few gadgets in the home security department. Mostly revolving around the camera. Whether it’s tiny cameras that no one can see or a whole army of cameras centrally controlled with infra red, heat sensing and night vision lenses. But can you really call these cool gadgets. Can you really explain them […]
We all have a point in our lives when we have to arrange a party for kids. Finding the usual children’s party supplies, like paper hats, cake and party bags, is easy enough. But how do you make that birthday something special and memorable for those involved?
Well one gadget I’ve found really useful for children’s […]