One of my friends has got an FM Transmitter for his iPod. It simply plugs into the iPod’s earphone socket and transmits what ever is playing to a set FM station meaning you can easily listen to what’s playing on your iPod on your car stereo wire free.
The GT Cube is the same sort of thing but in a much smaller box. It incorporates a microphone so can also be used as a hands free kit in your car. It does look a cool and useful gadget but only if you’re Korean 
The GT Cube found via Red Ferret.
We’re probably a bit late reporting on this one but as England are playing today it seemed appropriate to mention the Philips Universal Remote - World Cup Party Edition.
The World Cup remote control is shaped and colored like a football pitch. The buttons are colored and positioned as opposing players but must admit it’s a formation I’ve never seen before.
The only reason I’d need this remote when watching a game would by for it’s ingenious other purpose, an inbuilt bottle opener. Sensibly it doesn’t include a counter like that other bottle opener we wrote about.
You can get the football remote from Phillips, found via Ideal Gadget.
When I first started writing on this blog one of the things I wrote about is why people have such a passion for gadgets. I argued that people bought gadgets because they wanted either to show off, collect them as fashion accessories, or because they hadn’t lost their childhood love of toys.
I missed one class of gadgets that can fundamentally improve people’s quality of life, and this device would fall into that category. It’s a device that enables blind people to “see” by converting light into an audio signal, which with practice can be heard and interpreted as an “image” of their local environment.
I used to play drums when I was younger, I wasn’t particularly good so made up for my lack of musical ability by purchasing an ever growing kit. So even if I sounded crap at least I had about 18 drums to hide behind. Going to the opposite extreme I can now get this nano like finger drum set to annoy my listeners with :).
The Finger Drums are about the size of a mouse mat and can be played by tapping your fingers. The enclosed speaker is supposedly pretty good and will certainly sound better than tapping beer mats in the pub.
If I’d had one of these when I was younger I’d of saved thousands, then again the practice room we hired close to the town centre was priceless in more ways than one :).
You can get the Finger Drums from I Want One of Those.
Here’s an excellent home DIY project; a widescreen projector for the ultimate home theatre system – on a budget.
The project plans are available free from Lumenlab.com, who sell all the components needed to construct the system, or they can even supply complete systems for $499 for those who of you who are a bit nervous about building the projector yourself.
This is another one of those “Why hasn’t it been done before” gadgets, a Webcam with night vision. So your friends can see who they’re talking to even if the lights are off.
I must admit I do wonder about the sort of people who would use a webcam like this. Okay I think I can guess the sort of people that would benefit from a camera like this, just make sure you lock the door :).
Here at CG we seem to come across quite a few color morphing lights, we’ve had eggs, Jellephish and bubbles. Another one to the party is the Hipper Mood Creator color morphing light, though this one is a bit different.
This CD carousel is a real find for me. Being a music as well as a gadget lover, I have about 600 audio CDs. As you can imagine, organising them is somewhat problematic.
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