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Tux Droid toy alerts you
There is something that bugs me about the Tux Droid – it is missing the customary bowtie that most penguins seem to wear. Perhaps it lost the bowtie when making its pilgrimage across ice floes?
Basically Tux Droid is a felt-covered desktop companion that utilises wireless technology to fetch information from the wonderful web and convey it to you in various charming ways. His accompanying USB fish transmitter (no, really!) beams info to him anywhere in the house, so he can alert you to incoming emails in the kitchen, RSS feeds in the front room, weather reports in the bathroom or breaking news in the bedroom. And he can do it by dancing, spinning, flapping or flashing – it’s up to you. Simply get busy with the customisable (is that a word?) software. The possibilities are endless.
The Tux Droid can be yours today for £89.95.
Electronic Gadgets, Office Gadgets, PC Gadgets
Super Combo HDD Case
Just in case you need to carry around your hard drive where work is concerned, the Super Combo HDD Case sounds like a suitable candidate as it features connectivity to a whole host of input. The Super Combo HDD Case features a couple of FireWire 800 ports, a single FireWire 400 port, one eSATA and a solitary USB 2.0 port. Wish they’d throw in more USB ports though. This 37mm x 130mm x 226mm case is compatible with both Windows (XP and above) and Mac (9.1 to OS X) platforms, retailing for $174.40.
Electronic Gadgets, Office Gadgets
Oce JetStream Family bring color inkjet printing to new levels
Oce has just introduced the groundbreaking high-speed Oce JetStream full-color, inkjet product family. This new series brings productivity and quality standards for ultra-high-volume, full-color production printing to a whole new level. For those looking for a commercial printer that has a strong competitive edge, it sounds as though you can’t really go wrong with Oce. The Oce JetStream Family boasts of a hefty duty cycle that is capable of handling more than 60 million impressions per month with a maximum monthly capacity of 18 million linear feet. These numbers offer unprecedented versatility, ease of use and integration into existing workflows.
Office Gadgets, PC Gadgets, USB Gadgets
USB Christmas Tree for Holiday Cheer
At home, I’m sure most of you have your holiday decorations up and have your Christmas tree all lit up and looking all fabulous and festive. What about your desk – at home or at work? What sort of holiday decoration have you done this year? Do you have your same old dirty coffee mug “displayed” with your pen cup? Why not have a Christmas tree for your desk?
The happy elves over at Gadgetshop offer the USB Christmas Tree. This holiday cheer spreading little gadget plugs into any USB port (regardless of operating system) and flashes a bright, cheery color every second – alternating between green, red, blue and purple. Once you plug it in, your desk will be the cheeriest and most brightly lit desk in the office. Hopefully you don’t work in an office full of Bah Humbug-ers where they wouldn’t find such a great gadget to be so much fun. Read the rest of this entry »
Gadget Gift Ideas, Gadget Humor, Office Gadgets
Bowling Game for boring Mondays
Fancy going out for a bowling game with your mates, but have yet to get permission from the missus? The Bowling Game could help stave off your itch temporarily.
This bowling game allows you to roll strikes, spares, and gutter balls on a desk or table. Players use the ramp to aim and hurl the steel ball down the lane; the ramp slides across the width of the lane to provide the necessary ball-release angles for picking up the dreaded seven-ten split. The solid oak lane has target arrows that provide a visual guide, and the pins are easy to set up, yet offer a stern challenge to both novice and seasoned tabletop bowlers.
The Bowling Game is available from Hammacher for $39.95.
Office Gadgets
Boba Fett the Bounty Hunting Bobble Head
Out of all the Sci-Fi baddies Boba Fett has got to be the coolest, so here we have the Boba Fett Bobble Head.
Ok, so think back to before the prequels diluted all that was cool about Star Wars. Imagine back before all the Stormtroopers were all clones, and were just goobers in white. Before Jango’s son was revealed to be yet another genetic replica, Boba Fett ruled the stars. Sure he fell into a big pit of teeth to be digested over many years, but before that, he was great. So great, in fact, that this bounty hunter extraordinaire thought of a side job to cash in on his fame. He knew where the big money was – not in catching bounty, but in merchandising.
The Boba Fett Bobble Head can be guiding your desk for $12.99.
Office Gadgets, Remote Control Toys, Toys
ChoroQ Qsteer Mini R/C Racers
Release some stress at the office with the ChoroQ Qsteer Mini R/C Racers.
Normally tiny R/C cars are hard to drive and control like crap. They zip off your desk and land in the trash the minute you hit the gas. Not these precision ChoroQ Qsteer Mini R/C Racers imported from Japan. Amazingly we were able to zoom these mini cars all over our desk with nary a fender bender. Hit the turbo button on the top of the remote for even more speed. Choose from cute versions of the Nissan 350Z or the Mazda RX-8. Independent channels mean you can pit these mini sports cars against each other in a desktop duel to your stapler.
You can buy a ChoroQ Qsteer Mini R/C Racer for $14.99. Check out other remote controlled toys here.
Gadget Gift Ideas, Office Gadgets
Ultra Violet Pen and Light comes with Message Shredder
This next device is for spies. That’s right, for spies. If you are a spy, be sure not to comment, because that message can be traced.
However, I found this great product that allows you to write messages with secret ink. And it is much better than that milk and lemon juice that can be seen under an ordinary light. This is some special ink that can only be seen under ultra-violet light.
And then, then! After you write the message, this pen has a built in shredder. Unless your enemy has a bunch of Scotch tape, your enemies will probably never read your languages.
