There are a lot of sports that require gloves to keep your hands warm or to provide protection in the event of an accident. A company called BearTek has unveiled a new line of gloves that feature wearable technology integrated for outdoor and action sports fans. The company offers gloves designed for motorcyclists, skiers, or […]
We were so pleased for legacy UK music store HMV, when it turned up with a new iOS app last week. It seems Apple was a little bit over-excited too, having apparently mashed the approve button without really realizing what it was doing. HMV was selling music downloads via the new app, a massive …
Working at the office can be quite a drag, especially when you feel that you are stuck in a dead end job, but are just slogging it away in front of the computer so that you can make ends meet. There is not much joy left in the office environment, and the stifling coat and tie routine is starting to make you gag, but you plod on just because of the car and house mortgages. Well, why not inject some fun and life into your cubicle with the $29.99 Mazebot Desk Pet?
The Mazebot Desk Pet will be able to set the stage for epic desktop battles, where it comes in the form of a snap-together maze kit that will cater for desktop toys. You will, of course, need to have smartphone-controlled Desk Pets to play with this, but basically, your imagination would play a large role in making sure that the race tracks as well as mazes that you create are fun enough to play over and over again with the rest of your equally burned out colleagues. This is the ideal layout for Battletank fights, to race Carbots or Tankbots, or simply a place where these toys will be able to interact together.
[ Mazebot Desk Pet helps alleviate boredom at the office copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
In every cartoon or TV show, when someone is in a bad mood or sad, a raincloud will appear over their heads and downpour on them. Needless to say, most people don’t want something like that to happen unless they are either in the middle of the desert, or in desperate need of a shower. Thankfully that doesn’t happen in real life, but storms definitely do, and even though the rain isn’t exactly fun all the time, listening to thunder and seeing the lightning is certainly peaceful.
While I doubt anyone is going to want a full-fledged storm cloud in their living room, wouldn’t it be nice to have just the sounds of it happening hanging around? Of course you can get audio or video recordings of it, but they always end up playing in a loop, ruining the chaotic order an actual rainy day has that makes it relaxing in the first place. This Cloud light won’t be as good as the real thing, but it will definitely try. It can’t really function as a lamp, but it would do quite nicely as a nightlight.
It is arduino-controlled and motion-triggered, and once it goes off it will give you a combination of light and sound. This is of course, an artistic project, and as there aren’t likely many of these floating around, it should come as no surprise that it carries a $1,800 price tag. There isn’t any word on being able to change out lights or colors, but this could be a disco ball on the nights you’re not trying to relax.
Available for purchase on the artist’s website RichardClarkson, found via incrediblethings
[ This Cloud light is the only raincloud you’ll want to follow you home copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
Magnetic disk drive storage was born in the 1950s—thanks, IBM!—but while storage density and power efficiency have rocketed, the lifetime for which data can be stored has remained about the same, at around a decade. That could soon change.
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Apple looks to be readying a live stream of its event taking place at 10 AM PT today at the Yerba Buena center in California, according to updates that are being pushed to users’ Apple TV devices, as reported by Engadget, MacRumors and 9to5mac. Now, Apple has also pushed out an update to its site, allowing users to navigate there to stream to Safari, too. For visitors on the web, the event will go live at the Apple Events section of its homepage when it starts in just a few hours. So to recap, you’ll need the following to tune in:
Of course, you can also tune in to our live blog of the event right here on TechCrunch, with myself snapping photos and providing occasional commentary and Greg Kumparak on keyboard. It’s the better option if you’re stuck at work like most normal human beings, or if you’d rather get some entertaining color commentary with your Apple news, tune into us furiously typing away at near the speed of sound.
Crytek is a game developer behind the incredibly popular Crysis franchise. Typically, the company develops high-end video games that sell for $50 or $60 per copy. Crytek announced a while back that it was working on a new online free to play FPS title called Warface. Crytek has now announced that the game is downloadable […]
Though Google made significant strides in smoothing out Android performance with Project Butter, apparently it’s not yet satisfied. According to L’Express, Mountain View has just purchased French firm FlexyCore for €16.9 million ($23.1 million). That company made its name with software like …
The latest update to Nokia’s Windows Phone build (which expands upon Microsoft’s GDR3 release), named Black, brings with it some features you may be surprised to learn Nokia handsets didn’t already contain…but here’s a big one for you: It also brings RAW support, not available on any smartphone before.
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A lot of PC gamers are always out to get the latest peripherals and accessories to make gaming more enjoyable. A company called ROCCAT has unveiled what may be one of the most interesting computer peripherals I’ve seen in a long time called the Power-Grid. This app turns your smartphone into a computer peripheral. The […]
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