App turns iphone into heart monitor

Posted: 1st September 2010 by admin in Science
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This is a truly lifesaving app. Anyone can monitor a heartbeat and send the cardiograph to a doctor for diagnosis. Brilliant and wonderful technology.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11145583

Build a Spitfire

Posted: 12th July 2010 by admin in Science
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Want your own spitfire. The ultimate boys toy is yours for 100 grand. It comes flat packed from Australia and it will take you about a thousand hours to put it together.

But, boy, when you do, this little beauty will fly at 222mph and will certainly thrill the livin bejeesus out of you.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-468038/The-flatpack-fighter-Build-Spitfire-mere-130-000.html

Take your cool camera underwater

Posted: 30th April 2010 by admin in Gear

You have already brought a mega cool 10megapixel, slim as an anorexic supermodel camera but if you want to take photos underwater you have to leave it on the beach and get a cacky underwater disposable that takes really shabby photos.

Well not any more. The Aquapac 420 Hard Lens Camera Case was specifically designed for  Mini Digital Cameras with  zoom lenses. It is a relatively cheap way to safely take your good camera into the water to photograph corals and fishes or your girlfriend’s legs.

Movie Projector

Posted: 13th April 2010 by admin in Gear

The problem with movies on your phone or iplayer is that the screens are tiny – duh! But now there is a pocket projector that will allow you to project up to 50 inch images on bedroom walls etc. This tiny pack is hardly bigger than the phone you connect it to.

pocket projector

So, now you can enjoy full screen mini videos anywhere you like.

More info about the Pocket Projector is available from Firebox.

Digital Camera Diving/Snorkelling Mask

Posted: 13th April 2010 by admin in Gear, Outdoors

If you are going to be in the sea this summer, whether snorkelling or scuba diving, this mask is a fantastic gadget. It allows you to take your digital camera with you and photograph whatever you are looking at.

camera mask

Swimming underwater is difficult if you have to carry a camera in one hand, so this is an excellent safety idea. It also allows you to record movies and is very easy to operate.  If you are going to the med, red sea or further afield, then this the gadget for your summer.

More Camera mask info is available from Firebox.

Wifi Bathroom Scales

Posted: 13th April 2010 by admin in Gear, Girlie Stuff

They told us everything would go wifi soon, and it was always the fridge they gave as an example. Oddly, the bathroom gadgets seem to have beaten the kitchen gadgets to the post.

Wifi Scales

These scales  send  your weight, fat mass and body mass index to your computer or iPhone where a program can display changes, motivating you to keep your physical health in check. A really good use of technology.

The Wifi Scales are available from Firebox.

Olympus E520 digital SLR camera

Posted: 24th March 2010 by admin in Gear

I was up at 5.00am because the cat decided to wake me. She does that way too much. So I drove in darkness down to the river and set up my camera and tripod to wait for dawn. A basic camera just won’t allow you to take a shot like this, but a digital SLR gives you enough control to override the little computer that is screaming ‘not enough light’.

bridge

The extra control of a dSLR is a revelation the first time you use it.

The controls themselves are quite easy to master in about a week.

Shhh, they might be listening

Posted: 18th March 2010 by admin in Gear, Science

GSM bugs (which send the signals they recieve out on mobile phone frequencies are now the most common bugs used by spies.  They are usually tiny and pretty much untraceable once installed. To protect themselves, the big boys use tools to sweep the area for signals. Searchlight from QCC can detect illicit broadcasts and pinpoint their location. However this is not cheap off the shelf equipment, unlike the bugs themselves which are easy to get hold of.

Give her a diamond to drink

Posted: 18th March 2010 by admin in Girlie Stuff

I think she is going to like this one.  A diamond shaped ice cube. Some gadgets are cool, this one is a bit better than that.

Diamond Ice Cube

Order of The Planets

Posted: 18th March 2010 by admin in Science

Well Is Pluto a Planet? I’m not exactly planning to visit it this week.

Lovely shot of Jupiter is closest I’m gonna get to outer space unless the aliens turn up (again).

Jupiter