Archive of posts tagged jammerb

Episode 1026

AeroPress
Coffee Maker
Link: Aerobie
 
Aerobie has been making those flying rings, but this time it’s branching out into coffee makers.  The Aeropress gives you a good cup from your favourite coffee grounds.  The set comes with a plunger, a grounds funnel, a scoop, a stirrer and filters, and the seal of approval of ThinkGeek.  It works like [...]

Episode 1021

PowerGenix
Nickel Zinc Rechargeable Battery
Link: PowerGenix
 
PowerGenix batteries are Nickel Zinc rechargeable AA batteries with an output of 1.6V (other AA batteries give 1.2V).  Shorter recharge time and 1000 recharges.  They’ve been included in Popular Science’s Best of What’s New 2009.
MacWorld Live
Leo will be hosting MacWorld Live this Friday.  The line-up will include Heather Gold, Roger McGuinn, [...]

Episode 988

Moshi Travel Alarm Clock with Voice Control
Voice-Operated Alarm Clock
Link: Moshi Lifestyle
 
A travel version of the previous Moshi Voice Control Clock (Episode 784). This time, you can press a button on the Moshi Travel Alarm Clock with Voice Control before activating the voice recognition, so that Moshi doesn’t think you’re talking to it all the [...]

Episode 985

Russell Hobbs ThermoColour Kettle
Colour-Changing Kettle
Link: eBay   allbusiness.com
Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
 
The ThermoColour Kettle from Russell Hobbs, from about 2000, changed its colour as the water turned from cold to hot. The ThermoCrystal changed from black to white, the ThermoPink from blue to pink, and the ThermoGreen from dark green to lime. It boiled [...]

Episode 893

Knife and Fork Lift
Cutlery for Dieting
Link: Knife and Fork Lift
 
A bit of a gag gift designed by Tom Madden, the Knife and Fork Lift takes a different approach towards dieting from the Checkmate Appetite Intake Controller (Episode 466).  It's a knife and fork set, weighted down like a pair of dumbbells (and we're not talking [...]