a collaboration between an auto maker and a star designer usually result in a car with nothing but materials and color schemes as chosen by the designer but that’s not the case with the smart forjeremy Electric Car. with the forjeremy, smart scores as the first automotive marque to actually allow its collaborating designer, in this case, Jeremy Scott, to make changes to the…
the BMW i3 Concept Coupe you see here, though named so, is more like a compact hatch with its three-door configuration with a somewhat ‘cute’ appearance. if you think this concept look vaguely familiar, then you are right cos’ this Coupe is technically the i3 Concept with a slew of tweaks, inside and out. the i3 Coupe features a carbon fiber body and is propelled by a BMW-…
scaled down version (aka ‘mini’) of popular gadgets such as tablets and smartphones are not uncommon but a game console? really? do gamers really need a mini version of its regular sized console? well, apparently, Nintendo think so and it has out a mini me of Wii, aptly dubbed the Nintendo Wii Mini. so what’s with the Wii junior? first off, Nintendo has bestowed it with ‘basic…
have you ever find yourself needing to pop open a bottle of cold, screw something (not a person, though), strip a wire or two or cut something and saving digital data securely all at the same time while flying? if the answer is yes, then the Victorinox Swiss Army Jetsetter Flash Drive is the go to multi-tool. available…
always wanted a keep a pet fish or two but too intimated by the cleaning chore? the Home Aquaponics Kit is here to solve that woe (the cleaning part, that is) while giving you a little ‘bonus’ that you could savor, literally. the Aquaponics is both a self-cleaning fish tank and a hydroponics (yes, those veggies that feeds on water and not soil) and hence, adopters get the best of both…
although we may never be able to lay our hands on the DROID DNA by HTC but that doesn’t stop us from appreciating its beauty. the DROID DNA sports a slim form factor and a deep black, soft-touch back that beckons you to hold it while red accents on the earpiece grill, microgrill patterned sidewalls, main camera bezel and Beats Audio branding breaks the monotony of the…
most of us here are unlikely to be reminiscing about the glory days of the motorcycles of from 1920s and 1930s but that doesn’t stop us from appreciating a good remake of them such as this Janus Halcyon 50 Motorcycle, a bike that pays homage to record-breakers of that era (you know. Brough Superior, Triumph and the likes). the Halcyon 50 features sprung leather saddle…
pulling your hairs over the ever frustrating traffic condition? well, that might be a thing of the past if the Hirobo HX-1 Personal Electric Helicopter becomes a reality, commercially. Hirobo, a company best known for its radio controlled helicopters, is not the usual firm that you expect to develop a full-scale man-piloted machine but here it is, the HX-1 that looks more a vehicle…
if you haven’t join the all-things-Bluetooth or the ‘iHealth’ fray, then the Wahoo Balance Smartphone Scale could be a good place to start with. like all good, dutiful wireless-enabled bathroom scale, the Balance Smartphone Scale tracks your weight and BMI over time and sends weighting result to your iPhone or iPad instantly (via an App, naturally). instead of being WiFi-connected…
funny that we never actually noticed but we have a quite a bunch of tiny objects that we stashed in our bags that seem almost bottomless when we tried to dig for them. of course, there are better solutions than dumping everything into one huge bag such as having individual pouches or containers to hold them. however, if you want to keep your wee items away from the elements…
there are a growing number of gadgets that are USB-powered, so why not a lamp? well, the Piccolo LED Task Light is just the answer to that question. it is a task light that uses USB bus power to power its linear array LED and can be powered either by your computer’s USB port or if you prefer, use any of your spare USB wall charger to give a little more lumens. according to its…