Breathalyzer Gadget that disables cars goes mandatory in New York

Drivers convicted of Drinking Under the influence in New York will now be forcibly fitted with a new gadget. The Ignition Interlock is like the opposite of pimping your car: it's a car lock combined with a breathalyzer. Clamping over the ignition switch it requires the driver to blow into the mouthpiece anytime they want…

Fuji 3D camera that replicates the human eye – in shops from September

Fuji have just announced a 3D camera - for the home. The FinePix W3 will be available to consumers from September for £399. In a mechanism that replicates how the human eye works, the camera takes two video streams and then combines them in the display mode to produce 3D images... which are visible with…

Alcatel release VM202 a pink phone – exclusively on Virgin

Well, if it isn't a pink phone! (It is a pink phone). A chunky feature phone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the VM202 from Alcatel is not exactly going to trouble the iPhone, but it does look like a decent sturdy mid-range handset. Alcatel is a French-Chinese company which aims to produce phones for all…

Ferrari engine in a hairdryer: yes Formula One is useful after all…

I've often wondered what the point of Formula One was. All those little jumped-up buggies going round and round and round in circles occasionally killing people. A lot of brain-power, money and petrol goes into making those pieces of metal go faster and faster. Anyway, they have finally put some of that bleeding-edge technology to…

Dealing with Anxiety problems? There's an app for that

Anxiety Coach is an app that helps you combat stress and anxious feelings by delivering therapy through your iPhone. The app is built on a fairly simple premise. It contains nine voice recordings, podcasts if you will, from an American psycholgist Dr. Neal H. Olshan. Each recording or "boost" address different reasons people feel anxious.…

Guide to Buying a Wireless Router for your Home

So. It's 10.30pm, you just need to send one email and guess what, the home wifi is jumping: "The page you requested cannot be displayed". You switch everything off and on including the fridge but it still won't log you onto gmail long enough to send a bloody email. What to do? Thwack the wall…

App Review: Camera Bag for iPhone

Sure Hipstamatic will always have a place in the hearts of some. But if you're looking for a slightly more subtle photo effects with that iPhone camera of yours, or just more photo effects, check out the iPhone app Camera Bag. [nb: for Android lovers we recommend free app FxCamera for pretty retro-style pictures] What…

Shiny Poll: Have we had too much of Hipstamatic?

After a good few months of everyone's Facebook pictures looking like they'd been taken on grainy colour saturated Lomos, it may be time to call time on the Hipstamatic app for iPhone. It never made it onto Android (though check out free app PhotoFX on the Android store for a nice and free alternative.) The…