Month: January 2010
Virgin plots music service MusicFish to rival iTunes and Spotify
Virgin Media is squaring up to web services like iTunes and Spotify with a music streaming and download service called MusicFish. Due to launch this summer, the service will work along the lines of premium Spotify deals. It is suggested that Virgin will charge a certain amount a month for access to the service which…
Eye-Fi cards that bring wifi to cameras get an update: Eye-Fi Pro X2 hits UK in April
We covered the cunning digital image storing and sharing card before when it launched in the UK a few months ago, now news comes that the updated version of the Eye-Fi card, the 8GB Eye-Fi Pro X2 will arrive in the UK in April. Eye-Fi memory cards work like normal SD memory cards - slot…
The CO2RSET – a carbon-dioxide sensitive corset will teach you a lesson about air pollution
Weird invention of the week goes to the carbon-dioxide sensitive Corset, the C02rset. Not only is this hook-and-eye corset sensitive to C02, it's also gonna make darn sure that you're pretty sensitive to C02 too after you've worn it, because as carbon dioxide levels in the air increase, tiny motors draw the laces in, tightening…
Pet Society turn BB's Lady Sovereign into an animated pet
Any Pet Society and Celebrity Big Brother fans out there? Combine your interests with a.... Lady Sovereign Pet Society character, the sort of weird beast that the create-a-virtual-pet game lets you make. The British rapper and grime MC got kicked out of the celebrity Big Brother house last night for eating other people's food, a…
UK's most downloaded app: iPint, the virtual beer
News that Britain's most downloaded iPhone app is the Carling iPint is a bit embarrassing. It's more embarrassing when you learn that US's is Facebook (for you know, keeping up with your friends) and that Europe's is Shazaam (for appreciating music etc etc). So what does that say? Are we a nation of fake pint…
Video of the week: Farmville advert parody
It's the most popular game in the world, but even its biggest fans won't claim that it's an adrenalin-packed rollercoaster. Facebook game Farmville is a quiet affair that involves growing virtual rice paddies and decorating your virtual garden. Some folks like it, some don't, this young man in video below doesn't. See his pretty funny…
UK Twitter Mood Map from lastminute.com shows where we're happy and sad
Lastminute.com have created a Twitter mood map for the UK. Like the snow map, which superimposed mentions of the word "snow" on a map of Britain, this links up mentions of the words "good mood" and "bad mood" with the location of the tweeter - either their town or their postcode. Good mood is pink,…
Physios turn to Wii Balance Board to help stroke victims recuperate
Physios in Australia are using a Nintendo Wii accessory to help them rehabilitate people who have had a stroke, according to an article in The New Scientist. It turns out that the £69.99 Wii Balance Board is a useable alternative to the lab-grade "force platforms" currently in use that cost £11,000. When re-teaching people how…
Today is Most Depressing Day: but there's a gadget for it
I've been waiting for the most depressing day of the year to be announced (one of my little hobbies..) and apparently it's today. Today, Monday the 18th January. 'Blue Monday' is always in January and usually the middle of January - when the glow from Christmas has faded off. A cheery psychologist called Cliff Arnall…
The Star Trek USB webcam
Want a webcam with a difference? A webcam that boldly goes where few webcams have gone before. A webcam that shows that you more than anyone else in the office is a true Trekkie fan..? From that house of magic, Brando, comes the Star Trek webcam - a mini replica of Original Star Ship Enterprise…
