Man Wall – the ultimate Father's Day gift

If you're short on last-minute gadget presents for Father's Day, forget the idea of getting him a nice pair of speakers and make up for your tardiness by getting Dad not just one gadget but a giant wall of them. We're talking about the Man Wall from Hybrid Space Furniture. (more…)

Homeless in Sims 3 – meet Alice and Kev

Sims 3 is a bit of a marvel, and its new neighbourhood feature makes social interaction a lot easier and more realistic. In a brilliant blog, games design student Robin Burkinshaw tells the tragic but fascinating story of what happened when she stripped two characters of their possessions and left them in a place designed…

Keeping cool: four fans and a helpful suggestion

With the advent of a burning summer of heat, christened the BBQ summer by all serious media organisations in the UK, we'd hate to think of you getting hot, when some judiciously-applied gadgetry would help keep you cool. These aren't the sort of gadgets that will make the hot, slightly sticky man pressed into you…

Alan Partridge: the iPhone app

An application based on TV character Alan Partridge has been storming the UK iPhone app charts. As I type, Pocket Alan is The Number 1 paid-for iPhone app in Britain. (Not surprisingly, the current most downloaded paid-for app in the States is not based on Alan Partridge, but is an time-management game called Sally's Spa.)…