An Irish company has a unique new take on wearable computing which could revolutionise how we work out and relax. Lumafit is the brainchild of Darran Hughes and Steven Hughes who realised that the wrist is the wrong place to monitor exercise: there’s just too much going on there. Instead, the Lumafit is worn behind the ear, tracking the movement […]
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Stand or Sit at Work with Varidesk [Product Review Video]
We try to exercise, but the fact is that many of us spend a long working day in a constant sitting position, and that brings health problems of its own. The way the body deals with sugars and fats when sitting down has been linked to increased risk of diabetes and heart disease, and with […]
Roku’s New Streaming Stick takes on Chromecast and Apple TV
You still can’t officially get Google’s Chromecast shipped to Ireland, but maybe we don’t care so much about that now, if the new Roku Streaming Stick lives up to its (very exciting) promise. Announced today, the new Roku® Streaming Stick™ (HDMI® version) is a tiny version of the Roku player that plugs directly into a HDMI port. […]
Pizza Hut Toys With Interactive Table
Bringing technology and multimedia specifically to the food and beverage business isn’t new. Companies have been doing it for years. What is new, however, is Pizza Hut’s particular “take” on it. Using a combination of touch screen technology and multimedia they’ve come up with this pretty slick interactive table which allows you to customise your […]
Learn To Fly With A Pelican
This video has been doing the rounds over the last couple of days. It will blow your mind. (Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit .. ) Anyway .. someone hooked up a HD video camera (a HD HERO3+® camera) to the pelican and this is what they managed to shoot:
Ryanair First Irish Airline To Allow Electronics On Flights
Ryanair announced a couple of days ago that they had been granted permission by the Irish Aviation Authority to let passengers leave their “personal electronic devices” or PEDs on throughout their flights: Ryanair, Ireland’s favourite airline, today (6 Feb) confirmed that all Ryanair customers may – with immediate effect – use their PEDs (including tablets, […]
Jump Will Keep You Juiced!
Native Union only needed $40,000 to fund their Kickstarter project for a battery-booster built into a USB cable – but they’ve already cleared $137,000 in a matter of hours and there’s still 30 days to go! The simplest ideas are the best, of course – by which I mean: things that help to solve a […]
Mac Pro Teardown: 8/10 for Fixability [Video]
Announced in October, Apple’s new Mac Pro started shipping just before Christmas. iFixit.com got their hands on one and promptly tore it apart! [youtube]http://youtu.be/h5_-sYIOD6M[/youtube] We’ve blogged about iFixit.com before and their mission to encourage people to repair, not replace. Often, the main obstacle to fixability is design. As a design constraint, it’s often jettisoned in […]
LIFX First Impressions
I mentioned the LIFX back in September 2012. It was one of those cool gadgets that crop up on KickStarter and I, like a LOT of others, was really impressed, intrigued and wowed by what we saw. The KickStarter project was a huge success and they managed to get over $1.3 million in funding when […]
Woof – You’ve Got Mail!
Mr Postman is a solar powered, wi-fi enabled mailbox that gives you the ability to manage your mail remotely. You can lock or unlock the box depending on the delivery schedule, and it notifies you when mail has been delivered. Its inventors have launched a Kickstarter campaign and in this video they explain how it […]