News Archive
Thu 1 June 2006
Retrofit concealment for your Flat Panel TV
Dinendi offer mirror kits that turn your flat panel TV into a quite convincing mirror. The kit includes a housing to completely hide your screen and the two way mirror looks like an ordinary mirror when the TV is turned off but then when the it’s turned on the image comes through clearly. They come in various sizes and frames to suit your existing screen and décor although admittedly all the frames are quite ‘old school’. Click on the image to visit their site and see if there are any that you fancy.
For more on concealement read: High-Tech Magic
Wed 31 May 2006
Translucent - Opaque electronic curtains
Like those toilets in fancy bars the Japanese company Micro Reactor System Co. is launching flexible and thin (0.025mm to 0.4mm) plastic sheets which go from opaque to translucent at the flick of a switch. Typical use would be as electronic curtains and the sheets can actually appear white, red, blue, or yellow. They’ll sell for 30,000 yen (£143) to 50,000 yen (£239) per sq metre later this year. Start dreaming up applications you interior design sorts.
Mon 29 May 2006
Stream audio and video from your PSP or iPod with the iDea dock
Really into this, the iDea wireless dock is a clever little thing that connects to almost any audio device, including the iPod and PSP, and transmits the audio to any other matching receiver or wireless headset around the house. Each dock has S-Video, composite, and S-Video out and can output video from the iPod Video and Photo. Comes complete with a remote and one Hi-Fi Receiver all at a bargainous price of £80.
Mon 29 May 2006
How annoying is it when you’re about as chillaxed as watching a nature documentary after a big Sunday lunch and you have to get up to turn off the light?! I find myself in that situation more often and not and as an alternative to installing a ‘clapper’ or a remote control light switch why not check out Tobias Wong’s wireless on/off switch. You can put it anywhere up to 100 feet away from the light fixture of your choice, Simply attach the remote component to your light fixture and you’re ready to control it with your new switch complete in the elegant Lucite box with magnetic lid. Available for $120.
