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Check out the Ripple Faucet, I’m sure from what you see, you will agree that this is no ordinary sink! Not even the fanciest hotels I’ve been in have got anything similar to this. You might wonder what a faucet is, well a faucet is a device for regulating the flow of a liquid from a reservoir such as a pipe or drum. From the picture you will agree that the Ripple Faucet is certainly a design filled with posh elegance integrated cleverly with a tiny bit of LED technology.
The faucet’s visual system is comprised of the ripple interface surface, two channels from which water flows and a metal ball that sits on top of the rippled surface which is used to control the faucet. By using this cleverly designed method, moving the metal ball away from the center increases flow and moving around the circles controls the temperature!
Think of all the friends you’ll be able to impress with this trick!?
All you will need in preparation are the following:
And the finished product will appear like this…
It’s not the best quality of speakers as you will know, but it looks like great fun and it makes use of all the junk that’s been lying around the house, so head over to Instructables now for a detailed step by step guide to building this music greetings card iPod speaker!
Last year in September, we talked about the Lamborghini Reventon and what a special car it would be when it kicks into production. So special that a very limited quantity of just 20 will be produced, that number I think even restricts Top Gear from getting their hands on the car to be honest!
Now that the car(s) have began production, it’s even more special, only one of the 20 Lambos be dealt with through a car dealership just like what anyone would do in order to get a car. The pics below shows the first Reventon, number 1 out of 20 and also the only one to be bought through dealership, in this case, it was in Las Vegas. I think all the others will go straight to their owners from factory after being made because of pre-orders.
For completeness, a geeky home must have one of these, a CPU desktop. Built from scratch using 800 computer processors, makes excellent use of old computer scrap, but they won’t make your PC much faster though!
We all know about the latest news regarding the cyclone which hit Burma about a week ago and how devastating the aftermath has been. But did you know that you can now see in greater detail (than your news channel) the course of the cyclone, details of timing, when it hit and where it first came from just from your desktop? Without a doubt, you were probably able to guess apart from Google, there isn’t much other free technology at the moment that can offer this.
Google’s Google Earth was able to gather from different sources and collaberate layers of visual data through its Outreach program to help any and also those who may be interested in learning more about the cyclone that hit the region and resulted in such a horrible aftermath.
While some may understandably feel that observing the results of Cyclone Nargis dealt upon the people of Myanmar from afar is disturbingly voyeuristic, the fact of the matter is this: the more knowledgeable and aware the world is of what has happened and will happen henceforth, the better. No option in this case is good, but one can certainly make out the differences between bad and worse.
Not very long ago, some screenshots were leaked showing pics of what Apple could be introducing soon in the near future for the next generation of iPhone firmware, today we’ve got more news for you.
It seems a further screenshot has now been leaked showing a 3G function for the iPhone!
As you can see, if this is for real, the future iPhone will be equipped with 3G, giving you the choice of turning on / off according to your needs and of course remaining battery. Yes data roaming is also there, obviously switching it off is a great idea cause its expensive! But I think what I don’t get is, couldn’t Apple do something about the battery that would make the 3G iPhone less battery consuming?
Hey lads, here’s some weekend entertainment for those who like to get their hands dirty and I mean really dirty: an off road challenge with my favourite rugby player Phil Vickery!
In this Fifth Gear video, Phil and Jason races against the clock on a 4×4 off road course using a £22 grand Mitsubishi L200 (pickup truck, but a really fancy one), guess who wins?
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Ah, Eton Shirts, we all know they are expensive, just a normal plain white one can cost round about £100 - £150 pounds, but what about this one below…
The shirt you see in the picture have been made by Eton (yes, also in white) to celebrate their 80th anniversary of shirt making. This thing costs £23,000, like the price of buying a used Porsche. Apart from the extra ordinary price, it’s also ultra special by Eton standards. It’s said to be made of the finest Egyptian cotton yarn. The studs and cufflinks are diamond encrusted, the studs have coloured diamonds and the cufflinks have the plain old normal diamonds. The fancy shirt is touring the world passing through some of Eton’s stores including Milan, LA and Stockholm and will be auctioned off for charity next year.
I’m a huge fan of Firefox and have been using it almost since it was first introduced, I like the add-ons, themes, its look and good stability, there’s also a huge community of people using it on the web as well. However, recently we talked about the Acid 2 test, a test which examines how well the browsers out there perform in terms of html and also css, etc… As you will remember, from the results, out of the six browsers that were tested, only Opera and Safari passed. The fact that Firefox didn’t pass didn’t really influence me that much at the time and I just kept using it, however, just yesterday I read that the latest Opera, Opera 9.5 beta2 actually out performs Firefox by a considerable margin.
Here’s what Opera does well:
“Every page loads faster and this is something measurable even without having to use a stopwatch”
Opera uses 30% less RAM when the same number of tabs are opened
Visible wise, the scrolling page function in Opera is much more smoother when compared with other web browsers
Opera’s built-in e-mail client features improved responsiveness
Supports cutting edge Web standards and the upcoming web developer tools
Syncs your bookmarks and Speed Dial between your computers and mobile phone
A tiny minor feature is that the browser lights up tabs and query buttons, when you pass the mouse over them =)
Check out this, just recently featured what looks to be just like any ordinary stylus pen is in fact equipped with built-in speaker and microphone, a very clever idea indeed!
Here are some of its features:
Technology standard: Bluetooth V2.0 and EDR
Support for iPhone (Bluetooth Handfree)
Chipset: BlueCore 4-audio
Supported Profiles: Headset and Handsfree profile
Additional function: Stylus
Transmitter power: Class 2
Wireless frequency: 2.4 to 2.480GHz
Sensitive: <-75dBm
Transmitter distance: 10m
Supports last number, answer, reject, end and call functions
