Here's a much more elaborate cellphone breathalyser than the one we found the other day. This one actaully has a spout [just like the friendly traffic police ones] into which you blow your boozy breath and then get told whether you're smashed or not.
The entrepreneur in you will be standing outside The Assembly at 2am charging R5 for the privilege.
If this thing could go 60km/h it would be damn handy to use to get to the rugby tomorrow. Although we do hold two, well-positioned and sought-after tickets to tomorrow's game at Newlands the prospect of getting to the stadium is as daunting as taking a stroll during a buffalo stampede.
The just announced Toyota Winglett however could be a solution. It may look like flying squirrel with a long neck, but Toyota reckon it could be the future of getting around crowded city streets...if you're boycotting your bicycle, or your legs.
Looks a bit daft sure, but if you can chip it, add a touch of nox and a racing stripe...they may just have a winner.
More: Toyota announces Segway killer - Wired
Modern life minus cave woman and crouching, angry tiger can get pretty stressful. In the past, if you stubbed your toe on a rock python it was quite acceptable to go to the nearest cliff and scream until the pain went away, but these days that practice could result in an unwanted career in politics.
Thankfully however there is a solution,
The Shouting Vase allows you to scream at the top of your lungs without ending up in a dark cell at Caledon Square and is sure to relieve just a bit of tension.
Instead of cheap, branded plastic golf tees - certain campanies should perhaps consider this device as a handy promotional item for their long-suffering clients [loving the release the chap pictured on the right seems to be getting here].
More: Engadget
The same technology that stops you from slipping that desperately wanted Celine Dion double album of greatest love songs into your over-sized coat and walking out of your neighbourhood Musica without paying for it - could also save you luggage from being repatriated to Turkey next time you fly to Brazil.
The U.K.'s busiest airport is starting to affix radio chips to the luggage of passengers as part of an experiment aimed at reducing lost bags.
The six-month trial will involve tagging around 50,000 bags a month with RFID (radio frequency identification tags) for passengers traveling or transferring on Emirates Airline between Dubai and Heathrow, said BAA, the company that runs the airport.
So instead of the fairly pointless bag wrapping service which is currently offered to help ease your concern about your toothbrush ending up in someone else's mouth, a new system of RFID tagging could just do the trick. Let's hope.
Read: Heathrow Launches RFID Trial to Track Luggage - NYTImes
BAA luggage tracking trail begins - BBC
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Faster than you can say AirMail, entrepreneurs in the US have already designed, created and are now selling these protective sleeves for the new MacBook Air [just a couple of days after the world's thinnest laptop was announced].
Although it may cunningly look just like an ordinary brown envelope, it is in fact made with upholstery grade vinyl and lining it with fleece.
Super stuff. Now if only these guys could quickly produce a nice, clean-burning power station, which should come in quite handy around here, they'd really prove their usefulness.
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Apple have just released their latest global brand building campaign, disguised as a very thin laptop they're calling the MacBook Air.
It's thinner than the newest sanitary pad and apparently slips easily into a large envelope, which may confuse some blonds thinking that's what the boss meant by e-mail.
As is to be expected, anyone who has ever owned a laptop is staring at it as if it were a Samantha Fox A1 pull out poster and making it once again the cheapest and most successful product launch of all time.
Details and watch the ad: Apple - MacBook Air
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Wondering what to get that lazy punk that calls himself your accountant? Here's some 'hot-right-now' ideas you can throw around....
Kitty here is the perfect little something for the office flyhalf marketing manager.
Simply stick your pencil into the cat's behind, sharpen and hear it meow! Every time your marketing maven has office meeting with the ad agency, the mere sharpening of a pencil will drive the point home that it's results that count...not Loeries. [found here]
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Just in time to milk your Christmas budget dry - there are new iPods and a few problems thrown in for good measure:
- Here's something you don't see everyday. After unveiling the brand new range of Apple iPod and iPhone products Wednesday - many early adopters of the iPhone were screaming blue murder that the gadget now costs $200 less than it did on Monday.
Commander Steve has heard their cry and In an open letter to his people, Jobs states that he's giving all iPhone owners a $100 Apple gift certificate to say 'sorry' for the FUp.
Read: Steve Jobs will give $100 back - Engadget
- All of this love just won't take away from the sad truth that most iPhone purchasers bought the thing not because of the phone, but 'cause they loved the iPod bit. Now Apple has released and iPod that looks like an iPhone without the phone bit called the iPod Touch. Cue uncontrollable weeping and much gnashing of teeth.
See: Apple and Starbucks ink Wifi deal via new iPod touch - Wired
- And more people seem to be unhappy. Directly after the Steve Jobs / new gadgets announcements - Apple stock dropped 5% on the NYSE sparked by fears that Apple have hit their ceiling in the iPhone market, dropping the price to get some more interest going.
Read: Apple cuts iPhone price ahead of holidays - NYTimes
Jeez - one minute you're the subject of every marketer's 'how-to' presentation and the next everyone's kicking you in the sweets.
Now that Apple's new iPhone has the world's collective drool all over it - as well as a significant amount of other human protein-based material, Nokia has now decided to react to the fact that people actually want phones that do everything....and look cool..... and work.
Nokia's response....is to unveil a phone that looks and works just like an iPhone - but without the chick magnet Apple device.
But that's not all...
Nokia have also jumped onto the social networking bandwagon with a new service called Ovi - which means door in Finnish, which allows Nokia users to access music, games, maps, guides, synchronize information and network with friends. Remember N-Gage?
We have no doubt that Nokia could most probably make an iPhone a million times better than Apple, but right now it just seems like they're in reactive 'me too' mode and scrambling for cover.
Surely Nokia need to innovate on another level rather than involving themselves in a street brawl with new kid Apple. It makes them look nervous and vulnerable.
Video link: Nokia's own iPhone - Youtube
Nokia OVI - YouTube
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Designed to alert a drunk driver as to how drunk he really is, the Piss-Screen aims to assist in relieving the number of drunk drivers on the road in Frankfurt!
The Piss-Screen - a pressure sensitive inlay placed within the urinal, enables users to play while they pee. The game is displayed on a screen above the urinal and automatically starts when the player 'starts'. The player then steers the car by peeing in the right direction. It's quite simple really - pee right to steer right, pee left to steer left. The drunker you are the slower your reactions - which will ultimately leave you with some spectacular NFS like crash sequences, and hopefully alert you to the fact that you shouldn't be getting behind the wheel. The game ends with this message:
“Too pissed to drive?”
“Take a Taxi instead”
“Call: 069-733030″
And now all they need to do is come up with something for the ladies!
Website with Video
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