I've been waiting for someone to do something like this for disco light years, and when they do I find there's something a bit too Bratz about it for any serious discophile to contemplate it. As someone with a PhD in all things light-up dancefloor and Sylvester, I can tell you for starters that that pink is NO NO NO. As is the mouse mat. Whoever made this should have contacted me. I would have made it glittered and shiny and, basically, fuckable—which, let's face it, is what disco was all about. It's 20 bucks and WRONG. – Ad Dugdale
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Ever wanted Dog Vision? Nope, me neither. Artist Hung Chi-Penh (whose work can currently be seen at the Virgil de Voldaire gallery in NY) however, has created a helmet that gives you the canine perspective on the world—as well as possible dizziness.
Mr Hung's helmet, shaped like a dog's head, natch, has small LCD displays inside, that are connected to a knee-high tube that looks like an elephant's trunk with a camera at the end. The camera can be controlled either by hand or by moving the body, so you can view the world from different perspectives. So, to recap: knee-high vision; dizziness— sounds more like a Friday night-cocktail-Ad-chums-high heels-dancefloor interface to me. – Ad Dugdale
'One Eye Ball' Gives You a Dog's Perspective of the World [Gearlog]
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Movie studios and film companies are reportedly supporting a licensing agreement that's in the final stages of completion, and it might just let you legally copy HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs. This could be a crack in the armor, a compromise for the mess that is digital rights management (DRM). What, did hell freeze over?
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The woman that created the funky Smoking Jacket is back with another health-related offering this week in the shape of the Malignant Mole Bikini. Wow, you can just see this adorning the summer window displays at Top Shop, can’t you?
This is the latest creation from designer Fiona Carswell. When exposed to enough UV sunlight, melanomas start cropping up on the bikini in a most unattractive manner, reminding the wearer that frying themselves in the pursuit of a bronze sheen comes with a price.
Sun worshippers need not worry though since this is a design concept and will probably never make it to a store near you. You can now relax, ignore the facts and prepare for a fun summer of turning your skin to leather and killing yourselves.
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The list for worst gadgets of all time is undoubtedly one that causes a healthy mixture of laughter, argument and sometimes, a little good-natured throttling, kicking and stabbing.
It’s also a handy way of generating comment from readers, some of which is very funny indeed. In this list there are certainly some that deserve their place, but where is the Pawsense Kitty Keyboard Cover or the Intimate Game Controllers or the crappy DigiKoozie Beer Cooler?
Still, there are some doozies in this line-up, none as weird and wacky as the one to your left, the Techno Privacy Scarf which, it seems, is designed to suffocate the wearer while they surf. And don’t forget the fugly £155,000 Vertu Signature Cobra phone, nor the Toshiba Bubble Helmet. This last one is designed to give you that 360 degree feeling while gaming. Despite making you look like a dork wearing an upended fish-bowl, it also weighed a neck straining 6lbs. Jump for a pic.
Feel free to send in your own worst gadgets and we might compile our own list of the least wanted.-Martin Lynch
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Sony is being very busy this week, following up its PSP Phone announcement yesterday with the availability today of the latest - and very important - firmware patch for the PS3.
Patch 1.80 brings a number of much needed features to the pricey PS3, not least of which is the ability to upscale your older PS1 and PS2 games to near high-definition levels – assuming of course that your console is hooked up to a skinny HDTV. It will also upscale your DVDs in the same manner.
When hooked up to a home network, PS3 users will also be able to playback content stored on a PC or from digital video recorders, while the PSP can now be used as a remote for the console. The Remote Play feature for using the PSP to access photos, videos and music on a PS3’s hard drive has been extended too, to allow for remote access via Wi-Fi – at least after the next PSP update (v3.50) arrives next week.-Martin Lynch
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