If you don’t have an iPhone you probably won’t be interested in an iPhone dock. If you do have an iPhone, the dock you want is the Elevation Dock, the first Kickstarter project to reach $1m. The promotional video for the Elevation Dock is simply brilliant - it’s worth watching even if you’ve absolutely no intention of buying a dock.
The Torch-bicycle Helmet looks like it could be the most interesting bike helmet on the market, featuring built-in forward (white) and rear-facing (red) LED lamps. It’s main benefits are that it makes its wearer more noticeable at night (and gives them a stare that Medusa herself might envy), which should reduce the chances of them being crushed by an unobservant driver.
In a similar vein, the Blink/Steady bike light aims to make the bike itself more visible. If the ability, granted by the Torch-bicycle Helmet, to blind drivers by merely gazing in their general direction isn’t sufficient, along comes a zero-effort, theft-resistant bike light. If I still had a bike (some toe-rag pinched it last year) I’d be looking for one of these to help keep me safe.
The Torch-bicycle Helmet looks like it could be the most interesting bike helmet on the market, featuring built-in forward (white) and rear-facing (red) LED lamps. It’s main benefits are that it makes its wearer more noticeable at night (and gives them a stare that Medusa herself might envy), which should reduce the chances of them being crushed by an unobservant driver.
In a similar vein, the Blink/Steady bike light aims to make the bike itself more visible. If the ability, granted by the Torch-bicycle Helmet, to blind drivers by merely gazing in their general direction isn’t sufficient, along comes a zero-effort, theft-resistant bike light. If I still had a bike (some toe-rag pinched it last year) I’d be looking for one of these to help keep me safe.
Great though the Blink/Steady light undoubtedly is, the revolights (shipping in June 2012) are even better. Combine the revolights with the Torch helmet and you’ve got an unbeatable set of night-time cycling kit. Watch the video - these lights are simply brilliant.
Back to the iPhone (or smart phones in general), and here’s a cheap solution for video and hands-free camera work, the Slingshot. For a mere $14 you can grab one of these neat phone mounts and seriously improve your shooting experience.
The promotional shots might be cheesy (or simply in bad taste) but the ZenTrek backpacks look like they might be worth trying. Unfortunately, their website is so awful that it’s impossible to find out what their products can actually do (what they can charge, for example) so although the idea is appealing I can’t really recommend the product.
My final mention goes to the astonishing Pebble smart watch, Kickstarter’s biggest ever project with a record-breaking $10,176,751. A Bluetooth-enabled watch with an e-paper display, the Pebble links to your smart phone and does heaps of useful stuff in a really elegant and beautiful package. Watch the video for the full story then settle down for a few months to wait for the initial post-Kickstarter shipment (they’ve sold rather more than they’d expected).
And that’s it. Techno porn, as promised. Jump in, search around and find something to back. You never know, it might be great.
Back to the iPhone (or smart phones in general), and here’s a cheap solution for video and hands-free camera work, the Slingshot. For a mere $14 you can grab one of these neat phone mounts and seriously improve your shooting experience.
The promotional shots might be cheesy (or simply in bad taste) but the ZenTrek backpacks look like they might be worth trying. Unfortunately, their website is so awful that it’s impossible to find out what their products can actually do (what they can charge, for example) so although the idea is appealing I can’t really recommend the product.
My final mention goes to the astonishing Pebble smart watch, Kickstarter’s biggest ever project with a record-breaking $10,176,751. A Bluetooth-enabled watch with an e-paper display, the Pebble links to your smart phone and does heaps of useful stuff in a really elegant and beautiful package. Watch the video for the full story then settle down for a few months to wait for the initial post-Kickstarter shipment (they’ve sold rather more than they’d expected).
And that’s it. Techno porn, as promised. Jump in, search around and find something to back. You never know, it might be great.
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