Archive for October, 2006

iRobot Dirt Dog Workshop Robot

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

iRobot, the company that brought you the Roomba, has entered the realm of wood shavings and nails with their latest consumer cleaning robot called the Dirt Dog. There is nothing worse than finishing your carpentry tasks and then having to grab the hefty wet/dry vac to pick up the discarded nails, nuts and bolts as well as the debris from various. When I'm done with the fun stuff, I'm done!

The Dirt Dog does the dirty work for you by sweeping up when you command the robot to clean. Just start the Dirt Dog and walk away and the next time you see your shop or garage, it's clean.


Korea Testing Household Bots

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Korea is once again proving that they're ahead of the technological curve in so many ways. This time, it's the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) that is behind a quiet revolution. They launched the pilot program of the national 'Ubiquitous Robot Companion' effort last week. They are taking a number of bots and placing them into 1000 homes for testing. These bots will perform some basic household functions. In addition, a few bots will be placed in airports and train stations to help tourists with information and directions. The Koreans want to have a robot in every home by 2020. Nice.

Here's the complete blog entry on the topic.


SlingPlayer for Mac (Public Beta Review)

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
SlingCommunity is running a very detailed review of the very latest Sling Player for Mac with a lot of screenshots. From the article: "This first version of SlingPlayer for Mac is a very good first step in Sling Media’s venture into software on a platform other than Windows. Yes it needs a little polish, but for now it should satisfy plenty of pent up demand from the Mac community, as well as open up a whole new market of users (and very loyal ones at that) to Sling Media. Hopefully, everyone will agree it was worth the wait."

USB Snowman @ £9.95

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Oral-B Triumph Professional Care 9000/9400 Power Toothbrush

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Happy Halloween!

Hopefully you have already enjoyed our Halloween gizmos earlier this month, but in honor of Halloween, the Geek's have decided to run the Oral-B Triumph Professional Care 9000/9400 Power Toothbrush as the Gizmo of the Day. After all, why not run a toothbrush on the high holy day of "candy candy candy!"

We chose this Oral-B because it was our editor's choice in a electric toothbrush roundup review we wrote a couple weeks ago.


Adopt a Tiger – now with 20% off – offer ends this week : £20.00

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Add a furry feline friend to your family

Self Shelf – £19.95

Monday, October 30th, 2006
Bamboozle guests and keep your favourite books in order with this sneaky shelf. The Self Shelf looks like a big paperback and fixes to walls via a hidden bracket, so books have no visible means of support. Minimalist furniture? This is non-existent!

Security Geek for sale on Geek 4 Sale

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Geek! This week's featured "Geek of the Week" has some serious information security skillz and is looking for some side work doing thorough security audits and information security consulting. Due to his company, we've dubbed him Security Geek.

Read more about the Security Geek on Geek 4 Sale and if interested in becoming the "Geek of the Week", feel free to send your resume and short write-up to hireme at geek 4 sale dot com.


Adopt a Polar Bear – now with 20% off – exclusive to lastminute.com : £20.00

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Its future is in our hands

Original newspaper – now with 10% off – offer ends 13th November : £36.00

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

A totally unique gift…