Canon PowerShot SD850 IS: New Digital Elph Will Recognize Your Face, Still Doesn’t Look Like Liv Tyler
Another Canon PowerShot is on the streets. The 850 IS (if you live in Yurp it answers to the name of Ixus 950 IS) replaces the SD700 IS (Ixus 800 IS) and has an 8-megapixel 1/2.5″ CCD sensor and 4 x optical zoom. Add to that optical Image Stabilization, face detection, a 2.5″ PureColor LCD…
The Anti-Violence Electrode Shock Gun: Anti-Violence = Everything But Death
Ow. If this is anti-violence, then I am the Pope, I have just got divorced and I live with 17 PORGs and a double-jointed donkey called Jehosephat Spanglethong. The Anti-Violence Electrode Shock Gun (but you can call it Pain) is a multi-talented weapon that can be used with paint bullets, rubber bullets (we all know…
Canon PowerShot S5 IS: Compact Camera Wants to be an SLR When She Grows Up
Here’s the new Canon PowerShot G5 IS, 8 megapixels of compact camera with an attitude, and 1:2.7-3.5 lenses with 12x optical zoom. The new camera supports video mode with stereo sound recording, as you can see from the two microphones mounted in the front. Commanded by Canon’s DIGIC III processor, this SLR Mini-Me comes loaded…
The Toilet that thinks it’s a Bench (aka a Can for the Coy)
For those of you who think that toilets shouldn’t even be seen, let alone heard, Californian remodeling firm Julien asked Troy Adams Design to come up with a secret loo that doubles as a “Powder Room Bench.” Slide the wooden cover over the pedestal when you want it hidden away, slide it back to reveal…
Sub-Zero Wolf Refrigerated Drawers Ideal for the Bedroom
“… Stretching sinuously, her back forming an arc that would make a viaduct engineer blush, Lisandra mewled like a kitten. ‘Oh Hef,’ she breathed, opening one feline eye, ‘You were staggering.’ The Hef smiled wolfishly and removed the pipe from where it shouldn’t have been*. ‘I know,’ he said, leaning over to run his tongue…
Rebit Back-Up Appliance Will Save Your Life One Day
Here’s a nifty little product if you’re a Windows user—Rebit is a pocket-sized backup that is so easy to use that even my mom could master it (and she still calls her computer “that TV thing”). You can even go back to older versions of saved documents, as it catalogs past copies of your files.…