Author Archive: Andrew Tingle - Page 331

In English, at least, there is a saying that if you have got yourself in a position of power that you have the world at your feet. Whether there is a comparable saying in Japan I have no idea, but regardless of whether there is or isn’t this FIFA standard, [...]

We’re overjoyed to announce that Thoughts from the Sidelines has been awarded the great accolade of being the featured Tech Blog of the Week for this coming week by the discerning chaps over at Daily Cup of Tech. We are, obviously, delighted to have received this accolade and we would [...]

Ambient lighting is all the rage at the moment whether it be simple light changing LED based devices, a Moon Phase Light or a personal planetarium that project entire constellations across your room’s ceiling and we’ve even seen cool devices that project a digital Aurora Borealis effect across your room [...]

If you thought that the USB Humping Dog was cool but perhaps a little too vulgar for your tastes, how about a USB Chameleon with not only moving eyes but an animated tongue? Yes, you read that correctly. Unfortunately, just like the original USB Humping Dog, the USB Chameleon also [...]

Anyone who has ever dabbled with plastic models such as Airfix may well have found the previously featured Snap-a-Patry Instant Party Set (featured below) instantly appealing and now we have this rather geeky snap apart plastic toolkit to add to the collection. Featuring a total of 5 tools in sixteen [...]

Having stumbled upon this walkie talkie watch a question immediately came to mind, and that was: If you want to talk whilst out and about why use this gadget when you can simply use a mobile? And, after a great deal of reflection, the question remains but, as far as [...]

We’ve seemingly become somewhat obsessed with water this week, what with the Ultimate Surfers Watch, the Surf Board USB Flash Drives and even a rather cool Motorised Pool Lounger and now, to add to this list, we have the Freestyle MP3 player which is aimed squarely at water sports fanatics. [...]

Sometimes one monitor just cannot display the amount of information we need to see at any given point in time, hence the need for multi-monitor set ups such as the truly awe-inspiring CineMassive MasterPlex 30D. Featuring a total of six LCD monitors comprising of a central 2560×1600 resolution LCD screen [...]

Whilst not quite as much fun as the Party Robot featured some time ago on TFTS, primarily on account of the fact that this particular gadget is not capable of packing a cold beer, we suspect that this device is somewhat better at cleaning than the aforementioned device. If you [...]

USB flash drives are in abundance these days on account of the sheer portability and versatility they offer but the result is that we invariably carry significantly more data around with us that could so easily fall into the wrong hands. If the files you carry on your USB flash [...]