Household Tech on TFTS - Page 50

Posted by Andrew Tingle on November 7th 2006 | 2 Responses

As the regular readers amongst you will know, the staff here at TFTS Towers – that’s me then – like to offer a healthy mix of the bizarre in with the regular gadget and technology news, and today’s curious item is a fine if not positively upstanding example of this …

The SenSlip
Posted by Andrew Tingle on November 7th 2006 | No Responses

If we were to compare cars to baths then I am afraid to say that we very much have the Trabant of the bath world. Yes, it’s functional, but only in as much as it contains water reasonably well, but that’s about it. And, though we tried hanging a set …

The Luxor - the ultimate bath
Posted by Andrew Tingle on November 5th 2006 | 1 Response

We are no strangers to curious household items here at TFTS but this Intestine shaped seating concept certainly brought a smile to our well worn faces.
Designed by Hirihiko Kamiya and known as the Bulldang, this curious “modular armchair-sofa” is thirty feet in length and is composed of numerous segments that …

The Bulldang Intestine Sofa
Posted by Andrew Tingle on November 5th 2006 | 3 Responses

It feels a little odd writing about an ice cream maker with the temperature having plummeting in the UK of late, but, of course, in other parts of the world you are probably smothered in sun cream and opening a cold beer, so, in mind of our truly global coverage, …

The Eco-Pro Ice Cream Maker Large
Posted by Andrew Tingle on October 23rd 2006 | 3 Responses

Following on from our popular feature concerning the Ultimate Geek Time Machines, which focused, on the whole, on wrist watches, we thought we’ll trawl the net and find some particularly noteworthy and, of course, geeky alarm clocks for you to peruse.
And, if, like me, you have enormous trouble getting out …

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Posted by Andrew Tingle on October 16th 2006 | No Responses

Well, there are many things that I’ve posted on Thoughts from the Sidelines that I would never in my wildest dreams have ever envisaged posting and this post is set to maintain this tradition as it is a post about, well, a rug. Needless to say, in order to make …

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Posted by Andrew Tingle on October 10th 2006 | 1 Response

Anything that promotes and inspires children to take responsibility from an early age in a fun and accessible fashion has got to be good news for any parent and if, at the same time, your children can also help to vacuum the house whilst they are playing that has got …

Childrens Vacuum Cleaner Ride Toy
Posted by Andrew Tingle on October 6th 2006 | 3 Responses

Here at Thoughts from the Sidelines we have a particular soft spot for household items that are created by recycling “spent” technology. Of course, we have already covered household items created from parts of used F1 racing cars but now it seems that aviation buffs have also got in on …

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Posted by Andrew Tingle on September 30th 2006 | No Responses

A posting about chairs, you ask, but just how interesting can a chair be? Frankly, I can see where you are coming from and if I had ever imagined that I’d write a post on Thoughts from the Sidelines concerning chairs then I would not have looked for the green …

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Posted by Andrew Tingle on September 25th 2006 | No Responses

If you are a fan of Formula 1 then you will doubtless positively salivate at the very thought of owning your owning and displaying parts from a Formula 1 car in your pad and, thanks to the Renault F1 Team, you can do just that courtesy of the Renault F1 …

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