Full size robo-nurses could be introduced into EU countries with the next 10 years if tests in Japan (where else) are a success. They can carry things, give timely reminders and distribute medicines and even take temperatures!!!
Robo Nurses will also be able to tackle some of the tasks that staff hate such as cleaning up spills and locating patients !!
Sensors and voice/face recognition will ensure that they never get in the way or knock things over!!
Coming to a ward near you!!!
Posted in General August 6th, 2007 by Kenny | No comments
Posted in General July 30th, 2007 by Kenny | No comments
If you hear someone claim to have see a UFO, just say ‘Yes its an M200G Volantor’!!
A Canadian inventor Dr Moller has created a hovering car sized UFO shaped craft which moves UFO style at 50mph. These weird looking ships could be put on the market for as little as £44,000!!!
The Volantor can float 10 feet off the ground and powered by ground pointing turbines.
Orders are now being taken, however only from billionaire moguls and world leaders.
Posted in General July 26th, 2007 by Kenny | No comments
In true 21st century fashion the NHS are planning to introduce virtual doctors who will let elderly or vulnerable patients have a personal virtual doctor who reminds them when you have to take pills and other small tasks.
These little beauties will be similar to Tamagotchi or Robo pets and will function along the same lines
The so called ‘Pill Pets’ are being developed at Boston University and are interesting authorities across the UK as a cheap alternative to care workers, health visitors and nurses.
Posted in General July 23rd, 2007 by Kenny | No comments
The film industry is almost as obsessed with technology as we are (and they have a slightly higher budget) so here’s my ‘Top 10 Gadgets In The Movies’
HAL- 2001 A Space Odyssey - Untill he went mental.
Cars - James Bond - Always the star of show.
Teleporter handset - Star Trek - Usefull after a Friday night on the town.
Memory Stealer Gun - Men In Black - No more foot in mouth incidents with this little beauty.
R2D2 - Star Wars - He plays DVDs AND he fixes things round the house
Everything - Inspector Gadget - Where to start!
The Tardis - Doctor Who - Has made its way into the dictionary, for anything that is bigger on the inside than it was on the outside.
Kit - Knight Rider - Ok, so The Knight Rider films were awful but the idea of a car that drives itself will always going to be very cool!
Odd Jobs Hat - James Bond Again - I bet he was careful when he took his hat off!
Bell Jet pack - Roller Ball - Bond seems to have cornered the market on cool stuff, this was a real life piece of kit and was flown by a stunt man called Bill Suitor
You are sure to have your own personal top 10 Gadgets in the movies, so leave a comment and let us know!
Posted in General July 19th, 2007 by Kenny | No comments
Future gadgets they will never make, but really should…
Solar powered BBQs
Alcohol patches (similiar to nicotine patches)
Cork Retreiver (A gadget to get a broken wine cork out when all hope has gone.)
Radio Dog Collar (never let Rover get too far away again, use your cars GPS to locate your AWOL pet)
More gadgets they will never make when I thnik of them…
Posted in General July 11th, 2007 by Kenny | No comments
We spend billions of pounds a year on gadgets but why? Here are the real reasons we buy gadgets…
MP3 player - It’s easier to ignore talkative weirdoes on the train or bus, you dont even need to switch it on-just have the earplugs in.
Satnav - Men can’t ask for directions.
Desktop/USB Toys - Work is boring.
Video Phones - It’s so easy to lie by text.
Watches and Clocks (that look like things and make funny noises) - Getting up in the morning sucks and so does turning up on time.
Kitchen Gadgets - Eating good, cooking boring.
Hair Straighteners - Because everyone else does it.
Handfree Phone Kits - While it is a sign of madness, talking to yourself looks cool, and it stops people asking for spare change.
Virtual Pets - Real animals spend half their time asleep and the other making a mess.
Portable games consoles - Hmmmm…pass. Have you seen your face when you are playing computer games?
Top 10 real reasons we buy gadgets, because we should admit them to ourselves at least (and then deny them to everyone else!!) We are interested in technology and not being cool!!!?
There are so many real reasons we buy gadgets, everyone will have their own ones, please leave a comment should you have any better ones.
Posted in General June 13th, 2007 by Kenny | No comments
With summer well and truly here many of us are sweating it out either at work or at home, Air Conditioning Units is a brand new site from the people who brought your UK Gadget Shops.
Get comparions and details about all the main types of air con and over 30 air con shops from gadget shops to huge department stores. Whether you are needing a small destop fan, a mobile floor fan or a fitted wall mounted air con system its all covered. All budgets can search available store by price and find the most suitable system for your building.
Air Conditioning Units have done all the hard surfing time to save your effort. Shops featured include: John Lewis, Play.com, Comet, Currys and dozens more!
Visit Air Conditioning Units
Posted in General June 12th, 2007 by Kenny | No comments
Apple are being sued by a US company called PhatRat who say the Apple Nike Kit was based on one of their products. Apple teamed up with Nike to produce Apple-Nike which relays the rate of your steps to your iPod which selects suitable tracks to keep your workout in tune with your personal sountrack. PhatRat make various performance measuring devices.
A radio transmitter placed in your Nike trainers sends signals to a special receiver attached to your iPod (I assume you have to select what tracks are suitable for what level of exertion, unless trainers now have music taste!)
To use this system you will need Apple Nike kit (£19), Nike+ trainers and an iPod.
Posted in General June 8th, 2007 by Kenny | No comments
Here are the top 10 gadgets of all time as voted by me…
1.Pager-before there were decent mobile phones there were pagers
2.Filofax-you might not have been a wiz kid but you could look important on the bus into work.
3.Gameboy-still going and copied to death.
4.Sony Walkman-chunky and clunky but still revolutionary.
5.Car Airbag-you might question why this is on the list, but here are millions of them in the UK and they come from NASA developement.
6.Swiss Army Knife- just as well the Swiss dont fight in any wars with weapons like these…although they may be useful in a party situation.
7.Calculators - beats an abacus
8.LED digital watch - everyone at school was really impressesed, and it took your teachers ages to figure out you could do sums on it too!
9.The remote control - good to annoy your family or show them who’s boss!
10.The first video camera - it’s Christmas and everyone is drunk lets make this an “Unforgetable Occasion”, luckily you can record over tapes…
Everyones going to have a different take on their top 10 gadgets, however I think that just about covers most of the most important. After the top 10 gadgets could come the worst techie investment Betamax, Minidisc, any mobile phone before 1993 or the Sinclair C5. Anyone with a blast from the past leave a comment!
Posted in General June 7th, 2007 by Kenny | No comments