Leap Frog Leapster Explorer

I’ve reported on Leap Frog products before, such as the Didj and the Leapster II.

They are terrific at making portable and electric gaming/educational toys for kids in the grade school years, and they just announced the Leapster Explorer Learning Experience yesterday.

If you didn’t hear about it, I don’t blame you. After all, Apple had this new iPhone thing that they were all excited about. That effectively killed most technological coverage yesterday.

Anyway, the Leapster Explorer Learning Experience is designed for kids ages four to nine, and it has a high resolution touchscreen as well as “a click-in camera accessory”. I’m not certain if that means it can take pictures, but it can support downloadable Leaplet learning Apps such as e-Books and videos. … Continue Reading

Ceiling Rose Clock

A ceiling rose is one of those things I never really thought I’d see in my own house. I just always doubted that I’d own anything that would already have them and I really doubt I’d make any effort to find one. However, as good as this clock looks it does make it tempting to change that thought and get this Ceiling Rose Clock.

It’s made of lightweight strong cellular resin and measures 40cm in diameter. It tells the time just like every other clock in the world, it just happens to make time reading look a bit more Victorian. This was designed by Adam Kay who strives to create items that not only look great, but have function as well. You can purchase this clock for £47 or about $69 through Rockett St George.

Coin Sorter acts as home grown banker

If you’re the type who absolutely loves arranging everything in their proper position, then the Coin Sorter is definitely your cup of tea. After all, investing a mere £19.99 for this contraption will definitely save you a whole lot more time in the future, where this time can be used for other more productive pursuits. All you need to do to get a bunch of coins sorted out would be to chuck the loose change into its little container on top, where it will then proceed to sort out all your UK coin denominations that range from 1p to £2. Capable of holding between 25 and 50 coins of each denomination in transparent tubes after sorting, all you need to do is pour out the sorted coins into a respective container or bag for future use.

Kickboxing Station with Gloves

Are you frustrated that Germany was outplayed by Spain in the second semi-finals of the World Cup? If you can’t find a more constructive way to vent your anger and disappointment apart from drinking pint after pint of lager, might we suggest the Kickboxing Station with Gloves? This $189 purchase might seem a tad expensive, but at least using it won’t leave you with an ever expanding beer gut, but will instead allow you to obtain a total body workout as you learn simple self-defense moves and improve your cardiovascular health, right smack in the comfort of your own home.

Of course, as you watch the finals this weekend while hoping for the Netherlands to gain revenge on behalf of Germany to defeat Spain, you can still “cheer” your way through using plenty of kicks and punches, letting them fly accurately. With six height positions, it is ideal for both children and adults. Each purchase comes with gloves, a pump for the speed bag and a stabilizing base which relies on either water or sand to keep it stable.

Renovo Photo Scanner offers instant data transfer

Photo scanners are old hat, and so are portable, handheld ones. Well, don’t just dismiss the Renovo Photo Scanner as another has-been before you even know what it does, eh? This unique £69.99 purchase will not only convert your old photos into a digital file format, it will also send those files straight onto an SD memory card (which is obviously inserted into the Renovo Photo Scanner itself) so that you do not need to power up a computer and be tethered by a wire while you covert hundreds of old photos. No sir, with the Renovo Photo Scanner, you can sit down in front of the TV and watch Avatar three times over in succession while you scan in your stack of old photos, being safe in the knowledge that each photo that goes through will already be digitized into a file for future use. Of course, the memory card slot also supports Memory Stick or the MMC formats. All photos are stored in 2-megapixel resolution, which means you can’t blow them up too large down the road.