Misc

Apart from Cameras and Keyboards Casio also make watches and here I am looking at two from different ranges both of which are new to the market.

Young children love pets but are perhaps not the best when it comes to looking after them. The solution might be an artificial pet.

While I will admit to a preference for a dog as a pet, I still enjoy the company of a cat although the same can not be said of the need for a litter tray.

A low-capacity shredder, that looks neat beside your computer, handles up to five sheets at a time, and easily copes with its stated capacity of 30 sheets.

While size can be an important factor, it should be complimentary to other features making up a device.

The arrival of a new high capacity memory card format has seen the need for a device capable of supporting this format. Kingston is happy to oblige.

As we add more and more devices to our desktop, the clutter increases. Bringing order to this chaos might be achieved with an animal touch.

Here I am looking at not one but two mice from Kensington, the first a traditional desktop rodent. The second a smaller wireless offering primarily for notebook users. Both rodents are optical so no balls to pick up the dust and grit.

Some might say You should never consider yourself a mobile user until you have suffered at least one power shortage. OF course you could take precautions.

Leaving the navigation to others can take some of the strain off driving.

I am certain, that at one time or another, many will have encountered the situation where a memory card is filled just when you need to store additional data. A possible solution is available.

If you're hoping to take advantage of summer and want something to carry provisions, a few clothes and help provide beach BBQ entertainment then the JanSport Recourse range might be for you.

My first SD card had a capacity of 32MB but today’s storage needs call for more space such as that found on the smallest (with regards to physical size) memory card.

Although developed as a personal listening device, the iPod can act as a community device with the aid of an appropriate add-on piece of kit.

Jet engine construction is typically left for professional engineers, but Father Son Projects, LLC has designed a simple engine that is safe, fun, and relatively easy to build.

While ivy has a tendency to grow prodigiously, this Maxfield version failed to grow on me.

I saw this unit at the Stuff Live show three months ago, it looked the ideal companion for those who walk around in unfamiliar areas. It can also work efficiently in a car.

Like fish & chips, a mouse and mouse mat go together. So why not increase the functionality by adding power to the equation.

A rainy day in South London was brightened by news of several new products from Canon, a company celebrating a double anniversary.

This is a KVM switch and in this case not only links two computers together using only one keyboard, monitor/panel, mouse but also a single set of speakers.

A new Washington-based company is selling kit hovercrafts of unique design. The new hovercraft design fixes a few problems that have plauged the industry for years, and opens the door for families and students to build an amazing friction-free craft.

When road-testing a product, it helps if you can take it out on the road as with a SatNav device.

This is a Satellite Navigation unit that specifically mentions a pedestrian mode so a lot of my tests were conducted while walking to various places.

When out and about, headphones are fine for an iPod but indoors you need a more convenient method of listening to your music. For a solution read on….

GPS and I normally do not normally manage a happy relationship, however this unit was something different and from day one we got on.

These used to very expensive and only really for a graphic artist, now apart from the specialist companies some others have produced them at reasonable prices one such is the Hyper Pen 12000U as sold by Gizoo.

Fish & chips, salt & pepper and bacon & eggs (who said I was food orientated) go together but a torch and a radio is something else.

Have you noticed how inanimate objects have a propensity to move from where you placed them? Then perhaps your memory is like mine.

Recent research indicates that around six million GPS devices, available from companies such as ViaMichelin, will be sold in the main European countries during 2006.

Turning one port into seven certainly alleviates any USB access problems.