Outdoors
March 16, 2005 Snowmobile manufacturer Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP), has signed an agreement of cooperation with snowboard manufacturer Burton Snowboards, with a view to expanding their product line to appeal to the snowboarding community. Burton is very savvy youth marketing company that we've written up several times in Gizmag for their innovative approach - in January the company unveiled a Bluetooth snowboarding jacket, helmet and beanie - and the benefits to both parties might yiled some highly innovative products. Read More
February 9, 2005 Shopping centres, train stations and other artificially-lit public spaces may take on a magical ambience in the future thanks to an innovative project entitled 'Glowing Places.' The project is a collaboration between Philips and the world-renowned Royal College of Art and places interactive lighting inside public seating that glows, dims, flashes and changes colour in response to people's presence and actions. Read More
February 4, 2005 Smith & Wesson, the legendary 153-year old firearms maker has unveiled the Model 460XVR (eXtreme Velocity Revolver), the highest velocity production revolver in the world. With a muzzle velocity of 2,300 feet per second, you can zero the sites of the 460XVR and hit dead centre from 250 metres with no hold over. The new US$1,250 460XVR revolver holds 5-shots, uses the same X-frame as the 500 S&W and has an 8 3/8 inch barrel and a removable compensator. Read More
November 5, 2004 The Daiquiri Whacker from SR Leisure Time Products isn't your mother's blender. This petrol-driven, portable daiquiri blender has motorcycle-like handles and a twist-grip throttle so you can mix that daquiri just right! At the twist of a wrist, you can have 23cc of raw power whip your ice into a frenzy not to mention making a lot of noise. An ideal Christmas present for the missus. The Daiquiri Whacker gas powered blender is totally portable and needs no extension cords or generators to take the fine art of blending drinks out of the kitchen and into new party zones. The 23cc Homelite motor has enough power to whip up a batch of your favourite blended drink faster than you can say "Dos Margaritas Por Favor!" Read More
If you've ever experienced the singular joys of a stomach "bug" like giardia you will appreciate the MIOX water purifier - a light-weight, compact unit that requires no pumping, maintenance or iodine with which to inactivate viruses, bacteria, giardia and cryptosporidium... Read More
Storm Hawk is a hand-held weather forecasting and GPS-based mapping device designed to give motorists, recreational boat users or hikers real-time access to critical information about what's ahead, as well as improve safety for businesses with weather sensitive operations. Read More
This go-anywhere solar charger uses flexible, non-breakable solar cells to provide power to batteries, GPS units, mobile phones and other portable electronic devices in any location where the sun shines. Read More
November 18, 2003 The Bushnell Instant Replay is a first of its kind, 3-in-1 device that incorporates an 8X magnification optical binocular, a 2.1 megapixel digital camera and a video-capturing unit that allows you to record and view action in a continuous 30-second video loop -so there's always an instant replay at the ready. Read More
Monday November 10, 2003: Silhouette has released its Minimal Art and Minimal X ranges to coincide with the global release of the final instalment in The Matrix film trilogy. Rimless and without hinges or screws, the ultra-light glasses aim to embody the slick Matrix style that has become the height of cool in the fashion world since the original 1999 film. Read More
Sunday November 9, 2003: Philippe Starck and Oregon Scientific have released a new Time and Weather Collection of multifunctional clocks, each regulated automatically by MSF radio signal broadcast from an official atomic clock, delivering absolute precision to within one millionth of a second per year. Read More
