* a girl’s guide to technology
This is not only a cute little bunny but also a very handy desk companion. It uses WiFi to get all sorts of information from the net such as telling you the time, reading the news, weather forecasts and even checking the stock market!
It uses lights, sounds and sweet little ear movements to covney these messages to anyone whose around. It can even communicate with other fellow bunnies and get married. Bless!
It’s available on line and retails at £89.95.
Anyone who has been to a festival knows how tricky it can be navigating your way through a sea of tents, looking for your own, especially if youre a bit worse for wear (who me? never).
The Loc8tor Lite is the size of a credit card and comes equipped with two homing tags that you attach to your tent (or boyfriend if you prefer) which will make your search a lot easier in the dead of night, or early hours for that matter. It has a fairly decent range of 122 metres too.
It’s avaialble for £44.99 at www.loc8tor.co.uk
This is just hilarious or maybe it’s just me ! But this shiny golden poop is actually a Japanese symbol of luck and monetary fotune.
Can you imagine how a golden pooey sounds? Well,this has a fortune bell in it that is meant to bring you riches. Strap it to your mobile, wii or digital camera and jingle jangle all the way to the bank.
Dimensions
WiFi is everywhere, literally, so just take a look at this hi-tech brolly by Pileus. Invented in Tokyo,no…never,it boasts a built in camera and soon to be video camera.
Fancy taking a few photos en route to your destination? Well, they can be uploaded in minutes wirelessly to Flikcr and da daaaaa you can watch the photo-streams on your brolly screen with the flick of a wrist! Craziness, but really a) why would you want to do this and b) what happens if it’s raining?
It also has, wait for it, GPS and a digital compass which uses Google Earth to help you get around, quite impressive and also a bit of fun, i suppose?!
So it’s no longer just about ‘pink and shrink’ ; women are becoming more interested in gadgets as technology is being “feminised”. We like the “boys toys” but designed in a more appealing and useful way - and this doesn’t always mean pink and sparkly.
According to mobile phone giant Sony Ericsson, women spend more money on gadgets than shoes (wow!) - on average, £391 a year: a total of £17billion. And we’re driving the uptake online and web TV too.
It’s a change that’s long overdue. According to Gus Desbarats, chairman of design consultancy Alloy. “People are bored to tears with square boxes,” he says. “The number of devices in the home has been growing and their contribution to the decor decreasing. Who wants to live in a tech lab?”
At last manufacturers are now realising women are valid consumers when buying tech and producing products that are more appealing and attractive to women. Go girls!
