Washable Keyboard - join the scrub-a-dub club

The Washable Keyboard has got to be awesomeness incarnate. No more digging dead McNuggets out from under the spacebar, or wiping old rancid Mountain Dew stains from the numpad, just drop the whole dang thing into the sink and give it a good scrubbing. Lovely. It’s also dishwasher safe, and anti-bacterial, which puts it one step ahead of Windows Vista, eh? £39.95.

As well as being fully washable, this sparkling peripheral features Silver Seal™ Antimicrobial Protection to resist microbial growth and combat the spread of whiff-causing bacteria. We’re not entirely sure how this works but boffins tell us it’s got something to do with the silver ions embedded in the keyboard’s plastic. And that’s just as well because most keyboards contain nearly 400 times as a number of yucky microbes as the average toilet. Blurgh!

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10 Awesome Flash-Animated Interactive Websites

Ever wanted to draw a song or discover more about how the ancient Egyptians mummified their dead? How about learning about cocaine from Pablo the pooch, who just happens to be a talking doggy drug mule? No? Then what about connecting up the stars to create your own constellation then see it wrap around your screen in 3D?

There must be something you will like from this selection of flash based websites.

(via Robert-John).

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Rumors of a BMW Electric Scooter

Unnamed sources at BMW report that a new electric scooter could debut at an upcoming motorcycle show sometime in late 2010 and put in production in 2011, as per Spain’s Solo Scooter website. If the rumor mill is right, this new scooter would sport a lithium ion battery pack, have a range of about 155 miles or three hours of continuous use and a top speed of 75 miles per hour.

No word on the exact body style of the alleged scooter, though it could be modeled after their failed C1. The image here by the well-known Oberdan Bezzi may or may not be what the BMW scooter will look like. It’s a mystery we’ll have to wait to solve.

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Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera Introduced

I recently said that some of the latest P&S digital cameras were mimicking the appearance of rangefinder film cameras of the 1940's-80's.

Well, the king of rangefinder film cameras, Leica, has just introduced their latest gem, the model M9.

Pretty simple name/designation, M9, for a camera boasts an 18mp sensor and a shutter speed range of 1/4000 - 32 seconds.

Oh yeah, it costs about $7,000.00 bucks, and Amazon is taking pre-orders right now.

You owe it to yourself to at least take a look at what that kind of paper will get you. Here's the link to the Leica M9 story.

Take a camera with you whenever possible, and look around, you'll find a picture somewhere.

Photo Source:www.digitalphotographyschool.com.

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Cooking on the Road

People and lawmakers complain that drivers don"t need additional distractions from the task at hand and hence love to crack down on talking on the phone, texting, or even putting a cell near one"s head. As such, as hard as it is top believe, one company believes there will be a market for those people who wish to make a grilled cheese sandwich on their way to work.

There are no laws on the books about driving and cooking sandwiches so why not? The Road Pro 12-Volt Sandwich Maker let"s anyone with a car become a quick-order chef. The unit plugs directly into the cigarette lighter socket, features non-stick cooking plates, has a 5-foot power cord & a 90-day manufacturers warranty. Best of it all it goes for only $20.

And to think, a few years ago it was suggested that listening to the radio while driving was too dangerous to consider!

Here"s one of several online retailers hoping the Road Pro will appeal to the driver on your shopping list this holiday season.

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Automatically record every phone call

This USB Recording Box may look like nothing, but it’s chunky enough to automatically record all the telephone conversations coming in and going out from your building. Throw in some sophisticated call management and related information software, backup and line testing smarts and you’ve got yourself a right fancy package. And available in multi-colours too?

Telephone recording system is widely used, for call recording, in a variety of commercial, industrial and services applications, with unique value in recording real scenes and increasing working efficiency. There are a number of typical scenarios of Telephone recording system’s applications. For example: communication recording in business negotiations, recording and playback personal calls, call recording in service industry — such as hotlines, customer complaint, paging service, telephone sales, financial and securities services etc….

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Free Online Digital Photography Magazine

Here's a stocking stuffer type of gift for the digital photographer compliments of "Whatdigitalcamera.com".

"Whatdigitalcamera.com" is a website you should know about if you're looking for a place with information about virtually every aspect of digital photography.

They are also offering a free subscription to their interactive magazine which is not only fun to use but it contains valuable information.

Take a camera with you whenever possible, and look around, you'll find a picture somewhere.

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