Nov 3, 2009

New Wii Baby

In the ever-increasing range of weird Wii peripherals comes “Baby and Me” by 505 Games.  Its a baby doll that you can stick your Wii remote into, which allows the doll to react by giggling, gurgling or crying through the Wii remote speaker.   The doll doesn’t just giggle & cry though, it comes with Balance Board support so you can rock the baby to sleep, burp the baby and teach it... read more

Oct 4, 2009

Baby Stations

Its not uncommon for parents to run out of baby essentials (nappies, wipes etc) when you’re out. The problem of course is that when you realise you need them its normally urgent and a right pain to have to find a shop and handle the transaction with an upset baby. Westfields in the US have decided to deal with this via an innovative vending machine called “Baby Station”. The Baby Stations... read more

Jul 20, 2009

Prius – Harmony between man, nature & machine

“Harmony Between Man, Nature and Machine” is the Prius promise – something we’ve all heard before but rarely has it been better executed than in Prius’s new marketing campaign. Basically the premise is that this machine (ie the new Prius) enables you to get what you want in a car whilst enabling nature to get what it wants (ie less emissions etc).  The TV campaign takes the line of... read more

Jul 12, 2009

Is Microsoft’s Surface already obsolete?

Lonely Planet spent a lot of money developing applications for Microsoft Surface but have yet to roll one out anywhere. Many expected it in their new store at Sydney Airport (their only store in the world) but from comments made on Twitter it appears the timeline couldn’t be met and it “might” show up some time later. In the meantime, Microsoft have let out of the bag, copies of the new... read more

Jul 8, 2009

New Samsung Touchscreen Vending Machine

Samsung have launched new vending machines with 46″ LCD touchscreens. These have been developed in partnership with Kraft and at this stage at least will be used exclusively with Kraft product. The concept is pretty simple, rather than having to type in the number corresponding to a product, you simply touch the image of the product. The other advantage of this technology is that it can provide... read more