The Ultimate Alarm Clock.

INFERNO ALARM CLOCK
INFERNO ALARM CLOCK – With bed shaker!

This is the alarm clock that is guaranteed to wake you up!

This INFERNO ALARM CLOCK has an adjustable volume alarm with maximum loudness of 113 decibels (this is very loud).

Not only is the INFERNO ALARM CLOCK a noisy clock, it is actually a “shaking clock” by the way of a bed shaker which you put under your mattress. Having this ultra mean combination of noises and vibrations there is no doubt that this would wake up the heaviest of sleepers.
Product page: Inferno Alarm Clock
CLOCKY
The alarm clock that runs away and hides when you don't wake up. Clocky gives you one chance to get up. But if you snooze, Clocky will jump off of your nightstand and wheel around your room looking for a place to hide. Clocky is kind of like a misbehaving pet, only he will get up at the right time.
Product page: Clocky

PUZZLE ALARM CLOCK
This is the alarm clock that is guaranteed to wake you up!

Nobody sleeps through this!

It wakes you up by firing four puzzle pieces up in the air, and then it is your task to get the pieces and put them back in the alarm clock - it won't turn off until then.

Sleep well and wake up safely!
Product page: Puzzle Alarm Clock


MP3 Clock, the wake up call by Thanko
What in the history of the world is more annoying that this "beeeeeeeeep beeeeeeeeeep" sound that all alarm clocks do in the morning ? THIS is why we're all pissed to go to work !!!
Hopefully, Thanko has been thinking about us...their "MP3 Clock" proposes over 30 alarm sounds (frog, cow...) but you can also record your own thanks to a PC software that comes with it and can be up to 50 seconds long!

And please note that a growing number of Thanko products will be available on GeekStuff4U.com so don't forget to check it out !
Product page: MP3 Clock


GOLF ALARM CLOCK
The alarm clock, which for the first time can be thrown to be switched off.

Now it will be fun to wake up in the morning - you are in charge from the minute you hear the alarm clock ring. You throw it against the wall or the floor and it stops.

You get the feeling that you've scored from when you get up - your arms won't come down again.
Product page: Golf Alarm Clock


DANGERBOMB CLOCK
Wake you up every morning with Explosion Sound! To stop the bomb, you have to pull out just one code from three. The safty code is set randomly every morning.
Battery: AAx3 (not included)
Size: 170x120x40mm
Not for children under 15
Product page: Dangerbomb Clock

Dubai Puts a New Spin on Skyscrapers

While the architectural playground that is Dubai isn't running low on innovative buildings, David Fisher is hoping to add yet another skyscraper to the mix with his self-sufficient and energy generating Twirling Tower. The 68-story "combination hotel, apartment, and office" would sport floors that each rotate 360-degrees in the span of about 90 minutes, creating a "constantly changing architectural form." His claims begin to elicit suspicion, however, when a promotional video (seen after the break) for the building claims that it can snag enough wind to not only power the building itself, but to energize ten other similar buildings just like it. Of course, we aren't taking that too seriously considering that he actually mentions that supplying electricity to the floors would be "similar to how a moving train captures power by staying in constant contact with a power source, like an overheard wire or third rail." Nevertheless, Mr. Fisher sure seems determined to get this thing up in the sky, but as with most big dreams in Dubai, moving beyond the drawing board is where things get tough.

Find your dream condo around the world!
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How To Overclock a DS Lite

Here's a guide to underclocking and overclocking your DS Lite. With this, you can set the speed anywhere from 0.66x normal to 1.8x normal, which both lets you slow down action games like the new Mario and speed up games like Phoenix Wright (which annoyingly has no setting for making the dialogue faster).

The process isn't too difficult if you're handy desoldering and soldering things, but it requires a steady hand and probably an hour or so.

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GP2X Personal Entertainment Player

One of the biggest selling points of games consoles is their plug and play nature. Game goes in, console comes on, happy gamer. No safe mode, no updating drivers, no viruses and definitely no boot disks to free up 600k of base memory.

However, there is always the type of person that enjoys a good challenge, and the game itself doesn’t provide enough. For this sort of person, the GP2X is perfect as it is a lot more than a gaming platform - it’s a multifunctional entertainment device with more flexibility than a Russian gymnast.


From the outside, the GP2X looks like a fairly typical handheld gaming device. It’s not as sleek as the PSP, but perhaps shares more in common with the Sega Game Gear. There is a joystick on the left, accompanied by four buttons on the right - A,B,X and Y. At the top of the player are the L and R shoulder buttons, as seen on the PSP. Naturally there are the traditional start and select buttons as well as volume control. Headphone output is complemented by internal stereo speakers.


The device is powered by two AA batteries, although should you want to use it for prolonged periods of time in a single place, you can power it with a 3.3V DC adapter. At the very top of the device is an SD card slot, which you’ll need to populate as there is only 64MB of NAND memory onboard.
Connecting to the device is done via a USB 2.0 connection, although I found it to be particularly slow at transferring. You may have better luck using a card reader.

At the very base of the device is the “EXT” connection. This is where things get a little interesting. For a few quid more you can buy a cable for outputting to a Television - nice! But you can also use this for connecting to extra storage (hard drives for instance). I’ve even briefly read about using this to convert the device in to a fully fledged PC or router.
The screen resolution is 320 x 240 which I assume is connected via an analogue interface due to the occasional diagonal lines I see running across the screen - pixel clock issues perhaps? Although there is fine tuning for this, you don’t expect to see this in a modern device.

At the very heart of the device is a Linux Operating System. The FirmWare is completely upgradeable (in fact there are several alternative versions available and under development by third parties) and you can install more applications than you can shake a stick at, but included as standard is support for DivX/xVid movie playback, MP3/OGG/WMA audio playback, photo viewing and e-books.


Although it does all of these things admirably, it doesn't really shout out as a finished product - it’s more of a platform. There is already a lot of open source software ported to this device and there is an entire community of people doing both software and hardware modifications to their GP2Xs. This is what makes the product unique.

For the less-geeky, the real killer application is emulation. Pretty much every emulator imaginable is available, from arcade machines to GameBoy, SNES and Playstation. Getting games is usually pretty easy, although very few of them are technically “free”. You still have to own the original games in order to legally play them. Some companies have made them free, or just abandoned them long ago (a Google for Abandonware might put you in the right direction).

Interpreters are around for many other games too - including Quake, Hexen, Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Transport Tycoon and my personal favourite - ScummVM. Scumm is the engine used by Lucasarts for most of its adventure games - this includes the Monkey Island Series, Sam N Max and Day of the Tentacle to name a few.

Although the device has improved since its first incarnation, it is not exactly user friendly. All the little niceties that you expect to see on a polished product aren’t there and it certainly isn’t a plug and play gaming device. However, if you are of mild intelligence it’s not hard to get going. The more you put in to the device, the more you get out of it.

Verdict

With between five and ten hours of play time on a set of batteries, this isn’t bad and AA cells are easy to come by. If you’re like me and you’ve got a soft spot for games that are past their prime and like a good fiddle, you will love the GP2X.

Any detail for GP2X Personal Entertainment Player
GP2X Official site

Cyclone Charger Stand 2 for NDS Lite

Cyclone Charger Stand 2 For NDS Lite
- Supreme Red Light Effect when charging
- Smart color and compact stand design to hold and charge NDS Lite
- New 'one touch' design to easily remove NDS Lite

Datel's Wii Drive Doctor

Datel's Wii Drive Doctor - the 'ultimate home mod tool', the easy backup tool for Wii?

Datel are once again to take a trip over to the 'grey side' of gaming accessories with the Wii Drive Doctor. They are dubbing as the total drive kit for the Wii and it DOES REQUIRE SOLDERING, a mainstream manufacturing of accessories selling a product that requires soldering - what's the industry coming to :)? They claim the Drive Doctor allows Wii owners to connect the console to the PC using a USB cable. From there on in you can take a look at all sorts of stuff in reference to your drive memory and even make on the fly adjustments. They also claim that as the Wii 'homebrew scene grows', the device will come in hand for playing FREELY DOWNLOADABLE software straight from the Wii. The price you may ask? $34.95. Some eagle-eyed readers have spotted that this perhaps a more convential working (via USB) of the serial data cable which can be used in conjunction's with WAB's drive software to run back up games...
PRESS RELEASE

The trouble with most games consoles, is you can't modify the game code when it's running. Sure, you can use tools such as Datel's own Action Replay game enhancers to input all sorts of cheats and enhancements, but there's no straightforward way for amateur programmers and techie tinkerers to get inside the game, investigating how it works and trying out modifications and tweaks you've programmed yourself. Thankfully, if you're a Wii owner Datel has come to the rescue with Drive Doctor, the ultimate aid for the hardcore tinkerer and amateur programmer. With Drive Doctor for your Nintendo Wii, you can gain a unique insight into the under-the-bonnet operation of your console, examining, analysing and altering the Wii drive's memory...

With Drive Doctor in place, you can connect your Wii to your PC using the supplied USB 2.0 cable. You can then review its innermost operations, watching your Wii software in action through Drive Doctor's PC application. You can even add data of your own, all from your PC. Drive Doctor’s memory and command views give you a unique insight into the innermost workings of your Wii’s drive memory, and even lets you make on-the-fly adjustments. You can read status, write data, send control commands, report the drive status and more. By injecting your own code into the data stream, you can create your own effects and experiment with modifying the program. It’s fun! And as the Wii home brew scene grows and prospers, the device will also come in handy for playing freely-downloadable software straight from your console.

Fitting Drive Doctor requires a little soldering, so make sure you have your precision soldering iron handy. Full fitting instructions are supplied. It’s a fairly simple task, requiring you to connect just five wires. After that, the unit just clips to the back of your console. It remains in place even when not in use - just unplug your USB cable and you can use your Wii in the usual way. It's styled to match the console, and completely unintrusive when not in use.