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I’ve got a thing about bikes. A couple of things, actually.

Being more specific, I absolutely love the things. Oh, and I keep crashing them. No idea why, but if there’s an opportunity to drop, scrape, slide or simply just go straight on at a corner, I’m your man. I worry about the whole life expectancy thing.

Anyway, check this baby out. I’m not going to go into the technical specs because frankly they are so boring they would make your pet hamster cry (there are only so many times you can say “The suspension system is completed and perfectly balanced by using a fully adjustable Öhlins 46PRC rear shock with a ride enhancing top-out spring, controlling the single-sided swingarm for outstanding drive, traction and steering precision”. Just the once, probably)

Also cool is the fact that it comes with a ‘Ducati Data Analyser System‘. Yep, the Duke has got a USB port for you to pull down all the essential info including throttle opening, vehicle speed, engine rpm, engine temperature, distance travelled, speeding fines awarded… that kind of thing. Cool indeed.

Cost $25,000 (£13,000; €18,800).

Source via Wired

Just PLEASE don’t let me any where near it.

Ryan.

All you ladies out there will love this gadget. Ok, so it’s not pink and it’s not fluffy and it won’t grow into a big leilandi if you water it every day, but hey…expand your mind gadget girlies.

The ‘Liika ironing board with suction pads’ is a bit of a mouthful and does not have a catchy name but it certainly does what it says on the box. You house-proud ladies can carry one of these wherever you go, so that in the case of an emergency ironing session you can whip it out and afix to any desired surface. The pads have more suction than that applied to the eggs my gran was so fond of.

Although it can also be used by men, it is advised that it is only operated by women incase of fire risks. 

Price not yet available, but the friendly people at Yankodesign have more information. 

For fear of being accused of being sexist, I will for the sake of balance state that this article was written by a woman.
Happy Ironing!
Bob.

source: GadgetCandy

Allow me to tell you a true story.

Once upon a time (all true stories start that way) I was on a hike and we got lost. But it wasn’t serious, you see, because we had a map and a compass. It was even the right map. But we still didn’t have a clue where on the map we were. So, some bright spark said “Why don’t we climb to the top of this mountain and then we’ll be able to work out where we are by triangulating our position against features that we can see and are clear from the map.” (Unfortunately confidentiality agreements prevent me from revealing the name of that prat).

Time passes, energy gets expended, sweat, tears, toil, anguish. We reach the top.

Still no idea where we are, so we just walk in one direction (south - well, it’s warmer there isn’t it) and end up nearly getting shot by a farmer who was decidedly unimpressed that we were taking a stroll through his property.

There was a happy ending, though - we didn’t die. However, if by some tardis-like maneuver I could have gone back in time and given myself one of these beautiful Satmap devices I would have been home in time for muffins and earl grey because you can get them with beautiful OS (1:25,000) maps (and lots of other ones too) which are a joy to behold.

For £299 ($580, €430), you’d be a crayzee nut-freak not to.

Source via Engadget

Ryan