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Video: Fishing Gadgets

On Wednesday morning we covered a few geeky fishing gadgets on TVNZ Breakfast. Full details are below. Feel free to ask any questions or post comments. Click the image to watch the video: Item: Shimano Dendou Maru Electric Reel Price: $1199 Rating: 3 / 5 Info: If you’re [...]    Read more...

This Week: Cars, Boats, and More

A week in the crazy life of a part-time technology reviewer. This one includes cars, boats, and MC Hammer.    Read more...

Christmas Gadget Gifts: Radio Control

Who doesn’t like radio controlled gadgets? With a controller in hand, you can become a racing driver, a helicopter pilot, or even a submariner; all in the comfort of your own lounge.    Read more...

Christmas Gadget Gifts: Digital Cameras

Here’s the first of my Christmas gift guides for 2009. Find out what’s top of the digital camera gift pile this year, and stay tuned for more gift ideas.    Read more...

Latest Reviews

Review: Flip Mino HD vs JVC FM1

Read how the newly released Flip MinoHD compares to the similar pocket-sized JVC FM1. The JVC has a lot more features, but the results may surprise you.    Read more...

Video: Home Security Gadgets

A video and run down of the items covered on TVNZ Breakfast on 21st October 2009.    Read more...

E-Flight Blade MCX Review

Read a review of this incredible palm-sized electric helicopter. It’s much more stable and flyable than you’d expect.    Read more...

Random Reviews

Arduino Hacking for Fun and … Fun

There’s something special about the tangible nature of electronics. Moreso perhaps for geeks and nerds who tend to work with the intangible: maths, software, science. Taking those incorporeal concepts and turning them into physical phenomena – flashing lights, moving servos [...]    Read more...

Hotteeze: Better Living Through Chemistry

I love science. When I was a kid, a large part of my weekends were spent attempting to find the most potent combination of household chemicals. Baking soda and vinegar was too tame for me, and the holy grail [...]    Read more...

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Review: Baby 2.0

We’ve spent three weeks testing the new model Baby 2.0, and it has been a mixture of surprise and familiarity.    Read more...

Things I Love: My Mechanical Watch

When I’m struggling to overcome the inevitable electrocomputational dilemma of the day, I often find myself unstrapping this watch, turning it over, and gently rocking the rotor from side to side.    Read more...

Learning from the Vodafone HTC Magic Debacle

Today, for reasons yet unknown, Vodafone NZ has completely removed the HTC Magic from sale in New Zealand. They’ve removed all mention of it from their website, and removed existing stock from store shelves.    Read more...

Ben’s New Zealand Twitter List

Herein I present my list of New Zealand twitterers that you may or may not have an interest in following… If I’ve missed you out, it’s because I hate you.    Read more...

The Awesome Future

It’s obvious that the most important development in the future will be totally fucking awesome pants    Read more...

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