The Gadget Geek – The Proud Geek

The Iconic Roland TR-808

- 17th November 201617th November 2016 04541

The Roland TR-808 drum machine When I heard about this I just had to write about it. This takes me back to the 80's, when my love of electronic music first began. The Roland TR-808 was one of the first drum machines that pioneered the sound of early dance music. Way

Next Generation Wearables

- 16th November 2016 03658

Vufine next generation wearables So Google Glass has not really become the main-stream fashion accessory of choice. At least not outside the geek world anyway. But if you like the idea of having the virtual assistant feeding information on to a heads up display on your glasses, then there are some

When the Stuff hits the fan, you need one of these

- 9th November 2016 03765

The first Fully Integrated 72 hour Survival System I am writing this just after the US election results have been announced and Trump is going to be The President. I can assure you that it is just pure coincidence that it happened that way, I am in no way implying that

A Virtual drum kit

- 8th November 2016 04404

Drumming just got geeked. I just found this awesome new product by a company called Freedrum. It is basically a set of Bluetooth dongles that you attach to you drum sticks and connect them to your smartphone, or any MIDI music instrument. Then as you play your invisible drum set, the

The Next Samsung Galaxy will have AI

Computing & Mobile

- 7th November 2016 03273

The Samsung Galaxy S8 will have enhanced Artificial Intelligence Rumors about the Samsung enhanced artificial intelligence service seem to be confirmed for the next Galaxy S8, and its called 'Bixby' The South Korean company hace now revealed some details about the digital assistant. "We are developing a key major interface which will

The new iphone bedtime feature explained

- 6th November 2016 03423

Its bedtime... your phone says so! If you have upgraded your iphone to iOS 10 you may have noticed an extra little feature on the alarm clock called 'Bedtime'. This is a feature of the phone that can help you regulate your sleeping patterns, which apparently is a good thing.. anyway, if

Do we like electric cars yet?

- 6th November 20166th November 2016 03661

The best electric car you can buy Do we like electric cars yet? I personally am still not convinced that the low distance is something I could live with. Although the companies who are developing the next generation of electric car are certainly putting more efforts into the looks and design

Are flat tires a thing of the past?

- 6th November 20168th November 2016 03626

Innovative new bicycle tires that never get a flat. For those of you who actually like to get outside and breath in fresh air while cycling, (don't understand that concept myself) but if that's you, then you can now do it without the fear of getting a flat. A North American company

Nintendo Nostalgia

- 6th November 20166th November 2016 04657

Nintendo NES classic gaming nostalgia Good news for all the Classic Nintendo gamers, (Ah the good old days). Nintendo are about to release the NES Classic, a mini version of the old NES game console. The retail price is $60 and 30 titles will also be available to play And for the

VR will give you a front row seat at Gaming Awards

- 3rd November 20163rd November 2016 03124

The Gaming Awards will broadcast live VR stream. That's right, the Gaming Awards which take place on December 1st in Los Angeles will be one of the widest distributed digital events in history. The event, that celebrates the best in video games for 2016 have partnered with NextVR, the leading virtual reality