Mercier Jones Hovercraft: pull the hover one

What is it? It's freaking amazing, is what it is. It's a sports hovercraft — not like the hovercraft you take to the Isle of Wight, more like a two-seater sports car that has a cushion of air where Its wheels should be. Will It work? Do not question the sports hovercraft! Instead, run around with...

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AIAIAI Capital: cans of whoop-ass

    You exist alongside millions of others, but that doesn't mean you want to listen to their stupid opinions. Most headphones will keep you in a sonic bubble until rain starts bucketing down — but then they have to come off and you're back to hearing about the weather. These new cans from AIAIAI,...

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Insteon LED bulb: dimmer than thou

    The light switch has been working perfectly since 1884, but we doubt it will be around for much longer. The reason? This network-connected LED bulb, which gets a 60W bulb's worth of brightness from 8W of power and doesn't need a switch — you brighten, dim and extinguish it with an app....

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Spiderpodium Tablet: arach for your tablet

    If you listen to the moaning doomsayers, the only thing being manufactured in Britain these days is a vague sense of unease. Not true: the world's most useful gadget stand is made in Exeter, from British steel, and comes in a box fashioned in Manchester. Unlike the legions of stands...

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Securifi Almond: router all evil

    If you've ever sat by your router, trying to guess the IP address and then the login details (192.168.1.something?), then you'll know how un-user-friendly they tend to be. If you haven't, then your neighbours probably have, right before they started stealing your broadband. The Almond...

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JVC Addixxion: crack shooter

    The thing about the JVC Addixxion is, you think you can handle it. You'll just take it for a bit of orienteering, you tell yourself, get some 1080p (or 720p@60fps) footage of you map-reading. It's shockproof, too, so maybe a little climbing. Oh, it's also freezeproof and has...

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Garmin Swim: pool shark

    It's a classic mistake: you plan to do a couple of lengths of your local pool, but you keep losing count and starting again until, by the time you towel off, it's a decade since you entered the pool and you've exercised yourself into a giant scaly man-shark. Next time, let this watch...

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Nifty MiniDrive: space invaders

    Lovely as Apple's laptops are, they do boast the most expensive storage since Crazy Gary's Super  Expensive Cupboard Shop got shut down for overcharging. But expand your space with an SD card and it hangs out of Apple's shallow SD slot, spoiling that clean-lined design you forked...

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iRobot Roomba 790: carpet crawler

    Not so long ago, we'd spend every Saturday afternoon moving slowly across the living room floor, carefully licking up all the cat hair and crumbs In our path. But now, a robot can do it for us. This Roomba autonomously munches dust for hours, finding denser patches of filth with its...

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Windows To Go: free stuff by Microsoft

My PC is secure. I always click on those 'You May Have a Virus' pop-ups and install what they tell me to. Wow. It's butties like you that keep IT people awake at night. Actually it's a mixture of coffee and Game of Thrones (yes, of course the books) that keeps IT people awake at night, but you're...

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APPLE MACBOOK PRO WITH RETINA DISPLAY

    Apple's latest 15-incher uses style cues from the Air to reduce the size and weight to an almost-ultraportable, despite its 16:10 ratio screen, quad-core processor and Nvidia GT 650M graphics. Damn pricey, though.Alternatively No Retina display, but Apple's 27in IPS-screen iMac...

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Hot laptop: Toshiba Z930 ultrabook

    The holder of the title of world's thinnest Ultrabook seems to change weekly, but who's going to topple this tablet-taunting Tosh? There is more to the Z930, of course - it matches the latest MacBook Air for power and has an optional 512GB SSD for practical space.Alternatively For a space-saving...

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SAMSUNG SERIES 3 CHROMEBOX

    As far as tiny PCs go, Samsung's Series 3 is up there with the Mac Mini for design, fast boot and connectivity. But Google's Chrome OS is threatened by its own Android OS for low-power usage and web apps. Alternatively The portable Series 5 Chromebook (£300) lets you take a walk, but you'll...

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HOT mobile: HTC One V features

The Android smartphone with a mammoth feature set and not-so-mammoth price tag…     Putting the V into VFM, HTC’s latest affordable Android smartphone the One V punches well above its weigh when it comes to specs and features.     Under the curved unibody, with its chin jutting...

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NINTENDO 3DS XL: a hot handheld game player

    The buttons, connectivity and innards — bar the addition of a 4GB rather than 2GB SD card — are the same as the original 3DS, making this a predominantly aesthetic overhaul. But is bigger better?     The rounded design is more comfy in the hand and at 4.88 inches its screen has...

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THE REAL COMPACT KILLER: NOKIA 808 PUREVIEW

    When Nokia announced the 41-meg PureView in February, the tech world collectively tutted about more megapixels not equating to better shots. That's true, but Nokia wants to concentrate on what it does with those pixels. Its "oversampling" tech condenses up to seven pixels-worth...

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