Gadgets

Desired: Battle The Darkness With This Badass Pocket-Sized Torch

What the lights go out, don’t be screwed. You think that little discount store torch is good enough? Give it an hour until it flickers dead and leaves you blind. The Solarforce M6, though — that’s your pint-sized lifeline.


August 12, 2011
Gadgets

It’s A Flashlight! It’s A Doorknob! It’s Both! It’s Not Real…

Glowing — sorry, sorry, going one step further than the last glowing door handle we saw, the LEDoorHandle concept lets you unscrew the handle in emergencies when you don’t have another torch to hand. [Yanko via GadgetReview via Freshome]


June 10, 2011
Geek Out

The Lightest Olympic Torch Ever

It’s being referred to as a “golden cheesegrater” in various circles. The public seems to hate it. Still, at 800 grams, this is the lightest Olympic torch yet. And that’s important, because a lot of people are going to carry the thing a long way.


June 1, 2011
Gadgets

Torch-MP3 Player Hybrid For Music-Loving Idiots In The Dark

I hate it when I’m investigating a spooky mystery, or walking around the woods at night, and don’t have any sweet tunes to go along with me. Actually, I don’t, because that scenario never exists, and this product is moronic.


April 14, 2011
Gadgets

Emergency Light Helps You Remain Stylish In Moments Of Crisis

The Eton Road Torq is a simple device: toss it in your car (where you hopefully never have to use it). In the event you do need it, dig it out from under the seat, crank the dynamo for two minutes and use the one-watt LED light for 15 minutes. Alternately, you can pop out the tripod legs, flip the torch head open and use the light as an emergency beacon. $US40. [Eton and Brookstone]


March 4, 2011
Gadgets

Keyport Slide Key Vault Gets LED Light Inserts

Hey, Keyport Slide owners: that’s not just an $US80 key holder you have in your pocket; it’s an $US80 key holder and torch! Well, $US89.99 key holder and torch, anyway – LED inserts for the swanky key vault ship March 18 for 10 bucks. [Keyport Slide]


February 4, 2011
Gadgets

Turn A $US10 Torch Into A $US95 Torch With A New Bulb

There comes a time when we all need a torch, but no one wants to plop down loads of cash for one. DIY fanatic Kip Kay shows you how to turn a dim, cheap $US10 torch into something worthy of $US95.


December 3, 2010

iFlash Lights Up For Flash-Less iDevice Photographers

If you’re constantly disappointed with your iPhone 3G, 3GS or iPod touch’s camera performance in low light scenarios, the iFlash could be just what you need. It’s $US29.95 and plugs into your iDevice’s docking port.


November 16, 2010
Gadgets

Lightning Review: Joby Gorillatorch Blade Tactical Torch

LED flashlights are the torch to carry these days, but instead of strapping them to your body would they be more useful with magnetic hugging legs? Joby’s Gorillatech Blade aims to find out.


July 8, 2010
Software

New Apps Use Your iPhone 4′s LED Flash As A Torch

Apple has deigned to allow apps that use your iPhone 4′s LED flash as a torch into the App Store. Some cost money, others do not. Some are well-designed, some not so much. But they all pretty much work.