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Manta Sleep Mask

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Manta is the World’s 1st Modular Sleep Mask with FreeFit – so it molds to fit your unique face.

It works for 99% of all face shapes & gives you 100% blackout for your entire sleep cycle…energizing you for wherever life takes you when you wake up.

Regardless of your ethnicity, age, gender, nose shape, or preferred sleeping position, Manta’s patent-pending adjustable modular eye contours create the perfect seal – because it’s specifically tailored to you. (Kickstarter Manta)

Pre-order via their Indiegogo page by clicking here!

Xperia Touch

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Unlike traditional projectors, Xperia Touch does more than put on a show. It turns a flat wall, table or even your floor into an interactive screen. With short-throw projection, Wi-Fi connection and state-of-the art touch functionality, this portable projector adds a whole new dimension to your home.

Xperia Touch is connected to the world of Google Play. Swipe through a recipe app, project your chat or keep up with your favourite vloggers. Whatever you like on your tablet or phone, is bigger and better when projected. It doesn’t just show images, it responds to you and your touch. Built with the latest Sony intelligence, it’s a portable projector that’s easy to use and remarkably smart.

Swipe through a photo album or play a multi-player game on your coffee table, Xperia Touch combines infrared light array with 60fps camera capture to turn a flat surface in your home into a 23-inch touchscreen.

Xperia Touch automatically turns on when it senses your approach. Use it as a message board by the front door to keep everyone informed. Or set it up as a wall clock that appears when you’re in the room

Purchase your own Xperia Touch by clicking here!

 

Lix Pen

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 3D Draw your creations and bring them to life off of the paper and without the use of a computer!
  • Lix Functions similarly to 3D Printers

  • Quickly melt and cool the Lix coloured plastic to create rigid, free standing structures

If you are stepping into your profession in a ground-breaking way, then this small and smart 3D printing pen will help you add that spark to your work.

LIX has great potential and can be a perfect tool for stylists, architects, designers and anybody who are interested in 3D printing. We also constantly have new ideas of how to ameliorate our 3D technology for a better future. (Lixpen.com)

Check out their instagram to see what you can create!

Check out the tutorial above and click here to buy your own Lix Pen!

Uncharted: Lost Legacy

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From award-winning developer Naughty Dog comes a brand new UNCHARTED game, starring Chloe Frazer. In order to recover an ancient artifact and keep it out of the hands of a ruthless warmonger, Chloe must enlist the aid of renowned mercenary Nadine Ross and venture to India’s Western Ghats to locate the Golden Tusk of Ganesh. In Chloe’s greatest journey yet, she must confront her past and decide what she’s willing to sacrifice to forge her own legacy. (Naughty Dog)

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is available for pre-order on PS4 by clicking here!

XTND

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The XTND is an electronic skateboard unlike anything we have ever seen here at How To Kill An Hour, as well as being electronic it is a smart electric skateboard that comes fully equipped with AI:

  • Tracks your route learning the area and suggests a faster route for you
  • Learns your riding style and creates unique settings to adjust itself to you the rider
  • The more you ride the board the better the board gets at improving how to suit to you
  • Auto lights that turn on when visibility is poor
  • Detects when your about to fall off and slows the board down accordingly

I don’t know about you but this sounds really cool!

To support their Kickstarter and pre-order please click here!

Spectra Skateboard

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SPECTRA is the first and only eBoard with an ever-learning 3D Posture Control system, ABS braking, and interactive app control. With built-in pressure and gyro sensors, SPECTRA learns your body’s movements and riding style for a revolutionary ride. (Spectra)

Your daily commute will never be the same! SPECTRA is The World’s Most Portable and Intelligent electric personal vehicle, with the first-ever 3D Posture Control System (3D Step), the smallest electromagnetic ABS braking module available (MagBrake), and a Supercar-grade carbon fiber and magnesium unibody.

Riders can alternatively control their SPECTRA with the WALNUTT eBoard Go App on their smart phone. (Spectra IndieGogo)

Purchase via their Indiegogo here!

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

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Wolfenstein® II: The New Colossus™ is the highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, Wolfenstein®: The New Order™ developed by the award-winning studio MachineGames. An exhilarating adventure brought to life by the industry-leading id Tech® 6, Wolfenstein® II sends players to Nazi-controlled America on a mission to recruit the boldest resistance leaders left. Fight the Nazis in iconic American locations, equip an arsenal of badass guns, and unleash new abilities to blast your way through legions of Nazi soldiers in this definitive first-person shooter. America, 1961. The Nazis maintain their stranglehold on the world. You are BJ Blazkowicz, aka “Terror-Billy,” member of the Resistance, scourge of the Nazi empire, and humanity’s last hope for liberty. Only you have the guts, guns, and gumption to return stateside, kill every Nazi in sight, and spark the second American Revolution.

Wolfenstein 2 is available for PS4, Xbox One and PC and is available for pre-order here!

Consol Solar Jar

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Green high-tech technology in a traditional mason jar. That’s the SONNENGLAS®.

The principle of this solar light is as simple and fun as it is ingenious: The SONNENGLAS® stores energy during the day and releases light at night. Producing light in this way is fun, sustainable and makes it easy to do your bit for the environment. And the SONNENGLAS® will light up the dark for years to come. The SONNENGLAS® contains four solar-powered LEDs, which are charged by solar cells in its lid. When placed in direct sunlight the batteries are charged and provide many hours of soft, yet bright lighting without glare.

The SONNENGLAS® is ideal for garden lighting, decorating your table and other areas, barbecues, camping, alfresco dining and all other outdoor pursuits that would benefit from beautiful lighting to create a wonderful and relaxed atmosphere.

When it gets dark, you can turn on the SONNENGLAS®using its unique magnetic switch. The four solar-powered LED lights give off a beautiful light. A light bright enough for reading!

Personalise your SONNENGLAS® any way you like. Fill it with fruit, sand, dried flowers, shells, pebbles… There are endless possibilities. Just use your imagination.

To buy your own Consol Solar Jar please click here!

The Beast

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Unleash your beast as the world’s largest inflatable obstacle course descends on London. At an unbelievable 272m long, The Beast is the ultimate bouncy castle experience for adults. Run, bounce and dance your way around our phenomenal 32 obstacles.

From Friday 24th – Monday 28th of August,over August Bank Holiday weekend, hosted in London’s iconic Alexandra Palace, tame The Beast and enjoy a host of the most mouth-watering street food, cocktails, craft beers and Prosecco on tap. Live DJs combined with an extraordinary sound and lighting show that will complete the most ridiculously fun day out you could possibly imagine. (The Beast)

To take on The Beast please click here!

OOMPH Portable Coffee Maker

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The Oomph is the world’s fastest hand powered portable coffee maker and travel cup.

Perfect for use at home, in the office or on the go – The Oomph can pressure brew a deliciously smooth coffee in less than 2 minutes!

The Oomph was engineered with the sole intention of brewing amazing coffee, doubling as an insulated travel cup that’s great for those grab and go mornings. Active stirring mixes the coffee as its brewed making the last sip taste just as good as the first.

  • Unique patented design brews deliciously smooth coffee in less than 2 minutes.
  • User generated pressure creates perfect coffee extraction.
  • All-in-one coffee maker and portable travel cup.
  • Anti-bitterness locks prevents bitter, over-extracted coffee associated with other brewing methods.
  • Made from tough BPA free, high grade Triton plastic.

To buy your own Oomph Coffee Maker please click here!