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Dutch company Lemnis Lighting have launched a light bulb based on LED technology. Available in screw or bayonet mounts, the E300 uses just 6 watts of power but has a comparable output to a conventional 60 watt bulb. It’s also dimmable, making it a perfect drop-in replacement for many lights around the home.

The good part is that Lemnis estimate a lifespan of around 25 years. The not so good part is the price, you’re looking at around £30 each (although hopefully that will come down in time)

You can get them now at Ryness.co.uk

[via Which news]

The LG 22” LU7000 released back in September has just arrived for review. We’ll take a good look at it and report back fully in a few weeks but in the meantime here are our first impressions of the TV.

The LG is quite a looker with a DVD player built into its sloping stand and a nifty pair of sliding doors for the DVD.  This makes a nice change from the more conventional slot loading mechanism and gives the LG a very sleek and stylish look.  Unfortunately it doesn’t share the gorgeous Borderless design of it’s larger siblings.

The LU7000 has a full set of inputs including a USB 2.0 port that can be used to display your digital camera pictures as well as play your MP3s.

Expect to pay around £300 for the 22” and a little less for the 19” version.

LU 7000:

• Built-in DVD player
• Invisible speakers, 10W
• 1386×768
• HD ready
• 2 x HDMI
• 2 x Scart (1 x Full)
• 1 x RF
• 1 x Composite
• 1 x component
• 1 x PC input Plug and Play
• Digital Audio Out
• SRS TruSurround XT
• Freeview
• USB 2.0 (JPEG/MP3 Playback)
• Energy Saving Recommended

If you’re concerned about water use in the home, power showers are a good place to start looking for savings. The EcoCamel shower head restricts the flow of water from the shower to 7 litres/minute – around half the flow of a decent power shower – which should result in significant saving if you use the shower a lot.

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We first saw a practical demonstration of wireless gadget charging at CES 2008 but it was still a concept product back then. WildCharge have since put the idea into production and Firebox are now selling the WildCharge pad for £49.99.

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These designer bathroom scales from WiThings have a nice tech angle – not only do they measure your weight, fat mass and lean mass but they also upload the data to a private (password protected) website automatically so you can track your weight loss (or gain).

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Here’s a new twist on an old theme. The kitchen knife has remained essentially unchanged since it was invented – after all, there’s only so much you can do when you want a sharp, pointy bit of metal.

But do you really need a kitchen knife to be pointy? That’s the question industrial designer John Cornock asked after a news report on knife crime pointed out that the most common weapon used in impulsive stabbings was the kitchen knife.

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JOBO have just announced a new range of ultra-slim digital photo frames. Named the “Nano” series, these 7” frames are 0.35” thick (0.9cm for anybody born after 1970).

The buttons you see on the picture are normally invisible and only show when you touch the screen – a nice touch. Basic screen resolution is 480×234 but the top end “media” version gives you an 800×480 screen and displays photos or slideshows (with audio) from SD/MMC cards.

Right now we only have US pricing ($119 for the media version) but since Jobo are a German company I would expect them to hit our shores soon…

Summer is here again and what better way to celebrate than launching a new lawnmower? Swedish garden tools manufacturer Husqvarna have just announced the Automower 260ACX. It’s a robotic lawnmower that returns automatically to it’s charging / base station when it runs low on juice so you can get on with more useful pursuits than mowing the garden.

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trueCall [sic] is a pretty cool way of avoiding nuisance phone calls while still letting through people you want to speak to.

It plugs into your phone line and screens all incoming calls. You tell it the numbers of your friends, family and other people who you want to speak to. Those phone numbers always ring like they did before, so no change there.

You can also put in a “zaplist” of numbers you never want to hear from. trueCall intercepts these calls and plays callers a message saying you don’t want to speak to them – without your phone ringing.

For those who dislike “number withheld” calls you can automatically block those too.

That’s neat enough, but there’s more:

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We covered The Games Room company a couple of days ago for those that want to create a classy, stylish nostalgic look in the games room.

If, on the other hand you grew up with Wargames then you’ll probably be more interested in Liberty Games, who’ll exchange some of your heard earned cash for original arcade consoles.

Prices start from around £2000 for a reconditioned Virtua Cop 3 (pictured) but if you want to start your own arcade they can also provide you with motion simulators. Sweet!

Myself, I have slightly smaller ambitions. I like the idea of a 28” widescreen MAME cabinet in the corner…