Category: Gadgets and Tech

We featured the early models of this back in 2008, but the Lexon Mini Dolmen radio is now back in a new set of colours, including the rather cool 'Bambou' above.

It's still every bit the retro-styled radio, but this time with a natural bamboo finish with aluminium detailing, offering both AM and FM reception, electronic volume, a telescopic aerial and a single AA battery for power.

Yours for £61.

Find out more at the Made in Design website

You may remember Pin Art as one of the many office toys available in the 1980s that was perfect for wasting time. This Pin Art Clock takes the concept to a whole new level, using 3000 moving pins to mark out the passing minutes and hours. 

Whilst the work is now all done by mechanism rather than by your own hand, I can imagine it’s still as pointlessly fascinating to watch as the original toy. So many hours of amusement could be yours for £39.95. 
Buy it from Urban Junkie

Can a calculator be cool? It can if it looks like the Lexon Galaxy calculator, designed by Marc Berthier and Gilles Caillet.

We're loving those glossy space age-style curves, derived from an ABS finish, making it as light as it is stylish. All the basic calculation functions are on here, along with one handy extra – a currency convertor.

Four colours available (see over for the red version), all selling for a very cheap £9. If it was Christmas, we'd be tempted to use the term 'stocking filler'.

Find out more at the Oki-Ni website

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If you're a fan of robots, you might be interested in these new robot clocks from the Whippet Grey website. Though there are plenty of clocks in the shape of droids out there, these are appealing because they are made of old-fashioned steel, rather than plastic, and are decorated in some distinctive retro graphics.

There are three different versions available for sale from 24 May, but you can pre-order them now. Each is 24cm high and costs £30. Whippet Grey can cater for all your robot needs as they also stock the Clifford Richards Robot mugs (reviewed here).