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Smeg supports Breakthrough Breast Cancer

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Smeg’s 1950s style appliances need no introduction and have been featured here many a time before. But we have a particular reason for mentioning them again as the company is currently supporting the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer with sales of its pink products.

Until the end of the year, for every pink appliance sold, Smeg will donate 10 percent of the price to the cancer charity. You can buy your Smeg from any of the usual retailers and then download the donation form from the Smeg website and return it to them with a copy of your proof of purchase. A good excuse to treat yourself to a new appliance.

Visit the Smeg website for full details.

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Pure goes space age with the retro-styled Sensia radio

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Pure has gone back to the past for design inspiration for its latest DAB/internet radio, the Pure Sensia.

Look familiar? Not a million miles from the classic Welltron Space Ball from the 1970s. But this is far from vintage tech – packing a 5.7-inch touchscreen interface for accessing internet, DAB and FM radio, as well as podcasts, listen again services and apps for accessing Twitter, Facebook and online photo galleries, all via the built-in Wi-Fi.

The whole thing is finished off in a bold, colourful case, with a moulded stand allowing you to angle it for your needs, with 30w of audio output and connectivity for your MP3 player or iPod. £249.99 is the asking price – it should be on the shelves in time for Christmas.

Find out more at the Pure website

Categories / Art and Photography, Gadgets and Tech

Leica M9 retro-styled digital rangefinder camera

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The classic M8 made it into our recent best 60s-style cameras feature at Modculture, so you just know we would be excited about the arrival of the Leica M9, the company's first full frame digital rangefinder camera.

The looks alone are a head-turner, but if you take our photography seriously, you'll like what you hear about the inner workings too. Those include an 18-megapixel, full-frame 24 x 36mm sensor, compatibility with Leica's M lenses, ISO from 80 to 2500 and shutter speeds of up to 1/4000 of a second (with barely a noise when in use). Build quality isn't bad either – a one-piece, full metal housing, solid brass top and bottom plates and room for a 2.5-inch monitor on the rear.

It's a dream, but here's the nightmare – it retails for  hefty £4,850 in either the contrast or all-black colourway.

Find out more at the Leica website

Categories / Gadgets and Tech, Men's Fashion, Women's Fashion

The Impossible Project to revive instant Polaroid photography

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Polaroid stopped producing its analogue instant film in 2008 so supplies of it are limited and at a premium. The Impossible Project hopes to change that situation by inventing a new film product can be used in vintage Polaroid cameras, thus reviving instant photography.

 It seems like a worthy cause, but it is obviously one that comes at a cost, so to support their mission, The Impossible Project is selling the t-shirts above. The men’s design is available in navy or brown and features the project logo along with a drawing of a Polaroid photograph. The ladies style comes in red or black with a heart-shaped design made up of Polaroids.

The t-shirts costs 28 Euros each and can be ordered from The Impossible Project website, where you can also find out more about their mission.

Categories / Gadgets and Tech, Toys and Games

Commodore 64 emulator heads to iPhone

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Have fond memories of the golden age of gameplay? Or simply want to know why your older brother bangs on about games not being as good as they used to be? Either way, you need the Commodore 64 emulator for the iPhone.

Yes, you can turn the clock back 25+ years by picking up this iPhone app, which turns the touchscreen into an old school console, throwing in five games to start you off – Dragon’s Den, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander, Arctic Shipwreck and Jack Attack. Once you've exhausted those, more games will follow for a modest cash outlay.

Indeed, the actual app doesn't break the bank – available now for just £2.99.

Apple website

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Fuji Instax Mini 25 and Hello Kitty Mini 25 – Polaroid-like photography

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Just when it looked like Polaroid was dead and buried, everyone started bringing out new instant cameras – including Polaroid itself. But none are quite so cool as the Fuji Instax Mini 25.

This mini ' Cheki' camera is a collaboration between Fuji and Japanese photographer Yonehara Yasumasa, able to fire out credit card-sized snaps in a flash. Not only that, the Instax Mini 25 also packs in a self-shoot mirror, a close-up lens for focusing from 35cm, intelligent flash, a motorised 3 position, collapsible lens and a two-shutter design for landscape & portrait pics.

Go for the standard white version or the limited edition Hello Kitty Fuji Instax Mini 25, the latter including a signature Hello Kitty sticker, a red camera strap and one pack of Hello Kitty illustrated Fujifilm Instax Mini. Prices for both start at just over £100.

Find out more at the Lomography website