Compiled by
TOM KELLY
LomoKino Film CameraYes, that's film camera. The LomoKino is "gloriously analogue" and takes a roll of traditional 35mm film which you crank by hand to drive it through, just like the original movie cameras. No batteries included.
Each LomoKino roll has about 144 frames, which cranks out just less than a minute of movie magic.
You can bundle your film camera with a LomoKinoscope which lets you watch your Lomographs (it’s hand-powered too).
At a rate of around four frames per second (compared to a standard film speed of 24), the results aren’t smooth. But the jittery and proudly lo-fi footage has a charm that no polished HD cam can deliver.
Cost €89 (lomography.com).
Starke Bikes with USB portAs we carry around increasing numbers of power-hungry gadgets, any opportunity to feed them is welcome. Stuttgart-based bikemaker Silverback has tapped into an obvious source with a front-mounted dynamo hub on its Starke bikes.
This is linked to the bike’s USB port, the most common power point for personal electronica.
Dynamos are making a comeback and others may follow Silverback’s lead. It feels like a good fit with the growing cycling population pumping up its eco cred. “My iPhone runs on me.”
Starke bikes are well-designed, as the German market demands, with a nickel-alloy frame and front and rear disk brakes.
Cost To be confirmed (silverbacklab.com).
Backcountry Access Float Airbag BackcountryAccess has a raft of ideas to improve the way-off-piste skiing experience. Its Float Airbag is the latest bit of snow thinking. It's a backpack with a manually activated airbag that you deploy if caught in an avalanche.
It inflates rapidly and helps keep you in the upper layers of debris with its bulk, thus giving you a chance to free yourself or be close enough to the surface that rescuers can get to you in time.
A small compressed air cylinder does the puff work, filling the 170-litre airbag in a moment, and popping it out through the top of the rucksack.
This isn’t a product that’ll be needed much round these parts, but it will start appearing as part of the rental offering for more adventurous skiers in the big ski resorts.
Cost $700/€523 (bcaccess.com).
HiplokThis claims to be the first bike lock designed to be worn. It's no gimmicky lock. This a serious chunk of lockware, with a hardened steel chain inside the nylon outer sleeve, a stainless steel lock body with brass collar and Sold Secure test certification to endorse its toughness.
You wear it round your hips – saving either your shoulder or your bike frame from scratches. The sleeve has a big reflective logo detail to up your visibility. And for the hip biker it comes in a selection of colours.
Cost £70/€82 (hiplok.com).