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Firebox Inventor Competition News

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:54:51 +0100

We’ve got some news about the Firebox Inventor Competition.

Thanks so much for taking the time to enter our Firebox Inventor Competition 2011/2012. Thanks also for your patience whilst we deliberated over the hundreds of entries we received.

Unfortunately we’ve got some bad news. Although we received some interesting entries, sadly we didn’t receive anything commercially strong enough to pursue this time. Nothing that screamed ‘WINNER’.

Ultimately this means that, with heavy hearts, we’re going to have to officially cancel the competition. We’re sorry it’s taken so long to reach this decision and communicate it to you. It’s been a tough call. Bringing a product to market is a tricky affair, especially without something scorching to get behind 100%.

We loved hearing from everyone and certainly don’t want to discourage anyone from trying to make their dream invention a reality. After all, it’s just our opinion. We don’t know everything! (Not even close).

We still love the idea of finding great products from our friends and customers, so expect the Inventor process to have a makeover and appear sometime in the future. However, until then - we hope you have a wonderful end of the year and a brilliant Christmas.

Thanks,
Firebox

Our mates at Surface Tension Tables dropped this badboy off at...

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:19:21 +0100

Our mates at Surface Tension Tables dropped this badboy off at Firebox HQ.

Needless to say, productivity has dropped and the office is loving the 8-bit retro sound effects.

Should be joining the WTF?! Family in the not too distant future.

selleckwaterfallsandwich: Featured Sandwich: The Bur(n)t End

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:07:59 +0100

selleckwaterfallsandwich:

Featured Sandwich: The Bur(n)t End

Firebox's coolest tents in action @ Vintage Festival

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:25:41 +0100

Wayne Hemingway’s Vintage Festival @ Wilderness is definitely one for the cool cats so we were delighted to see two of our coolest tents there in all their glory. And put up supremely well too we might add.

Send us more of your festival / Firebox pics!

Little Printer gets a little closer

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:14:00 +0100

We got an email about this little printer today. Its actually called the Little Printer and is finally going into production. Hurray!

How does it work? You basically subscribe to online publications & news sites, puzzles and your friend’s social newsfeeds via an app. You then syndicate your smartphone with the device and it will simply print out a miniature newspaper as and when information comes through - or once a day like an old fashioned newspaper.

Berg is working with people like Google and The Guardian to bring this to market. Hopefully we’ll be stocking some. Watch this space.

Video

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:39:14 +0100

Amazing ‘Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver’ Demo Screw...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:39:23 +0100

Amazing ‘Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver’ Demo

Screw your old remote! Control your technology like a Time Lord boss!!

Firebox guarantee 99.86% of all dispatched orders will not...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:33:40 +0100

Firebox guarantee 99.86% of all dispatched orders will not contain hidden drugs, thanks to our new member of the Warehouse team.

Drug Cartels please note: ‘Winston the Sniffer’ is very susceptible to bribes/treats.

Photo

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:58:09 +0100

It will happen one day. Until then you can use the...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:40:05 +0100

It will happen one day. Until then you can use the http://www.firebox.com/product/5329/Arcadie-for-iPhone to practice.

Could be too late for some of the Firebox team…but not for...

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:54:11 +0100

Could be too late for some of the Firebox team…but not for you, internet travellers…

"We hope Jessica Biel names her first child Batmo"

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:22:21 +0100

“We hope Jessica Biel names her first child Batmo”

Firebox Love

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:49:01 +0100

“If every company was like yours the online world would be a nicer place to shop”

Julie Dickinson, June 2012

instagramerslondon: The wait is over. And the verdict is...

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:45:32 +0100

instagramerslondon:

The wait is over. And the verdict is finally in. The winner of our Iconic London June Architecture Challenge is @rapidandi with his sublime image of two of London’s truly iconic pieces of architecture, one old and one new, St Paul’s Cathedral and the Millennium Bridge. Some detailed editing reveals the clarity of St Paul’s against a blurred backdrop of the financial centre, as if a beacon shining through time and through politics - especially resonant given the recent events around the Cathedral. All set against a beautiful pinky blue sky. But what we also liked about this image is that it also included another important element in London’s life: people. So huge congratulations to And(i)y! And a big well-done also to all the finalists and indeed to everyone who tagged. It was such a difficult task picking the finalists given the really high standard of entries. And thanks again to @firebox for their kind prize donation which Andy will be enjoying very soon! Thanks to @rugfoot who did a wonderful job with this contest! (Taken with Instagram)

Well we had some great entries, and some proper barrel scrapers...

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:42:29 +0100

Well we had some great entries, and some proper barrel scrapers - but here we are.

Penfold. Up. Hoskins. Sagdiyev. Malfoy.

Winners of our Doppleganger Dads comp. Just looking a bit like someone off the telly won them £100 each!!

http://www.firebox.com/features/doppeldads

We like these Game of Thrones political parody ads - above is...

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:35:40 +0100

We like these Game of Thrones political parody ads - above is our favourite; “Joffrey Baratheon: What a BASTARD!”

Fans of the show: why not endulge in a little shopping over your lunch break and snap up one of our Replica Iron Thrones for just £20K? (We pride ourselves on our low, low prices)

[via Communities at WashingtonTimes.com]

The Magical Unicorn Predicts… Euro 2012 You can forget Paul the...

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:30:18 +0100

The Magical Unicorn Predicts… Euro 2012

You can forget Paul the Psychic Octopus (‘cos he’s dead). We give you ‘Darren the Magical Unicorn’ who will predict the next Euro 2012 result through the medium of violence.

Double Vertical Loop Certain Death / Serious Injury / Ridiculous / Don't Do It

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:40:12 +0100

Look at this human-scale giant Hot Wheels double loop track. There are stunts and there are STUNTS. This stunt is actually happening on June 30 at this year’s X Games event in LA next week.

All the guy needs to do is keep his speed precisely at 52 mph. Too slow - the car will drop, upside down smashing to smithereens on the track floor. Too fast - the driver will pass out then the car will drop, upside down smashing to smithereens on the track floor. This guy couldn’t even do it on a skateboard for pity’s sake.

[Via Wired.com]

What's in a name, anyway?

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:59:00 +0100

Computer game predicts the future

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:55:58 +0100

Anyone familiar with Sid Meier’s glorious Civilization games will know how life-sappingly addictive they can be. But one-man has taken this dedication to a whole new level, with an ongoing 10-year plunder.

More alarmingly, it sounds like the world in the game could be a realistic portrayal of things to come. Come the year 3991 AD there are just 3 remaining superpowers;The Americans (predictable), The Celts (Braveheart spirit gets you everywhere) and The Vikings (ok, maybe they’re a bit out of place) and the world has descended in to an inhabitable swampland contested over via near-constant pixelated nuclear warfare.

Here at Firebox towers we’ve been taking notes as we start our plan for world domination.

[via Reddit]