This blog is dedicated to gadget, computer, technology, science, entertainment, cell phone. In broad sense to the high-tech.
Monday, December 31, 2007
3D printer from Thinglab
Well here is an amazing device, which can let you take print in 3D. This device can actually make your computer based 3D projects come to life. You can easily use this printer like any other inkjet printer as said by the Thinglab. It can print complex engineering projects, working concept models with upto 16 million colors and 700 dpi.
This is ideal for product design development, jewelry design, and architectural models. 3D printing is fast and cost effective as claimed by Thinglab. It does seem good if you are about to give a presentation then you can make a 3D model in just a few hours. One thing for sure, this device does not made for the home use, it is entirely for commercial and official works.
This device is available by the Thinglab and it costs around $40000. Therefore, it is definitely not for home use.
Here is a video explaining how it works.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
USB Credit Card by Shinhin
We have seen a lot of efforts to find out alternates of regular payment system, but this one is really seems practical to use, as people in South Korea will now be using USB Credit Card. A company Shinhan Card launched its very new USB Credit Card. In order to use you it you just have to plug it into your PC's or Laptop's USB drive and it will enter the card information for you. You can pay for your online purchases by inserting the drive in your computer's USB port. Shinhin's USB Credit Card coming out with a new function called as contactless payment system, where the payments will be made without any physical contact between devices.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Nokia 4G test successful
Nokia announced the 4G test "long term evolution"(LTE) wireless technology was a success, it was one of its kind. This test was carried in urban environment using the spectrum of 2.65GH z, the peak download speed at this spectrum recorded 173Mbps; this was the best result then all earlier tests. LTE can provide the combination of bandwidth, range, scalability, and low power that users will expect from a 4G service.
The prototype base station was installed for ongoing LTE tests at the top of the Heinrich Hertz Institute building in Berlin, in urban where interference typically degrades bandwidth. Test featured multiple users connected to the new base station, giving the 173Mbps throughput was the real world peak. They also tested the LTE by putting terminals into cars and driving them 1 km away from the base station.
“We can demonstrate that LTE meets the high expectations set for this new technology,” said Nokia’s Matthias Reiss in a prepared statement. “Most importantly, we now have evidence that future LTE networks can run on existing base station sites and mobile operators can build LTE networks without requiring new antenna sites.”
LLUON Crystal - ultra slim desktop
Are you looking for a tiny but a powerful computer? Have a look at this LLUON Crystal, it weighs only 3 kilos and its dimensions are 1.77 x 10.90 x 9.61- inch it should catch the attention. Trigem computer is a Korean company famous for making mini-desktops and notebooks in the range of LLUON. LLUON is quite a popular brand name among all local people in Asia, they are always known for making slim and sexy mini-desktops but powerful.
The specifications are not as small as its size, have a look at it -
LBFC27-RIBO
-Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 @ 1.66Ghz
-1GB Ram
-320GB HDD (SATA2)
-DVD recorder (Multi)
-GeForce 8400 GS @ 256MB
LCFVC35-RIBO
-Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 @ 2.00Ghz
-2GB Ram
-500GB HDD (SATA2)
-DVD recorder (Multi)
-GeForce 8400 GS @ 256MB
-WiFi 802.11 - 54MBps connection
-TV Tuner
Its price is around $1500.
64GB Solid State Disk by A-Data
A-Data has just revealed its two new solid-state disks in size of 1.8 inch and 2.5 inch PATA and SATA Drives in Taiwan. A-Data said that it could be a hard drive replacement with storage capacity of 64GB. Both the SSD's provides anti-shock protection, longer data retention, faster access time, and lower power consumption, multiple level cell technology to fits its storage. These drives can also used for consumer electronic products such as UMPC, PMP and camcorder etc.
These SSD drives are only available in Taiwan only. The company did not reveal its price and its availability.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Cowon N3 PMP with GPS, DMB
Cowon just announced its new N3 PMP in Korea. The Cowon N3 uses the same Alchemy AU 1250 600MHz processor and runs Windows CE 5.0 and also supports the exact same video and audio codecs as the Q5. Unlike the Q5 the N3 has no internal memory but rather uses two built in SDHC slots for extra storage. Also it has 7 inch touchscreen with 800 x 480 resolution display, comes up with DMB (mobile TV) support, DivX/Xvid and all other audio and video codecs that are supported by Q5, 32MB flash memory, 128MB RAM, SiRF Star III GPS Chipset, FM transmitter. The body measures 191mm x 120mm x 26mm. This device will hit the shelves in Jan 2008, and the price is not stated by the company yet.
Time Cube Clock with rotating triangles
Here is cool new clock in the shape of a cube; it starts as a box, but then splits into triangles. The biggest triangle shows hours, middle one shows minutes and the smallest one at top shows seconds.
At first sight this clock does look like some medieval period clock, but it is not. This is just a cool new design by the China.
It seems hard to tell the time, but if you think about the triangles like normal clock hands it may not be as difficult as it seems. This clock costs just $12.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
150-inch World's largest plasma HDTV
Every year all the gadget lovers wait for the CES in Las Vegas, and the reason is that the companies show-off their latest gadgets in technology, and what is about to come very soon. This year most peoples attention is towards the Panasonic's world's largest Plasma HDTV. They going to break last years record which was taken by the Sharp's LCD TV and that was for 108 inch. Infact earlier in 2006, Panasonic had the same record for plasma HDTV and that one was measured 103 inch. So its like a revenge is taken back. This new 150 inch plasma HDTV is bigger by 47 inch diagonally as compare to the last model and will be the world largest. This is developed by Matsushita Electric Development Co. The display is 2 meter by 3.5 meter, known to be enough for displaying a full scale adult. The pricing for this world's biggest plasma screen is not disclosed yet, but we all know that, its going to be as hugely expensive as its size is. This 150 inch plasma HDTV may hit the stores in 2009.
Moixa's USB Rechargeable AA Batteries
Still using AA batteries in anything?
I use them in a wall clock and in my TV remote, well in not too many gadgets as most of them are rechargeable, but still if you want to have rechargeable AA batteries they are also available but a lot more expensive then the regular batteries plus you have to buy a charger as well.
Simple solution for your AA battery need is Moixa USB cell, which can be recharged by just plugging into any USB port. No need to buy extra charger, just pull its cap and plug it into any computer with USB port. In technical sense, Moixa batteries can get charge for about 7 hours with power of 250mA current in just 1 - 2 hours. There are LED's on it to show its charging level.
Just make sure that USB ports are not so close to each other, cause if it is, then you may no be able to plug all batteries together.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
NX-7 GPS with SiRF Star III receiver
Ever wondered like why companies don't make GPS Navigation devices just a little bit more useful, well honestly i don't know the answer, but there is a GPS device which is about to get launch in Korea which is not just a GPS Navigation System. This Korean device is slim and the equipped with SiRF Star III GPS Receiver, which is very sensitive. You can also watch digitally broadcast TV on it, as it has a DMB receiver, and also it has a Video in port by that you can play DVD's while on the go. It comes with a 4.3 inch touchscreen with aspect ratio of 16:9, it may can also play music files like mp3. So in all its not just a GPS Navigation System, infact its more than a GPS. This device may came out in market in 2008, but at first only the Korean people will get their hands on it. So wait until it comes to your place or visit Korea to get this. There is also no idea about its price.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Take 3D pictures with your digital camera
For all those who want to take 3D photos with their own camera here is a simple solution for them that is Loreo 3D Lens in a Cap. It can be mounted on Digital SLR camera, and once correctly mounted will be take 2 shots every time you click for something to produce 3D image. It splits the beam into two simultaneous shots. And you can view those shots through a conventional 3D viewer. And for technical experts it consists two F/11 lens with 38mm focal length, which can take from to 1 meter to infinity, Both lenses expose the camera’s CCD chip to the same image and they can get adusted automatically to produce the 3D effect, which can be viewed with a 3D viewer or on a PC monitor, and if you want to take the prints that is also possible. This lens is available for Canon EOS & FD, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax K mount, Minolta MD and AF, that makes it to work with all Sony A's models. Right now the price of this super cool Loreo 3D Lens in a cap is expected to be more or less around $100.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Relaxview B.V - get entertained on dental visits
Hello all, the future visits to the dentist would get less painful. Remember the time when dentists said to stare at poster or ceiling until he finishes his work. Now the time is about to get change as this new gadget Relaxview B.V will not let you know what's going around you. It covers all your eyes and makes you feel like you are viewing a 60 inch screen. It can easily be plugged into a DVD player. According to Dr. Rob Roef, a dentist, "even the slightest awareness of any of the factors that go into dental work will enhance sensitivity and increase discomfort". As if you don't see ant thing then you too don't even bother your dentist too much, and he or she can finish their work in time. There is no exact idea about its cost and it availability, but as i see it, the future visit of dentist will be a fun show for me.
Cervellum Bike Digital Rearview mirror
Do you enjoy riding a bike? And ever wondered who is at your back, or who is following you? If not then think again as you may need a rear view mirror for a bike. There is a company who is working on it, and named it as Cervellum Bike Digital Rearview Mirror, now you know it’s a digital mirror and you can see what’s happening behind you. People generally don’t feel like using a rear view over a bike that why they hardly think about it. But it seems useful if you really don’t want to bump yourself while taking a wrong turn, or riding your bike on some street where is no sidewalk and suddenly there is a huge truck showed up at the back.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
LG's Biometric and Vaccine USB drive
Many people knows that, what is biometric devices do? Like taking fingerprint scanner or eye(retina) scanner like that, and the the most common reason for to have these devices is for security purposes. The LG has come up with its two new USB Flash drives, named as LG Biometric USB drive and LG Vaccine Drive.
Lets take the the first one that is LG Biometric USB drive, it actually is able to read the fingerprint through its scanner and provide the user most of the security need. You can store upto 10 fingerprints on it, in case you want to share it with somebody else, or use it on all of your fingers. It can also be password protected for the most worried person.
Now the second one is LG Vaccine Drive, this drive comes with installed antivirus software in it, so you don't have to worry about spreading viruses from one computer to another computer. The company don't have revealed the name of the antivirus that they are going to use in it, but they said that every customer will get a two year license with it. And the terms to extending license is not revealed yet.
Future is going to be highly secured, but too much worry creates too much stress.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Mini Nuclear reactor for home
Well not too many people get the option of owning their own power house, and also as the power prices are striking on almost everywhere around the globe, so having some alternate will be awesome. But would you like to have a nuclear reactor in your home, i don't know about you but i may love to have one and besides the name of the company who is going to offer this is Toshiba, a respected brand name.
Toshiba call its "Micro Nuclear Reactor", this is in dimension of 20 feet by 6 feet, almost a 100 times smaller than your normal power plant sized variety. Next Energy News stated that the 200 kilowatt reactor is designed to be fail-safe, totally automatic and never gets overheated. The whole process of self sustaining can last for upto 40 years producing the electricity for as low as 5 cents a kilowatt.
The Toshiba is going to implement its first reactor in Japan any time in next year, and if everything goes well then people living in US will get to use them by 2009.
So this maybe the perfect solution for power cuts and it may really even change the world in near future. Then say good bye to your power cuts.
Zelco Outi - Now Plug Music on skin
The Zelco's Outi is not like any other phones in market, you don't have to plug it into your eardrums, they just clip onto your ears, cool isn't it, listening to song by skin and not through your ear drums. In this way you don't even have to worry about destroying your eardrums on loud volume. Its assumed that it works on some kind of vibrations which goes to skin and makes you hear ultimate music. The end result is supposed to be some serious sound that resonates throughout your entire body. The company says that it makes the listener part of the music that he or she is listening to, and yet it can do this without blocking out the conversation or impending danger. This device needs to get charge for about 90 minutes and after it you can use it for around 6 to 8 hours straight. Can be easily plugged into Ipod, music player, gaming stations, radio, cell phones or any other device using the standard 3.5mm audio jack. Currently its only available in white color.
Now lets just say wear the music.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Rumors about Multi-Billion dollar LCD Panel
Here is the is biggest rumor in the LCD making industry which really has putted big companies like Sharp, Sony, and Samsung in dilemma. Panasonic (Matsushita) and Hitachi are rumored to be talking about the specifics of this multi billion dollar panel deal. The Nikkei said "Matsushita's new LCD factory would likely make LCD panels from so-called "eighth-generation" motherglass, which is bigger and more efficient than the "sixth-generation" glass currently used at their IPS Alpha Technology joint venture".
This deal will also going to help Hitachi from its loss making business, it also provides easy burgeoning for larger LCD display likely to be 40 inch and more. And for Canon, the investment in Hitachi Displays would give it small OLED panels which it can use digital cameras and ink jet printers. Rumors are also said that Panasonic (Matsushita) and Hitachi are on their half way to get the deal finalized.
Mobiblu Nanum
The new Mobiblu Nanum the mp3 player, is made by Mobiblu (Korea) a new popular name around with its new mp3 player. Its a cool looking cube, actually its a folding one opens up in a cross shape. Although without having a screen, but still looks pretty great. It has 1 GB of storing capacity, USB 2.0, Lego-esque pop-out buttons, dimensions of just 1.1 inches a side, supported audio formats - mp3, wma, and wav.
It seems like a concept one, but its already there in Korea, prices are expected to be around $70.
Right now, i can't say anything else about this one, you have to see it yourself. Just wait for a while until it gets around in local stores.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
ITRI made Digital Paper
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has made cool new looking flexible digital paper, actually its a color 10.4 inch cholesteric LCD (Ch-LC) flexible display and a flexible LED backlighting unit (BLU). It has plastic substrates with less then the thickness of 10mm.
Imagine this that you don't have to put up heavy books or papers again, just only one flexible display will hold the potential to show them all, and how many tress we can save.
As said by ITRI, "Its structure design is simple and is both thin and light, with a thickness reduced to 50% of that of traditional color Ch-LCD displays. The flexible 10.4-inch display has an NTSC color gamut of 57%, according to ITRI".
The ITRI also introduced a flexible LED-based BLU and said it has been successfully used in a 7 inch color flexible Active Matrix (AM) LCD display.
ITRI demonstrated a monochrome Ch-LCD flexible display built by a plastic substrate and based on roll-to-roll manufacturing. Right now the width of the display 3.5 inches and the length can be produced in any size. This is the ideal product for large size public displays, the institute noted.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Transmitta II
For all music lovers who never wants to move around without listening to there favorite tunes. heres a new gadget named as Transmitta II, this can enable you to spread sound around on almost any music player by your PC, TV, Stereo, etc. at any corner of your house, flat or even office, so if you want to listen in MTV in your bathroom just plug it in.
Transmitta II comes with one transmitter and other part is the receiver. Transmitter can easily be plugged to any audio source around, whether it may be CD player, Computer, TV, Ipod etc. by a headphone socket or USB. And on other end, Receiver can easily be connected to any music device by an Auxiliary socket. The Transmitta II works on 2.4GHz frequency allowing to transmit CD Quality sound streaming, and use frequency hopping to detect if there may be conflict with any other devices.
Features in detail:
- Play almost any music player wirelessly through your PC, TV or stereo.
- One transmitter.
- One receiver.
- Units speak to one another via 2.4GHz frequency providing a CD quality audio.
- A 50m transmission distance.
- 16 channel selection.
- 2 audio cables.
- A USB cable.
- An I/O converter.
- An internal battery that recharges via the mains or USB.
- A minimum of 6 hours use per full charge.
- Power and charge LED indicators.
- Size: 7 x 5 x 2cm (per receiver/transmitter).
USB Business Card
When meeting a client for first time all we need is a business card, but if you want to impress your client give him this electronic business card, call it as M++Cards. Its a memory card so you can store some information on it. You can store entire portfolio, PDF's, etc. It can be used as Business card, website card, product info card, etc. Means it will be a lot easier for you to deliver all the needed information to a client, but the only problem is that right now its only a concept. But hey its still sounds practical to have an electronic card. I hope to see this cool thing in near future.
Philips SA6145 4GB/Go
If you are looking for a player, which is easier to take on traveling, then watch out this new Philips SA6145 4GB/Go, you can play Music, watch Videos, Pictures, etc. In functions its all similar to Ipod, that means its a cool alternative if you don't want to have an Ipod. Also the software which comes with it, claims to be lot easier than itunes to install. It is very easier for the first time users to start using it, as you get all the softwares you needed, including device manager, media converter, etc.
The main features of Phillips SA6145 4GB/Go, which really took my sight on it are:
- Robust and portable 4 GB multimedia player with 3.5-inch color display and built-in speakers
- Supports MPEG4 and WMV video files and WAV, MP3, and WMA audio files
- Rechargeable Li-Poly battery supports up to 20 hours of music playback
- Built-in FM radio and voice-recording feature
- Speedy USB 2.0 connectivity
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Voicemail to text messages by SpinVox
People who found themselves busy a lot, and there cell phone keeps on showing miscalls and voice-mails, then you better try this service by SpinVox. It claims to convert your voicemails into text messages. Remember its a usual thing that somebody leaves a voicemail and give some information to note down (like some number or some other important things) and you don't have a pen and paper to note it down, and when you find some then have to listen to voice mail again.
SpinVox is charging you $15 a month for the service, there is one more thing that you'll get to see the callers number included in text message, so calling back will be quite easier.
Personally i don't like to have voicemails for important numbers or issues, but getting same information in text will be great for all. Now just see how accurate will they going to provide us this service, cause Callwave does this for free but you hardly get to see accuracy in there service.
What's Wrong With Windows Mobile and How WM7-8 Will Fix It
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Shopping Cart Software
Okay, people so here is again a website review. Actually its again an ecommerce software site, everything in this site is same as Ashop Commerce, which was one of my earlier post. But here they say they are the leading provide of Shopping Cart Software in US. Again its an Award Winning Shopping Cart Software, the site says that thousands of merchants are enjoying there online business solutions with them, as they are providing merchants one complete ecommerce Shopping Cart Solution. The site claims that they actually accepts all Credit Cards in real time, you can easily customize the design, and can update your contents very quickly. You can always see there functionality at there Demo Stores as all of them are invited. The main features of there ecommerce software solution are Providing Technical Support and Customer Service, Search Engine Optimized Structure (which help you in taking top of the search engines), Easy as anyone can setup a Shopping cart, Customizable Design to provide personalized look, last not least is a Total Solution as you are provided with Securely hosted, with 128 bit SSL Checkout Security, Full Fraud Alerts, Web Promotion Services.
So if you are looking for a Ecommerce Shopping Cart Solution then give this Award winning website a chance.
Portable PC Theater
Okay, so here is a concept designed Projector by Jin Woo Han, which he called it for pure entertainment purpose. It a Projector that can be easily connected to a laptop of a PC and can easily be replaced to suit your positioning. Also Stereo speakers set just beside the lens, i don't know how many people will gonna to like it, but its pretty good as projector is mostly near to viewers then the screen. One more thing is that all the units are connected with retractable cords, that means you don't have to worry about getting cords tangled, all this and only 3 dvds and 2 cds wide. So enjoy your favorite movies with your loved ones.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Mobile NoteTaker
Nowadays we use Laptops or Sound recorders to copy/record lectures in class rooms, but still there are plenty of people who prefer the ideal way to taking notes, that is by pen and paper. Now the time has even taken them to move ahead and to use pen and paper again. Actually its a new gadget which records our each and every move on paper, all you need to do is get a pen and any paper and also a clip board is must, then fix this NoteTaker at the top of board and it will record your each and every stroke on paper. And while writing you can still see your writing on digitized form over the LCD screen of NoteTaker. Then when you are done with taking notes, just connect it to a computer and with the help of some software get it back to see on computer screen.
Isn't it sounds pretty awesome gadget.
Pro360
Pro360 claims they are reviewing sites since 1997, so they got a decade standing on the reviews of online casino. So if you would like to gamble and want to get a list of good sites then try this Pro360 as well. It may also help you to reduce your time in finding a good online place to gamble. Pro360 has a long list of criteria about how to give ratings to a site, as like every person has its own preference about games, features, bonus structures. And also to review a sites online features as what are they providing like online poker, craps, slots.
So if you would like to play any of these online games then give it a try, as there are not too many reviewing sites around for the gamblers.
Armani's Designer Phone for Samsung
After i saw this phone, only one thing that i said to me, how did i missed to know about Armani's Designer Phone for Samsung? Although it seems pretty like a chick phone but hey its still a cool gadget. So here it is what i found interesting about this one, infact my interest is always about a Phones features. I have also heard about Samsung and Armani planning to make a LCD TV as well.
Features:
Triband - 900/1800/1900
3.0 Megapixel camera.
2.6" 320x240 display QVGA Touch-screen with 262K Colours.
Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP Support.
MicroSD Expansion Slot.
Video formats - Wma and Mpeg4.
Audio formats - H263, AAC+/MP3/WMA, MPEG4, AAC, e-AAC+
Full Internet Browser.
Dimensions - 87.5 x 54.5 x 10.5mm
Weight - 85 grams
Ashop Commerce
At the end if you are running an shop and wants to get ecommerce software solution for it then try Ashop's ecommerce solution.
Smorty
Helio Ocean - Youtube too
Helio's latest the Helio Ocean is going to feature YouTube too, as Helio said that they are "most complete YouTube experience currently available on mobile." Its also provided with cool new features that makes you feel like you are using a computer, some of them are like, instant uploading, can also geo tag the posted videos with integrated GPS, and with login capability allows users to comment, video replies, and can even rate them.
Also has features like, phone has a dual-slider by which you can easily choose for either numeric keypad or a QWERTY keypad. It has a 2 megapixel camera, a music player, a full HTML browser, EV-DO support and alot of messaging options, you can also search the web directory by just from phone main screen.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
SSD (Solid State Drive)
Toshiba announced the launch of its new 128GB SSD (Solid State Drive) in Japan, and it is expected to be in the market by the Q1 (first quarter) of the 2008. While on the other hand Super Talent has already launched its 3.5 inch 256GB SSD in USA. But if you are going to see CES 2008 then you can easily have a look at these. Toshiba will be offering both SATA-2 SSD as well as SATA-2 drives in 1.8" and 2.5" form factors in 32 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB storage capacities. The maximum read speed of the SSD products is rated at 100 MB/s, the maximum write speed is 40MB/s with a SATA-2 interface. The operating life of the drive could be near about estimated at 1,000,000 hours.
Toshiba said that SSDs are able to remove NAND flash produced in 56 nm technology and can be integrate an original MLC controller that can support fast speeds, parallel data transfers and wear leveling, and can achieve performance levels that can be comparable to those of single level NAND flash SSDs. The multi level cells was key to achieve a density of 128 GB, the firm noted.
Monday, December 10, 2007
HD radio by Sangean
The most of technological advancement into the Radio broadcasting is the HD radio. The Radio by Sengean is a good quality HD radio, which is a better investment for all people who wants to have a good Digital based sound by Radio. The Sangean HD Radio has very attractive features like:
AM/FM/HD Radio with superior reception, with improved bass response and the most realistic acoustic reproduction.
Store up to 142 station presets.
Plays your iPod through the Aux jack.
FM radio sounds like a CD; AM sounds like today’s FM.
Humane Waking System — wake by a buzzer that ramps up or by an HD Radio station.
Receives additional digital HD2 Multicast programming with no subscription required.
Plugs into outlet with the included AC adapter. Credit-card-size remote runs on one 3V CR2032 battery.
At the end it’s a great deal. It can play your HD radio, wake up to whatever station you want, and also will plug and play with your iPod.
Wifi solution by Cradlepoint
If you are a crazy person and want to go wireless in your home even by a Phone, then this gadget is for you. This one is awesome gadget that can take the internet connection from your phone, and turn it into an 802.11b/g network, others can also connect through the same. If you dont want them to steal on your connection, then put the 64/128bit encryption that must be enough for most hackers out there.
The bad thing about is that right now its compatibility is limited to certain Sprint and Verizon products. As they both have very strong 3G networks, but they don't have enough coverage area. But still you need a Verizon or Sprint device to use this gadget, its cost around $179, but no body will regret to have this product.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Cowon A3
Cowon is about to launch its new portable media player known as the Cowon A3 in Japan. It will going to be equipped with the DaVinci chipset that works great for high performance video playback. Also it has features like, a 4″ WVGA (that's 16 million) display and supports WMA, MP3, OGG, WAV, FLAC, APE, and AC3 audio as well as mobile TV solutions like DMB, DVB-T, and 1-Seg. It will come in 30GB and 60GB models that retail for $450 and $540 respectively.
DIY Pico - ITX computer kit by VIA
This kit by VIA allows us to construct a x86 PC based on the Pico-ITX motherboard standard. The computer can be so small that it could fit inside of a drive bay on desktop PC. It may not be the most powerful machine, but it can take care of most basic tasks. Here’s a complete rundown of the specification:
- CPU - 1GHz VIA C7 Processor
- Chipset - VIA VX700 Unified Digital Media IGP Chipset
- Memory Support - 1 DDR2 533 SODIMM Socket, Up to 1GB
- Hard Disk Support - 1 UltraDMA 133/100/66 IDE 2.5″ Hard Disk
- Operation System Support - Windows 2000 / XP, WinCE, XPe, Linux
- USB Ports - 4 USB 2.0 ports
- LAN Port - 1 10/100Mbps RJ-45 LAN port
- Audio - Build-in High Definition Audio
- Audio Ports - 1 Microphone-in jack & 1 Line-out jack
- Display Port - 1 VGA port
- Dimensions - 15cm x 11cm x 4.5cm
- Average System Weight - 520g
Twist together lamp
Persons with some creativity will now going to appreciate this new Twist together Lamp. This lamp encourages you to design you own lamp. Individual blocks can connect together and illuminate with a simple twist. Many creations are possible by a single set of 4 blocks, but you can also connect multiple sets together expanding your options indefinitely. This is not a concept design but real and is possible to purchased for $109.
So have a great Christmas this year.
Friday, December 7, 2007
SlimBlade by Kensington
This mouse also has a feature which let its battery to last long really long, at least six months as it is claimed by the Company. They achieved this by syncing its power to the sleep cycle to the laptop. So you don't have to worry about turning your mouse off. This handy little mouse can be yours for $79.99.
Efergy meter
If you have a lot of gadgets around in your home it would be quite difficult to track all the amount of energy that is going wasted. Thanks to Efergy's energy meter, it will let you know about all the energy that is in use around every corner of the house. This little gadget that is also supposed to clean out the noise on power lines and make it cleaner, thereby lowering down bills. Well, if you are not as crazy as me, then the energy meter Efergy will help you monitor your exact energy use in real time. It can directly get to plug in into your mains cable, and also features a wireless, standalone display helps you become more energy efficient, less wasteful and save money at the same time.
By having a visual display showing exactly how much electricity is in in use at any one time means it’s easier to turn off what is not essential, such as used gadgets plugged in even if they are fully charged, as well as switch off unnecessary lighting.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Maxian E900 Blue Black PMP
Maxian has launched a new media player known as the E900 Blue Black that will be made available in Korea. The E900 Blue Black features improvements over the E900 series, featuring a color that follows its namesake along with a 60GB hard drive. The LCD displays up to 16 million colors (more than you’ll need) at a brightness of 350 candela, along with a 170-degree viewing angle. In addition, you get H.264 support. Too bad for people like me (living outside of Korea) will may probably never get hold of the E900 Blue Black.
Porsche P9521 Cellphone
UK will soon be having the Porsche P9521 cellphone sometime in the first half of this month - thats enough time to buy Christmas presents, so you have the chance to brag to others that you actually bought a Porsche for your kid/wife/hubby - just don’t let them know that it is a cellphone instead of a mean, street legal racing machine. The Porsche P9521 cellphone will be made available through Mobilephones24.co.uk
Porsche for most of us is a sleek and fast car that is capable of reaching 60 mph from a standing stop in under 5 seconds. Who would’ve thought that the automobile manufacturer would actually come up with a cellphone? Well, they have by collaborating with French partner Sagem, resulting the Porsche P9521. Made out of aluminum, it won’t be able to leave your competition eating dust and smelling burnt rubber, but at the very least they’ll drool after the handset as you make heads turn every time you pull out the handset from your pocket. The design consists of a double hinge system that enables you to open and rotate the phone a full 360 degrees, complete with a touch sensitive screen for a more user friendly experience. After all, touch sensitive displays seem to be the way to go these days, judging by the response that the iPhone as well as other smartphones like the HTC Touch are getting in the market.
Features includes mineral glass on the screen, an integrated fingerprint scanning device to keep your personal data safe, access to a concierge service, a 3.2 megapixel camera, an integrated MP3 player, Bluetooth connectivity, EDGE support and the all the necessary multimedia functions. Too bad there is no 3G on the P9521, as that feature would’ve capped off a fine performance from Porsche’s maiden entry into the world of cellphones.
Add Extra ports
Most of your computing needs when using a Laptop are likely run into the issue of not having enough ports. Face it, no matter how nice your laptop is, they just can’t ever seem to pack in enough USB ports, audio jacks and external video connectors. Well, if you have an ExpressCard slot, then you might want to consider picking up this ExpressCard Docking Station from Targus.
The Dock is specially made for laptop, it’s still got a few of the essentials that you might not already have. This Dock features 4 USB ports, Gigabit Ethernet, a serial port, a variety of audio jacks, one DVI and one VGA port. The nice thing about it is that the video output supports resolutions up to 1,600 x 1,200. Unfortunately, they left out a few ports like FireWire and S-Video.
It requires an AC adapter to work. The good thing is that your USB ports will be powered, and thus will be able to recharge any gadgets you might have when your notebook isn’t on. The additional ports are going to set you back around $300. Honestly, for that kind of cash you’d be better off looking for a dock that is specifically made for your laptop.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Speaking Paper Strip
"We're trying to get it to twenty seconds," he said.
"I have a daughter and I have photo albums," Berkun said, explaining how he came up with the idea for the company. Another large potential market lies in pharmacies and hospitals, which would put labels on medicine bottles. Thus, Mick Jagger, via your plastic prescription vial, could sing "You go running to the shelter of your mother's little helper" every time you go for a Paxil.
Hewlett-Packard is working on similar device called Memory Spot which is a sticker that contains a NAND flash chip. Memory spot prototypes can contain 256 kilobits to 4 megabits of data, so you could store videos in them or additional pictures. Pictures and videos on Memory Spots could be beamed to a computer or cell phone via an integrated networking interface.
Microsoft Surface
LG KU990 Viewty
The new LG’s KU990 is undeniably a slinky number in the world of mobiles phones. It’s a slim and good looking and doesn’t feel plastic. In simple terms this is a camera that you can ring people on as well as watch TV, browse the web and listen to music. Its has 66 mm touch pad screen which occupies most of the front making it look like a tiny plasma whilst on the reverse, a lens encircled by jog wheel used to control the zoom and navigate through menus and adjust volume, gives the familiar appearance of a camera!
Navigation is made straight forward and friendly by the large and sensible icon layout on the touch screen. Helpfully, you can also set the touchpad to vibrate when you touch it – confirming each selection. Although the icons and buttons on the touchpad are a good size, not having small fingers or long fingernails be a disadvantage, but if this is the case, the small extendable stylus on standby. The only slightly annoying thing is the storage of the stylus which dangles untidily from the top of the phone.
I found messaging slightly easier then on my usual phone – being able to swap swiftly from predictive text to alphabetical to numerical. There is also a clever little handwriting entry feature using the small extendable stylus, but disappointingly this led to errors in recognition and was slower than texting via the keypad. You can also text using a QWERTY keyboard if you wish.
The 5 megapixel camera is easy to access with dedicated camera buttons on the side which just as easily allows movie shooting and playback. As with many digital cameras there is an annoyingly long delay between button-press and shot resulting in missed moments when your subject moves – not great for taking pictures of children!
Viewing your pictures is almost as good as having your prints in your hand especially when using the landscape setting. Images can be viewed either as standard thumbnail or scattered around the screen which is quite snazzy. You can also zoom in and move your pictures around by brushing your finger over it which means you don’t miss any detail.
There is a comprehensive editing suite for images and video footage and the software included is easy to install and use which also allows you back up all you phones data. There is also a music player and FM radio.
The web browser is easy to use and allows you to see full web pages and then to zoom. You can even open up two windows at once and toggle between the two.
Battery life can be short if you find yourself playing with all the features – if using the camera on a day or night out, browsing the web and viewing images you will need your charger every couple of days.
Monday, December 3, 2007
AXA Core Fax Solutions
Car Generates hydrogen
This is the hydrogen-powered car that uses an on-board reversible Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell to conduct the entire hydrogen-generating and electrolytic process. Considered to be the future of hydrogen power, PEM fuel cells require minimal warm-up time, produce virtually no heat, and have a high power-to-weight ratio, ensuring efficient use and less wear on system components. The car’s reversible fuel cell uses distilled water and an electrical charge from the included solar panel to perform a 10-minute electrolytic process. It measures 6″ x 3″ x 2″.
NitroAV SATAStar
The 4-Port PCIe provides fantastic bandwidth for data throughput with its native PCIe host connection, utilizing the Silicon Image 3132 chipset and compatible with 4x, 8x and 16x PCIe slots. This 4-Port PCIe host adapter is designed for optimum performance and reliability required for large data storage needs as well as digital audio, digital video and graphic professionals alike. For video professionals this SATAStar Plus adapter supports 10-bit uncompressed HD, 8-bit uncompressed HD, DV, HDV, DVPRO HD, 8-bit and 10-bit SD video workflow. Sustainable transfer rate is the gauge and tests show throughputs with 4 drives OS stripped utilizing AJA KONA Systems Test exceeding 295Mb/s reads and 301Mb/s writes sustained and even faster with larger number of drives.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Toshiba 60GB Media Player
Toshiba Announces the MES60VK 2.4 Inches wide screen and a huge 60GB Space which can play music continiously for 10 long days or store upto 40 days of music of average quality.You can view the video’s and pictures stored via the 2-3/8″ Size Screen in bright and vivid colours.You can connect the player to a Tivo Series DVR and download Live TV shows and watch them anytime, also the downloading features allow you to download music directly from napster or AOL and store in WMA or MP3 formats.
Also features connection with the XBOX Console where in you can use it to play your own custom background tracks while playing the games. Also features a FM Radio which can be used to store the LIVE FM and a intergrated microphone useful for recording lectures and seminars.It also supports WAV,WMV 7, WMV 8, WMV 9 video files, displays JPEG files, weighs just 4.84 oz.The Batteries continiously work for 12 hours when fully charged.
The market price of this product is in the range of 240$ to 399$ based on the sellers.
Sony FE Series Laptops
SONY has once again unveiled a series of laptop, which targets the high-defined users to cater to their needs. The SONY VAIO FE SERIES is what the home users are looking for this kind. It has got an unprecedented feature, which makes even the most demanding person to meet the expectation.
There are many key features in it, which makes the FE SERIES the most sought after laptop. They have a Dual-core processors packed with Graphics in it and also have a next future generation of screen, which delivers the best of color, and brightness that you can get. The quality of screen is another thing you can look out for. It also has a 15-inch widescreen and also combined with the high-end WXGA resolution, which makes it ideal to watch your favorite movies and feel at home. It has also got a double Lamp Illumination, which helps increases, the contrast and also differentiates between true black colors and vibrant one.
For the first time, you also have the Intel core processor form the Intel which for their right combination of power and potential. With the addition of dual core processor, it steps ahead to the future.
It has also got a hefty hardware in use. This helps you get through the most demanding task and with the advanced DDR2 memory it helps in ultra speed computing with low power consumption. It also helps you to carry an array of task from the entertainment scheme to that of the intensive programs that you would carry out.
It has got an integrated optical drive in use which provides data storage of up to 8.5 GB which can be stored on one Double Layer DVD disc which makes it very easier for the user to port the data, save and share them.
It has also got the Windows Vista Premium, which makes it easier and enjoyable so that you can do anything on your PC. With its high end spectacular look and windows Media Center it takes you to the future. It has also got an exceptional audio quality, which has the original sound reality technology, which provides the surround sound technology. It has also got the integrated Blue tooth technology, which makes you to integrate with the other palm tops as well as other devices without having the need to go for the additional hardware or software.
It also got the unique optional docking with multi function bay, which helps you to expand the functionality and more options to it, even further. The bay unit is an ultra flexible one which helps to do the functionality without the use of excess hard ware in it. All these makes the FE SERIES the most sought after.
Static Electricity Eliminator
It’s that time of year, especially in the upper Midwest where I live. You come into your house from the outdoors, take off your jacket and the first metal object you touch….ZAP!! You get a shock. Or you’re walking around your furnace-heated house (which is most likely carpeted in some way, shape or form) and you again touch a metal or electrical object…ZAP!!! The risk when you walk around in your own home is that most likely, you will be touching your home computer or laptop and risk a device-destroying electrical zap.
Over at ThinkGeek, they sell the Static Electricity Eliminator, which is an ingenious little device that helps ensure that you are “static free”. All you do is hold the Static Electricity Eliminator and touch the rubber tip to a grounded object (a metal desk leg, your car door, a metal peg leg, etc). You will see a little face flash on the Static Electricity Eliminator’s screen verifying that you are static free. The best part is that it does not require batteries or a recharge to make it work (because you are the electricity by generating the static charge in the first place), you’ll be able to use it for many more winters to come.
Now you can safely take off your polar fleece and wool jackets without endangering your electronic gadgets! Go get one over at ThinkGeek for $9.99 - which is way cheaper than replacing that laptop.