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eco tiles

SRS Roof Tiles Power Your House, Give Your Energy Provider the Pink Slip

Looks like those concept building shingles that double as solar-electric cells are getting a real-life counterpart in SRS Energy's solar roof tiles. Designed to look like "normal" roof tiles, they come in active and inactive tile versions, incorporating special connectors so wiring-up is simple. More »

cellphones

Zumobi Browser Beta For WM5 and 6 Now Live: Content Partners Announced

The Microsoft backed Zumobi browser is now freely available to download for anyone running Windows Mobile 5 or 6 (Blackberry and selected J2ME compatibility will be coming early in the second quarter of 2008.). They have also announced content partnerships with providers such as Amazon.com, MTV Networks, The Associated Press, AccuWeather.com, Traffic.com, FlightStats.com and OTOlabs, who developed Tiles for Vail Resorts and Fox Television's "Family Guy." More »

cellphones

Microsoft Backed ZenZui is Now Zumobi, Announces Beta of New Mobile Browser

Our first look at Microsoft backed ZenZui came back in March when we discovered a new mobile browser that promises to make "painful loading delays a thing of the past." In a call today with the folks at ZenZui, I learned that they will now and forevermore be known as Zumobi, along with new details about the browser and information on how the general public can get involved in the beta that launches on December 14th.
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gadgets

Bathroom LED Tiles

My bladder isn't exactly huge, but I've been blessed with never having to wake up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night (give me another 30 years). But for those who potty in the dark to not wake up their wives, there's Steuler Fleiesen Tiles that embed LED lights into each tile to illuminate your path. More »

gadgets

Intelligent Tiles

We're going to give this one a "Wow cool," which we rarely give anything. Apparently these tiles act as switches and can be embedded in walls and floors (??). The entire system costs about $4,500 and currently appears in a home of the future called U-LAT made by manufacturer Tau Ceramic. Not sure where the contacts are on here, but the concept is quite compelling. More »

home entertainment

Living Floor Reacts to Your Steps

b.Lab Italia brings you Living Floor, interactive floor tiles that react to your steps, letting you leave disappearing footprints all over the room. Available in a variety of colors and metallic finishes, these PVC tiles are made up of a non-slip clear covering with an underlying interactive fluid layer. It's like beach sand, moving and changing its appearance as you walk on it. More »