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Gun Hair Dryer

What better way for the new and progressive teenage goth to dry her hair than by pointing this pistol hair dryer scalpwards? The imagery is charming, and as one commenter pointed out, this is not the way you want your children to see their mother drying her hair, lest they try it themselves with daddy’s…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 25 '05

Transparent Desktop Screens

Here’s a fun little flickr gallery of “transparent desktop screens”. Users take a picture of whatever lies directly behind their displays, crop them accordingly, set the picture as their new wallpaper, and take a picture of the whole set up. Ultimately a lot of time spent on something that only works if you don’t move…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 25 '05

Dolphin 2 Air-to-Water Unit

Air2Water makes units that generate pure and filtered water from ambient atmospheric water vapor, allowing you to stick it to your local municipality (assuming you’re content with “up to six liters a day). Their website isn’t quite complete in some places, so it’s difficult to determine how well this might work in the desert or…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 25 '05

Targus Kaleidoscope Mouse

Targus has a small and convenient Kaleidoscope mouse that will make you all the rage on your next business class flight as the colored light pulses through seven different shades underneath your palm. The mouse also features a retractable USB cable and an ambidextrous design. Would that I could control its color by a software…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 25 '05

BottleSpy Counting Bottle Opener

The Red Ferret Journal brings us the BottleSpy, a bottle opener that counts how many Michelob Ultras you’ve been conned into drinking. The LCD display keeps count and turns off after 15 seconds to save its battery. I’m thinking that if you can increment it by hand by toying with the sensor, that’d be great…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 24 '05

World Expo Robot Custodian

Another day, another robotic debut at the Aichi World Expo. Subaru shows off their RoboHiter, which is effectively a street cleaning robot. It’s equipped with GPS and position recognition and uses laser sensors and triangulation to, you know, move around and stuff. The RoboHiter “cleans floors and can pick up a garbage can” and will…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 24 '05

Essure Incision-Free Female Sterilization Method

Medgadget reports on a recent award given to Conceptus for their Essure permanent birth control system. An Essure mico-insert is placed at the opening of the fallopian tube. It expands and anchors itself and soon, a tissue in-growth begins growing around the device, effectively closing off the tube entirely. The effectiveness of the device in…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 24 '05

Windows Mobile 2005 (Magneto) Screenshots

Tasty screenshots of Windows Mobile 2005 (aka Magneto) abound now that the ROM has been leaked. I’m biting my tongue on the obligatory X-Men joke, but the screenshots look sharp. (Granted, that was how my grandmother used to describe me, so I’m really just assuming it’s a pleasant thing.) Check them out at PhoneMag (they…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 24 '05

Sleepwatcher Alarm Watch Reviewed (Verdict: Fantastic)

We first mentioned the Sleeptracker watch earlier this month. Now, a watch designed to supposedly wake you up while at the lightest part of your sleep cycle leaving you completely rested sounds a lot like paid-advertising poppycock. Refreshingly enough, (note the subtle pun) the Sleeptracker more than lives up to its namesake and received quite…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 24 '05

(Practically) Overnight iPod Repair

For those of you who care for your iPod more than your own liver, TechRestore has launched their iPodRestore program. For $29, you can select the Full-Restore plan and wait as a specially designed box is sent your way for you to ship your iPod in. It includes overnight shipping both ways, and an estimate.…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 23 '05

Cockroach Inspired Touch Sensors for Robots

John Hopkins University is showing off their newest touch sensor for robots. Its flexible and wand-like antenna consists of six strain gauges that have been molded in urethane, giving it an accuracy of 1-1.5cm and allowing it to closely follow a wall. They also intend to install an actuator, allowing the antenna to sweep, making…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 23 '05

Slingbox Personal Broadcast On The Horizon

We first mentioned the Slingbox Personal Broadcaster back in August but it’s looking like the device might actually materialize on store shelves sometime soon. The 1.5 pound Hershey-styled box has a built-in TV tuner and wired ethernet and allows you to dial up your home media selection from anywhere using any compatible device (cell phone,…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 23 '05

Contact Lenses Report Glucose Levels

Chris Geddes at the University of Maryland is working on a pair of contact lenses able to change appearance based on the wearer’s glucose levels. Moisture from the tear ducts contains glucose that binds with the molecules of boronic acid [added to disposable contact lenses], with the reaction causing fluorescence. A handheld unit shines a…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 23 '05

RFID Home Starter Kit

iAutomate is selling their RFID Starter kit, a $480 package that includes a long range RFID reader, their RFID software plugin (for your existing home-automation setup) and the required cables. Attaching a $30-$60 RFID tag to your household assets will let you track their movements, control security features based on personal presence, receive notification when…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 23 '05

Robot Security Guards Debut At World Expo

The flow of robots just doesn’t stop at the Aichi World Expo. This time, they take the form of Ligurio, a prototype security robot made by Tmsuk. The bot can recognize strangers from 30 miles away and is equipped with a voice warning system. Ligurio also sports two folding arms allowing it to grab explosives…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 23 '05

Solar Death Ray

Straight out of a (low-budget) Bond flick is the Solar Death Ray, a combination of particle board, 112 mirrors and, of course, Sol. Each of the mirrors are pointed towards one area, focusing the sun’s rays onto a target easily heated up to 930-1100 degrees Fahrenheit. The project page contains bunches of science facts and…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 22 '05

Panasonic 65″ Plasma Touch Screen

InfoSync World cleans up their CeBIT coverage with a piece on Panasonic’s 65″ Plasma HDTV with an infrared frame that turns it into an enormous touch screen. Referencing Minority Report far too many times, the reviewer tells us that Panasonic had developed some very specific weather tracking and aerial navigation software to take advantage of…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 22 '05

Hand-Cranked Blender

Providing you with the perfect excuse for a belated Daiquiri, Lehman’s Hard-Cranked Blender lets you hit speeds of 3600 rpm (based on 80 turns/minute) and blend just about anything without using any electricity. Just $100, the 5-cup capacity blender has two gear ratios allowing for “low” and “high” speeds, so if you want “Puree”, it’s…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 22 '05

Pixel Roller

More goods from the Interaction Design WORK IN PROGRESS show manifest in the Pixel Roller, by Stuart Wood and Florian Ortkrass. It can be viewed like a hand printer, the pixel roller can roll out any image, video or text manually, at any speed or direction, round corners and over surfaces. … The pixels are…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 22 '05

Nokia 6680 Now Shipping

Nokia is now shipping their 6680 “3G Imaging Smartphone” which they introduced last month. The 6680 has two integrated 1.3 MP cameras which will allow for easy two-way video calls and a flash. PictBridge allows you to send your pictures directly to your printer via Bluetooth, a USB cable or the included memory card. It’s…

Tech News Cardinal Mar 22 '05

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Gun Hair Dryer

Transparent Desktop Screens

Dolphin 2 Air-to-Water Unit

Targus Kaleidoscope Mouse

BottleSpy Counting Bottle Opener

World Expo Robot Custodian

Essure Incision-Free Female Sterilization Method

Windows Mobile 2005 (Magneto) Screenshots

Sleepwatcher Alarm Watch Reviewed (Verdict: Fantastic)

(Practically) Overnight iPod Repair

Cockroach Inspired Touch Sensors for Robots

Slingbox Personal Broadcast On The Horizon

Contact Lenses Report Glucose Levels

RFID Home Starter Kit

Robot Security Guards Debut At World Expo

Solar Death Ray

Panasonic 65″ Plasma Touch Screen

Hand-Cranked Blender

Pixel Roller

Nokia 6680 Now Shipping

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