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Gizmodo Japan – Desktop Remote Control

You can control your TV, DVD/CD, amplifier, and air conditioner with this stylish desktop remote control. What about all those buttons, you ask? Well, each of the sixty five button has only one function. Volume is changed with a jogdial. It’s currently available at at Evergreen‘s and costs about $84. SKN Online Shop[Rakuten Ichiba]

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Linksys WIP300 VoIP Handset

Seems we can look forward to a new Linksys VoIP handset by next week. The WIP300 uses any 802.11b/g Wi-Fi network, includes a POP email facility and has 1.8″ color display—but it’s going to cost you. The phone runs for $250 (when was the last time you spent that much on a non-cellular phone? 1982?),…

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Swiss Army Night Vision Watch

The Swiss Army Night Vision Watch is akin to its faithful multitasking cousin, the Swiss Army Knife, except this wrist companion specializes in a variety of ways to cut through the inky black of night using LEDs. Activate a powerful strobe so others can see you from distance, or push a button and its dial…

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GM Files Patent for Car Multimedia Network

Lumbering carmaker GM has decided to bring itself into the 21st century by filing a patent for a multimedia infrastructure for cars. In its Rube Goldbergian patent application drawing above, the car company places a microprocessor and hard drive at the heart of this multimedia system, and has even taken into account digital rights management…

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New Samsung Digicams: L60 and L85

Two Samsung digital cameras just came across the transom, the L60 and the L85. The L60 has a 6-megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, and a super-macro function for close-ups. The L85 is an 8-megapixel camera with retro styling and 5x optical zoom. Both cameras are extremely portable and will be shown in at this year’s…

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The Ironic Board

Made of moisture resistant multi-ply board, the Ironic board is meant to take the place of your ugly, everyday ironing board. However, in Surf and Cactus designs, it looks more appropriate for a dorm room than your living room. Cactus comes in green, brown, red and blue and Surf is available in red, yellow, blue…

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Hotronic Footwarmer: Get On the Good Foot

The Hotronic FootWarmer Power Plus is a surefire cure for popsicle toes, giving you 14 hours of toasty warm feet for $165. Packing high-capacity batteries designed for cold temperatures, your feet can maintain a balmy 90 all the live-long day. When day is done, charge them up for another round. Hot stuff. Cozy Winters [via…

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Unazukin: A Toy

From Japan (big surprise), here’s the Bandai Unazukin, a new tiny toy that can be a good companion as well. Made to react to your voice, this doll-like thing will nod or shake its head “whenever appropriate.” Though I just can’t imagine exactly how it knows when you want a nod or a shake, but…

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WiFi Calls on Cellphones: Coming Soon

Philips has announced that sometime next year, a US cellphone carrier will be using its Nexperia 6120 chipset to allow you to make calls on home WiFi networks—for a flat rate of a few dollars a month. Already in the Samsung SGH-T709 phone, the UMA solution uses Philips’ BGW211 802.11g WLAN chipset and allows you…

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Micro-Mini Projector from Light Blue Optics

And we thought projectors were getting small when they were the size of a Mac mini! Light Blue Optics has created a micromini projector that’s the size of—wait for it—a matchbox, and it s going to be used with a cellphone. Its secret is new PVPro technology, an automechanical process that s adept at scaling…

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Super-Luxury Vacations Aboard Airborne Cruise Ships?

Some members of the Gizmodo team have flown on the Goodyear blimp, and marvel at that thrill of standing on a platform in the air. Now blimp maker Worldwide Aeros Corporation says it plans to offer that experience to paying customers by 2010. It has teamed up with hospitality and leisure firm WATG in an…

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Subaru Deals in XM, Sirius

Subaru has decided not to lock itself into just one satellite radio contract for its 2007 vehicles and has signed agreements with both Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio. For Stern fans, Sirius will be offered as an exclusive port and dealer installation option in its 2007 Subaru Forester and Subaru Impreza. But it…

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Using the Human Body as a Transfer Medium for Chips

Recently, research has turned to using the human body as a medium for data transfer, also known as a personal area network. At the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology modified an iPod nano to use a human finger to transfer audio signals…

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Samsung SC-DC164 DVD Camcorder

Samsung introduced the FC-DC164, yet another DVD-based camcorder at CES, and will ship it March 1. Even if your mind is wandering toward those camcorders that use hard disks or even flash drives, or those more-advanced shooters that venture into HD territory, go with one like this if you’re looking to save some money. That’s…

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Bodywarmer Gear

I remember throwing those little hand warming packets in my mittens while I froze my butt off at Giants games as a kid, so this Bodywarmer gear looks like a grand idea. Made from fabric that self-heats using hidden heating wire woven right in, these vests, jackets and gloves are also water resistant. Between 3…

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Sensodome: The Environment

Sensodome is an experience. Not just a pretty, dome-shaped face, this “multisensory environment” has all kinds of surprises up it’s, um, dome, bringing you aromatherapy, oxygen fortification, surround-sound audio, guided imagery, and even massage therapy in 10, 20, or 30 minute sessions. Basically, it’s built for public places—like an airport lounge, shopping center or convention…

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Better Teeth With Electric Zapper

Israeli company Fluorinex Active has come up with a device that uses an electrical current to help keep cavities away. Using 6-9 volts of electricity, the fluoride-based gel that sits in the tray of the gadget is ionized, then forms a protective layer over your teeth that should last for 5 whole years. Though it…

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Fossil Dumping Abacus and SPOT Watches?

WristDreams has found that Fossil removed the Palm OS-based smart watches and SPOT watches from their site. Looks like things aren’t looking good for the high-geek wrist computer market. I suspect SPOT will hang on, but the Palm watch, while VERY cool, was just too late and too underpowered. It will make for some great…

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Off Limits Voice Vault

Further evidence that it’s not what you say but how you say it, the Off Limits Voice Vault locks up your valuables and can only be opened with a voice-activated password. Although this is not exactly brand new, it does look like fun to record a codeword into this little safe ( open sesame, perhaps?),…

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Samsung SGH-Z150

Not too much information on this Samsung cellphone, other than it looks like the world’s thinnest 3G WCDMA phone (.4 inches thick) and is set to be shown at 3GSM. Oh well, at least we have a pic. More to you when we get it. Samsung SGH-Z150 Cell Phone [Mobilewhack] More Samsung cell phones [Shopping.com]

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Gizmodo Japan – Desktop Remote Control

Linksys WIP300 VoIP Handset

Swiss Army Night Vision Watch

GM Files Patent for Car Multimedia Network

New Samsung Digicams: L60 and L85

The Ironic Board

Hotronic Footwarmer: Get On the Good Foot

Unazukin: A Toy

WiFi Calls on Cellphones: Coming Soon

Micro-Mini Projector from Light Blue Optics

Super-Luxury Vacations Aboard Airborne Cruise Ships?

Subaru Deals in XM, Sirius

Using the Human Body as a Transfer Medium for Chips

Samsung SC-DC164 DVD Camcorder

Bodywarmer Gear

Sensodome: The Environment

Better Teeth With Electric Zapper

Fossil Dumping Abacus and SPOT Watches?

Off Limits Voice Vault

Samsung SGH-Z150

Meta’s Two New Smart Glasses Are Slimmer and More Like Regular Glasses

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