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I’m not going to dump my standard mouse for this, but it’s nice for sufferers of carpal-tunnel syndrome. This is a pen-shaped mouse with scroll wheel and two buttons on the front. It was actually very responsive. Although I wasn’t able to sign my name with any fidelity, I was able to make curves and…
I’m not going to lie and say this isn’t really just a boring cable-laying robot, but the entire system is pretty cool. You’ve got this snake-machine with on-board cable stays that moves through live, but clean, sewer pipes. Every meter or so, it releases a spring-loaded ring and then another robot comes by to place…
We talked with some of the folks at BenQ and they’re basically saying that we probably won’t be seeing a lot of these phones in the U.S. this year. For example, you’ve got the E61 with dedicated music keys on top. It comes with 1MB built-in but the phone supports MiniSD for up to 1GB…
This is another one of BenQ-Siemens’ brushed aluminum composition phones. This phone is extremely slim at .75 inches and is nothing more than a phone. There are no extra add-ons. Yep, that means no media player and no camera. It is a basic, slim, phone Product Page.
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Singaporean industrial designer Jaren Goh’s mocked up an extremely stylish concept for a Sony Ericsson cameraphone he’s calling Black Diamond. The polycarbonate mirror finish skin, metal detailing and form factor are all rather sleek, but the coolest feature has got to be the OLED borderless screen. Very sexy! Jaren Goh Design Sony Ericsson Black Diamond…
Engineer Walter Zapp invented the Minox sub-miniature camera in 1936. It subsequently went on to be marketed both as a luxury camera and as a spy camera—it was used by real spies the Falcon and the Snowman, and fictional spies like James Bond in You Only Live Twice. The high-gloss chrome finish LX Special Edition…
The Anima Causa Feel Seating System is made of 120 elastic fabric-covered balls that move around with you, changing their form with what the designer calls the emotional state of the body. Inspired by molecular structures, it can be arranged in a nearly unlimited number of positions. Fold it up into a seat, lay it…
Nokia recently announced their AD-42W Audio Gateway, which lets compatible devices like phones or computers stream music out in one of two modes, to either home stereo systems or Bluetooth headsets. It works with phones with the A2DP Bluetooth profile; currently only the Nokia 8800 supports that but more are coming this year, maybe even…
A problem has surfaced with the popular RAZR phones sold through Cingular and T-Mobile, where calls are cut off because a component erroneously registers that the phone has been closed. Motorola said RAZR phones sold by Verizon were not affected because they use wireless technology different from that of Cingular and T-Mobile. Even though Motorola…
Here s another USB product to add to the ever-growing list, the four-port Mini Mirror Hub, a functional device that expands the number of USB ports you have and lets you stare at yourself all day long at the same time. It s USB 2.0 compatible, and is just 1.5 inches square. Not a bad…
Not quite the same as the Siemens ParkMate we showed you earlier that will park your car for you, the Moodoofree Plus Kit is a Bluetooth-enabled rearview mirror replacement that has a set of parking sensors attached to your car s bumper that show your distance from an obstacle or another vehicle. It even tells…
Here’s a neat idea from Jabra. The BT325 is a pair of earphones that you plug into your MP3 player, but also inside is a Bluetooth headset that you can use with your cellphone. It’s smart, too, because when your cellphone rings, if you have a A2DP-enabled phone it stops the music and switches over…
FingerGear follows the Computer-on-a-Stick (COS) bootable USB drive with Computer-on-a-Stick Pro, an update that lets you access files on the host PC and other USB drives, too. So now if your PC tanks, you can just plug in this baby and still have access to all your files. Like its predecessor, Computer-on-a-Stick Pro is pre-loaded…
Believe us, we are swimming in a sea of crap over here. For every one awesome thing, there are handfuls of booths with absolute junk. Here we clearly are observing Oakley Thump knockoffs. This one is worse because it is a cheap knockoff and comes in colors that induce vomiting. After the jump check out…
Still no sign of Robosapien yet, but we did catch the Robonova. This is a fully customizable and programmable aluminum robot. The movement of this robot is done with HiTEC “muscles.” These smart muscles and joints give complete control of torque, speed and position. The programming software is simple, so advanced knowledge of programming is…
We stumbled upon the case modding competition entries. Most of the entries ended up being ho-hum:mdash;full of big fancy windows, neon lights, water cooling and crazy dials, but this mod won the heart of Gizmodo by representing the average house in Anytown, U.S.A. It is fully equipped with a floppy drive above the garage and…
This combination watch/MP3 player was designed from Geil with the sports enthusiast in mind. It is available in 256MB, 512MB, or 1GB version supports Bluetooth 1.2 for the headphones. It can playback MP3, WMA, WAV and ASF. There are different colored interchangeable bands. All is good except for the fact that it is only USB…
Handmade in Japan, the Nyokki Pets egg-shaped glazed ceramic planters will grow the included rye grass to full height in less than two weeks. Shave a mohawk on the monkey or braid pigtails onto the panda, you can clip fearlessly as the grass will eventually grow back long enough for you to style it again.…
Day Two here at CeBIT in Hannover and we can safely say that we’ve trundled past all the big announcements. This is a huge show, but all of the real announcements seem to happen at U.S. and Asian shows unfortunately. But if you noticed what those announcements were—Origami, improvements in flash drives, lots of PMPs…