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Dell has announced they will be updating their value notebook line with the introduction of the “Lattitude 110L,” starting at $899. Don’t expect too much in the specifications department, but it appears that the least you can possibly get is a 1.3GHz Celeron M with 256MB of RAM, a 30GB hard drive, and a 24x…
A number of electric boats have recently been released by Johnson Outdoors, and they’re calling them “Escape Watercraft.” Though the pictures on the official site lead me to believe that the users are in fact not escaping from impending doom, I remain confident that electricity and water is a fantastic combination. Thankfully, Johnson Outdoors has…
Sharp Systems of America has announced that they too will be releasing an update to their “AL3D” line of notebooks with 3D displays, the “Actius AL3DU.” Though the specifications appear to be the same as the “AL3DH” announced by Sharp of Japan (which we’ve already talked about), stateside Sharp has for some reason dropped the…
So my plans to check out the other phone manufacturers were hurt by the fact that everyone but Siemens is still building their booths. But a quick stroll by Samsung’s booth gave a couple of surprises. In addition to the 7-megapixel cameraphone they’ll be showing off, they also are showing off a 5-megapixel cameraphone with…
Panasonic has introduced their newest Toughbook, this one built on Intel’s new Sonoma mobile chipset. Featuring a 1.86GHz CPU and a “shock-and-intrusion hardened 13.3-inch daylight readable, anti-reflective, transmissive touchscreen at 1024×768 resolution,” the Toughbook steps it up with PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet, wireless (including GPRS/GSM), and a DVD/CD-RW drive. The newest Toughbook is capable of…
Sony has announced that they will release software allowing the PSP to connect to your Mac or PC. While third-party software already exists that does this, Sony’s announcement shows their level of support for the device’s USB and wireless capabilities. Available within a year from them, (in Japan, of course) the direct connection will make…
For the discriminating musician who considers himself above music-by-worm, there is now a more sanitary and colorful approach available. AudioCubes, created by Bert Schiettecatte, are smart blocks that can emit light and process sound in real-time, based on their relative location to each other. A signal processing network is created and altered by moving the…
A new company called Ageia has announced that they’ve created the world’s first chip dedicated to physics acceleration. Emblazoned with the clever name “PhysX,” the company hopes to release the chip in time for Christmas and is marketing the processing unit both for use in add-on cards and as an integrated solution in next-generation consoles.…
Akihabara News shows us a new way to charge your cell while on the run, using the power of you. Attach the Foot Power 505i to your Schwinn using the included mounting bracket and get rolling. A small dynamo sends juice to a compatible cell phone mounted on your handlebars. Figuring out a way to…
This concept was so off the wall that Siemens didn’t even have a name for it besides something like “Super Future Laser Communicator” or something. The idea, as you can’t tell from the picture, but could tell from the kiosk video, is that a built-in laser display (like the iBiz Virtual Keyboard, sort of, except…
Siemens is also showing off about a half-dozen of these DVB-H prototype phones, which as far as I can tell are just barely working (the DVB satellites aren’t up yet for Korea, I’ve heard, but is Europe even getting DVB? I should start actually talking to these people instead of eating their fish). No plans…
The ‘Runster’ is a prototype application that uses a clip-on belt sensor in conjunction with music from a Bluetooth-enabled cellphone to provide a custom audio soundtrack—sort of. Really, all it does is slow down or speed up the tempo depending on how fast you’re running. It’s a cute trick, but in practice it would seem…
Siemens is also launching the M75, a new GSM phone that’s designed for ‘rugged’ applications. With an aluminum frame providing rigidity and rubberized cushions protecting from sudden impact, the M75 is otherwise a pretty standard Siemens phone. In addition to the now-standard 1.3-megapixel camera, the M75 also features an MP3/AAC music player, RS-MCC card slot,…
Siemens flagship model launch at CeBIT is the SXG75, a 2-megapixel cameraphone with built-in GPS, as well as FM radio, MP3 player, Bluetooth, and a second VGA camera for videoconferencing. The 240 by 320 pixel display is 262k colors, and built-in memory starts at 128MB, expandable via RS MultiMediaCards. It’s a candybar model, too, available…
“Probably the new Siemens SX2!” was in the subject line of the email I received regarding this phone. “Probably” yes, but I’m “definitely” not able to read a lick of Czech, nor did the machine translation help me out. Still, I made out the word “Reuters,” so I expect more information to be revealed shortly.…
What form of entertainment could possibly be better than a concert of electronic music coming from Gameboys and NESs? Absolutely nothing actually, and the DATA DESTRUCTION TOUR 2005 is set to kick off March 11th in New York. Tour stops include Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Philly, and a final closer in New York on the 20th.…
Once again, Handtops.com has assured us that the Tiqit is not dead. We first undeaded it back in August of last year, and now we’re unundeading it again. Frankly, with all this back and forth, shouldn’t it just go ahead and be dead? The thing doesn’t look that cool anyway; these upgraded specifications Handtops.com reports…
Dear Adidas: What’s up with only making the Adidas 1 in Men’s 7 through 11? You know what they say about companies who make only make self-adapting $250 shoes in this size range, right? Related Adidas 1 Launches March 18th [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/adidas-1-launches-march-18th-34806
And that’s another pic of the bizarre robot mannequin we talked about on Monday. If I saw a mannequin move, I’d be reminded of that crappy movie “Evolver.” (Thanks, Eddy!) Robot mannequin strikes a pose [HowardForums] Related Robot Mannequins Spy on Shoppers [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/robot-mannequins-spy-on-shoppers-35113
As I grow older and more reliant on cigarettes to regulate my breathing, I’ve accepted that the dry, recycled air of plane rides to mean instant fever, as the expelled organisms from a thousand passengers take root in my feeble lungs. So when I stumbled off my three-leg flight into Hannover, I was walking more…