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I’m always distrustful of these sort of deals, but the product looks good: Vetrix has developed an electric scooter that has a great top speed, acceleration, and range (62mph, 8 second 0-60, and 70 miles), able to be charged from a standard wall outlet in just a couple of hours. Someone has been sending out…
Top Swing is a robot with a mission to enlighten and better humanity by improving our golf swing. Six shafts controlled by a computer meet at a grip that fastens on to the club (rawr). The golfer grips the club like he’s about to swing at a ball and, taking into account factors like height,…
The SleepingBagDress prototype developed by Ana Rewakowicz allows you to inflate a convenient sleeping bag around you once the day is through. Uniblow Outfits, one of her other works, are made from rubber latex and shoe pumps and inflate as you walk around, allowing you to fall down with abandon and appear only marginally retarded.…
Dear laptop makers trying to take on the Powerbook: keep it up. The new ASUSTek W3000 is a sexy little notebook that manages that all-too-rare x86 laptop feat of being functional and pretty at the same time. For your aesthetic needs, the W3000 offers a gapless touchpad (how 2002!), latchless cover design and a lovely…
DAPreview has information on the three newest mobile players from Mpio, including the HD-400, a 5GB/8GB player with support for Microsoft’s all-you-can-eat Janus DRM. They’ve also confirmed the Mpio “1” with an extra-large 1.8-inch color screen (extra-large for a flash player, that is). There’s also the Mpio HD-500, a full-sized 40GB player with a iRiver/Creative-type…
The result of the Samsung Semiconductor and Freescale Semiconductor tag-team was apparently on display at the 3GSM show in Cannes, but nobody seemed to notice. Which is understandable, seeing as the model itself is about as remarkable as an D+ book report on my mom’s fridge. What’s interesting though is Samsung opting for UWB connection,…
So you know when we all sit around and bitch that mobile phone carriers are screwing us out of services because they can, but they we sort of forget about it when we start rolling up new characters? Well now you can actually do a little something about it, presuming you’re a Verizon customer who…
The Fly Catcher uses non-toxic bait to lure your least favorite insects into its mouth where two sensors give it the kill signal, clamping its mouth shut, crushing the bug in its plastic jaws (in theory). Opening up with a satisfied burp and ready for its next kill, the Fly Catcher is sure to class…
I’m unsure if it’s really the first ‘animal therapy robot,’ but the PARO is almost certainly a seal, which are not only cute, but very delicious. There isn’t much in the way of details on Akihabara News, but there are lots of pictures, as well as the note that the PARO has been recognized by…
Mobile Burn has more info on two upcoming Sony Ericsson handsets that were announced in Cannes, the W800 (the first phone to be branded as a ‘Walkman,’) and the K750 [right]. Both candybar phones look sort of fantastic, with built-in 2 megapixel sensors with autofocus, as well as the ability to play back music from…
TechNewsWorld reports that New York T-Mobile stores are selling out of Sidekick IIs, sales fueled by Paris Hilton’s brush with hackery last week. Ignoring the fact that all of Paris’ emails, photos and memos were unwillingly brought to the eyes of the public, scores of people have swept up the devices, now aware that they…
Future generations will judge us by our works and art left behind. They will use these achievements and failures to recreate life during our time, to understand how we lived and played and dreamed. Along with our weapons of mass destruction and meaningless giant gateways the color of parking cones, they will understand that despite…
Thailand IC-Design Incubator is developing a speaking drug label. Using that technology devil child RFID, each label will have a small chip that communicates with a reader, which will match the information with a drug directory database housed inside it and spit out the name of the drug, directions for use, and side effects in…
When I lie in bed at night, feeling stress draw crosses on my heart and figuring out how to take a bunch of you with me when I go, I rarely think about laptop stands on wheels. The idea must have kept someone at Keynamics awake at night, though, because they’ve created a laptop stand…
If you check out this press release showing off Synaptics’ new LightTouch capacitive interface solution—a system that lets you run your fingers over buttons like they were all part of a larger scroll pad—you’ll also be able to pick up that LG is going to announce a new hard disk-based music player, the LG JM50.…
In addition to the three new candybar phones announced today, Nokia is also showing off their new Wireless Plug-in Car Handsfree HF-6W, which plugs into a cigarette lighter and connects to your phone via Bluetooth. The gimmick is that the HF-6W uses something called ‘Speech Tracking Technology,’ where an array of four microphones is used…
Nokia has announced three new phones, none of which are going to blow you folks away, but with some decent features nonetheless. THe Nokia 6230i is an update to the candybar phone of the same designation, with a “high-resolution” 208 by 208 pixel screen (it helps to hold it right up to your eye). The…
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I was hoping for something a little more amazing, I guess, than a little white plastic USB converter, but I suppose the $30 iPod Camera Connector is better than nothing. When will they make a little USB camera that fits on the end, or a camera shell that envelops the iPod and uses it as…
In a sign that they’re happy exactly where they are, satellite radio operator XM has hiked their rates to $13 a month, a 30 percent increase from the precious $10 a month rate. If you’re already a subscriber, you can save yourself some scratch by pre-paying for a year (or longer, if you’re that sure…