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It’s not a commercial product yet (which won’t stop the spammers from sending me requests to “Please to purchase 144 one gross products”), but the inventor of this ‘Paper Clock’ is working to secure initial funding. I hope he gets it—I’d love to own a clock that heated up the back of temperature sensitive paper…
Until the dust settles there’s not much to talk about, but it’s worth noting that Sprint has officially announced its acquisition, making the new ‘Sprint Nextel’ corporation the third-largest wireless carrier in the country. What will be interesting is their plans to unify the CDMA technology that Sprint uses with the IDEN standard that Nextel…
Product Highlights • Still no patch, but more info from PalmOne on Treo 650 Issues [Blueserker] • NBC’s Entire Late Night Lineup…in High Definition HDTV in 2005 [About] • Psion Teklogix recalls power adaptors [TheInquirer] • Cornice CES Plans Include Crash-Proof Drive [ExtremeTech] Business • Cell phone sales fall 41.7% in Oct [JapanToday] Reviews •…
White is fine and dandy for consumer electronics until they get into the ol’ A/V rack, then you want black or silver (or if I had my druthers, wood grain veneer as far as the eye can see). SilverStone’s new LC11 Micro ATX home theater PC case looks like it gets it right, then, with…
Tokyo University researchers have developed a scanner embedded in a flexible sheet of plastic that will allow archivers to get into the cracks of old and fragile books without cutting apart the spine. Plus the scanner uses a set of organic diodes to register the image using reflected light, meaning just a good, bright fluorescent…
Wal-Mart has begun selling a flash memory-based MP3 player under its store brand ‘iLo’ for just $80. Called the ‘iLo Music Player’ (as far as I can tell), the unit comes with 256MB of memory and a built-in FM radio tuner. Someone get out to Wal-Mart and test one out for us, okay? The closest…
Yay! It looks like Honda is finally updating the Asimo, their bipedal humanoid robot. The first Asimo has been around forever—it was one of the first to actually walk up and down stairs, albeit slowly—but the next generation unit is designed to operate much more quickly with a greater flexibility (it also doesn’t appear to…
Digital Mind is offering the DMC 8270, a new 20GB hard disk-based player for just $250. It’s not fancy, but it does use a USB 2.0 interface and can play back Ogg Vorbis as well as MP3, plus it can sync up with Outlook to keep your contact list handy. Also, I love the progression…
Someone over at Apple must be an anime fan, because Bandai Networks has somehow scored the license to release a very, very limited edition “Evangelion iPod.” Laser-engraved with the logo of NERV, everyone’s favorite Tokyo-3 defending organization, the Eva iPod also comes with a specially designed case looking strikingly like a plug suit, headphones, and…
Oh SushiDisks, what varieties won’t you come in? SolidAlliance has added five new models to their SushiDisk lineup, including shrimp and salmon, bringing the total to ten. Still 128MB, still USB 2.0, and still the most delicious USB flash memory you’ll ever see. Press Release [SolidAlliance] Related Dynamism Selling Sushi USD [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/dynamism-selling-sushi-usb-24649
Motorola announced yesterday this tiny Mini-moto MS400 phone in Korea, a diminutive slider phone that’s similar in form and function to the Pantech & Curitel PH-S4000—it’s as much an MP3 player as a phone, they say. It looks just a skotch longer than the PH-S4000, but it’s still fairly small. And while slider keypads aren’t…
This press release from the International Imaging Industry Association and Sandisk feels a little bit like kicking film cameras when they’re already down. According to a study done by the groups out of the goodness of their hearts, flash memory-based media (like those in digital cameras and cameraphones) will make it though airport X-ray scanners…
Flash memory Game Boy cartridges are always welcome around here, so seeing this MPEG4/MP3 player with a built-in SD slot was notable enough—then I realized it was from Nintendo themselves, which is even more surprising. Obviously, it’s not designed to play games, but the unit can play back movies for up to 4 hours at…
Although the day we discovered that David Hasselhoff was not going to be the official Bluetooth SIG spokesperson was a cold, lonely one—we could feel the winds of change whipping through our Member’s Only jacket—we are comforted by this one-of-a-kind iPod signed by Hassel the Hoff himself. The 20GB 4G model is pre-loaded with David’s…
Just like 8-tracks were easier to deal with than vinyl and CDs were easier to deal with than cassette tapes, it’s become apparent to everyone that MP3s and FLACs and OGGs are all easier to lug around than a stack of CDs. Whether you’re carrying around burned DVDs, thumb drives shaped like bunnies, luscious iPods,…
What do you get for the iPod fan that already has an iPod? They’ve already gotten a fantastic music player and a smug sense of superiority—what more could they possibly need? Try this Concertino amplifier and speaker combo from Germany’s Goldster Audio—at €3,200 it should smear a smirk on the face on the snobbiest puss.…
Some good chap is selling hand-made portable USB 5GB hard drives stuffed into Starbucks mint tins—not the most auspicious container around, but a nice bit of soldering all the same. You can Buy It Now for $225, but he’s also got a cheaper 2.5GB version in a blue tin, if you want to go a…
If you’re a resident of that big island on the other side of the planet, you’ll be able to try out the Roamio disposable videocamera for yourself, as they’re now reported to be available at online retailer Extrafilm Australia. The cameras will set you back $50AU, after which you’ll be able to record 10 minutes…
Once a week, composer/laptop performer Peter Kirn of createdigitalmusic spotlights gear for musicians and DJs, from the essential to oddball. This week, he highlights the first wireless remote control for pro audio software, plus a radically different approach to music making: playing with blocks. ESSENTIAL: High-end home theaters have sophisticated wireless remote controls, so why…
The words “mystery vehicle” are music to my ears. I’ll look at spy photos for the most boring, uninteresting cars Detroit produces as long as the cars remain clad in black plastic and duct tape. This Belorussian balloon-wheeled vehicle is even better—it’s right out in the open for God and country to see, but nobody…