Open Here Bottle Opener For there’s simplicity in its operation and robustness in its manufacture. Once affixed to the wall with a pair of sturdy screws, simply insert the head of the bottle into the mouth of the device, then press in and down, removing the top in a trice. See price Tags: design, toys, Ogg Vorbis, AAC (Read the full post about ‘Open Here Bottle Opener’…)
This cell phone is powered by a Hydrogen fuel cell that works by extracting hydrogen from water, then extracting electrons from the hydrogen. It is a water-powered phone, in a sense. Of course, some energy is needed to break water into hydrogen for now, but it’s conceivable that solar energy or another crazy tech like the electricity generating cloth could help. Strangely, there’s no word on what the battery life if this phone is. Isn’t that the main point for users? By Angstrom Power and Motorola. Tags: digital, design, Gadget, MP3 (Read the full post about ‘Hydrogen Powered Phone’…)
Posted Feb 15th 2008 5:17PM by Darren MurphFiled under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Media PCs Not like it’s any huge surprise or anything — after all, the HD DVD deathwatch is already in full effect — but Niveus has just informed us that due to “customer demand and format war influences,” it will be adding support for Blu-ray and “ceasing production of hd dvd-based servers.” According to CEO Tim Cutting, “incorporating Blu-ray into its offerings has always been part of the plan, but the demand from its customers, market trends, and recent announcements expedited its decision to come to market with Blu-ray support sooner rather than later.” Adding more salt to the wound, he continued by saying that “while it has stood behind HD DVD as a viable high-definition platform, company engineers have been running Blu-ray in its testing facilities and are very impressed with the performance and integration with its servers.” Another one bites the proverbial dust, eh?Tags: DAB, lcd, tests, gaming (Read the full post about ‘Niveus pledges allegiance to Blu-ray, bids adieu to HD DVD’…)
This patent application from Apple is for an application called Podmap. It looks like it has everything that is needed to build a GPS application that the one found in in-car navigation systems. Of course, this could be used to turn an ipod Touch or an iPhone into a fully-featured GPS navigation system or it could be used to build a stand-alone device, an iGPS, if you want. Turning existing devices into better navigation devices would make more sense in the short term. After all, we believe that the iphone 2 will have a GPS chip and a 3G connection, which would be required to access the network described above. However, a stand-along GPS device that has a 4.3” to 7” display is not completely out of the question. (Read the full post about ‘Apple Patent on Podmaps Hints at Strong Navigation System’…)
For the latest info on the coolest gadgets, emerging technology and wired madness, subscribe to our full news feed or have it delivered to your inbox. Always free. Always unique. Thanks for visiting! What’s that second box at the bottom of the preamplifier you ask? It is a separate power supply. The second box allows Jeff Rowland to put in an internal Ni-MH battery pack. According to Audio Junkies, who definitely know more about this audiophile stuff than I do: The Criterion has four balanced and two single ended inputs, and both balanced and single ended outputs. Both signal to noise ratio and channel separation are rated greater than 100dB. (Read the full post about ‘Jeff Rowland Criterion Preamplifier is One Sexy Beast’…)
Microsoft can’t seem to catch a break with prototypes it has sent to the FCC to test the possible use of “white space,” airwaves not used by television broadcasts, for wireless services. A prototype sent by Microsoft to the FCC back in July was faulty and the FCC never tested a replacement prototype the company sent.
Luckily for Microsoft, the company got a second chance to show off its hardware again to the FCC for testing, but thanks to Murphy’s Law, one of the two prototypes sent by Microsoft failed once again. The good news is that a second prototype also sent was used as a backup.
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Posted Feb 15th 2008 6:30AM by Nilay PatelFiled under: Transportation We still have mixed feelings on the soon-to-be-revived Knight Rider franchise — sure, we’re gonna watch it, but we’ll probably do it with tears streaming down our face — but that doesn’t mean we’re going to turn down an inside look on how KITT’s iconic red scanner light works. According to Pierre Hoffman, whose Auto Indulgence shop built the new scanner, the units consists of 240 LEDs per side in three rows of 80. The goal was to make the scanner look like a heartbeat, so early prototypes were actually triggered from a music interface connected to samples of different heart rhythms. (Read the full post about ‘KITT’s scanner light gets explained’…)
Just a few months after the Xbox 360 first launched, Fight Night Round 3 was one of the first current-gen looking titles–particularly praised for its realistic sweat. EA Canada, the team behind that fantastic simulation, is getting back in the ring, but this time it’s an arcade-type slugfest. Read on to see whether Facebreaker will be another knockout punch for EA or just K-O’d.
As the title may suggest, Facebreaker features real-time facial deformation. You’ll beat your opponents senseless, and then see the devastation.
Posted Feb 15th 2008 8:58AM by Darren MurphFiled under: cellphones, Wireless Okay, so the totally nifty Pocket IR Modem actually works with a few devices other than the antiquated Palm III, but it’s clear these two were made for each other. Put simply, this device connects with any Pocket PC / Palm OS unit via IrDA and enables it to hop on the intarwebs in blazing fashion, but truthfully, it was designed to allow folks in the field to upload data more so than check your favorite gadget blog. Reportedly, ENR Technologies is hoping to loose these for $80 apiece if purchased in bulk, but it’ll take $149 to snag one for personal use. All of a sudden, EDGE doesn’t seem so bad, now does it?Tags: digital, wireless, CD, DVD (Read the full post about ‘Pocket IR modem adds 56k to your Palm III’…)
Posted Feb 15th 2008 9:25AM by Darren MurphFiled under: Wearables, Wireless There’s really nothing worse than knowing some helpless soul is grappling on to you with absolutely no way to join you in an incoming call from that weird guy from CIS 430. Okay, so maybe that’s a stretch, but AKE is looking to solve said quandary by offering up its BlueCom 102 pocket repeater. Essentially, this unit enables two motorcycle helmets to communicate with each other via Bluetooth, and of course, any BT-enabled handset can be mixed in, too. Sadly, a price for the setup has yet to be disclosed, but it does appear as if the repeater itself will be sold separately or bundled in with a pair of AKE Bluetooth helmets in the not-too-distant future. (Read the full post about ‘AKE’s BlueCom 102 pocket repeater keeps bikers in sync’…)
