Now this is one nutty yet interesting project from the folks at Make - in here, you utilize Sega’s Phaser to shoot your alarm clock whenever you want to make it snooze. This is one way to start off those long Mondays on a fun path! Now all you need to do is to find a second hand Sega Phaser if you don’t already have one lying around in your attic. Tags: gprs, Hi-fi, mobile phone, cool gear (Read the full post about ‘Sega Phaser shoots Alarm Clock’…)
Sky of Korea has just launched its brand new Blade cell phone that features a luxury design to help keep you ahead of the pack when it comes to the most beautiful handset around. While it is not littered with diamonds or Swarovski crystals, the Blade features a shape-direction key with gradation lighting, haptic touch buttons which enhance usability, and supports WCDMA global roaming in addition to GSM regions. Other features include the following :- 2.1″ widescreen QVGA LCD display T-DMB support 1.3 megapixel camera mp3 player Electronic dictionaryIt will cost around $500 to $600 worth of damage to your wallet should you want to pick one of these babies up. (Read the full post about ‘Sky Blade HSDPA Cell Phone’…)
If you’re as forgetful as I am (hey, I even forget my name sometimes), this new eyewear could be of use.
Presenting the new Smart Goggles concept by Prof. Kuniyoshi of Tokyo University. It’s basically glasses outfitted with a camera to record everything you see, and a viewfinder. What you need to do is go around the house to record various objects. Whenever you focus on a single item, you need to say its name out loud for the gadget to recognise what it is. When you want to find something, you simply utter its name and its last location will be shown to your via the viewfinder. Problem is, it will take too much time to go around the house and record every single object.
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With the amount of industrialization happening all over the world, getting clean, fresh air is but a dream of yesteryears. Smog and haze is the order of the day, but Sharp aims to do their bit in providing you with cleaner and fresher air by releasing the KC-C100U and KC-C150U air purifiers. Both of them feature a triple filtration system, Sharp’s Plasmacluster technology and a humidification function that helps trap dust and pollen, decrease odors, and freshen and humidify the air. Meant to be used in small rooms, the KC-C100U is good for up to 254 square feet and retails for $399.99. As for the KC-C150U, thihs powerful unit caters for rooms up to 347 square feet in size and goes for $499.99. (Read the full post about ‘Sharp unveils new air purifiers’…)
When toy manufacturers make talking toys, they use the cheapest chips and speakers possible: 4-kilohertz audio samples played through a 30-cent piezo buzzer would be an extravagance in this industry. The makers profit when it comes to bean-counting. But they lose when the low quality sounds are misheard by the unscrupulous, the stupid and those who simply hear what they want to hear. Accordingly, here’s our gallery of the most chilling, offensive and/or ridiculous examples of inadvertently nasty-talking toys. Elmo Wants You to Kill Yourself, James The victim’s mom says "Kill James" is "exactly" what it’s saying, and describes how distraught she was after hearing it. (Read the full post about ‘Attack of the Trash-Talking Toys: Nine of the Nastiest’…)
Some interesting information has popped up on the AT&T website referencing two models for the upcoming LG Vu. Under the model numbers CU915 and CU920 it looks to offer differences and in good news it appears that its more than just your typical color changes. Based of these still yet-to-be-confirmed details it looks like the Vu will be released in one version with MediaFLO and another without. Via [EngadgetMobile] Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: gadgetry, CD, audio, DAB (Read the full post about ‘AT&T prepping two versions for the LG Vu’…)
Hey, kids! Forget cops ‘n’ robbers—let’s play insurgents ‘n’ infantry! Lap Sui et al’s patent for an ultra-realistic mechanical Toy Grenade is all you need for hours of convincing fantasy maiming and menace. Filled with a mixture of powder, dye and compressed air, the toy grenade has a functioning pin that gives a few seconds to throw, duck and cover. "Dye will spread in the air over the intended target area" like one of The Joker’s villainous props. Unfortunately, the hemishell simply splits into two on detonation: how about a version with polystyrene shrapnel? U.S. Patent 7,338,343 (PDF) Tags: ipod, amps, TV, mobile phone (Read the full post about ‘Die in a Cloud of Dye With Freshly-Patented Toy Grenades’…)
On Friday we brought you the retro-tastic, hand-cranked Super 8 projector from Japanese educational toy-maker Gakken. It turns out that Gakken has a whole lot of great toys, although the website is somewhat impenetrable. This is the resplendently-titled “Cup Phonograph Kit in Edison Style”, which will record your voice onto a paper cup. Using a second paper cup as a microphone/speaker, the device employs a needle to lay a groove on the first cup. It’ll record around fifteen seconds of scratchy audio and play it back, too. Combine this with the hand-cranked projector an you have yourself a decidedly old-school media center setup. The Phonograph Kit has been discontinued by Gakken, but thanks to Ebay, you can still find one. (Read the full post about ‘Toy Records Audio Onto a Coffee Cup’…)
Posted Mar 17th 2008 8:28AM by Thomas RickerFiled under: Wireless var What’s this? New Product from Apple on a Monday? Why, yes, yes it is. The 802.11n Airport Express rumored over the weekend just became official. $99 takes the little iTunes streaming, pocket base station home to a draft-n network near you. Yes, today. Tags: mobile devices, Hi-fi, Ogg Vorbis, video games (Read the full post about ‘Apple launches 802.11n Airport Express right on cue’…)
This is amusing, and there are even some real practical tips in there too, but here you have it: 69 techie ways to use duct tape. My favorites - Laptop security: duct tape your laptop shut; and prevent carpal tunnel syndrome by wrapping your wrists in duct tape splints. Heh.
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