Posted Mar 27th 2008 12:42PM by Donald MelansonFiled under: Displays It’s been a little while since we caught sight of Kodak’s last batch of digital photo frames, but the company’s now come back for another go ’round with a trio of new EasyShare frames, each of which pack Kodak’s newfangled “Quick Touch” borders. That feature lets you scroll though photos simply by sliding your finger along the border, as well as giving you control over all the frame’s other functions via the interface pictured above. Apart from that, the frames appear to be pretty standard fare, with the M820 and M1020 models boasting 8 and 10-inch screens, respectively, along with the usual audio and video support, 128MB of built-in memory, and accommodations for all the most used memory card formats. (Read the full post about ‘Kodak intros new EasyShare photo frames with Quick Touch borders’…)
The photo you’re seeing here isn’t a bed on a beach with a portable wall. What you’re seeing is someone’s favorite memory blown up into wallpaper. Personally, I think it is about time someone offered a service that can convert an average digital photo into wallpaper. The company, Myfotowall can print a digital photo up to a maximum of 1600%, or sixteen times larger. The quality is only as good as the quality of the original photograph, but that is no surprise. The wallpaper produced by Myfotowall is UV cured, which means they are “lightfast for up to three years”. In other words, it will be three years before the photo will start fading. (Read the full post about ‘Myfotowall is the Ultimate in Personalization’…)
3D Glow in the Dark stickers - The Planets
Have fun with these stickers, stick them to bedrooms, walls, fridges, science labs….anywhere you want! Liven up the place with these great stickers. Brilliant for the children.Great for helping with science when having to learn the planets as very colourful and the 3D aspect is always fascinating.
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What’s in a name? Would a hub by any other name not be just as plain and boring? You’ll have to part my paraphrasing Bill Shakespeare, however, I’m really curious how people come up with some of the crazy names for gadgets. Take this HDMI hub for example. Do you really think that this seems like something that would resemble a mythological creature such as Medusa? Sure, if it had a whole bunch of cables coming out of each side it might resemble the snake-hair of Medusa. However, this is only going to have four cables coming out at the very most. Perhaps you’ll simply turn to stone if you stare at it while the cables are plugged in. (Read the full post about ‘Medusa splits your HDMI connection, doesn’t turn you to stone’…)
Posted Mar 27th 2008 8:42AM by Joshua TopolskyFiled under: Portable Audio Those darn kids — they just don’t listen! And soon, according to a report, they won’t physically be able to listen. It seems that modern teens, with their cloaking jackets, space telephones, and telepathic headsets fail to obey the simplest tenet of leisure-time music enjoyment: keeping their ipod and Zune volumes at a semi-natural level. In focus-group discussions, researchers found that high school students in the Netherlands were aware of the potential hearing loss which can be caused by high volume listening, yet had no immediate plans to crank their jams at anything but 11. (Read the full post about ‘Study finds teens don’t really care about their hearing’…)
Posted Mar 27th 2008 4:22AM by Thomas RickerFiled under: Portable Audio You know what kids in developing nations need besides water, vaccines, and schools? MP3 players… and laptops, lots of laptops. Meet the Cranko, at least that’s what we’re calling it since Thanko’s “Cranking mp3 player” bores us to the point of Wal-marting razor blades. The 1GB capacity player from Thanko features a flashlight and 10 minute charge per minute of cranking. You know, just in case your spelunking adventures take you too far away from a USB port. (Read the full post about ‘The Cranko MP3 player twists our panties into a knot’…)
An 81-year-old Australian man relied on a do-it-yourself robotic “suicide booth” to end his life. The Internet was instrumental to this, as he managed to download basic plans for such a machine online, constructing a robot which could shoot a .22 semi-automatic pistol from a distance. Hence, he aligned himself to the gun and the robot “pulled” the trigger. This sad end could have been avoided if he sought help online instead of ways of ending his life, eh? Tags: DAB, digital, PDA, mobile devices (Read the full post about ‘Robot Assisted Suicide’…)
More leakage from HP - their UMPC 2133 which will go up against Asus’ hugely successful Eee PC, will being to ship this April 7th if what the folks at Engadget say are true. They also claim that the 2133 will come with the following :- 1.2GHz/1.6GHz VIA C7-M processor VIA Chrome 9 graphics chipset Windows Vista Home Basic/Business/SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 8.9″ display with 1,280 x 768 resolution 120GB/160GB hard drive 1GB/2GB DDR2 RAM WiFi connectivity Bluetooth connectivity (1.6GHz model only)Pricing for the HP UMPC 2133 starts from $550 upwards, depending on the configuration. Tags: robots, wireless, speakers, hdtv (Read the full post about ‘HP UMPC 2133 Specs Leaked’…)
New USB type gadgets are being launched weekly. They range from very crazy which includes USB grills, USB fans and USB bombs to the very handy USB flash drive duplicators. This latest takes a fairly simple approach and is a 4 port USB in car charger. The 4 port car charger connects to your standard lighter found in most cars and then provides power to four ports. This is especially handy for those on the road who have many USB based gadgets that need charging such as modern mobile phones, PDA’s, MP3 players and cameras. The device it’s self is very simple and just plugs in and has an LED which lets you know if there is power running through it. (Read the full post about ‘4 Port USB in Car Charger’…)
Everyone is looking for a way to keep fit without actually spending more time than they should, and this is where the Vibration Plate Exerciser steps in to help. I’m not too sure if it is effective or not, but it claims to vibrate your body to unprecedented health in under 10 minutes a day, taking just two to three times a week. In addition, it also boasts to be able to cure muscle aches and back problems, and the entire “exercise” that has been crammed into 10 minutes at most is supposedly the equivalent of a complete body workout. The average selling price for such a product is somewhere in the region of $1,200, but I think I would prefer to stick to the tried-and-true method of sweating it out at the gym. (Read the full post about ‘Vibration Plate Exerciser’…)
