Archive for May, 2008
Creative’s Vado Pocket Video Cam unboxed on video
Filed under: Digital Cameras
There’s honestly not a lot of mind-blowing material in the video posted up after the jump, but it definitely delivers as advertised. You see, you’ve got Creative’s Flip Video-combating Vado cheapcorder all wrapped up, and by the course of 317 seconds, it manages to slip …
RIM’s BlackBerry 9500 “Thunder” captured on camera?
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
A retailer taking pre-orders for phones that haven’t even been announced is considered business as usual, but there’s something just a little out of the ordinary with Horizon Wireless’ listing for the alleged touchscreen superphone outta Waterloo, the BlackBerry 95…
RhythmFish concept enables Dory to create trippy visuals
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Wait, you did name your guppy Dory, right? Whatever your household fish is named, you can certainly give it a fresh purpose in life with the RhythmFish — whether it were more than a mere concept, of course. The setup surrounds your fish with webcams and monitors its movem…
projectiondesign to launch F10 AS3D active 3D stereoscopic projector
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Look out, naysayers — projectiondesign is giving that whole “3D revolution” thing some serious street cred with the F10 AS3D. Slated to debut at InfoComm 2008 in Las Vegas, the unit marks the company’s first active 3D stereoscopic projector. Notably, …
Thanko’s solar-powered DAP urges you outdoors
Filed under: Portable Audio
So we’ve seen a few solar-powered gizmos (that we wouldn’t touch with a ten twenty foot poll), but Thanko’s own sun-lovin’ DAP actually doesn’t look half poor. The Solar Digital Audio Player, from the front, looks like any other ho hum unit, with a 1.8-inch 220 x 176 reso…
Berkeley Bionics’ HULC exoskeleton lets you effortlessly carry 200lbs
Filed under: Robots
Sorry, but squats are so 20th Century. Instead, strap on the HULC — Human Universal Load Carrier — exoskeleton and effortlessly carry an additional 200lbs. HULC not only increases your human payload, but it additionally “decreases [your] metabolic cost”. In other words, it seem…
Niski-Ki’s $155 handmade USB keyboard comes with additional “$” symbols
Filed under: Peripherals
It only makes sense to go all expensive on the things you look at most often, like your TV, car, or — in that case — your keyboard. For only (!!) $155, you too can get a handmade Nishi-Ki USB keyboard. Yours is certain to be the object of typist envy cube farm-wide. Nis…
Asus denies cancelation of Eee 900 in favor of 901
It’s starting to sound like that DigiTimes report, which holds that ASUS is ceasing production of the Eee PC 900 in favor of the upcoming Atom-based 901, might just be false. Notebook Italia has it from an ASUS rep that the detail is totally untrue, and that both 900 and 901 models will be produced …
