RetroCrunch: The Bloc-Alarm door stop
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Going to try something a bit different today, and talk about some retro technology. Here’s a rather simple gadget called a Bloc-Alarm.
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First Live Picture Of The Asus e-book Reader
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Asus UK has finally launched a series of photos of the company’s upcoming DR-950 e-book reader with a 9-inch e-Ink display. Measuring 0.35-inch thick, the Asus DR-950 is powered by a 1024 x 768 pixel display and supports a wide range of formats including ePub, HTML, and PDF.
T-Shirt taps Augmented Reality to play Rock, Paper, Scissors with you
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T-Post magazine, with its latest webapp gets Augmented Reality to our clothing. Provided with the mag’s latest issue is a T-shirt, which on syncing with a computer equipped with a webcam, lets the user play Rock Paper Scissors, courtesy augmented reality.
Upcoming Mid-Tower PC Case From Cooler Master
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Here’s a look at Cooler Master’s upcoming mid-tower PC case, the Centurion 5 II. Measuring 202mm x 440mm x 485mm and weighing 7.5kg, this steel case features four exposed 5.25-inch bays, five 3.5-inch bays and a front I/O panel with USB 2.0, eSATA, audio and optional FireWire ports.
Flip Clock – An Old-fashioned Clock With Four Legs
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The Flip Clock is a unique clock that has a real flip mechanism to mark the time and four swinging legs with rubber feet for varied positioning. The clock requires two C batteries to operate. $79.95 is all you need to bring home the Flip Clock.
Yuneec E430 Electric Plane
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Yuneec offers a two-seat electric-powered aircraft, the e430. And the best part, it will be rea..(more...
The BookBook Hardback Leather MacBook Case
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The BookBook($80) is a Hardback Leather MacBook Case, which is designed to look like a hardback book..(more...
Casio GA-100/100A G-Shock Watches
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Here is good news for all Casio G-Shock fans. The company has rolled out two new G-Shock watches for the mass market. The GA-100/100A G-Shock watches feature an analog display with three dials located on the top half of the face.
The Kitten
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Gregory deGouveia has bulit a bike with awesome car wheels!Said Degouveia, "The Kitten too..(more...
IBM And FujiFilm Develop 35TB Data Tape
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IBM and FujiFilm have spent at least three years to achieve a new record in areal data density on linear magnetic tape.
Fuel cell-powered HULC exoskeleton will help soldiers for days together
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We aren’t new to the HULC (Human Universal Load Carrier) exoskeleton from Berkeley Bionics now Lockheed. To refresh the memory, in case it’s slipped out of the mind - HULC is a wearable robot (if you may) made essentially to take off the load from a soldier’s back.
Eye Stop Concept
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The Cool concept of bus shelter, Eye Stop Concept, by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the ..(more...
dualLink Charges two iPhones from a Single USB Port
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The dualLink is a USB cable that has a couple if iPhone/iPod connectors on the end allowing two devices to be charged at the same time. As well as being able to charge two devices it allows for both devices to be synced at the same time.
Steampunk Game Boy mod from the depths of Rapture
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Steampunk genius has excelled leaps and bounds over time, but still there is no point of duplicity here. Every time a gadget is layered within the Victorian state of things, we have even more reasons to savor it, because the magnificence is just so exemplary.
Does a frozen camera improve its ISO capabilities? 4Chan says so.
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Please, take this advice lightly. It came from the bowels of 4Chan, after all. But it seems that a user froze his Sony A350 DSLR and actually got better results when shooting at ISO 3200.
Save on Laptops, Desktops, and More
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All the following deals available from Dell.com, and are available only to US shoppers. But they will last until the 26th or the 28th. So if you need something new for 2010, now’s the perfect time to save on your purchase!
Simulating danger in a simulator that trains troops for bomb attacks
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Roadside bombings have made driving in warzones, especially Afghanistan, the most hazardous task out there for the soldiers on patrolling.
PSP Go Disassembled and Reassembled in Stop Motion
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The PSP Go has been taken apart before a few times, but this time the whole process was captured in stop motion animation showing each screw and cable being unfastened until every piece of the GO is separated. The video was created by TechRestore who fix PSP’s.
University of Oregon shows off engraved MacBook Pros
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Filed under: Hardware, Apple, Macbook Pro I’ve always been jealous of the folks who get free laptops from their work or school (back when I was in school, I used a paper notebook and a pen and liked it!)
PhotoFast’s New Line Of SSDs
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PhotoFast has announced a new line of SSDs, the G-Monster2 SFV1. Coming in 50GB, 100GB, 200GB and 400GB capacities, these 2.5-inch drives feature built-in MLC NAND flash memory chips, a SATA 3.0 Gbps interface, a MTBF of over 1 million hours and provide read/write speeds of up to 260/160 MB/s.
Microsoft merges Zune software, Xbox teams
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Microsoft today acknowledged it has undertaken a major shift in its Entertainment and Devices group. Following the departure of corporate VP Enrico Rodriguez, the company is merging Windows Media Center and Zune software groups into the same Interactive Entertainment Business group that handles…
Endless Ideas Introduces Its First WiFi-Enabled e-Book Reader
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Endless Ideas today introduced its first WiFi-enabled e-Book reader namely the BeBook Neo. Powered by a Freescale processor, this portable device offers a 6-inch E-ink display with a Wacom touchscreen, a 512MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot (up to 16GB), a USB port, a 3.5mm headset jack…
Rumor: Apple gunning for iPad trademark
January 22nd, 2010 link to (permalink)
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Filed under: Hardware, iPod Family, Odds and ends, Apple, Mac Pro Even though the WSJ pretty much broke the story on next week's tablet announcement (when the mainstream media prints something as true, it's true, right?), that hasn't kept the crazy tablet rumors from coming in.
Motorola tries to block BlackBerry in patent dispute
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Motorola this afternoon filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission accusing the BlackBerry's creator, Research in Motion, of violating five of its patents.
Don’t forget to watch Conan tonight
January 22nd, 2010 link to (permalink)
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This is it. Tonight’s edition of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien will be the last one starring Coco. Come March 1, Mr. Bland himself, Jay Leno, re-takes the show, placating NBC’s affiliates and his elderly fans.
