Void Watch
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Something about Watchismo's latest timepiece makes me want a gold iMac. The steel edition also goes great with Deloreans.
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Reviews: Novation Launchpad, HTC Imagio, Dymo Cardscan, Moshi Voice Control Clock
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Novation Launchpad - $200 With Ableton Lite bundled free of charge, this bizarre USB-powered light box is easy to set up and fun to use.
D20-studded soap
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Ryan sez, "Geeky clean sells soap with d20's embedded in the center. I'm getting these for a few of my paper and pen game friends."Geeky Clean! -- Soap with d20s (Thanks, Ryan!)
Biofeedback bracelet for stressed daytraders
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The Rationalizer is a concept design for a bracelet that provides feedback on the stress level of day traders. Developed by Philips Electronics and Dutch bank ABN AMRO, it's like a high-tech mood ring. The aim is to help traders avoid rash decisions.
Weta’s new cheaper, delightful, detailed plastic rayguns
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Two years ago, my wife surprised me with one of the coolest presents I've ever received: an original Goliathon raygun from effects-house Weta (best known for doing the effects for the Lord of the Rings movies).
Toy truck craps out domino runs
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Brando's Auto Domino Building Truck is a battery-powered toy truck that shits bricks -- that is, it poops out dominos standing on end at the correct intervals to make a domino run. Or so the manufacturer says -- I haven't tried it yet.
Mac|Life imagines Apple products of the future
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Mac|Life magazine recently approached me and several other people (Brian Lam, Veronica Belmont, Michael Brook, Mark McClusky) to envision a future product from Apple. Mac|Life rendered them beautifully, and the products the other people came up with are really cool.
Demonstrating TSA futility by stabbing dead pigs with pens
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An article in The American Journal of Forensic Medical Pathology entitled "Use of a pig model to demonstrate vulnerability of major neck vessels to inflicted trauma from common household items" describes all the ways you can stab people with stuff you're allowed to take through airport security,...
After the Feast
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Hope everyone had a lovely holiday, and a lovely Thursday to those of you in other countries who were not celebrating today.
Contraption for quickly setting up a dust barrier
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This product caught my eye because it reminds me a lot of ID school, or rather, it's something a couple of folks in my class could've used.
New KiBiSi is like a Danish industrial design Voltron (well, with only three parts, but still)
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Three great tastes that taste great together: A trio of Danish design forces, each with their own firms--Lars Holme Larsen of Kilo Design, Bjarke Ingels of BIG architects, and Jens Martin Skibsted of Skibsted Ideation--have all been collaborating together for years, so they finally decided to make...
HK’s International Symposium on Product Design and Innovation
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On Friday, Hong Kong hosts the International Symposium on Product Design and Innovation, featuring talks by designers from the UK, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Hong Kong and China, on the theme of "Tapping New Business Opportunities via Innovative Design."
LG M2794S Full HD LCD Monitor
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LG release a new full HD LCD monitor called LG M2794S with 27-inch widescreen with 1920×1080 pixel resolution. Its support 2ms response time, 400 cd/m2 brightness and 20,000:1 contrast ratio.
Nokia X6 ‘Comes with Music’ Edition For Music Lovers
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Nokia is ready to launch the Nokia X6 “Comes with Music” edition, which is designed for a high quality entertainment experience.
Samsung C5130 Slider Phone
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Samsung release an entry 3G mobile phone called Samsung C5130. Its slider phone with 2-inch TFT display (176×220 pixel resolution). Also it come with 1.3M pixel camera, GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1800/1900 MHz and UMTS network supports.
The smartbook patent trolls are selling a $3000 netbook
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Remember those dudes who are trying to troll on their “smartbook” trademark and are asking bloggers and media not to use the term? Well, they’re selling a 2001 euro netbook. Granted it’s studed in crystals and comes with a bottle of champers, but WTF?
iPhone worm author really goes to work
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Filed under: iPhone, Jailbreak/pwnageWhile you have to go to quite some lengths to be vulnerable to it, jailbroken iPhones have been under fire for susceptibility to a particular SSH-based type of worm that has seen a lot of press lately.
Packard Bell’s S2 and XS Ultra Portables
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Packard Bell prepping two new ultra portable laptops called dot S2 and Butterfly XS. Dot S2 packs a 10.1 inch display and packs an Intel Atom N450 processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM and a 160GB HDD.gigabit ethernet and Wifi support also included.
InTouch IT7150 WiFi Digital Photo Frame
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InTouch release a new digital photo frame with wireless inside and its named InTouch IT7150 which is the 1st photo frame support internet. This InTouch photo frame can connect via wifi 802.11 b/g and also support broadcast television station and RSS agregator.
Provision profile expiration time: does it leave you wondering?
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Filed under: Bad Apple, Developer, SDKBack when the iPhone Developer Program was first announced, developer provisions (the 'permission slips' that allow developers to distribute pre-release builds of apps in progress) lasted one year.
Phosphor E Ink Watch Review
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You have probably heard about E Ink before. It is the new technology that is being used in portable book reading platforms such as the Sony Reader and the Amazon Kindle.
Palm and Sprint Investigate Data Loss
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Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones Palm and Sprint are working together to try and find the reason some customers are experiencing data loss when switching between Palm’s two WebOS phones, the Pre and the new Pixi.
Happy US Thanksgiving!
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It’s a weird day for me, all things considered. Hanging out with mom all day, which means no football.
Ask TUAW: iMac processor upgrade, 27″ iMac as display, wireless input devices, and more
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Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAWHappy holiday, and welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column.
Lenovo smartbook may run Android
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A demo of a smartbook prototype from Qualcomm may have provided more details of Lenovo's smartbook for AT&T, including its choice of OS.
K.R.T. X9 tablet Offer multi-touch support
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Meet the K.R.T. X9 tablet, or lets just call it X9, a 10-inch tablet. Runs on Windows 7 OS, X9 support multi-touch feature. The X9 tablet is powered by a1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB HDD. Its graphic is handled by an integrated Intel GMA950.
