Archive for May, 2008Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone
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May
28
2008
 
IOGEAR’s AA-powered GearJuice gives you 15 more minutes to yapPosted by: in Misc. Gadgets NewsFiled under: Misc. Gadgets  Oh yeah, we’ve seen dedicated battery pack extenders for a plethora of the most popular gizmos, but IOGEAR’s looking out for the run-of-the-mill crowd with its GearJuice Rescue Charger. Essentially, the wee device accepts any ‘ole AA cell, and upon plugging it into your mini-USB-equipped PDA / mobile / DAP / fish tank, it provides an infinitesimally small boost of power. Okay, so it’s said to give you an extra 15 minutes of talk time, but we’d probably go in with even lower expectations just to be safe. It’s available now for $11.99 (battery not included). [Via Gearlog] Popularity: unranked [?] Popularity: 1% [?] Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
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May
27
2008
PEGA Look@Me emoticon keyboard and other ASUS-funded product conceptsPosted by: in Misc. Gadgets NewsFiled under: Misc. Gadgets, Peripherals  Asus’ R&D design studio, PEGA, looks to be coming up with some surprising product concepts as part of its Between On & Off exhibition. We’re betting that none of these will ever see the light of day, but we’re intrigued — and prematurely annoyed — by the Look@Me emoticon keyboard. Stocked with 40 emoticon bits (eyes, mouths, noses), the keyboard allows users to express their emotions on a more regular basis, if that’s possible. Other concepts include Embrace, a night light that emits as much light as you have opened the book; JustDrawIt!, a power management device that visualizes on / off settings for appliances with a pen; and the On&On bench that doubles as a solar charger. Sadly, the exhibition is over, but check the gallery below for some of PEGA’s other concepts. Gallery: PEGA Designs Concepts
[Via OhGizmo] Popularity: 1% [?] Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Handhelds  $399? Ha. Amazon just cut the price of its Kindle e-book reader to $359 and zero cents with free 2-day shipping. Now giddy up, son, there’s no cake for you here. [Thanks, Chris G.] Popularity: 1% [?] Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Hey, so here’s an idea: perhaps everyone should just stop buying anything made by Monster Cable. That or set up a dummy corporation with the word “monster” in the name, since you’re basically guaranteed they’ll spin their wheels serving a summons for merely existing. (Don’t worry, you’ll have limited personal liability.) You pick, whatever’s easier. [Thanks, Jason; also, here’s the Monster Mini Golf site] Popularity: 1% [?]
May
26
2008
Designer proposes VEIL Solar Shades to help power schoolsPosted by: in Misc. Gadgets NewsFiled under: Misc. Gadgets 
We’ve seen plenty of very special implementations for solar panels, but none quite like these so-called VEIL Solar Shades from designer Büro North, which block out the sun’s rays just as well as they capture it. In addition to being light enough for a child to turn on a swivel (they’re designed specifically for schools), the shades would apparently also boast a pattern of LED lights on their undersides, which would indicate if they’re in the optimal position to gather the maximum amount of solar energy. No word as to when of if they’re actually going to put to use, but the project has apparently already received some funding by the Victorian Government in Australia, and it certainly seems like it’d find plenty of appeal beyond schoolyards.
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May
26
2008
Japanese scientist claims breakthrough with cold fusion experimentPosted by: in Misc. Gadgets NewsFiled under: Misc. Gadgets 
While recent attempts to create a perpetual motion machine somehow, inexplicably didn’t pan out, a physics professor from Osaka University now claims to have made a scientific breakthrough of another sort, with him now touting nothing less than a supposedly successful demonstration of cold fusion. That was apparently done by forcing deuterium gas under pressure into an evacuated cell containing a sample of palladium dispersed in zirconium oxide, which caused the deuterium to be absorbed by the palladium sample, resulting in a denser, or “pynco” deuterium, with deuterium nuclei that are close enough together to fuse. That process also supposedly resulted in a rise in temperature to about 70° Celsius, and a temperature in the center of the cell that remained “significantly warmer” than the cell wall for 50 hours after the test. Of course, there doesn’t appear to be any other scientists ready to back up the experiment just yet, so you’ll have to rely on your own armchair science expertise to get your hopes up or down accordingly on this one.
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May
26
2008
Physicists develop plastic semiconductors for laser diode usePosted by: in Misc. Gadgets NewsFiled under: Misc. Gadgets  Not to get all scientific on you or anything, but a team of Imperial physicists have just figured out a way to use plastics in laser diodes. For the uninitiated, scientists have been unable to make plastic semiconductor laser diodes because they had not yet found / developed “any plastics that could sustain a massive enough current whilst also supporting the efficient light emission needed to produce a laser beam.” Now, however, that obstacle has reportedly been overcome by making minor tweaks to a given plastic’s chemical structure, and the resulting material will transport charges some 200 times superior than before without impeding its capability to emit light. By the sound of things, the crew behind the breakthrough isn’t quite ready to offer up the solution to manufacturers, but with a bit more work, we suspect that notion will change. [Via Slashdot] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Popularity: unranked [?] Popularity: 1% [?]
May
26
2008
NVIDIA might get even deeper into the embedded CPU gamePosted by: in Misc. Gadgets NewsFiled under: Misc. Gadgets
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