Archive for January 2011
Tivizen Mobile DTV Receiver for iOS Devices: Power Hungry Local TV
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In the United States at least, the availability of over-the-air video on mobile devices is quite strange, almost the exact opposite of the state of dedicated televisions. Web video like YouTube are mostly a click away, and Netflix is all you need to stream popular shows and movies. But local… |
January 5th, 2011
Parrot Asteroid: Android-Powered Car Stereo
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How smart is your car stereo? I’m happy that my stereo can interface with my iPhone and let me sort through my music efficiently. However, if you want something that does more than just play music and display the time, you might want to have a gander at what Parrot… |
January 5th, 2011
Cardboard Gundam: Too Awesome for Words
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Twitter user cadeson stumbled upon the polar opposite of that other cardboard Gundam: This jaw-dropping creation is a replica of the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam from Gundam SEED…. What it lacks in color it more than makes up for in detail, particularly on its head and fingers. I don’t know |
January 5th, 2011
WowWee Cinemin Slice Adds Projector to iOS devices
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By combining an iOS device dock with a pico projector, the guys at WowWee will help you convert your iDevice into a mini home theater you can take anywhere you go. The Cinemin Slice has a reasonably bright DLP projector built into it, and all you need to do is… |
January 5th, 2011
Lenovo Outs Laptop Arcade Casemod at CES
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While I was trolling through the aisles at tonight’s CES preview event, I stumbled onto this oddity in the corner of Lenovo’s booth… This casemod hides the laptop’s keyboard underneath the arcade controls, and connects to the laptop with a single USB cable. Once the joystick and buttons are flipped… |
January 4th, 2011
nPowerPEG Converts Kinetic Energy to Power for your Gadgets
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The more gadgets I have, the more frequently I have at least one of them run out of power on me. Sure, there are external battery and solar charger accessories, but when you’re schlepping around somewhere when there’s no sun, it can be a drag. This new device lets you… |
January 4th, 2011
MiLi HD Turns your iPad into a Media Streamer for your TV
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I have been looking for an easy way to get Hulu onto my living room TV that doesn’t require getting my wife to agree to move some of the junk she calls decorations off the entertainment center. I have the entertainment center packed with gear and game consoles already, so… |
January 4th, 2011
Onkyo Debuts Cool Retro Style Audio Gear
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I was a child of the 80′s, so I tend to remember all the weird stuff we had back them. The bright colors, questionable wardrobes, and gigantic electronics of the period are what I grew up with. Onkyo has unveiled a new line of audio gear that includes a range… |
January 4th, 2011
Ternary Kinetic Sculpture: A Wooden Thinking Machine
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This might look like just a few steel balls on a track, but it isn’t. It’s a thinking machine that has been created thanks to a ternary computer, that’s made out of levers and tracks which constantly cycle steel bass down internal structures. I’ve read about machines like this before,… |
January 4th, 2011
Smartfish Engage Keyboard is Perfect for Carpal Tunnel Sufferers
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If Picard needed a keyboard on the Enterprise, this thing you would have been prefect. It’s called the Engage after all and the wily captain could have pointed to the thing all day if he wanted. Smartfish’s Engage is a cool automated keyboard that adjusts all by itself to help… |
January 4th, 2011
