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panasonic’s electric carpet keeps your tootsies warm

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Panasonic Heated Rug

We’ve all heard of electric blankets, right? Japanese electronics giant Panasonic decided to take the basic concept and embed it into a carpet. That way, when you step on the rug, your feet stay nice and toasty. As a resident of a chilly Northern climate, living with hardwood floors, this really does seem like a bright idea…

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August 24th, 2007 6 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

pansonic pixi concept camera for social networks

filed under: design | digital imaging

Panasonic Pixi Camera Concept

UK Design firms Industrial Facility and luckybite recently teamed up with Panasonic Japan’s Chief mobile device designer Madori Kuroda to create this prototype digital camera specifically catering to online social networking.

The Panasonic Pixi was designed for use with Mixi, which is Japan’s closest equivalent to MySpace…

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August 22nd, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

panasonic lumix dmc-fx100k: 12 megapixels of paradise

filed under: digital imaging

Panasonic Lumix FX100K Digital Camera

If you just can’t get enough megapixels in your digital camera, you might want to wait just a couple more days for this new model from Panasonic.

The new Lumix DMC-FX100K offers a whopping TWELVE megapixel resolution. For those of you who are counting every tiny dot, that’s 4000 horizontal pixels by 3000 vertical pixels…

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July 16th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

panasonic wordsgear full color e-book reader

filed under: gadgets | media players

Panasonic WordsGear E-Book Reader

Panasonic Japan’s recent entry into the e-book market is looking pretty nice. Unlike E-Ink based displays, the WordsGear can display full color images.

The WordsGear offers an amazingly sharp 5.6-inch TFT display with a 1024×600 pixel resolution (that’s about 211 pixels per inch.) This means reading small type should be no problem, and easy on the eyes…

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July 7th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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