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seiko slimstick tracks your every move

Seiko Slim Stick Exercise Monitor

This modern twist on the classic pedometer doesn’t just track your steps, it lets you keep tabs on the quality of the exercise you get during your day-to-day life.

Unlike meters that just count your steps, the Seiko SlimStick uses modern dual-axis accelerometers to track the magnitude of your movements, giving greater value to more…

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April 26th, 2008 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets mobile tech

seiko discus watch: let the spinning wheels spin

seiko moving image discus watch

This gorgeous new watch from Seiko Japan uses a series of spinning aluminum discs to display the current time.

Unlike some of the more cryptic modern watches coming out of Japan these days, the Seiko Discus is actually quite easy to read. A set of three numbered discs continuously rotate to display hours, minutes and…

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December 30th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design timepieces

seiko epson creates hi-res e-ink display

Seiko Epson Hi-res E-ink Display

This new electronic paper display from Seiko Epson crams an astounding 1600 x 1200 resolution into a 6.7-inch diagonal screen. That’s nearly 2-million pixels in a device that’s about the size of a letter-sized sheet of paper folded in half.

According to my rough math, the display cranks out over 230 pixels-per-inch, about 3 times…

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November 15th, 2007 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging future tech