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Stereo Bluetooth Music Adapter from Jays 2006-12-24 17:40:05 Jays, a Swedish company has unveiled BlueStreamer–a combined headset and stereo music adapter with Bluetooth
2.0+edr (enhanced data rate) class II technology. BlueStreamer maintains a Bluetooth connection between your headset or PC, simultaneously allowing you to enjoy streaming music. The special feature is that, when there is an incoming call, it can automatically pause the [...] Read more:Music
, Stereo
, Adapter
Single Lens Video Glasses From Arisawa 2006-12-23 18:10:13 Sometimes I feel like I live in the sci-fi era! Miniaturization of electronics, and the massive increase computing power are driving innovative and futuristic products into our lives.
So what now? A single lens wearable video and TV spectacles solution has been unveiled by Japanese Arisawa Mfg. Co. Weighing only about 8 grams, the Teleglass attaches [...] Read more:Glasses
Wi-Fi Gmail and Flickr Enabled LCD Frame - An eStarling Innovation! 2006-12-22 21:05:12 eStarling has unveiled its trendy and futuristic special edition frame, beautified by a 7″ LCD display. What more? it has built-in wireless connectivity supporting the IEEE 802.11 b/g standards. When photos are e-mailed, it can automatically display them as slide-shows, which is pretty cool! Still more? Yes, it can also display photos on specifying the [...] Read more:Gmail
, Flickr
, Frame
, Innovation
Wearable GPS - Inside Your Clothing! 2006-12-22 20:11:46 I am on my way to the Himalayas–all alone, in search of peace; in search of serenity; in search of timeless stories that surrounds the mountains. But…but…how could someone search and find me if I am lost?
Oh well! here it is…Covert Asset Tracking Systems Ltd would be unveiling their series of GPS
trackable clothing at [...] Read more:Wearable
, Clothing
Movies on the MOVE - A Makayama Innovation! 2006-12-22 19:39:41 I do miss some of my favorite programs while on the move, and so do you. Now, to satisfy enthusiasts like us, the Makayama Interactive Mobile TV Center application beautifully records and converts videos, on the Windows Media Center PC, to various formats that would suit your mobile device–be it PSP, Pocket PC, mobile phone, [...] Read more:Innovation
The Next-Generation Bluetooth Headset - Jawbone! 2006-12-22 14:03:06 Goodbye to ambient noise!
Have you ever got headaches while talking to someone over the phone who is in a high-noise zone? Well, I get irritated in addition to ending up with a terrible headache.
Cingular Wireless and Aliph have gifted us this Christmas with a BluetoothHeadset
- Jawbone
™, featuring Noise Shield® Technology. Aliph originally [...] Read more:Generation
Power from Pulling a Cord - A Potenco Innovation! 2006-12-21 16:12:49 Laptop owners often come across situations when they wish that they just had enough power for a few more minutes to complete an Excel or Word file and mail it to their managers. There might be different situations that might run analogous to the above, but the yearning is just for one power - electrical [...] Read more:Innovation
Getting the Most Out of Bluetooth - A MindTree Innovation! 2006-12-17 08:53:53 Bluetooth made waves when it first hit the consumer market, but the adoption factor remained subdued owing to the limited range and lower throughput rates. But times change, and the market has suddenly cast its eyes on Bluetooth. “…2006 was the year when Bluetooth bounced back as a must-have technology for millions of users worldwide [...] Read more:Bluetooth
, Innovation
Portable Computing - A Sony Revolution! 2006-12-17 08:49:36 Sony has launched the Vaio UX series - the ultra-compact, portable computing device, in India. Weighing just 500 grams, the Vaio VGN-UX17GP is armed with a powerful 1.2 GHz Intel Core Solo processor, Centrino wireless functionality, 512 MB RAM and a 2 GB hard drive.
“…the Japanese maker has squeezed the PC to its smallest, lightest [...] Read more:Computing
, Portable
, Sony
Zune - The Orange Avatar! 2006-12-26 06:30:22 It was the iPod some five years ago when it was launched, and now ’tis the Zune
- the most talked about portable music player in town. Much is being expected from Zune and the makers have adorned it in a new skin - the Orange
Zune. Stamped as ‘rare’ by the makers (only 100 [...] Read more:Avatar
AOC V500 - The Slim Portable Media Player 2006-12-27 09:18:42 Ridiculously slim, smart and beautiful! Well, ‘m talking about the AOC V500 portable media player. Measuring just a little less than a centimeter thick (9.8mm!), the device sports a 2.4 inch beautiful QVGA display and supports most of the popular formats such as MP3, WMA, AVI, WAV, JPEG and MPEG-4. An in-built USB 2.0 [...] Read more:Portable
Cute 4-inch TV From Bluedot 2006-12-28 18:02:09 Just look at the cool gadget! What do you think it is? Well, I won’t leave you keep guessing for long….’tis a cute portable TV from Bluedot, a Japanese company. The model you see here is the BTV-400k, and sports a nice 4-inch display.
Measuring just 70 x 126 x 11 mm, the gadget features an [...]
Pure and Simple Cell Phone - The Eclipse 2006-12-28 19:09:18 I have always wondered why most cellular phones today with color displays are stuffed with cameras. Well, I’m a shutterbug, and would really love to take cool pictures with my 4 MP Canon camera. So, I rarely use the camera that comes with the cellphones. Can’t we just have a sexy looking cell phone devoid [...] Read more:Simple
A Cool Pen That Senses Wi-Fi Hotspots! 2006-12-28 18:17:31 Now what? A pen that looks for Wi-Fi hotspots?
That’s a good one! Life made easy…you don’t have to open your laptop, boot your Windows or Mac or Linux, just to check whether you have a Wi-Fi hotspot connection. This pen would not only let you know about the presence of a Wi-Fi connection in [...] Read more:Senses
, Hotspots
Pantech's SKY Brand IM-S150 Featuring Korean Traditional Patterns 2006-12-29 19:22:35 A new compact and stylish handset, the IM-S150, with its surfaced beautified by Korean
traditional patterns will be launched this week by the Pantech
Group–under Pantech’s SKY brand. Weighing only 80g, the IM-S150 measures 7.8cm in height and 3.7 cm in width. With its advanced-quality screen, the handset incorporates dual TFT LCD display supporting 260,000 [...] Read more:Brand
, Traditional
, Patterns
Spectec SDIO GPS Receiver With microSD Slot 2006-12-29 19:11:07 My friend has got a smart phone that has an expandable microSD
memory slot. He is not tech savy, and rarely uses the SD card, and the slot is always free! Well, there are many like my friend whose SD memory slots are unused or rarely used. But Spectec has designed and developed a unique [...] Read more:GPS
Novomax Bluetooth SoundStation 2006-12-30 06:22:45 Being stylish and tech savvy is the trend now! A few years ago, the proliferation of cellular phones created a trend wherein everyone was flaunting their handys while driving. But then, strict laws were in place to admonish those driving while answering calls on their cell phone. Well, what the heck? We have got the [...] Read more:Bluetooth
Better Living Through RFIDs! 2006-12-30 17:28:50 Most of the European countries are concerned about their environment, trying their best not to spoil it. In this aspect Germany is a good example that uses the latest technologies to the best possible extent to save the environment, and to make their country an excellent place to live. German laws are very strict and [...] Read more:Living
RFID-enabled Smart Refrigerator From Samsung 2007-01-02 10:29:07 How about a futuristic refrigerator that could constantly track the contents in it, and send us messages if the supplies are about to be exhausted and notify us of expiry dates? Sounds good!
This kind off intelligent refrigerator is being developed by Samsung
Electronics - Korea’s second-largest producer of home appliances, incorporated with radio frequency identification [...] Read more:Smart
, Refrigerator
GPS-enabled Mobile Phone From LG 2007-01-02 19:28:46 How much can be added to a cell phone? It was the still/video camera, the FM, the MP3 and now what? The LG SB-190 cell phone now features an integrated GPS
chipset, in addition to featuring MP3 playback, DMB reception and an integrated 1.3 mega-pixel camera. Supporting a fine 240 x 320 resolution with 262k [...] Read more:Mobile
GzOne Mobile Phone From Casio - The Tough Guy! 2007-01-03 10:35:20 In my opinion, when devices get smaller and smaller, it becomes quite difficult for me to handle them with my palm. I often drop my Sony Ericsson and Siemens phones as they are pretty small! Well, luckily nothing happened so far and they are still working!
GzOne Mobile
phone from Casio
is a very tough [...] Read more:Tough
The Slimmest MP3 Player in the World - Wallet MP3â„¢ 2007-01-03 10:29:25 Walletex, an Israel-based developer of innovative wallet-friendly consumer electronics has recently announced the development of Wallet MP3â„¢. The Wallet MP3â„¢ is the slimmest MP3 player, and is durable as it is temperature-resistant, water-proof and dust-proof.
Featuring a multi-function (USB communication, charging and audio jack) double-sided USB connector, the player graphics can be customized to suit [...] Read more:World
World's Smallest Multi-Function GPS Watch From Suunto 2007-01-04 13:06:57 Small is beautiful! Suunto, a Finnish company, has produced the world's smallest multi-function GPS
watch. This would be a welcome note to adventurers, especially hikers, who could now get rid of heavy and oversized GPS devices. Displaying latitude, longitude and 2500 waypoints in text mode, the Suunto Multi
-Function GPS watch is also armed with a [...] Read more:World
GPS-Enabled Shoes 2007-01-04 13:03:07 Last month we mentioned about GPS
incorporated in clothing. Now what? GPS has found its way into shoes to enable personal tracking. These GPS-enabled shoes are equipped with a panic button that facilitates the user to broadcast alerts to someone incase of emergencies.
Dunno exactly where the panic button is placed in the shoes! Is [...]
Secure Access - MyKey RFID Digital Door Lock 2007-01-06 15:08:31 RFID is such a fascinating technology whose penetration into various application areas such as logistics, secure access, passports and other ID cards is applaudable. MyKey RFID Digital
Door Lock, as the name implies, incorporates RFID technology for secure access! Conventional locks and keys would be a thing of the past, and RFID access technologies give [...] Read more:Secure
, Access
RFID-based SurvivalTag for First Responders 2007-01-06 15:02:21 Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is quite fascinating when we consider the sophistication, functionality and durability of the same. RFID tags play an important role not only in the supply chain management and retail outlets arena, but also as a life saver in mission critical situations.
RFID LTD., has developed SurvivalTag, a system that is [...] Read more:First
Hi-Tech Wars - Future Soldiers Could See Through Walls! 2007-01-07 08:36:48 When I play computer games such as Soldier of Fortune or Half-life, I tend to use cheat codes (!!) to enable me 'see through walls'. Well, that's just a computer game and it wouldn't hurt you when your enemy surprises you and shoots at you. Imagine soldiers in real-life situations who can see through walls [...] Read more:Future
, Soldiers
, Walls
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