UWB hub from Y-E Data
The Japanese market is beginning to be flooded by Ultra Wideband hubs, with Y-E Data being the first to do so with their recently approved hub. This UWB hub is based on the Wisair chipset and has received the TELEC certification, making it the first such product to receive the Japanese certification. This hub comes in a four-port wireless design that is capable of replacing wired USB connections in a flash, giving you the freedom to place wireless-enabled devices such as scanners, portable hard drives, and printers anywhere as long as they remain within range. Data transmission is achieved via a USB dongle that is hooked up to your peripheral of choice.
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Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro gets dissected
Filed under: Laptops
Well, that didn't take long. Shortly after a shiny new Core 2 Duo-equipped MacBook Pro arrived on their doorstep, the folks at iFixit lovingly cracked it open so you don't have to. There aren't a whole lot of surprises under the hood -- unless you haven't already heard about a certain undisclosed bonus -- but if you want to see where all your hard-earned money went up close, they've got the pics to satisfy you.
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Create your own miniature electric chair
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Sure, we've got plenty of options to sit in when it comes to rewarding yourself, but what if you've got a mischievous trick-or-treater that really needs some payback for stiffing you in the candy department? Enter Lil' Sparky, the miniaturized (albeit potent) electric chair, handcrafted to scare the living daylights out of anything or anyone who dares to place its behind in it. Rob Cruickshank has officially "put the cute in electrocute" by wiring up a wooden electric chair that's powered by a single 9-volt battery and can deliver the juice to the unlucky participant with just the flip of a toggle switch. While we certainly don't condone the act of channeling unabated voltage through anybody's bones, be sure to peep the video of the electrifying chair in all its sizzling glory just in case the need presents itself.
[Via BoingBoing]
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UK think-tank argues for ‘legal right to copy’ one’s own CDs
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Portable Audio
The Institute for Public Policy Research, a British progressive think-tank, has just released a white paper called "Public Innovation: Intellectual Property in a Digital Age," which urges the UK government to set up a "legal right to copy." Unlike in the US, which has a "fair use" doctrine, British citizens do not have an inherent right to rip their own CDs to their MP3 player of choice. However, Kay Withers, one of the authors of the report, told Engadget that while no Briton has ever been prosecuted for the crime of ripping one's own CDs, "we feel that it's important that the law get updated with technological progress and public preference." Withers and the IPPR hope that the recommendations will be taken into account by the government, which is currently undertaking a study of intellectual property laws. This study is being headed by the former editor of the Financial Times, Sir Andrew Gowers; his report is expected to be returned to Chancellor Gordon Brown sometime this autumn. [Warning: PDF link]
[Via BBC]
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Saitek Suits Up Mouse with Touch-sensitive Scrolling
A cross between Apple's Mighty Mouse and Motorola's PEBL, the Obsidian is Saitek's most fashionable mouse to date. Its got a 1,000 dpi resolution and ditches a scroll wheel for touch-sensitive scrolling. The horizontal charging dock can simultaneously charge your mouse and a spare battery making sure your mouse never goes hungry. We've never been fans of touch-sensitive scrolling on mice, but if the Obsidian can pull it off, we'll gladly fork over our $80 bucks.
Saitek Obsidian [via Electronista]
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Ridiculously Beautiful: Japan’s INFOBAR2 Cellphone
Jean Snow stopped by the KDDI Design Studio and got an eyeful in the form of these beautiful bar phones. Large, squarish buttons in a grid, flush to a curved surface that looks to be as comfortable to hold in the hand as a piece of fruit. Good design is easy, in retrospect. Handsets in Japan are bigger, and these are no different. But smaller doesn't necessarily mean easier to use, now does it?
This is just a Japanese prototype, so abandon all hope of every seeing one with a T-Mobile logo on it. But it still is fun to gawk. A nice blue and greyscale model after the jump.
Infobar2 [jeansnow]
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Cingular Treo 750 in the Wild
Boy genius as a shot of the upcoming Cingular Treo 750, a Windows Mobile 5-powered smartphone from Palm. The phone looks just about the same as the European version, and is making the rounds with Cingular support teams—probably where BG got this shot.
Unfortunately, it seems like the Cingular version of the phone is quite far from release thanks to various stability problems. As much as we like Windows Mobile, we know there are stability issues, especially getting it to work with different devices. We didn't lose all the data on our miniSD card once just to not gripe about it.
Roc A Fella gives us the Cingular Treo 750 [Boy Genius Report]
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iRobot announces “Sentinel” robot army project
Filed under: Robots
Cheeky folk that they are, the engineers at iRobot have chosen Halloween to take the wraps off their latest super-secret project, codenamed "Sentinel" -- it won't clean your floors, but should it fall into the wrong hands, could make crumbs the least of your worries. Funded by the U.S. Army's Small Business Innovation and Research program, the project allows for multiple semi-autonomous robots to be controlled from a single touch-screen computer. While the intended uses for the project are mostly non-hostile at the moment -- like conducting surveillance and mapping in hostile environments -- it seems only a matter of time before the bots get outfitted with some pint-sized weaponry. Lets just hope they're restricted to fighting eachother.
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Worlds Largest Seamless Display; Uses More Power Than a 3rd World Country
Measuring in at a measly 27 x 15-ft, this projection system requires 20 networked PCs with multiple graphics cards just to process the 60 million pixel display. Just for comparison, those ultra clear HDTVs you've been watching are only around 2.07 million pixels.
It uses an algorithm to break the video down into 80 smaller sections and then the computers blend the images together so that they appear as one giant seamless display.
And if that wasn't enough to get your techy shorts bunched up, it sucks down 30,000 watts (So take that all you environmentalist PS3 haters, you've got a new fish to fry). However I doubt anyone that can afford this TV will be worrying about the electric bill, since it will set you back about $100,000. Not bad compared to the tiny103-inch Panasonic plasma that goes for $69,999.95.
Giant Screen, Bold Vision [Courier-Journal]
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Clarins Expertise 3P anti-electro magnetic radiation mist
Filed under: Wearables
Good news for the tin-foil hat set: Clarins just did you solid and busted out an anti-electro magnetic radiation mist -- we keed you not. Of course, this is for cosmetic reasons. Cancer be damned, Clarins just wants to make sure none of of that electro magnetic radiation is at fault for any premature skin aging. Such radiation-caused aging is a "very real problem" sez Clarins, and we suppose we should be grateful to the cosmetics giant for producing its new Expertise 3P Screen Mist to save our collective epidermis at a mere 39 euros (around $50 US) a bottle. The product "works" by forming a screen on the face, and also purportedly contains an anti-pollution complex to fight nefarious environmental causes of premature aging. Is this absolutely ridiculous? Perhaps. Are we loving every minute of it? You betcha.
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