Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Perhaps gas prices have you looking for a more fuel efficient ride of late? Suddenly, the Prius isn’t looking so bad. That’s a good thing for Toyota, which has been hard at work on it’s latest Prius.
Not only is the newest edition a gas/electric hybrid with self parking, but the solar panels will power the AC when the appropriate power is available. This in turn, takes away that task from the engine, allowing it to use all it’s power to go straight to the wheels.
A company called Solar Electric Vehicles has been able to squeeze out a 29% increase in vehicle fuel economy, so there is clearly some potential here for Toyota to explore, especially as solar efficiency continues to increase. (more…)
Acer’s got a trick (or three) up it’s sleeve in the form of it’s sweet little power packed X1200 series of PCs.
Sporting an AMD Dual Core processor, 4 GB of RAM an Nvidia GeForce 8200 integrated graphic chipset (a boon for the Vista-users among us), two PCIe slots, nine (yes 9) USB ports, a Firewire port, an eSata port, front and back audio jacks, a 14-in-1 card reader, and up to 500GB in hard drive space.
All of that is crammed into a sleek, black 10.6″ x 4″ x 14.4″ form factor. And did I mention the HDMI port?
This machine is practically bursting at the seams with features. The best one of all? The price.
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To improve its standing in the style genre, Samsung introduced yet another Soul phone. The Samsung G400 Soul complements the design and form factor variations of the Soul, by adopting a clamshell design.
At a glance, it appears similar to the Motorola RAZR, but the G400 Soul is the first clamshell mobile phone with 5 megapixel camera from the Korean manufacturer. It may not be as thin as the RAZR, but it is way more advanced in terms of features and style.
There are two screens, common for modern clamshell phones, with the touch-sensitive external display that sports a multimedia interface and haptics feedback. (more…)
Just when you thought a Blu-ray can hold tremendous amount of data, around 50GB for dual layer, Pioneer surpasses that by introducing the 16 layer Blu-ray disc that can hold 400GB of data!!
Each recording layer on a Blu-ray disc can hold 25GB of data, so 16 layers can store up to 400GB. In addition to the disc, Pioneer also revealed a Blu-ray player that can read the 16-layer disc. Compatible with the current Blu-Ray disc, the player is equipped with superior optics that can pick up lights in the separate layers. (more…)
Looking like it came straight out of a Galaxy Class Starship, the Galaxy watch is a thing of beauty.
Tokyoflash–the grandmaster of beautiful face pieces in watches has created the Galaxy watch. The circles of lights were ” developed using digital tube technology”. It’s their display of multiple colors that let you easily read a watch that looks exceedingly complex.
- The outer ring of lights is the hour hand. They light up “clockwise” to count out the hour.
- The inner ring is the minutes hand and it lights up in 5 minute intervals.
- Finally, the four slashes of color above the minutes circle counts out the remaining single minutes.
One touch of the upper button initiates a programmed animation of light, and then presents the time. (more…)
I am sure everyone can relate to snoozing the alarm when it goes off, or even turning it off completely. Of course this can sometimes lead to over sleeping and being late to work or wherever you have to go.
The new Tyrant alarm clock from Alice Wang intends to firmly put a stop to that.
So if you decide to over snooze and not turn this alarm clock off it will randomly dial numbers from your cell phone every 3 minutes. I am sure the people getting those phone calls wouldn’t find it as funny, and chances are they will call you back to tell you about it.
Of course, that would really wake you up.
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This gesture based remote from Licentia really steps out side the box. The fact is, most of us only use a fraction of all the buttons on the average remote control.
So really, why in the world do they still come with all the buttons you really never use? That’s where the new remote from Licentia comes in. The new remote allows you to control your TV using a device made with two discs. You simply spin or compress the disc to change the channel, adjust the volume and more. (more…)
This new phone was designed by Chi Shing Lo for Orange’s D&AD student awards. The phone has a hole in place of where the camera’s viewfinder would normally be. The hole is used to hang the phone on to it’s charger to charge, or to upload photos to a PC without having to plug anything into the phone.
This means a lot less clutter, and no cables to get in the way. (more…)
Ever wonder what will happen if a smartphone swallowed steroids for breakfast? Give a big round of applause to the Tetra T-Pad, a hunk of a smartphone.
The muscle is not just for looks, this phone is really really tough. That is really important, since it will make up for the plain built-for-war look. The T-Pad boasts shock proof, IP65 waterproof casing, and a keypad that resists dust, debris, and any other matter.
The specifications are pretty good. You’ll get VGA resolution display, Intel’s Xscale 400MHz CPU, 64MB of SDRAM and WIndows CE. Net 4.2 Connectivity is provided include Bluetooth, USB, and optional WiFi/GPS.
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The only thing I remember when using floppy disk in the good old days was how fragile it is. I have to handle it very carefully so that it won’t bend and can’t be used. How time flies, and everything just got smaller and tougher.
This ultra small USB drive is possibly world’s smallest 8GB USB memory. It’s almost the same size as my pinky, with a thickness of less than 4mm. It’s so small that I presume many people will lose it. (more…)
