The BatRest is a small folding cradle designed for the iPhone. It is compatible with the iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPod Touch and the G1. It is designed small enough that it fits along side a credit card in your wallet when not needed on your desk. [Read more…]
Archives for March 2009
Folding iPhone Stand – The BatRest
March 10, 2009 by Leave a Comment
2009 – The Year to Replace your Camera
March 10, 2009 by Leave a Comment
DVICE has compiled a list of 6 reasons why you should replace your digital camera this year. Lets take a look at what ideas they have and the reasons they give for suggesting we change our cameras. [Read more…]
KRE8 Makes Music on the Go
March 10, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Designer Jose Tomas DeLuna has created the KRE8 that is aimed at creative music junkies who love to mix music at all times of the day. The KRE8 is both a mobile phone and mobile music creator bundled in to one cool looking device. [Read more…]
FretLight Video Player
March 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The FretLight Video Player is a gadget that helps you to learn how to play a real guitar. As the name suggests the frets light up on your guitar guiding you through various chords.
The guitar attaches to your PC or Mac via a USB cable. Videos are included with the guitar which teach you various chords by lighting up dots on the neck of the guitar. The software allows you to repeat on an A/B process allowing you to practice the same part time and time again till you get it right. Various DVD’s are available that are compatible with the guitar that teach you essential chords, bass notes, harmonic rhythm and a bunch of others that I personally don’t understand. Maybe I need to pick one up myself and learn 😉 [Read more…]
Japanese Style Wireless XBOX 360 Arcade Stick
March 9, 2009 by 1 Comment
This is the ultimate gaming joystick for Street Fighter fans. It is custom built for the XBOX 360 and is wireless too. The design takes inspiration from the arcade cabs and their ease of use compared to the regular controllers we see these days.
Like many others, the designer of this Arcade Stick has been a fan of street fighter since the early 90’s. The arcade stick has been designed to mimic the old SFII game which also had just 6 buttons. As the creator puts it… [Read more…]
Asus U / UX Notebooks
March 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Asus recently introduced a new line of notebooks named the Asus U and Asus UX Series. The emphasis on the new series is design as quoted in the press release… “Each of them a masterpiece so immensely desirable, the U and UX Series takes modern day computing to the streets”.
I’m not too fussed my self about the design of these as long as they look half decent I am ok with that. What I am more interested in is what’s inside and what it can do. The ‘chicklet’ sized keyboard is backlit making it easier to use in the dark and actually does add a little class to the design. As well as the keyboard lighting up, the touchpad does also. The screen measures 15.6″ and is an LED backlit display. Light sensors are used so that the screen can dim in darker situations and lighten up in bright situations. This is quite a handy tool to have as I am often found changing my screen brightness depending on the time of day and varying light levels. [Read more…]
Transparent OLED Screens Revealed
March 6, 2009 by 1 Comment
Recently at a show in Tokyo a Philips were showing off some transparent OLED displays. The screens were capable of letting about 70% – 75% light through when switched off.
The idea is great as it could turn any window in to a display. OLED’s tend to be very thin due to no backlight being needed as each individual pixel can be lit up a different colour with it’s own light source. Unfortunately there are no details on how the transparency is achieved but it is expected that the setup will probably be similar to current non transparent versions that we see around. [Read more…]
Sony Hybrid Fuel Cell
March 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Fuel-cells look to be a fantastic way of powering a laptop and other portable equipment. By filling them up with something like methanol you can get hours of usage out and then an instant recharge by topping them back up. Sony are working on this technology and have created a prototype hybrid fuel-cell.
The prototype measures 50 x 30mm which makes it fairly small. Inside there is a fuel cell, li-polymer as a secondary batter as well as the control circuit. [Read more…]
BlackBerry App World Launching Soon
March 5, 2009 by 1 Comment
BlackBerry are launching App World soon. A message on their site mentions that “tons of great applications designed for your BlackBerry smartphone in one convenient place”.
It was an expected move due to the iPhone app store being made available and the announcement of Windows Mobile 6.5 and their Windows Marketplace. BlackBerry are offering the store to allow you to download games, personal productivity software, social networking software to name a few. [Read more…]
Pixavi Xcaster ST5000
March 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The Xcaster ST5000 from Pixavi is a high-def camera capable of capturing and streaming live data. It’s built of aluminium which makes it strong, durable and extremely handy to have.
The camera arrives in May this year with a price tag of $7950 which is rather a lot. Lets take a look at what you get for your money. As mentioned above, the camera is rugged which means it can survive drops on to concrete. On the technical side it captures and streams high-def video over a number of connection methods. Connectivity includes Wi-Fi, WIMAX and satellite hook-up (allowing you to stream in more difficult out of the way areas). CD-Quality sound is captured and the video/audio data is streamed using standard codecs that include H.264 and AAC. Uses for such a camera are wireless video conferencing and reporting to name a couple. [Read more…]
Wii MotionPlus Coming Soon
March 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
On the back of some shaky evidence it appears that the much anticipated Wii MotionPlus could be made available in the next couple of months.
The rumours are floating around due to some information over at Nintendo Power which were revealed in an interview. The quote in question mentions the following… [Read more…]
Power Inlets – The Opposite of Wall Sockets
March 4, 2009 by 2 Comments
Around your home you probably have power outlets in each room that you plug in your TV, washing machine, dish washer, oven, mobile phone chargers and a whole lot more. Every one of these devices are designed to draw power from the socket so they can be powered. Inlets are a new idea which reverse that trend. [Read more…]
