Isis

November 11, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Isis
The Isis is a mind boggling game that might be worth way more then you actually pay for it… if you can get inside. Inside is uniquely coded key that will open one of several goldern pyramids hidden all over the UK. What makes this more cool is that the pyramids contain silver or gold coins worth thousands of pounds.

The Isis is the hardest puzzle to crack, or as the creators say “it’s virtually impossible to crack”. If that leads you on to thinking of actually cracking it one with a hammer, then dont bother. It’s tamper proof and any messing around will destroy it’s secret forever. Who would want to smash that masterpeice though??

The total prize fund is in the five figure range… so what are you waiting for? Go buy it now and crack this puzzle and earn some nice money in the process!

Buy it now from Firebox.

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Playstation 3 Dissected

November 11, 2006 by Leave a Comment

PS3 Board
Well someone had to do it now didnt they! Photographs of a PS3 innards have now been shown on the internet. Maybe it has happened before, but I just havent come accross it yet. One modder decided to upgrade his PS3 to 120Gb for the drive. Full details at the links below.

Via: Engadget Links: 1, 2

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Kohjinsha SA1F00A ultra-portable

November 11, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Kohjinsha SA1F00A
I came across the SA1F00A today at Engadget and it caught my attention right away. It’s an ultra portable laptop with a screen that’s just 7″. Impress’ PC have given it a full review and it seems the size of the thing was what impressed them most.

The processor is a 500MHz AMD Deode LX800 although it does still allow for 5 hours of battery power. It also has a built in 40GB HDD.

Via: Engadget

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Laptops

Toriton Plus: Water Surface as Music Controller II

November 11, 2006 by Leave a Comment

The Toriton Plus uses water to control music. It uses 5 lasers to measure the water and create the sound. It is a prototype version and does not fully represent the final Toriton Plus.

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USB Hub Mouse Mat

November 11, 2006 by Leave a Comment

USB Mouse Mat
The problem I find these days is that I have so many USB devices that I need to plug in daily that I dont want to climb behind the PC to my USB hub and plug them in each time I need to do something. The USB Hub and Mouse mat helps solve this problem by providing 4 USB ports on the back of the mat to plug your devices in to. This is perfect for those sets of devices that only need to be temporarily used while you can leave the rest behind your PC.

The mouse mat has Blue LED’s to indicate when a port it in use. It requires no external power as it mimicks self power mode. It supports v 2.0 of USB and can work at 12M or 1.5Mbps.

Via: vTec

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, USB Gadgets

MTI Fuel Cell Prototypes Delivered – Mobion

November 10, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Fuel Cell Mobion Mobion Fuel Cells
MTI have been working hard on Fuel Cell power. Fuel Cells can power portable devices for longer and do not require plugging in to recharge. To power a laptop for example, you just fill the cell with methanol and you are good to go for 2 to 10 times longer then the current rechargable batteries. The new prototypes were recently shipped to Samsung to integrate with small electronic devices such as mobile phones and other portable electronic devices.

Mobion power packs are based on direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) technology which they expect about 22% of portable devices will be using bu 2011.

What are the benefits?
As mentioned already, power can be supplied via a fuel cell for 2 – 10 times longer then current rechargeable batteries. Also there is no waiting time to charge the fuel cell. You just top it up and away you go. This will allow the frequent traveller to not have to worry about power cords and battery life on a plane for example.

Mobeon has a number of patents from recent research (85 to be exact) which have helped it acheive a mile stone in this technology.

“At the core of Mobion® technology is its unique approach to managing water that is produced by the chemical reaction at the cathode, and required for the chemical reaction at the anode. Traditional DMFCs rely on complex water management micro-plumbing, whereby water that is produced at the cathode is collected, re-routed and mixed with incoming methanol at the anode. The Mobion® technology architecture uses a proprietary approach which manages the water flow internal to the fuel cell without the need for this complex micro-plumbing.”

Samsung will be utilising mobion technology for feature rich mobile video and audio can be added. This will also include more powerful 3D, mobile satellite TV streaming video which will consume more power.

It seems like Fuel Cell technology has come a fair way since just a few months back when Toshiba unvelied their plans to work with it for powering laptops. Hopefully we will be seeing fuel cell technology hitting the market and powering our more powerful devices for even longer.

Via: MTI

Filed Under: Cell Phones, Cool Gadgets, Laptops

Concrete Display

November 10, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Concrete Display
A couple of engineers have managed to create a concrete screen which has fibre optics embedded in to it. These fibre optics act as pixels displaying the tiny dots of light which come together to make the picture you can see on the wall. A light source is needed which can be an LCD projector for example. With this in the equation it could be used to display video as anything thrown to the back will be displayed on the front. Check out the video and be amazed 🙂

Via: TechEBlog

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Displays

GigaBeat V60

November 10, 2006 by Leave a Comment

GigaBeat V60
Toshiba has launched the GigaBeat. It has a 3.5″ screen, built in speaker and according to stats, it can play video for 8 hours and 12 hours of audio playback. Storage has been upped to 60GB and also included is a 1Seg TV tuner.

Formats supported are MP3, WMA, WMA lossless, WAV, Windows DRM 9/10 and WMV 9/10 media files. The player comes in 3 colours which are black, white and red. Not much else is known right now.
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Small Satellite Phone

November 10, 2006 by Leave a Comment

GSP 1700
The GSP 1700 arrives as the worlds smallest satellite phone to hit the market. It is built by a company called Qualcomm and can operate in more then 120 countries and 6 continents. The battery can provide 4 hours of talk time with 36 hours of standby time.

The antenna is on the large side, but is detachable and can be attached when needed.

Via: OhGizmo

Filed Under: Cell Phones, Cool Gadgets

Sharp MP-E200

November 9, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Sharp Calc MP3
Sharp are launching a few new MP3 players in to the market. At first look I have to agree with Ubergizmo with that they do look like calculators. On the front are 9 buttons. Both feature an integrated FM tuner, FM recording with Line-ni, a miniSD slot to boost the memory capacity.

The player will play MP3, AAC, WMA and WMA-DRM which is a pretty standard and ample selection. It weighs just 2.2 oz and is 3.4″ x 1.9″ x 0.3″. Two memory options are available which are 512Mb and 1GB and they sell for 135 or 180 dollars depending on the version you choose.

Via: UberGizmo

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Arima UM650UV1 UMPC

November 9, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Arima UM650UV1 UMPC
Arima have launched the UM650UV1 UMPC. It’s fairly light weight at 1.5lbs. The touch screen is 6.5″ and has an LED backlight. There is no pricing yet for this 1GHz UMPC.

Other features of this device are a 40Gb P-ATA hard disk drive, 512Mb DDR2 RAM and it runs XP.

Via: TechEBlog

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Zune Menu Video

November 9, 2006 by Leave a Comment

SlashGear managed to create a video of the Zune’s menu system which covers all the options. The Zune is looking very good!

Via: SlashGear

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