Wifi Finder from Linksys

March 22, 2007 by Leave a Comment

WUSBF54G
The WUSBF54G is a USB network adapter and also includes a built in wi-fi finder. It is capable of finding Wireless G and Wireless B signals and allows full connectivity and 128 bit WEP or WPA encryption. The USB network adapter has a built in LCD screen which shows network name, channel, signal strength and the security of the network. What sets this device out from the crowd is that it works while not connected to your laptop. You switch it on and it immediately shows networks in the area and if they are able to be connected to. If you find one then you can switch on your laptop, plug it in and then surf away. If multiple networks are found then a list is displayed ordered by signal strength. As free public hotspots are becoming more freely available, this device can help find those hotspots far quicker and get you working quicker.

The device costs $79 and could be well worth the investment for the frequent traveler.

Via: Coolest-Gadgets

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Displays, Laptops

Luxury Rain Shower

March 22, 2007 by 3 Comments

Luxury Rain Shower
The Luxury rain shower offers a different showering experience in that it also uses light and sound to change the mood. It mounts on the ceiling and has adjustable blade flow. The audio and light can be adjusted externally with an attached keyboard although no information is given about this yet. It may be waterproof, or it might just connect to a PC in the house some how.

Via: BornRich

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Indoor RC Plane – Aero Soarer

March 22, 2007 by 1 Comment

Aero Soarer
Indoor RC toys are becoming more popular over the last year or so. The Picoz RC Helicopter is one of my favorite due to it’s tiny size and the ability to fly around your living room and not destroy anything.

Tomy have now released the Aero Soarer which is an indoor RC plane. It weighs next to nothing with it being made from polystyrene (Styrofoam for you in the US) and is light enough to fly without much power. The planes controller has 2 functions. The first is the controller for the plane which allows you to increase the the throttle which makes the plane go up and decrease to go down, also it allows you to steer the plane. The second function is that it doubles as a charger for the plane. There is no mention of how long it takes to charge, but average usage for RC flying toys are around 5 – 10 minutes of flying on about 20 – 30 minutes of charging.

The Aero Soarer is also customisable although I am not 100% sure yet how you can customise it. Maybe you can chop off a bit of the wing and shape it better, or maybe add LEDs.

It is available from Play-Asia for $19.90.

Via: NerdApproved

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

HTC Kaiser

March 21, 2007 by 1 Comment

HTC Kaiser
The HTC Kaiser has finally appeared. It comes with an updated firmware which runs Windows Mobile 6 from Microsoft. It has a 3 mega pixel camera also. On the connectivity side it has HSPDA which allows for faster access for data. Also a GPS receiver is built in. The keyboard is also unique in that it slider out the other side of the device and also appears that the screen can flip upwards to allow typing on a desk. No other details are currently available.

Via: NewLaunches

Filed Under: Cell Phones, Cool Gadgets, Office Gadgets

Virtual Mirror – Try Clothes with out Changing

March 21, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Virtual Mirror
The LCD TV market is getting huge now due to prices always dropping. This has allowed various technologies to be worked with such as virtual mirrors. These tend to be mirrors that hang on your wall, and also have a screen built in. When the screen it switched on the surface is no longer reflecting an image of you, but is showing a video.

Using this idea, a store in New York decided that clothes can be tried on by facing a mirror and displaying the clothes on screen. Where the clothes are not, you can see your reflection as though you are wearing the clothes. To add to this, a picture is then taken, emailed to friends and family and an opinion can be gained as to weather you buy the item of clothing or not.

Seems like an interesting idea and might help speed up things for those who get bored waiting for their wives to try on everything in a store.

Via: NewLaunches

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Displays

Concept Digital Sand Watch

March 21, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Sand Watch
Here we have a new concept idea which is based on the idea of an hourglass that you would normally see with sand in it. The digital version shows time digitally in an hourglass shaped screen and also can be switched to digital mode. This is a cool watch to ook out and would be interesting to see hit the shelves although with that many concept ideas floating around there is only going to be a % of them that do make it. Hopefully, this is one of them.

Via: NerdApproved

Filed Under: Concept Gadgets, Cool Gadgets

Black XBox 360

March 21, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Black XBox 360
Engadget reported that a new Black XBox 360 is going to be made available soon. The picture above is the 360 dev kit, but does give a good idea what it actually might look like. The new XBox 360 will be named the Xbox 360 Elite.

Only a few hundred thousand will be made, which will make it limited edition. All will be black including the controller. It will be $479 and sold alongside Premium and Core Packs. More details including information about 120Gb drives and HDMI on the XBox can be found over at Engadget.

Via: Engadget

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

USB Grilling Device

March 20, 2007 by Leave a Comment

USB Grill
We continue to see some cool and some crazy USB devices. This one is king of crazy though… If you have a spare 30 USB ports laying around and need to grill something up then mix the 2 together and you get a fully working USB grill. The photo above of the system uses a motherboard with a 500W PSU, it uses 6 x 5 port USB cards which are USB 1.1. Only 1.1 was needed because although USB 2.0 is quicker, that doesnt mean your burgers will cook any quicker 😉

For a full look in to this crazy project, check out the translated page with instructions on how to make it. Videos are also included at the bottom of the linked page.

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, USB Gadgets

HTW S116 Solar Mobile Phone

March 20, 2007 by Leave a Comment

HTW S116 Solar Mobile Phone
The HTW S116 is a solar charged mobile phone. Having one of these around could get you out of trouble. All you need to do is sit it in daylight for 40 minutes and you are good for 20 – 25 minutes of talk time. According to one source, the phone can even get a small bit of power from regular lights if it is dark outside.

The main problem with solar energy is that the phone will not charge while in a pocket or bag and its a bit of a pain having to carry it around facing the light source. However, the idea kind of works. I still think a seperate solar charging unit is the better option although you could argue that you probably will not end up carring that around with you. It’s really up to personal choice in the end.

As well as having solar charging capabilities the phone has a 1.3 megapixel camera, external memory card slot and a QVGA screen which measures at 320 x 240 pixels.

Via: Unwiredview

Filed Under: Cell Phones, Cool Gadgets

TV Volume Regulator

March 20, 2007 by Leave a Comment

TV Volume Regulator
Hands up those who get annoyed that the volume jumps up quite a lot when it is time for adverts to show? The TV volume regulator has been created to tackle this frustrating problem. If you havent noticed this happen before when a commercial break is happening, then I am sure you will now that I have mentioned it 🙂

The TV Volume Regulator is available for $49.95 and solves this problem. It automatically regulates the volume between the commercials and actual program. It is available from FirstStreet. Now if they could make one that completly switched off the volume at commercial breaks then that would be good too.

Via: Gadgets-Weblog

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Sony PSP Steering Wheel Mod

March 20, 2007 by Leave a Comment

PSP Steering Wheel
The Sony PSP Steering Wheel mod is one of those mods you just have to take a look at, but at the same time you wonder why it was thought of. It’s not the most practical of mods to have been created and it isnt a portable mod (from what I can tell in the video below). However, it kind of is cool to think you can burn around the track on Ridge Racer or smash people up on Burnout.

Via: Engadget

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Hacked Gadgets

Imation Flash Wristbands

March 20, 2007 by Leave a Comment

imation_flash_wristband
The Imation Flash Wristband is a flash device which you can wear on your wrist. It stores information on it just like any other USB flash drive would, but is just bendy instead of being a rigid block of plastic. The idea of this device is that you can wear your storage rather then have it hanging on a keychain or loosely in your pocket. The flash wristband is made out of rubber which protects the flash drive from knocks etc… The memory capacity of the device currently goes up to 256Mb and colours available are black and blue.

Using the device is as simple as any USB flash drive. You just plug it in to your XP, ME or 2000 based PC and away it goes. It is compatible with older OS versions like Windows 98, but a driver needs to be installed to get it working. Compatibility with Mac is also available.

Via: Imation

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets