Archive | July, 2006
Microsoft’s iPod-Killer: Zune
Zune rumors have been storming the blogosphere as of late, but Microsoft has finally made their official confirmation. “Today we confirmed a new music and entertainment project called Zune. Under the Zune brand, we will deliver a family of hardware and software products, the first of which will be available this year. We see a great [...]
Continue reading...Sony NW-S205F and NW-S203F Music Players
23. July 2006
Tampon jokes aside, these new Walkman music players from Sony looks pretty innovative. It comes in two versions, the black-colored NW-S205F and the silver-colored NW-S203F. Both are flash-based and sport numerous features such as pedometer, “collar knob” for music navigation, calorie counter, stopwatch, FM tuner and a one-line organic EL display. The best part is it [...]
Continue reading...Recharge Cell Phones With Water!
21. July 2006
Japan’s DoCoMo and Aquafairy have announced a recharger for cell phones that charges not with electricity but water! Called the polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC), the technology is a result of combining DoCoMo’s recharger technology with Aquafairy’s thin-film power unit technology and catalyst that could produce hydrogen from water. This compact recharger is less than 1/4 [...]
Continue reading...New Nikon DSLR Camera In 20 Days
20. July 2006
Check out Nikon Imaging Global website right now and you’ll be in for a little surprise. From the flash animation, it seems like Nikon has snuck up on us and will release a new DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) camera in 20 days from now. For those who can’t be bothered to watch the animation, it [...]
Continue reading...Transparent Fiber Spheres That Could Replace Lenses
19. July 2006
Detecting light has always been the realm of lenses. Much like the retina in our eyes, lenses are limited by direction and field of view. But with the development of a new transparent light-detecting fiber by Professor Yoel Fink of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Research Lab of Electronics in MIT, [...]
Continue reading...Solar-Powered Beer Cooling!
18. July 2006
This is perhaps my favorite invention for the month. Because this will be the stuff that’ll keep my smooth KilKenny cool while I lie in the sun, enjoying the beautiful sky, sea and the babes! Active Building Envelope (ABE) is the name of the project, developed by Steven Van Dessel and his fellow researchers at the [...]
Continue reading...Technology Breakthrough: A Cure For Blindness
17. July 2006
Dr. Keith Mathieson from the University of Glasgow’s department of physics is all set out to combat the two common forms of blindness. And what he uses is a technology very similar to the digital cameras that we’re all familiar with. Dr Mathieson said, “By implanting a device into the eye, we hope we will be [...]
Continue reading...USB Wireless PC Lock
16. July 2006
Isn’t it great if your desktop or notebook could automatically lock itself whenever you leave for the washroom? God knows what your colleagues, family members or classmates could be up to whenever you’re away! All you have to do is plug the USB Wireless PC Lock’s receiver into your computer’s USB port and keep the transmitter [...]
Continue reading...The Room Defender
16. July 2006
Here’s an interesting toy called the Room Defender. Loaded with up to 16 foam disks, the Room Defender can be set to automatically sense motion and fire the disks at unsuspecting intruders. It comes with four security settings – Target, Ambush, Warning and Assault. There’s even a remote control included to put things into your own [...]
Continue reading...Intel Unveils Core 2 Duo Processors
15. July 2006
Great news for those of you who are currently having plans to upgrade your desktop computers. Intel announced five new Core 2 Duo processors today, codenamed Conroe (4MB L2 cache) and Allendale (2MB L2 cache). And from bit-tech.net’s preview copies’ benchmark results, it seems like things are looking really great.
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