Novotable

This would look smashing next to that pinball machine and Coke dispenser in your living room. If you had one. Totally Back to the Future, this retro tabletop arcade is a piece of yesteryear's PacMan and Galaxy consoles. If you're feeling the nostalgia bug bite hard and would like one, be prepared for sticker shock as the Novo Infotainment Table is expected to cost a premium. Otherwise, stick to PlayStation 2. It's far more portable, and you can lean back comfortably rather than lean over your console in a backbreaking game of video.

Take a look at the full setup | the control keys

Price: N.A.
Availability: see Web site
Device: Game machine
Basic specs: 32-inch LCD screen, subwoofers, arcade controllers, auxilary scart video input, auxilary video output, built-in picture card reader, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled, external USB ports, Shuttle PC

Food Loop

Sometimes, loopy ideas make great ones. From a company whose tagline says "Use your imagination", this one doesn’t need much brain juice to get the drift. Hotspot's flexible silicon Food Loops snap together to form loops around any food you wish to keep closed and compact during cooking. Beats using twine and is even arthritis friendly, though there seems to be just the one color choice.

Watch the video | get some recipes | see Food Loop | package

Via CNET News.com blogs

Price: US$14.95 for set of six
Availability: Currently in the US, although there are plans to retail it internationally.
Device: Food trussing tool
Basic specs: Heat resistant up to 675°F / 357°C, non-stick, flexible and adjusts from 1 to 4 inches or larger by linking several loops together, reusable, arthritis friendly

Astone Mobile Washer

Here's a crazy idea, a portable washer that you can bring along on your next great outdoor adventure. Here's why it won't work. 1) You have hordes of kids who use up shirts and socks faster than you can hang them out to dry; and 2) you're supposed to be relaxing, not thinking of washing dirty laundry. Still, if you're a clean freak or closet OCD, this baby should prove a lifesaver. Don't plan on giving this gizmo an early spin, though. It's not due out till May, according to Astone Hong Kong's Web site. It also holds only 6.5l of water in an inflatable washtub, and gives no indication if it can run off mains or not.

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Via Gizmag

Price: US$70
Availability: From May, Astone
Device: Portable washer
Basic specs: 2kg, holds 6.5l water

High-power NEC projectors for heavy-duty tasks

The bright 3,500 and 4,000 ANSI lumens NP1000 and NP2000 are NEC's latest entries in high-performance multimedia projectors for the corporate, education and home cinema environments. Equipped with five optional quick-swap lenses ranging from wide-angle to long-zoom variants, these light canons project images of up to 500-inch sizes from a short throw distance of 12.4m.

Both models also excel in advanced connectivity with High-Definition-ready component-video and digital DVI sockets. Users will also get away with messy cords and cables via an upgradeable wireless video interface which supports multiple PC connections and advanced projection image management and sharing.

The NP series projectors will be available in early May at a retail price of S$5,500 (US$3,618.42) (NP1000) and S$6,500 (US$4,276.32) (NP2000) .
More info here

SingTel scores a first with Treo 650 BlackBerry support

Singapore carrier SingTel today secured a coup as the world's first mobile operator to offer BlackBerry Connect for Palm's Treo 650 PDA-phone. According to the press release, the BlackBerry service will be immediately available for new and existing Treo 650 customers. Corporate customers can also purchase the Treo 650 at S$299 (US$196.71) with every subscription of the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution Unlimited Local Data Usage plan at S$61.95 (US$40.76) per month.

Ms Vicki Brady, SingTel's vice president for Consumer Marketing, believes "the compact and feature-rich Treo 650 with Blackberry Connect will appeal to many of our corporate customers". Some of the features supported by BlackBerry Connect for the Treo 650 include push corporate email, wireless calendar synchronization, attachment viewing of Office and PDF documents, and Remote Address Lookup (RAL).

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