Archives for May 2006
Aquapub
Juniper Foo | May 04, 2006
Here's a personal favorite next to the motorized pool lounger. The amphibious Aquapub makes it possible to have your own backyard oasis whether you're landlocked or fancying a floating party in the pool. Sits up to six, with glass holders and two removable containers. With this, who needs a vacation in the Bahamas?
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Via Uncrate
Price: N.A.
Availability: Check Web site, available only in US, Australia, Canada, Egypt and Europe
Device: Pool party table
Basic specs: 90lbs, recycled material, supports up to 114kg per seat, 2.15m in diameter
Eye-Fi
Juniper Foo | May 03, 2006
Not another Wi-Fi SD card? Well, not quite. Eye-Fi packs everything you need to go 802.11g wireless onto a 1GB SD flash media, sans the ugly protruding antenna that usually accompanies such cards. This means you can now fit the Eye-Fi inside the SD card slot of any Wi-Fi-supported camera or PDA. And voila, you're ready to upload those freshly taken snaps automatically to the Internet via any hotspot or wireless network. There's word of a CompactFlash version, though it may be early days for Eye-Fi to do a high five, given the market for Wi-Fi-supported cameras and handhelds. Hopefully, firmware upgrades will be forthcoming that will soon allow non-Wi-Fi gadgets to use the Eye-Fi.
Via CNET Alpha Blog
Price: Not announced
Availability: No launch details yet
Device: Wi-Fi SD card
Basic specs: N.A.
Ever wonder how a fly views the world?
Damian Koh | May 02, 2006
Well, soon you'll have the answer. Bioengineering Professor Luke Lee and his team from the University of California in Berkeley have created the "first hemispherical, three-dimensional optical system to integrate arrays of tiny lenses with self-aligned, self-written waveguides, or light-conducting channels". My, that was a mouthful.
Basically, the team of bioengineers (which also includes Ki-Hun Jeong and Jaeyoun Kim) modeled the compound eyes of insects and, with the help of tiny lenses, use these to capture a wider field of vision--wider than a fish-eye lens according to the news release.
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Ultraman, 1966. Credit: Japan Hero |
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Kudos to the team at UC Berkeley--we just hope that Ultraman won't be prowling the streets anytime soon.
Housefly a model for new wide-angle lens.
Samsung plans Origami launch
Darius Chang | May 02, 2006
Editors' note  :Please click on the following link for a photo gallery of the Samsung Q1 and additional descriptions. Samsung Q1 |
Details are scarce in the email invitation for a San Francisco launch on May 1, with Samsung revealing only that it will showcase the ultraportable tablet PC based on Microsoft's Origami concept.
The Origami concept envisions a device that falls between the notebook and PDA category in terms of screen size, processing power and cost. With an all-day battery life, the device should also offer the standard features and connectivity of today's full-fledged notebooks. However, the portable which Samsung will be launching is likely to cost significantly more than a notebook, with only a few hours of battery life, far from the Origami ideal. Both Microsoft and Intel admit that the first generation will likely be purchased by tech enthusiasts rather than the masses, but they have much hope for the future of such ultraportable PCs.
Opticon
Juniper Foo | May 02, 2006
We're not endorsing this, of course. But we're not alone when we say there's nothing like the Opticon to keep those annoying traffic lights on green, particularly when you hit that stretch of road which has a forest of traffic lights. It's what firefighters and police use to blow through lights when they respond to emergencies. So naturally, this is illegal to the hilt. The trick is to avoid getting caught red-handed by your friendly traffic cop who will probably seeing enough red to toss you in the slammer for the good of everyone.
The image featured is not an Opticon but the Mirt Traffic Control Preemptive Device which does the same thing essentially
Via CNN.com
Price: US$300
Availability: N.A.
Device: Traffic light changer
Basic specs: N.A.
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