Archives for August 2006
This one looks plain egg-citing
Edvarcl Heng | Aug 10, 2006
Skip the pods. Eggs are much more nutritious than plain old legumes. Especially when this one can sing for your supper. Though the EGGE MP3 player may look appetizing next to a rasher of bacon, it's still not quite dishy enough to poach the crown from the iPod. But it's definitely feature-packed with voice/FM recording and OGG Vorbis playback.
Though there's video support on the 1-inch screen, we think the fellow who thought that one up ought to have his eggs whipped. The screen's so tiny, it would probably scramble our eyesight. But imagine all the karma you would earn during Easter? Easter Bunny, it's time to upgrade your eggs.
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Disinfecting phone charger
Juniper Foo | Aug 10, 2006
We kid you not. Directly after our editor wrote a Techbuzz piece, Are we breeding germs on our phones?, an email arrived in our inbox from a company called staytalking.com. Its beef? That its coin-operated mobile phone chargers actually disinfect while juicing up your handset. A quick tour of its Web site, which looked more blog than e-store, lists this as one of the benefits, though it never really reveals how it actually nukes those germs. And we may never know since the product retails mainly in the markets of France, Great Britain and Kuwait.
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Price: N.A.
Availability: Kuwait, France, the UK
Device: Coin-operated mobile charger
Basic specs: N.A.
Things never looked this good up close
Damian Koh | Aug 09, 2006
We all know about taking close-up pictures and there are cameras touting 0cm macro capabilities. For most intents and purposes, that's good enough, but apparently not so for X-Loupe's i6 Pro, which brings us even more up close and personal with its 150x magnification properties.
The X-Loupe i6 Pro is an attachment for the Canon Digital IXUS 55/60/65/Wireless digicams, which transforms your shooter into a 150x (60x and 100x also available) magnification handheld. This external lens module uses Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries and is rated for up to 5 hours of playtime. It also has a dimmable white-light LED to illuminate your subject. Just follow the six-step instructions online and you're good to go. Of course, you'll have to purchase the accessory from the company's Web site first.
For those wondering about the rationale behind such a device, there are, in fact, many uses. According to X-Loupe, these include archeology authentication, education and research, branded items appreciation and banknote discrimination, to name a few.
The possibilities are endless and, one of these days, we might just be able to start a bonfire by focusing sunlight onto a single spot with our digital cameras.
Meth Gun
Juniper Foo | Aug 09, 2006
This almost gets away with looking like a hairdryer, save for the hairy arm (see picture) that goes with it. Yep, it's attached to a law enforcement officer. And the weapon in question? A meth gun. This doesn't spit out fierce rays or deadly lead, but the ultraviolet light it emits may just have your name on it if you're a substance abuser. It apparently picks up trace amounts of methamphetamine and other illegal drugs invisible to the naked eye. Fortunately for the men in uniform, there's no need to pack this monster piece in their gun holster. Developer Maryland-based CDEX is working hard to shrink it down to size. And fortunately for the dogs in uniform, the meth gun is intended to supplement the canine narcotics unit, not replace those furface troopers.
Via CNET News.com blogs
Price: About US$10,000, expected to drop to about US$2,000 when in full production
Availability: March 2007, US
Device: Law enforcement detector gun
Basic specs: N.A.
ASUS leaps ahead with Core 2 Duo
Darius Chang | Aug 08, 2006
Even as desktop Core 2 Duo systems are being primed at the starting line, ASUS leaps ahead with the announcement of its first Core 2 Duo notebook.
Billed as a corporate machine, the ASUS V1J comes with high-end components and an equally impressive price tag. Sporting a 1.83GHz T5600 Core 2 Duo chip, the ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 graphics chip should also appease those looking for a portable gaming platform. However, it does not forget its roots as an business machine, as a docking station is available as an option.
For those looking to stand at the cusp of portable computing excellence, be prepared to shell out S$3,398 (US$2,235.53) at the third week of September to own the coolest, and possibly the fastest, notebook in town.
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