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Eneloop Stick Booster for powering mobile gadgets

Tim Hornyak | Nov 13, 2009

(Credit: Sanyo)

Sanyo is introducing a portable USB recharger that can power mobile devices, such as the iPhone, that require a higher current for charging.

The Eneloop Stick Booster, part of the same family of power products as the USB Solar Panels, comes with two rechargeable Eneloop AA NiMH batteries.
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A leaner, faster and cheaper Chumby

Donald Bell | Nov 13, 2009

The US$99 Chumby One ditches the plush look of the previous model and gets a performance boost. (Credit: Chumby Industries)

The Chumby One (which is technically Chumby No. 2) officially made its way into the manufacturer's online storefront Wednesday, priced at a tantalizing US$99.

For those who didn't catch the Chumby phenomenon the first time around, the gist of the thing is a do-it-all, hardware host for Internet widgets. You can use it to check the weather, update your Facebook status, browse your photos on Flickr, tune in to Internet radio, play games, and more. The original Chumby was a blast (I still use one at home for listening to Pandora), but it was a bit of a rich-kid novelty at US$179.
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Try these puzzlers if you're bored with your watch

Tim Hornyak | Nov 12, 2009

(Credit: Tokyoflash)

Tokyoflash's latest series of slick designer wristwatches features lightweight aluminum construction, LED lights, and maddeningly confusing time displays.

The Kisai series inherits the qualities of previous incomprehensible Tokyoflash timepieces such as the Fire and the Pleasure Seeker, namely that users must spend hours deciphering their alien time-reckoning systems.

They certainly put one's brain to work. The Sensai model (right), which weighs 72g and sells for about US$233, tells the time after a button on its right side is pushed. The button first initiates a circular animation of colored LEDs.

When the animation stops, the hour is shown according to the number of red LEDs. So far, so good. When it comes to minutes, things get tricky.
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Porsche illuminates with premium flashlight

David Carnoy | Nov 12, 2009

Space-age design: The mPower Emergency Illuminator is set to hit stores in March, 2010. (Credit: mPower)

Flashlights are becoming more and more sophisticated, as well as rather expensive. Case in point: The upcoming mPower Emergency Illuminator, which made its press debut this week at an event in New York. Designed by the Porsche Design Studio to be "a stylish product with emergency utility, it will cost somewhere between US$250 and US$300 when it comes out in March of 2010.

Aside from the fetching design, the mPower Emergency Illuminator boasts some innovative battery technology. One battery "tube" stores two CR123 batteries, while the other has what's called an OnCommand Reserve Battery that the company says has a minimum 20-year shelf life and will deliver "power on command when and where you need it."
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Tweet your weight daily with Wi-Fi Body Scale

Matt Hickey | Nov 12, 2009

It even looks good. (Credit: Withings)

You take a scale. You give it Wi-Fi. And then you let it log in to your Twitter account to tell the world how much you weigh each morning. That's what this is: The Wi-Fi Body Scale.

At first it sounds silly, but the more I think about it the more I like the idea. If I'm trying to lose weight, this is a good way to force me to watch what I eat lest I embarrass myself in front of my Twitter followers. If it shows me blowing up like a whale instead of dropping pounds then I don't just know I'm doing something wrong, my peers do, too. Shame can be a powerful tool.
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