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Keeping warm and informed the USB way

Darius Chang | Dec 18, 2009

During a recent trip to India, I learnt that the USB port has become indispensable to this traveling techie. As long as your device allows charging via USB, keeping warmed and informed is easily accomplished.

Here's why. On long train rides, one of the hardest parts thing to figure out is when to get off. It doesn't help that there are no announcements made at the various stations. So what I did was to use my iPhone as a GPS navigator to determine my location.

But here's the catch--the iPhone does not allow you to turn off the cell service and leave the GPS on to save power.
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WiPower introduces mainstream wireless charging

Sharon Vaknin | Dec 15, 2009

WiPower's charging mat can power up to four devices at once, regardless of their position. (Credit: JustinCumming.com)

Can you imagine placing your cellphone on a Starbucks table and seeing it charge instantly?

Gainesville, Fla.-based WiPower (pronounced "y"-power) is manufacturing wireless-charging technology that could potentially facilitate just that.

Ryan Tseng founded WiPower after he realized how burdening it is to travel with bundles of chargers.

His frustration resulted in WiPower's wireless power transmitter, a mouse pad-like device that connects to a wall with one cord. Devices with an integrated power receiver placed upon the mat start charging immediately.
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Three-pin power plug redesigned

Damian Koh | Dec 14, 2009

(Credit: Min-Kyu Choi)

We blog about the latest gadgets on Crave Asia, but sometimes the best ideas come from redesigning devices that we use on a daily basis, for example, the standard UK three-pin power plug. That's exactly what Min-Kyu Choi from the Royal College of Art in London conjured up for his graduate show. His product design is a folding plug system which was inspired by the MacBook Air. According to Choi, the Air is "the world's thinnest laptop", but "we still still use the world's biggest three-pin plug".
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Plastic Logic's Que at CES 2010, plans for color e-reader

Sharon Vaknin | Dec 14, 2009

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Plastic Logic, the maker of the much anticipated, vaguely understood Que e-reader, will finally announce availability, pricing, and design at CES 2010.

Although its business division is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Plastic Logic's technologies were born in Cambridge, England. The research team spent 10 years finding ways to use plastic transistors for the e-reader screen instead of silicon.

Professors at the Cavendish Labs in Cambridge eventually came up with a flexible e-reader, one that can't shatter, unlike the Kindle's and Nook's glass screens.
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Mirrored shoes for math geeks, Lady Gaga

Leslie Katz | Dec 14, 2009

Try running to catch a train in these babies.
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Were designer Andreia Chaves' mirrored shoes to meet the Mirrored Rubik's Cube, you'd have yourself a look with a capital L. The "Invisible Shoes" are low-cut boots covered in asymmetrical mirrors that reflect the wearer's surroundings and create a different optical effect with every step. Right now, they're just concept footwear, and in the unlikely event they ever make it to market, we're figuring they'll be limited to the likes of Lady Gaga.
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