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X-Top Multi-Screen Display
Juniper Foo | Oct 29, 2004
Nothing is more awesome than having a monster screen that'll bring out the green-eyed monster in your neighbors, never mind if you'll probably have to "eat grass" for the next 12 months. 9X Media's modular display lets you stack up to 32 flat panels in multiple rows, with over 1,000 possible customizable configurations to play with. Imagine watching Euro Cup or Star Wars: Attack of the Clones with this. Now all you need is to mortgage your home for a sound system to match, and you're ready to rock and roll.
Click to see enlarged image
Price: From US$10,399
Availability: 9X Media
Device: Multi-screen display
Basic specs: Modular and expandable, contrast ratio from 350:1, pixel redraw speed 25ms, max. resolution from 1,024 x 768
USB Memory SushiDisk
Juniper Foo | Oct 25, 2004
Had the Japanese known they would conquer the world through our stomach, World War II could have been fought with chopsticks and wasabi ne? SolidAlliance, the company which brought us the glow-in-dark i-Duck USB thumbdrives, may have struck gold with its SushiDisk. With the potential for limitless permutations of sushi and willing buyers (me, me!), this makes for great office party gifts. We can just see a serving of SushiDisks on a CNETAsia-embossed buffet platter. Just don't eat the decoration.
Click to see more oishii (delicious) peripherals: Sushi specs
Price: From ¥6,000 to ¥8,200 (US$56 to US$76)
Availability: SolidAlliance
Device: USB drive
Basic specs: 32MB or 128MB, USB 2.0
abKey Keyboard
Juniper Foo | Oct 13, 2004
Remember Dr August Dvorak and his keyboard? We don't, either. The poor man apparently died bitter, fighting to sell his improved design to an industry that just wasn't interested. Now 72 years later, Singapore inventor Bob Teo aims to do what Dr Dvorak was unable to--displace the QWERTY keyboard. His abKey Keyboard rearranges the letters alphabetically as well as logically, drawing inspiration from TV game show Wheel of Fortune which he caught as a grad student in the US. Teo claims his keyboard lets users type more accurately, up to twice as fast, is lots more comfortable, and can be learned in 1 hour. Ergonomically, the abKey cracks into two halves and can be angled at an elevation, thanks to its German-designed hinge. However, just as most Singaporeans are unlikely to give up their durians and chillies, the cultural inertia of QWERTY remains an Everest that Teo has to scale.
Click to see key arrangement | keyboard base
Price: US$90
Availability: Asia, from March; will be showcased at CES 2005 in January in Las Vegas
Device: Ergonomic USB keyboard
Basic specs: USB hub, onboard multimedia buttons
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