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Washable keyboards and mice
Juniper Foo | Mar 30, 2007
This is the first we've heard of a keyboard that can actually be dunked in suds. Time to chuck those airbrushes/USB vacuum suckers/silicon keyboard covers. From US-based Unotron, everything appears washable, right down to the mice to smartcard readers. The company's patented SpillSeal technology allows its treated products to be washed under running water and even soaked in antibacterial solutions. Off with the gunk! And love that sinking feeling!
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Price: Wired and wireless keyboards from US$50-US$80; mice from US$50-US$70; smartcard readers from US$25-US$30
Availability: Unotron
Device: Peripherals
Specs: N.A.
SQ Flash Memory Card and USB adapter
Juniper Foo | Mar 22, 2007
This dropped into our inbox from Xmultiple's Drew Stoiberg. The announcement: A flash media that doubles current read/write speeds (32.4MB/21.5MB for a 2GB version) in what it claims is a world's first. Is it even a flash card we're familiar with? Still, at 60MB/s, this Speedy Gonzalas has no match. As a bit of a comparison, standard read/write speeds attain up to 2.8MB/s and 3.2Mb/s, respectively. Good news for those on Vista planning to take advantage of the ReadyBoost feature. As with all Xmultiple devices, ease of transfer is key. Hence, you'll find a USB 2.0 interface adapter that lets the SQ plug into any USB port on a Mac or PC, in any direction apparently, while the Xmultiple ShareCard means SQ users can swap data with each other sans a computer. Which is all very nifty. However, with no pricing details released, we can't say if the top-up in speed will leave us a little slower to reach for our wallets, or faster.
Price: N.A.
Availability: No word on availability, more info at Xmultiple
Device: Flash media
Specs: 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB capacities
Why settle for just a finger?
Darius Chang | Mar 20, 2007
Fingerprint biometrics may have the upper hand (pardon the pun) over user-selected passwords, but Fujitsu wants your entire hand to become a security device.
By using the unique vein pattern inside the palm to secure access, the Japanese manufacturer's PalmSecure technology cannot be bypassed using simple forgery techniques (i.e. lifting a fingerprint). In fact, even an accurate replica of the vein patterns does not work, as the scanner traces the deoxidized hemoglobin in the blood to verify the vein pattern. For now, Fujitsu PalmSecure prototype is design as an addon peripheral instead of an integrated solution. There is no information on availability and pricing at this time.
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Hook up a monitor without a graphics card
Edvarcl Heng | Mar 17, 2007
The new Samsung UMPC may be grabbing the headlines and the gawks at the Samsung booth, but it is the SyncMaster 2040UX (20-inch) and the 940UX (19-inch) that really got our jaws dropping. Special firmware within the monitor allows it to interpret video signals through the USB connection, and get this; it does not require a graphics card to process it. We like to think it's fuss-free Nvidia… erm, nirvana.
The trump card of the 2040UX and the 940UX is that an additional UXs can be daisy-chained to the first one, up to six UXs in all. Or if you can have six UXs connected directly to the PC itself. Picture quality is acceptable for simple stuff like word processing, but stuff like playing Doom 3 on it would be out of the question, since the USB connection creates a bottleneck with its paltry 480Mbps of data transfer rate.
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ASUS PG221: Dump your speakers for a screen
Edvarcl Heng | Mar 15, 2007
It's the kitchen sink of LCD monitors. Besides a built-in 1.3-megapixel Webcam and plenty of inputs for other consumer electronics, the PG221 packs a whopper in the audio department as well. By incorporating SRS TruSurround XT, a digital sound processing algorithm, the PG221 stereo speakers may be a cost-saver when it comes to replicating a 5.1 setup minus the speakers.
Specifications:
- 22-inch widescreen display (16:10)
- Resolution: 1,680 x 1,050
- 1.3-megapixel Webcam
- Built-in USB hub
- Response time: 2ms
- 2.1 channel speakers
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