Monthly Archives: January 2009

Approximate Measurements Have Never Been So Precise

Posted on January 30, 2009

Approximate Measurements Have Never Been So Precise

I am sure that all of their hands or fingers to try a rough measure of something. If you do enough, you might actually be pretty good, but I have noticed that I usually away. Well, if you try to get something in the cold, the measurement of work gloves are the perfect tool.

The pair of gloves, with all kinds of measurements for the times when you just do not feel like always the measuring tape. Heck, they even threw in a protractor. Admittedly, each hand is different, so I would not be applied to these figures, to be exact.

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Anakin’s Lightsaber Flashlight

Posted on January 30, 2009

Anakin’s Lightsaber Flashlight

Deleting a half grand on a replica lightsaber from a company such as Master Replicas is not for everyone, but if you have a Star Wars itch to scratch these cheap torch light but it could be done. It is a full-size replica of Anakin Skywalker’s lightsaber, but a blade, it has four blue LEDs at the end so that they can be used as a flashlight. (Or what ever you think it appropriate to use it.) It is also authentic lightsaber sound effects when switched on and off, but you are welcome to ad-lib your own, and instead of “Crystals” It is from 3 AAA batteries.

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Olympus is getting new Micro Four Thirds Cameras ready

Posted on January 30, 2009

Olympus Readying New Micro Four Thirds Cameras

There is a rumor, but it is a good. After the Russian website Photo Genius, Olympus has a few compact digicams Chunky line up for the launch, most likely at the PMA trade show in Las Vegas next March. Both are based on the Micro Four Thirds standard, the Panasonic Olympus double-team, which promises small SLR cameras.

The “leaked” information saying that the M-1, with a 3.2 “LCD, a 12-45 .4-3.5 lens that can shoot hi-def video up to 1080p, the M-100 with a 14-70 .5-5.6 lens. It is interesting that the M-100 is supposed to look like the concept, the Olympus camera at the Photokina show last September, the hot point looking up.

From what we can say that the cameras will have, despite their compact camera, interchangeable lenses, and there may be another lens announced shortly after the cameras – a 45-150 .8-4 with a reassuring exact Weight 550 grams (19 oz). As usual, we have to wait and see, but if this thing works so well as it looks, Olympus could have a hit.

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Livedream — Your Own Miniature Garage Band

Posted on January 30, 2009

Livedream -- Your Own Miniature Garage BandSegatoys LiveDream is like a mini version of Apple’s GarageBand in real life. The kit comes complete with four instruments. It is a version of rock and jazz, and each version comes with its own stage with light. Each of the instruments on stage and particular sensitivity of each instrument will play a tune after his for a particular song. Each group has 30 songs: Manic Monday, listening to music, and Ziggy Stardust are just some of the pieces on the rock version of the toy. However, I can not imagine how this would be someone of interest after the 30 songs are played and done.

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Live Luggage Intros Hybrid PA Bag

Posted on January 30, 2009

Live Luggage Intros Hybrid PA BagLive Luggage is a baggage that has special steering characteristics and an anti-gravity manage to make your trip more enjoyable. The anti-gravity is 85% of the weight on the wheels. This special baggage also has a Live ID, the search will help you if your luggage should always lose. But honestly, the first live-luggage-model design was not the best. Your new Hybrid PA Bag has all the advantages of live luggage assistance and anti-gravity grip, but this one has a soft top and was specifically designed for very easy – not to mention that it is also attractive in a sporty-looking way. The hybrid-PA even has a place to store your roof, and is expected to be! The hybrid PA bag also comes with a laptop bag and overnight case, can be removed from the suit case to use as carry-ons. No word on pricing yet.

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UFO-shaped MP3 player from mobiBlu

Posted on January 29, 2009

UFO-shaped

What’s surprising about the UFO mobiBlu portable music player is not the flying saucer-shaped – it is that mobiBlu is still the portable music player. Back from the creative products enabled manufacturers boasted some impressive specs, but the UFO (Model A10) is about design: the saucer shape curved edges and you have to wait to Gort to go when you’re down.

A fairly small Gort, though, as the player is only 3.5 centimeters in diameter. Available in shiny black or red, the UFO comes in 2, 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. GB capacity, and play the usual suspects-file format MP3, WMA, ASF and OGG. Battery life is 15 hours, that’s pretty pathetic, considering, but at least it has a speaker (which is the representation of the time, 5 hours, natch). Cool as it looks, the UFO is probably hard to find in the U.S. when it comes out. No information about when might be or pricing yet.

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Gun Camera Shoots Without a Miss

Posted on January 29, 2009

Gun Camera Shoots Without a Miss

Soon go on vacation? Would you like a camera, in no way ever through airport security? This weapon film camera should take over the bill. Used by reporters during the Vietnam War, this weapon is being used on a rifle butt and has a black casing and 5x lenses. It is really a piece of history, but I’m sure you could leave with some great footage as well. It is fairly rare, but you can use a hook on eBay now. Quick, before it’s too late!

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Technicolor robots mimic the mutant beasts of Spore

Posted on January 29, 2009

Technicolor robots mimic the mutant beasts of Spore

If you ever wondered what the colorful creations born of the EA gaming Spore Universe might look like in the real robot form, you need look no further than Yoichiro Kawaguchi ‘s prototype robot to mimic the organic shapes in nature.

Far from the sterile geometrically robots we are accustomed Kawaguchi, the robots are, to a primitive intuitive level with biomimetic actuators like tentacles and claws, the robot through the real world. The current models are only the beginning, Kawaguchi-team hopes that fully functional versions of the robot, which is around two years.

via Impress Watch

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Kanguru makes duplicating hard drives a simple process

Posted on January 29, 2009

If your Kanguru Hard Drive Duplicator SATA files are very important, a backup copy of your backup is recommended, in case your original backup failed. The problem is that it’s not just the backup files being saved, it would be the same annoying all over again. I have a 1 TB external hard drive, and always all my movies, pictures and music on it were a difficult enough process. If I use Kanguru’s Hard Drive Duplicator SATA device I would have much easier time securing my files.

Die Hard Drive Duplicator, it is very easy to SATA or IDE drives, corrupt diagnostic equipment, and conduct port tests. Basically, all you have to do is hook the original drive with the new blank drives, and press the “Copy” button and your files will be nearly 6 GB per minute faster. Talk about efficient.

To a certain perspective on how quickly the device can copy files, they can be a hard disk with an operating system on it in less than 4 minutes! Die Hard Drive Duplicator is the successor model of the IDE, which is often in the IT offices. The main differences between the two is that the faster SATA copies, comes with the diagnostic features, as well as some other advanced tools.

Well, depending on your needs, the Hard Drive Duplicator is available in two models, one that can copy 4 drives simultaneously, or one, the 12 drives simultaneously copy. Donald Brown, CEO of Kanguru, had this to say about their latest Duplicator:

“The Kanguru SATA Hard Drive Duplicator is an indispensable tool for every IT department. It can be used to copy existing hard drives to larger capacity, disinfected old drives with sensitive data, backup disks, and much more. I am very proud of this product, its features and performance, it is simply one of the best products we have ever published! ”

via Kanguru

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Panasonic puts together a rugged camera, the Lumix TS1

Posted on January 29, 2009

Panasonic puts together a rugged camera, the Lumix TS1

Digital cameras are a fantastic innovation. There are waterproof, are designed to be beaten, even airtight to protect against dust and air pollutants. But who wants a camera when snorkeling in contrast to mountain biking?

Panasonic Lumix digital camera, the TS1. This rugged piece of the power picture is water resistant to 10 meters, hermetically sealed to keep dust, shock with drops below 5 foot, and has the glass and carbon-component resin.

Apart from the fact that you almost (almost, not really try it) throw the TS1 against a wall, he has some great imaging features as well. This camera has a 28mm wide-angle – 128mm telephoto lens, a 2.7 – inch LCD, HD-Lite and AVCHD video with Dolby Digital Creator for additional audio TS1 the Panasonic Lumix.

Added to all this Optical Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Intelligent Exposure, that automatically adjusts exposure based on ambient lighting, and facial recognition, recalls that some faces and you have a camera for the outdoor journey of today.

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