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Keyboardists tired of lugging around giant instruments have looked for solutions before: fewer keys (resulting in . . . fewer keys), thinner designs (less fun to play), and even roll-up designs (not at all fun to play). A New York-based inventor thinks he’s found the solution: a modular, fold-up music keyboard with full-sized keys. He’s … Continued
For someone who sits in front of his or her computer nearly 12 hours a day and can’t get enough of it, the Mac Mini-equipped car is a dream come true. Even when you re out and about on that once-in-a-lifetime grandaddy mission to snag the first Xbox 360 to hit the shelves, you can … Continued
Ever been sick of not finding the right color washing machine that matches your other household gadgets? The Japanese home electronic shop chain Kojima is out to fix that problem with a series of home electronics called Fresh Gray 2006. The whole series includes 50 items that were developed in cooperation with 16 major brand … Continued
Japan loves the Final Fantasy series even more than your kid brother’s best friend’s cousin. So it’s hardly a surprise to see that Logicool is coming to market with a limited edition cordless compact controller for FINAL FANTASY Xll (LPCC-60003). Logicool’s 2.4Hz advanced digital cordless technology is used for this controller. The maximum cordless area … Continued
Just after head honcho Steve Jobs finished the keynote, I figured I d head over and attempt to gain some of his holy presence. I got a handshake in, but that was about it. I figured I d follow the 30-man posse just for the heck of it to see where the top execs, such … Continued
Apple s new MacBook Pro is definitely faster, but there s also some other features I really like. First is the new power adaptor with Mag-Safe connector. It seems to have just the right magnetic muscle to keep the plug intact within its port, and yet detach smoothly if something, or someone accidentally trips it. … Continued
Your dog should be your best friend, so it only makes sense to make sure Pretzel has the best collar around so you can keep track of him. Here’s a nice one called the PolyBrite Dog Collar, a flashing collar with great battery life so you can keep an eye out on pooch. According to … Continued
The real action at Macworld was at XtremeMac s press conference. When we got there at 4pm, the room was packed (bear in mind that it was a room 8 feet by 8 feet and contained about 20 seats). After scouring the aisles, we managed to find a seat and sit down. It was only … Continued
You ve seen products like Ten Technology s FlexibleDock, and Belkin s TuneBase FM, or even Harman Kardon s Drive + Play Kit, but you ve never seen true, or at least easy streamlined iPod car integration until you ve seen 2point5 s spec.dock. The thing that s different about the spec.dock is that it … Continued
HOBO data loggers from Onset record temperature, light intensity, rainfall, wind speed, and other environmental conditions. The kilowatt-hour transducer is the most obviously practical: for $270-295, $299 for a data logger, and about $110 for a current transformer and pulse input adapter, you can track which of your home gadgets are pulling the most power. … Continued
Unless there’s something you want to tell us, we’re going to assume this Pink Diamante Bluetooth headset will be purchased exclusively for the lady in your life. Be it wife, girlfriend or good old mom, this is definitely a good way to get the female set a bit more interested in technology. And it’s a … Continued
Admit it. You always wanted to cruise around in your Ford Explorer with rims and TVs in the headrests with live cable, right? Well here’s a close-enough solution: Samsung’s SL10D10 Portable DirecTV Player. The screen blows away all those others with a laptop-sized 10.2″ of viewing space. This LCD screen has a 16:9 image aspect … Continued
The Join Unmanned Combat Air System has been scrapped by the Air Force and Navy. The J-UCAS was set to produce an armed drone that would be capable of knocking out enemy air defense, conduct surveillance, jam enemy radars and conduct some strike missions. This was trashed for a new project that would focus mainly … Continued
Alpine Electronics knows how to make a classy-looking product. With all the other portable GPS units looking kind of clunky and not easy on the eyes, the Blackbird PMD-B100 is sleek and runs on the Windows CE platform, has an integrated traffic receiver and comes with NAVTEQ map coverage for the US and Canada. It … Continued
While we wait for the auto world to bow to the iPod (Jobs plans to have 40% of the new auto market in his grasp by the year’s end, and our tire-kicking brother has news on BMW’s Apple deal), Ratoc has bluetooth iPod transmitters for the Volkswagen and Toyota factory radios. https://jalopnik.com/vodcasting-live-bmws-detroitcasts-147875 The Ratoc iPod … Continued
Meet a dude who goes by the alias Vonguard. He’s a man of shrewd business, schooled in the trade, and knows how to make a deal. You see, one day in October of 2002, a hooker (dubbed “Twister”) traded him a brand new, shiny Apple Powerbook Titanium for only $100. Originally she asked for $200 … Continued
Samsung is trying to do one on Apple with its new X60 and R65 dual-core laptops. Sexy and sleek like a MacBook Pro, with their polished metal and black keyboards they have an TiBook-esque appearence. The X60 has a 15.4″ widescreen which looks stunning, Gigabit ethernet, five-hour battery life, and so much more. 802.11 a/b/g … Continued
Hats off to Hassleblad. I know pro digital photographers need heavy duty equipment, but this seems over the top! The Swedish camera company has just announced a new camera based on the combination of the company’s new 39-megapixel CCD sensor and its Digital APO Correction (DAC) technology. That’s right, you read it right. 39 megapixels, … Continued
Turntablist PC , (Jacobsen, 2004) Interview/Article by Jonah Brucker-Cohen As technology gains ubiquity in popular culture, the rules and contexts that govern its use have begun to draw our attention. From lawsuits against Napster to federal hearings about Microsoft s Internet Explorer, the problem of digital rights management is becoming a mainstream phenomenon. Exploring this … Continued
A Space.com article took at look at Doug Beason’s book, The E-Bomb: How America’s New Directed Energy Weapons Will Change the Way Wars Will Be Fought in the Future, shorten the title of that book for sakes. The Space.com article is reporting that the book says that the U.S. is close to deploying a new … Continued