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Amazon’s Black Friday Deal: Garmin nuvi 285WT

admin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:05:45 +0000

Amazon today offers the Garmin nuvi 285WT for only $129 as part of the Amazon Black Friday deal. The normal price of this navigation gadget is $250. The Garmin Nuvi 285WT comes with a 4.3-inch widescreen with text-to-speech capability and provides real time local weather, traffic, movie times, stock prices, gas prices, and news via MSN Direct.

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QiGi’s Smartbook Mobile Internet Device

admin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:02:07 +0000

China-based QiGi will launch its SmartBook U1000 mobile Internet device (MID) that runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. The gadget has a large 5-inch 16:9 touchscreen LCD with a 480 × 800 pixels resolution, a 624MHz processor and a digital camera. In addition, the SmartBook U1000 also supports WiFi connectivity.

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Fuel Cell X7 Car Experiment Kit

admin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:31:31 +0000

The Fuel Car and Experiment X7 kit provides a playful introduction to one of the most significant technologies of the 21st Century. With this kit, you can build a model car that actually runs on water. The kit comes with a 16-page manual that contains step-by-step instructions for assembling and using the car, as well as scientific explanations.

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nVidia GeForce 205 Graphics Card Shipped

admin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:35:41 +0000

nVidia today unveiled the GeForce 205 graphics card that is perfect for affordable computers, providing users with basic graphics power. This low-end graphics card features 8 CUDA Cores, 589MHz graphics clock, 1402MHz processor clock, and 500MHz memory clock. Other features include up to 512MB DDR2 memory support, Microsoft DirectX 10.1, VGA, DisplayPort, DVI, and HDMI via dongle (DVI-HDMI or DP-HDMI).

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Another LCD HDTV Monitor From bydsign

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:34:24 +0000

bydsign has once again expanded its LCD HDTV monitor line-up with the all new LF-2211DJ. This 22-inch monitor provides 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 5ms response time, 160/170 degrees viewing angle and comes with an integrated digital TV tuner. The monitor also features built-in 2.5Wx2 speakers and has HDMI, D-Sub and RCA inputs.

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FedEx Senseaware – A Tracking Device For Packages

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:40:17 +0000

FedEx today unveiled the Senseaware, a drop-in sensor for packages that provides real-time temperature, light exposure, accelerometer data to detect drops and GPS location data to within a few feet. FedEx will use this tracking device to transport medical packages including organs and surgical supplies allowing doctors to track the package via the web and know exactly when the organs will arrive so they can prepare for surgery. The Senseaware is packed with several technologies including a GPS receiver, an accelerometer, a digital thermometer, a cellular transmitter, and a light sensor.

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Pegatron WALL-E – ION-Powered Nettop PC For Russia

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:40:10 +0000

Taiwan company Pegatron Technology has come out with its new nettop PC for the Russian market called the WALL-E. This space-saving computer is based on the NV MCP7A-ION chipset (NVIDIA ION platform) and features an Intel Atom N230 processor, an integrated video card, a custom hard drive, a custom memory and Realtek’s ALC662 audio driver supporting 7.1 surround sound. In terms of connectivity ports, it offers six USB 2.0, DVI, HDMI, audio output and microphone input.

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BassJump Subwoofer For Apple Macbook

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:27:24 +0000

Designed exclusively for MacBook, the BassJump is a portable subwoofer that will turn your MacBook into a mini sound system. The subwoofer comes with a software that will combine audio coming from your MacBook speakers with the low frequency bass coming from the BassJump subwoofer. As a result, you will hear a dramatically richer and fuller sound.

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A Chair That Changes Its Color According To The User’s Mood

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:19:10 +0000

The Mood Chair is an interactive chair from UK studio Aether & Hemera, which changes its color in response to the users’ mood and the environment around them. This furniture technically consists of partially translucent units with LEDs, embedded micro-chips and appropriate sensors. There is no info on when this Mood Chair will go into mass production.

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Firebox Releases The Digital Video Memo

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:36:46 +0000

Now you can leave a note to your housemates or colleagues in a much simpler way thanks to this Digital Video Memo from Firebox. This high-tech version of the sticky yellow Post-It note allows you to record a 30 second video message simply by pressing a button. Once you’ve recorded your message, the LED light will start flashing to alert passers by that there’s a message recorded.

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