Entries from August 2007 ↓

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For students there are perhaps fewer things more frustrating than having to dig through their backpack for their iPod every time they want to change the music, pause the music, stop the device, adjust the volume, or make any other adjustments to their iPod.

The iPod-Controlling Electronics Backpack helps get rid of this frustration. With this backpack, the iPod can be kept in the front pocket and can stay there while the user makes any needed adjustments to their musical device. The ipod plugs into a jack on the inside of the pocket and there is a universal jack located on the exterior of the left strap. This jack is where the headphones can be plugged in. The iPod becomes fully functional through a control panel on the left strap and this panel allows access to volume control, pause and stop functions, and the menu.

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Popularity: 7% [?]

It may be a little early to start thinking about Christmas and all the decorations with the season but some never stop thinking about it! Lots of people love to decorate their houses and adorn their windows with beautiful, twinkling lights and place manager scenes or Santa, snowmen, and reindeer on their lawns. Yes, everybody who loves decorating their houses for Christmas are always looking to stand out from all of the standard lights and candle themes that are so often seen. 

The Christmas Light Display Projector is sure to make your Christmas decorating even more beautiful while giving your home a truly original feel. Your neighbours will “ooh” and “awe” and wonder just how in the world you did that! Using a bright, white light that reflects off of a mirror ball, the Light Display Projector moves images across your house in true projection style! The Projector is weatherproof and can easily be set up on any lawn. It comes with four interchangeable slides that include a display of gently falling snow, stars, skaters, or reindeer moving across the house. Imagine how that manger scene will look with the background of the twinkling stars! 

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Popularity: 6% [?]

It’s great to see the advances that are being made in the world of technology on a daily basis. Things are constantly becoming improved and there is no limit to the number of new products coming out into the market every day. But with all of the advancement, it leaves some of the old beloved devices in the dust.

These technological advances are changing the way we listen to music. Where back in the fifties and sixties, there were eight-tracks and LP’s, today we have iPods and cell phones that we can plug right into and listen to music just about anywhere we are. So what is one to do with all of those old records that are now just gathering dust? While it’s okay to keep them as nostalgia pieces, it would be nice to be able to transfer all of the records into a more modern version that can also be taken wherever the listener wants to go.

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Popularity: 18% [?]

Keeping the mind sharp and the brain always thinking is important to most people. With all kinds of gadgets that do our thinking for us nowadays, it can sometimes be difficult to find a device that will exercise the mind. The handheld Brain Training Game is a really fun way to keep the mind going. And if you think your brain has enough power in it already, this game can be used just for some good old-fashioned fun (well, in a modern kind of way!)

This gadget was designed by Japanese neuroscientist, Dr. Ryuta Kawashima and activates the brain by working the frontal cortex. This is the part of the brain that controls the creativity, memory, and communication functions of the brain. The game consists of a series of programs that will quickly stimulate the brain to enhance mental agility. The programs have tests that require the user to add, subtract, multiply, and divide as quickly as possible. Other tests include tests for memorization, and remembering as many numbers as possible. The unit keeps track of the users progress by recording the score of each test and how long it took the user to complete the test.

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Popularity: 13% [?]

Hitachi is working with devotion to develop some new technologies that will enable the company to launch the first Blu ray camcorder very soon. This new technology will allow the user to record at least 1080p on the tiny 3in blu ray disc that is near to 7GB in the video. This is not any extra ordinary device but still better when compared to the DVDs.

The unique features of this new technology are an optical head for blu-ray/DV along with an image processing LSI. The encoding used for the device is AVC/H.264 MPEG-4 for the high def material and MPEG-2 for the standard definition stuff.

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Popularity: 6% [?]

HannSpree is the rapidly growing brand in the market of UK and other European countries. The company came in light with the release of the heavy metal LCD monitor and the Pop-Art TV. The recent launch of the two exceptionally cheaper made HannSpree more famous and now it is really competing hard with the big names.

The recent XV models comprise two different models: 32in and 37in. the XV model has a screen resolution of 1366 x 768. It has a response time of 8ms and loaded with the twin HDMI slots. The great thing about the models is that they are available at the cheaper rates of £359 and £499 correspondingly.

There are a number of pre-sets that allows the picture exactly that which they want. The XV models are more stylish in look as compared to the other models from HannSpree. Both the models come with the warranty of two years. XV model is really the best value for money and has the ability to satisfy the customer.

Read More: [HannSpree via Gizmodo]

Popularity: 5% [?]