Gadget Talk

A lot of smaller gadgets are getting eco-friendly perks. Such as solar powered speakers and wind-up flashlights. They all make it so that you don’t have to use batteries, plus you’re helping out the environment in your own little way. One small gadget I did not expect to see is a wind-up vibrator. Although I strongly appreciate their commitment to being eco-friendly, I can’t help but think this is going just a half a step too far.

I mostly am saying this, due to the type of renewable energy they are utilizing. Let’s say you wind it up for what you believe to be the appropriate amount of time then just before that crucial moment happens, your charming little toy dies on you. It’d be a bit of a mood killer. Plus it’s just not all that interesting, they don’t have any compelling extras. It’s plain white in the very classic shape. If you like to keep it simple though, it wouldn’t be so bad. To work it, wind it for 4 minutes and that will get you 30 minutes of playtime. It is a bit pricey though, it will cost you £64.99 or about $95 from Love Honey. Love Honey is also who came out with the vacuum cleaner attachment that was seen a couple years ago.

Source: Ubergizmo

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Anyone remember that scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey where the two astronauts are talking, and they didn?t want the HAL 9000 to overhear them? So what do they do? They close themselves off in a soundproofed space-pod, and they believe that they could talk freely. Unfortunately, HAL?s little red light of an eye can read their lips.

Well, we didn?t have lip reading computers in 2001, but it looks like we will have them before 2010. It would appear that researchers at the University of East Anglia?s School of Computing Sciences have ?developed the [lip-reading] technology by statistically modeling the lip motions of 23 bilingual and trilingual speakers?.

So not only can the computer read lips, but it can also tell what language that you are speaking! I believe that the computer is fluent in English, French, German, Arabic, Mandarin, Cantonese, Italian, Polish, and Russian.

How does this revolutionary technology work? Apparently, it is all about the articulators, these little twitches in your tongue, jaw, and lips that are also detected by the hearing-impaired when they read lips.

I suppose the police and military, as well as the hearing impaired, can use this technology, but I can also think of another use. See those faint lines on the head of the woman in the picture? It reminds me of the scene in T2: Judgment Day (extended version) when the Terminator tries to learn how to smile. Arnold wasn?t able to pull it off, and didn?t the terminators take over in the future? Maybe it all began with the lip-reading.

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Looking to build your own computer after moving in to a new place? Well, there a hundreds and perhaps thousands of different options around, but let us offer yet another suggestion – the Logic Supply SolidLogic GS-L10. This computer was specially built to take advantage of Intel’s high-performance Montevina processors sans internal fans, where it is made possible courtesy of a case that is filled to the brim with heat sinks. The SolidLogic GS-L10 also does not fall short on connectivity options, featuring VGA, DVI, and HDMI outputs, a couple of Gigabit Ethernet ports, as well as support for hard disk or CompactFlash storage.

Logic Supply, being a distributor specializing in Mini-ITX products themselves, has constructed the SolidLogic GS-L10 using a couple of different products, where the GSL-10 case hails from Serener while the motherboard is supplied by MSI in the form of the MS-9818. There are three heat sinks on all three of its sides, while an internal heat pipe also helps to keep things cool. This unique combination of various products enable the device to function without a fan at up to 97 deg. F (36 deg. C), on condition that either flash storage or a 2.5″ “extreme environment” hard drive is installed within. In addition, the SolidLogic GS-L10 will also play nice with a trio of various Montevina Socket P processors that comprise of the Celeron M CM585 2.16GHz, the Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz and the Core 2 Duo T9400 2.53GHz. Since these processors come with TDPs of up to 35 Watts, keeping them running at optimal, cool temperature is no problem at all.

You have a range of Windows operating systems to choose from with the SolidLogic GS-L10 assuming you decide to swerve away from Linux instead, and you can choose Windows XP Embedded, Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista, depending on your preferences and needs at that moment. Prices start from $1,020 upwards.

Source: Windows for Devices

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Gadget mavens Brando is back at it again with their latest offering for folks who are looking for a backup solution – the Connectland SATA HDD Dock with One Touch Backup (USB + eSATA). This unique SATA HDD Dock plays nice with virtually any 2.5″ or 3.5″ SATA hard drives, where you can rely on either USB or eSATA connectivity. With the inclusion of One Touch Backup function, you no longer have the excuse of forgetting to backup your essential data – how lazy can one get when it comes to making sure all the important and relevant data is safely tucked away somewhere else, anyway? The Connectland SATA HDD Dock with One Touch Backup (USB + eSATA) is compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac platforms, and will come in US, Europe, UK and Australia options, where all of them will retail for $49 a pop.

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Heidi Klum is one of the top names when it comes to the world of high fashion and supermodels, and LG has teamed up with Heidi herself in order to promote the new LG Rumor2 which will be accompanied by personalized back plates for the fashion forward where their recently released LG Rumor2 is concerned. After all, who better to pull off the job than Heidi Klum, being LG’s Ambassador of Style? She has made available her expertise to design five back plates and skins which express her personal style, and consumers who are head over heels in love with Heidi will soon be able to express similar individual styles and unique personalities via customizing their LG Rumor2 with Heidi’s creations.

Consumers also have a chance to pick up Heidi Klum’s limited edition butterfly design back plate as long as they log onto www.lgrumor2.com. In addition, if you want to pick up extra Heidi Klum back plate skin designs to have a different looking phone every day can do so for $9.95 a pop. After all, with cell phones being an extension of one’s personal expression, it surely doesn’t hurt in picking up more than one. With Mother’s Day being just around the corner, why not pamper the mother of your children to a new LG Rumor2 complete with a range of back plates to suit her dressing style? Those with an artistic flair to them can always use the online interactive canvas to engage and inspire consumers to create their own Rumor2 skins to purchase.

According to Ehtisham Rabbani, vice president of product strategy and marketing for LG Mobile Phones, “Our partnership with Heidi Klum is an indication of LG’s leadership in style and self expression. We are delighted to have Heidi share her vision and creative input. Rumor2 is not about a one-style-fits-all approach, but about individual style.”

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Most of us would think that air purifiers are just that, but the Cleanaer is different as it ushers in a new standard in air purifier, introducing the liquid ionizer to the world.

Cleanaer’s innovative process is like having millions of tiny air purifiers throughout your room with Liquidions drifting on air currents to every corner of the room and locking out 99.9% of particles on contact – without using propellants or producing harmful ozone. Cleanaer works silently, day and night patrolling the breathable air to lock-out pollutants, giving you freedom to get on with your life without the demanding cleaning becoming a real chore.

Sounds like a dream to have in any home, especially for those living in urban centers where pollution is more of a problem compared to countrysides.

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