Archive for January, 2010

Apple iPad Announced

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

The Apple iPad was indeed announced as speculation indicated before the Apple press conference yesterday. Read about it on the Apple website.

Apple Tablet?

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

It is said that Apple will be unveiling its tablet today. Read more here, here and here.

Tiny Radio

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

The FM radio just became a lot smaller. Coolest Gadgets reports on the Motz Wooden FM Radio – a tiny, fully functional FM radio that measures just 3.7 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.9 cm!

Wireless HD

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Geffen has release a wireless extender that is able to transmit a full HD resolution signal at 60 Hz. Read more on the Gadget website.

Taking pictures of Mars

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

NASA has decided to get the public involved in taking pictures of Mars with the HiRISE camera, currently in orbit around the planet. Read more here.

Lego Brick Earphones

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Lego is probably the geek’s toy of choice. I know it certainly was mine when I was a child. :) Coolest Gadgets report that there is now earphones out there that look like Lego bricks.

Cyborg R.A.T. Gaming Mouse

Friday, January 15th, 2010

For fans of of gaming devices fashioned in the deepest pits of Mordor comes Mad Catz Interactive’s latest gaming mice. Featuring adjustable contact points, weights and on-the-fly dpi changes in both wired and wireless models, these mice certainly boast the specs and look the part

.Cyborg R.A.T.

More pictures and details here and here.

One Laptop per Child

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) association aims to provide the world’s children with an inexpensive laptop, to aid learning. To achieve some of the design goals, very innovative technology was applied.  This includes an LCD display that can be switched between backlight (colour) and reflective (mono) modes, making the display viewable even in direct sunlight. Read more about this low power, low cost display on the OLPC wiki.

Ylmf OS

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Ylmf OS is an Ubuntu distribution with a Windows XP look and feel. Looking at the screenshots, the creators have gone to a lot of trouble to really reproduce the look.

Ars Technica reports that Microsoft is not planning any legal action against its creators.

Real-time 2D to 3D TV

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Well, the new year is here and CES 2010 is well under way. Of the many many things being unveiled there, Toshiba’s latest TV caught my eye. It uses the Cell processor (the same chipset powering the Playstation 3) and among the features it touts proper 1080p upscaling from standard definition, and even real-time 2D to 3D conversion of any video feed!! Details here.