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Hand Camera Concept Design

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:59:36 +0000

A Japanese designer named Mac Funamizu is designing a camera that we have maybe seen on movies. The way this new concept works is very simple. All you have to do is make that L-shapped hand frame and mark your target. The camera is put in a pair of sunglasses, and what you see on the picture above is what the user is seeing through the sunglasses. Then you take your picture with a wink. That is a literal wink by the way, as in you shut your left eye, and the picture is taken in your literal hand frame. It is yet unknown how this technology works. Funamizu plans to take this project a step further by implementing technology which would show you information about the subject you choose to take a picture of. The date when this camera system is supposed to hit the market is also unknown and can be only speculated. Some cool stuff here though.

via cnet.com

Twilight's Carlisle Cullen Is a Mac Who Uses "The iChat"

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0000

Carlisle Cullen — that's the actor Peter Facinelli for all you non-Twilighters — told Us Weekly at the movie's premiere, how hard it was to be away from his family in L.A. while filming Twilight, and what he had to say pleased me greatly.

"I have a Mac computer, and we do the iChat, so sometimes I can eat dinner with my family," he says.

Exhibit A: He's a Mac (like our Bella) and Exhibit B: He calls it "the iChat."

That's it, he is not allowed to be more adorable. I might explode.

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Portable Laptop Desk

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:34:41 +0000

Here’s a useful accessory for your laptop or notebook, the Portable Laptop Desk.

The Portable Laptop Desk has two built in 80mm cooling fans, and extendible legs, enabling you to adjust it to whatever height you want.

It measures 460 x 290 x 50mm when closed and when it is fully extended it measures 452 x 290 x 555mm, the fans are powered via USB and it is made from powdered coated aluminum which means it’s nice and light.

Here’s the specs.

Main Function: Portable computer work station for laptop computers
Construction: Aluminum with powder-coated flat black finish
Fans: 2 fans
Speed: 2500 RPM
Air Flow: 30 CFM
Power Source: USB
USB Type: 2.0
OS System: ALL
Total Dimension (folded closed): 560mm x 290mm x 50mm (L x W x H)
Total Dimension (tall desk position): 452mm x 290mm x 555mm (L x W x H)
Fan Dimensions: 80mm x 80mm x 12mm (each)

The Portable Laptop Desk will be available shortly from Chinavasion, there is no word on pricing as yet.

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3M introduces palm-sized Micro Projector

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:52:35 +0000

One of the ways for fans of mobile multimedia like movies and personal video on the go can view content on a larger screen is with a small projector. Some day mobile phones will have projectors built-in, but until then 3M has a perfect projector for someone looking for a very portable unit.

The projector is called the 3M MPro110 and is one of the tiniest projectors ever made. It measures in at a mere 115mm x 50mm x 22mm (L x W x H) and weighs 152g. Despite the small size, the projector can throw an image of 5-inches to 50-inches and offers a resolution of 640 x 480.

The projector uses LCOS technology and energy efficient LED backlighting. The efficiency of the projector allows the battery to last for 60 minutes of use. 3M doesn’t specify if the battery power is from internal rechargeable batteries or from normal AA or AAA batteries. The projector will be available in December in Hong Kong for HK $3,380 (roughly $400 USD).

3M introduces palm-sized Micro Projector

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:52:35 +0000

Nokia N97 Announced with Slide, Touch and a Tilt

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:48:25 +0000

Nokia N97

So much for Wednesday - the big announcement from Nokia World has dropped today instead, and it’s the N97 - a touchscreen slider with all the slanty goodness of the TyTN II due to hit store shelves in the first half of 2009 for EUR 550. We had heard rumours of a touchscreen N-series coming down the pipes, and it turns out they were right! Here are the N97’s specifications:

System: WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA), EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
User Interface: S60 5th Edition
Dimensions:117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm*mm (L x W x H) *18.25 mm at camera area
Weight:Approx. 150 g
Display:3.5 inch TFT with up to 16 million colors, nHD 16:9 widescreen (640×360 pixels)
Battery: Nokia Battery BP-4L, 1500 mAh
Memory:Up to 48GB (32 GB on-board memory, plus 16GB expansion via microSD memory card slot)
Video playback:MPEG-4 / SP and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264,up to 30 fps, up to VGA resolution, RealVideo up to QCIF @ 30 fps, Windows Media (WMV9) up to CIF @ 30 fps, Flash Lite 3.0 / Flash Video in internet browser
Music playback:MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA
Camera Lens:Carl Zeiss Tessar™
Image capture: Up to 5 megapixels (2584 x 1938) JPEG/EXIF (16.7 million/24-bit color)
Video capture:MPEG-4 VGA (640 x 480) at up to 30 fps
Aperture:F2.8
Focal length:5.4 mm
Flash:Dual LED camera flash and video light
Talk time:Up to 320 min (3G), 400 min (GSM)
Standby time:Up to 400 hrs (3G), 430 hrs (GSM)
Video playback:Up to 4,5 hours (offline mode)
Music playback:Up to 37 hours (offline mode)
Connectivity & Data Services: WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g with UPnP support, Micro-USB connector, Hi-Speed USB 2.0, 3.5mm stereo headphone plug and TV-out support (PAL/NTSC), Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio, enhanced data rates (EDR), GPS receiver with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS)

Social networking is apparently a big part of this handset, as it will make good use of GPS to integrate into services like Ovi and Friend View, although it’s really being marketed as a miniaturized laptop more than anything else. There’s still a fairly distinct line between UMPC and smartphone that the E-series Communicator straddles a little better than the N97 here, but we’ll let that slide. The N97 is also sporting a lot of draggable home screen widgets, a look reminiscent of Android and the TouchWiz UI. An S60 widget development platform has been in the works for awhile now, so you can expect third parties will be jumping on this one real soon. It looks like a great step to improving the smoothness of the Symbian experience and should make a solid addition to the N series. Pretty cool, huh? Who wants one?

[via Nokia]

Pictures and videos of the Nokia N97 after of the jump!

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Restroom Baby Hanger

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:01:00 +0000

Hey, don't get your baggies in a twist — that's what Dave Barry called it, writing, "While you're doing your business, your baby hangs there on the wall like a cute li'l mini-paratrooper, looking happy as a clam...."

The company that invented and sells it calls it the BabyKeeper.

From their website:
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BabyKeeper®

The Babykeeper is a patent pending infant carrier-style seat that hangs from the stall wall in public restrooms and can also be used in many fitting rooms.

Features:

• For babies 6-18 months who can sit unassisted

• Simple to use harness system keeps baby securely in the carrier

• 2 large metal hooks encased in safety webbing,

each lined with non-slip material for added security

• Easy to use and small enough to take everywhere you go

• Durable, easy-to-clean nylon fabric
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$39.99.

Canceled 5-megapixel Nokia slider almost looks like a fake

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:55:00 +0000

If this thing were coming from any source other than the legendary Eldar Murtazin of mobile-review, we'd go ahead and assume this was a knockoff nabbed off eBay for a few bucks -- but amazingly, we think it's the real deal. The dead-on-arrival burgundy slider with gold accents looks like it could've been part of a reinvigorated l'Amour series (or something along those lines), clearly putting styling at or near the top of its priorities -- but it also steals the 6260 slide's totally capable guts, which means it features a 5-megapixel camera, tri-band 3G, and a 480 x 320 display. If they had to choose between this and the 6260, the right model came out on top -- but we gotta admit, it's so far outside Nokia's styling comfort zone that we find it tolerable in a really sick, twisted way.

[Via Daily Mobile]

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M.U.S.C.L.E. Men USB Flash Drive

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:58:23 +0000

Check out this variation of the USB Crunching Dog flash drive, known as the M.U.S.C.L.E. Men USB flash drive instead. These pink wrestlers (boy, they don't get out in the sun too much eh) won't do anything more than keep you entertained with their crunching antics, hence the detailed six-pack on each abdomen. Would you fork out $34.13 for each of these, or would you only pick one up if a future version (at the same price, of course) has some form of storage capacity within?

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M.U.S.C.L.E Men USB Dongles Revive Childhood Memories, Sour Them With Humping [USB Dongles]

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:30:00 +0000

I was overcome with nostalgic joy this fine afternoon when I first laid eyes on these M.U.S.C.L.E Men USB dongles (short for Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere). The memories! These fleshy pink rubber men, featuring unforgettable names like Muscle Man, Mr. Blocky and Mr. Tea (teacup for a head, duh!), were a staple of my youth. Too bad those fond memories were quickly sullied by the obscene humping end of these USB dongles. Why the Japanese took something as sacred as Kinniukman and turned him into something like this, I'll never know. All I can say is "only in Japan," and then order ten for my desktop. [Geek Stuff For You via Boing Boing Gadgets]