Compact Concepts Circular Kitchen May 31, 2006
By Andrew Liszewski
Now even the smallest of apartments, houses or even offices can enjoy a reasonably sized and well-equipped kitchen. From Compact Concepts comes this Circular Kitchen that incorporates everything you’d normally find in a kitchen like a fridge, dishwasher, microwave or microwave/oven combination, coffee maker, ceramic cook top and even a working range hood all within a space of only 1.8 square meters.
While the top portion of the unit that houses plates and glassware can rotate 360 degrees the rest of the Circular Kitchen can only rotate 180 degrees presumably to facilitate things like power hook-ups and plumbing. There are different configurations available tailored to where they will be installed like an apartment model or even a hotel room model and from what I can tell they can even be further customized to your compact needs.
For more information on the Circular Kitchen visit the Compact Concepts website.
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Xipper CD & DVD Opener
By Andrew Liszewski
Not only does the Xipper make opening up the plastic wrapping on CDs and DVDs a cinch but it will also force many standup comics to get rid of their “hard-to-open CD-packaging routines” so really the device serves many great purposes.
The Xipper comes in a set of two and includes both a CD and DVD version and presumably the DVD version will work fine on most console game packaging as well. Pressing the button on the Xipper will release a safety mechanism causing a very small blade to extend and as you pull the device along the edges of the case it cleanly slices through the plastic wrapping making it easy to remove.
The Xipper CD/DVD set is available at Solutions for $7.95 or you can buy 3 or more sets for $6.95 each. Also looking at that product shot I find it odd that anyone would even want to open a Mannheim Steamroller CD, let alone using a tool that would make it easier.
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Flexible Liquid Crystal Curtain
By David Ponce
The technology behind the Flexible Electronic Curtain by Micro Reactor System isn’t terribly complex, though the technical implementation might be. I don’t know. What it is, as the name implies, is a flexible membrane that you can use as a curtain. It’s filled with liquid crystals, and it becomes opaque when a current is applied.
Of course, as you can probably figure for yourselves, the applications are endless. I’m too lazy to think of any myself, but there you have it.
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ASIMO’s 20 Year History
By David Ponce
Honda’s ASIMO has come a long way in its 20 year history, looking more and more human along the way. There’s really no reason (other than our anthropomorphilia (I like big words)) to equate a robot’s ever more human appearance with its apparent evolution. ASIMO might just as well have evolved into the form of a T-Rex, an arguably fitter and stronger animal specimen than us.
But I digress.
The point here, is that Honda’s put up a neat page of the robot’s history. A fun fact? The first model in 1986, called the “E0, Experimental Model D”, took five seconds between each of its steps, and all it did was walk in a straight line.
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Cellphone Features: Reader Input Sought
By David Ponce
The idea’s been floating around the past few days, and a Mobilemag article pretty much distills it: do people really want all the features on their cellphones?
Do you?
So, chime on in, readers. How many of you actually use every bell and whistle? Who wants more? Who just wants a simple phone that doesn’t crash?
What’s essential, and what’s overkill?
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The Ram-Mount Triple Base
By David Ponce
This is for the man who has everything, and no way to bring it with him on his bicycle. You know who you are. With the $7.63 Ram-Mount Triple Base, you’ll be able to take your cell, your PDA and your GPS along with you.
And we salute you Mr.Gadget Man, because we both know that shiny consumer electronics make the best surrogate friends. They should never, ever be left alone.
That would hurt their feelings.
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The People Track Panorama
By David Ponce
“So what’s this?”
“It’s really cool! See, you turn your head left or right, and the image on the screen turns left or right. That way, it’s your head that controls what you see!”
“Yeah, but don’t you have to be looking AT the screen to see what’s on it?”
“…”
Please accept my apologies for this lame attempt at humour. Just know that the “People Track Panorama” is a new kind of presentation tool, developed jointly by Studio9 and TUM.
To get more of an idea of why I think it’s lame, come inside and check out the video.
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TokyoFlash High Freq.2 May 30, 2006
By Andrew Liszewski
I’m usually not that impressed by the watches for sale on TokyoFlash but I do think the High Freq.2 is one of their better designs. The ‘3D’ display uses an equalizer effect where the dots of light are pushed up to the top row then float back down until they ‘fall off’ the face. Two of the lights remain on for an additional 5 seconds afterwards to indicate the seconds then also ‘fall off.’
The watch also apparently uses very little power since it has an advanced LCD screen needing only 1 LED to illuminate the entire watch face.
The High Freq.2 is available now at TokyoFlash for $141.07.
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U3 USB Stick Technology
By Bruce Eaton
Not the newest tech but rather, relevant tech. U3 is a software technology that turns USB sticks into more than just portable storage but actual drives, by enabling them to run software straight from them. The guys over on Gadget Madness bought and used a Kingston Data Traveler 2gig USB Stick with U3
[Affiliate link -Ed.] and had nothing but fabulous things to say about it:
One word comes to mind: IMPRESSIVE!
While the Kingston Stick itself doesn’t look all that great, the U3 software did what it promised, allowing for you to take your programs with you. No more using a crappy web-based email but how about Thunderbird with all your settings. They also allow for password protection so only you can access your programs on your stick. Programs can be downloaded from U3 where they have lots of selections such as Winamp, WinRAR, and Skype. Check it out for yourself.
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Jellio, Model Car Inspired Artwork
By David Ponce
As a kid, I think the ultimate gadget was the scale model, at least for me. Probably the endless hours in close proximity to that model glue accounts for at least some of my current retardedness. Still, it’s nice to see a company make a piece of artwork that also happens to be somewhat of a tribute to the toy. Mario Mariscano and Chris Lenox over at Jellio make the “Drive-In”, a 44 inch square, wall piece. In contrast to the now sold-out “Turbo” that featured a 70’s muscle car, the “Drive-In” is inspired by the classic chrome-heavy hot rods of the 50’s.
This being a limited edition, it’s not cheap, at $3,000. However, if you choose to pre-order, you can shave $500 on that price.
[Jellio]
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