Fuel Cells are going to be a good way forwards for portable power when you need it. Fuel Cells run by a fuel which can be topped up when needed and provides a nice amount of time per cell. Samsung have created an 8 hour fuel cell although it does look a tad ugly at the moment.
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December 2006
The SlingBox has arrived recently and for those of you who wonder what it can do then a video has been made which shows the software running on a Sharp W-ZERO3 smartphone. The handset has a fast processor running at 416Mhz, a 2.8 inch display, wifi, miniSD, OneSeg TV Expansion, USB connectivity and a QWERTY keypad. The video shows someone using SlingBox on the phone running at 128kbps. The quality appears to be very good.
Via: TechEBlog
The wall mounted CD player is concept right now and is designed to look great when hanging on the wall. It has an illuminating surface which looks good both on and off. In the middle when switched on is a sensor plate which houses the controlls. The surface of the player can have a small magnet attached which turns the surface of the device in to a speaker.
Via: BornRich
There are tons of USB devices out now ranging from the seasonal christmas tree, rool up piano and more. We now have the rechargeable USB shaver which is charged via your laptop. This is very useful for the business traveler who forgets their regular shaver or a compatible power supply. There isnt too much to the USB shaver. It has an LED which lights up when it is being charged and the USB connector which can fold in to the case to compact it even more.
It weighs just 74 grams and power consumption is low and it shouldnt kill your battery in your laptop.
Via: Coolest-Gadgets
The Wiimote continues to be used from controlling an RC car, playing the drums, playing the guitar and more. The latest is now FlightGear. FlightGear is an open source game for linux based systems. Pigeon here demonstrates what those accelerometers can do. The script was adjusted and now it will play the game with the Wiimote.
Via: TechEBlog
The Nokia N95 is a great phone which has some amazing reviews so far. It has a huge display measuring at 2.6 inch. The camera is 5 megapixels and has built in GPS, Wi-Fi and more. The N95 is a dual slider phone with the keypad sliding out of the bottom of the phone. When you slide it back the other way the screen goes landscape mode and a few multimedia keys are then displayed allowing you to browse, play music and other multimedia features. The memory can be increased via the microSD card, and the phone already has 150 meg of built in memory. One thing that stands out to me is the ATI 3D graphics card. It will be interesting to see what extra power that gives the phone.
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A new pricing structure is going to be announced for Skype on Jan 18th 2007. The new pricing structure will now include a connection fee per call which is expected to be from 0 - 0.039 euros per call. No word yet on if this pricing change will increase call charges per minute or not. The new prices are for SkypeOut. Skype Unlimited users in North America are not affected by the changes.
Via: Skype
I am not one for writing about jewellery on the gadget venue dot com blog, but when it involves magnetic jewellery then I though it was cool enough for a mention. Mag-net-ic is a cool set of magnetic cylinders that appear to be very powerful. There are probably a good 40 - 50 of these small magnetic cylinders which hold together very strongly. They can wrap around your wrist and you would probably spend a good amount of time each day playing around with them and making them in to different shapes. Check out the video below and let us know what you think.
Via: Dynomighty
For those who love the little AI creatures, then Tamagotchi version 4 is now available. It has 20 games, new secret codes, new items and a messaging system. Also it boasts more online integration. If you want a virtual pet for christmas then pick one up now.
If you are not sure what a tamagotchi is then I do not know where you must have been hiding for the last 10 years. A Tamagotchi is a small electronic toy that has a pet which you look after. You need to play with it and basically look after it so it doesnt die. If you have a habbit of forgetting to feed a rabbit then this might be for you.
If features a large LCD screen, infrared connections and of course.. a virtual pet is included, or as many as you need if you kill it by accident.
Buy now from Here for 12.95 pounds.
Wireless HD has been mentioned for a while now and Neosonik are going to be showing off their wireless HD video and audio kit at next months CES. The new A/V controller can apparantly transmit the uncompressed data wireleslly. This will be a great step forwards although I do wonder if they can send the infomation uncompressed with it being so detailed and needing a lot of bandwidth. Who knows... I hope that they do impress us all at CES. The kit will set you back 6k dollars for the controller, 15k for the receiver and I believe it includes speakers in that.
Via: Gizmodo
Since the launch of the Nintendo Wii and it's cool Wiimote as it is more comonly known as, we have seen a number of hacks that make use of the wiimote to do lots of things that it wasnt intended for. Among these we have the wiisabre, wii drums to name a couple. We have now compiled a list of the top 5 (not by any order of popularity) of the ones we think are cool and worthy of another mention.
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An iPod user wanted to ask the simple question "will it blend?". This was in reference to an iPod and you can see some interesting results 
I wont tell you what happens because the video is just cool to see what happens to the poor thing.
So here it goes... Blending your iPod...
Via: Willitblend