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The Dough-Nu-Matic creates mini-doughnuts in just 50 seconds. All you need to do is add the dough and the machine takes care of the rest. The oil fryer keeps cleaning to just that part and the maker is fully adjustable to create the finest.
Available from SkyMall for $129.99.
Hitachi have successfully scaled-down a key component in the hard drive down to nano-scale and this accomplishment allows for a 1 TB Laptop Hard Drive to be created. This breakthrough will allow hard drive capacities to quadruple in the next 4 years. For a desktop you can expect a hard drive to have a 4 Terabyte capacity with laptops and iPod’s having 1 Terabyte of storage. To give you an idea of what a Terabyte of information can store it would be equal to 1 million books, 250 hours of HD video or 250000 tunes. Quadruple that for the desktop sized hard drives and there you have an even more insane amount of storage space.
I can understand the need of such storage amounts in a business situation, but for personal use… I have barely broken the 20Gb mark and I bet half of that is just junk anyway. It is still an impressive accomplishment and although not needed right now, a 1 TB Laptop Hard Drive could well be needed in 4 years time when higher res photos will be stored, HD DVD’s will be stored and a lot more.
To accomplish this….
Hitachi said it has created the world’s smallest disk drive heads in the 30-nanometre to 50-nanometre range, or about 2,000 times smaller than the width of an average human hair.
Via: ZDNet
If holding your watch up in the light for a few minutes to make the hands glow is not enough, then the Reactor watch feature tritium-filled tubes which will keep the thing alight for around 10 years. The watch is named the Superluminova and recharges instantly with just a small amount of light which then keeps it illuminated for up to 10 years. That’s a long time and I sincerely hope you do not plan on staying in the dark for 10 years to test if it stays lit for that long.
It will set you back $300 – $450 over at Reactor Watch.
Via: Adult Style Watches
The Nokia N95 8Gb model will be coming to a store near you soon. Shipments of the 8Gb phone started today which features a large screen, Assisted-GPS and improved battery power. Along side those features is a massive 5 Megapixel camera, Wireless Lan, HSDPA and a 2 way slide which gives access to the keypad for making calls, and sliding the other way opens up the multimedia controls. 8Gb of memory can store 20 hours of video and around 6000 songs.
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A prototype technology has been introduced from GM named OnStar. It allows the police to send a signal to your car which automatically reduces the power of your vehicle and gradually brings you to a full stop. Although I have seen similar technology in Europe, I do not believe any one uses a system like this yet. I just wonder if every car eventually has this, how do they pin point which car slows down… or will every car around the police car come to a halt.
I am kind of for this technology as all police chases are crazy. However, if I was just forced to stop for a routine check then that would be frustrating.
Via: Open Banter
A new system has been created which is targeting the problem of traffic around Heathrow airport among others. A network of 18 driverless pods will carry passengers between the car park and terminal. PRT (Personal Rapid Transport) systems are not new although Heathrow airport will be the first to actually test the system. If the system looks like the picture above then it appears like several passengers and baggage could be carried at a time. In my opinion it seems like 18 might not be enough at Heathrow due to how many passengers fly each day. Time will tell though.
Via: Link Notes
The latest wireless mouse comes from Buffalo. It has an 800dpi laser sensor and a scroll wheel. The mouse is wireless and works on the 2.4GHz band. To connect it to your PC you need to use the USB receiver which is stowed away inside the mouse when travelling. The receiver is good for 10 metres which is suitable for most applications. The device is powered by 2 AA batteries which should power the mouse for about 160 hours.
Costing $70 it seems a little on the high end for a fairly regular mouse.
Via: DeGadget
An interesting device has been created by Samsung which is a micro-fuel cell. What makes this fuel cell different is that it runs on H2O. It works by water!! By mixing metal with water and oxygen it should be able to get three watts of power which is around 10 hours of use. The main problem right now with this is that the hydrogen cartridge needs to be replaced regularly. No doubt, future versions will be easily topped up with just water with out the replacement every few days. This is a nice step forwards as I suspect a lot of places with many mobile phone users will probably (luckily) have access to water to power it.
Via: CrunchGear
Bloggers, or vloggers (video bloggers) now have a camera to choose from which has Youtube features built in. The Casio Exilim EX-V8 has a setting to optimise your videos for Youtube at just the right resolution. Uploading is simple with the YouTube up loader which you run and will automatically upload the videos you have made. It is a nice small addition to the excellent Exilim range of cameras and I am sure will be welcomed by those who utilise YouTube for their vlogging activities.
On the technical side, the V8 has a 7x optical zoom lens and the camera has some nice features such as anti shake and face detection technology. For those wanting a quick way of taking pictures with anti shake in youtube format then this is well worth checking out.
Via: DigitalRev
This self healing chair has the ability to collapse on demand and then build it’s self back up by tracking it’s parts, lining it’s self up and then attaching together. I think it will make for a cool prank on someone in a restaurant who is annoying you.
The Gun mouse adds a bit more realism to your shoot-em-up games with it being obviously… in the shape of a gun. To perform a left click you pull the trigger and for a right click you push a button on the hand grip. First impressions seem to indicate it works like a joystick, but a close look indicates it might actually just slide around life a mouse but with a gun attached to the top. It costs ‚¬10 and appears to be available now in France I believe.
Product Page Via: Games and Geeks
The Eye Toy for the PS2 was a cool camera which you stuck on your TV and played games by jumping around in front of the screen. It was a toy which some hate and some love. The PS3 version named just the Playstation Eye, is due out soon which is a low res camera used for games and video chats over the TV. Costing $39.99 it boasts a few more features then the Eye Toy for the PS2. It now works in low level light areas, has 2 zoom levels and can capture video at a lower resolution up to 120 frames per second. At the 640 x 480 res it can do 60 FPS which is still cool. A built in microphone is also included allowing conversation, or voice commands in games.
Via: Fosfor
