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SimBook Stores all your Phone Contacts Manually

simbook-notebookThe SimBook is an object that blends old technology with new technology. In this case we see an old address book shaped to look like a modern SIM card from a mobile phone.

The SimBook looks great and allows you to manually write down, with a regular pen, all your friends names, phone numbers and notes about them. [Read more…]

Automated Safe Cracking – Project Fails for Now

microcontroller_Safe_CrackerIf you have suffered with loss of memory and cannot get your valuables out of your family safe that is hidden behind your mirror then don’t worry as a bloke named Carlos has created a safe cracking contraption that will sit on your safe going through every possible combination till the safe is cracked open. At least, that is the idea for now.

The reason Carlos created this gadget was because he found a safe at home and spotted that others had tied to rip it open unsuccessfully and rather than taking a drill to it he thought he’d build a robot to do it for him. Unfortunately the safe cracker didn’t have a strong enough motor to turn the dial, so this will come back in V2 of the cracker. [Read more…]

British Red Phone Box Mobile Phone

British-telephone-box-shaped-cellphoneThis crazy looking mobile phone is designed to look like a red phonebox from the UK. The phone it’s self is fully functional and comes with a 65K colour TFT screen, a camera, SMS, MMS and GPRS/WAP 2.0. Maybe not the best of specs but who cares when it looks like it does.

Also included are the early 00’s polyphonic style ringtones of which 20 are built in to the phone. Melodys include God Save the Queen and other style songs. [Read more…]

Snowcorn Sixth Sense Concept Device

Snowcorn is a bracelet with a camera, projector and wi-fi built in. Of course it’s a concept device as can be seen by the ultra small size and 3D renderings, but I still thought it was worth a mention here.

Snorcorn is designed to be worn around your hand and when browsing through books, maps and the likes it projects an image on to the surface of what you are looking at. [Read more…]

TV Bag – Repurposed Sony Transistor TV

This vintage Sony Transistor TV was gutted out, drilled, padded, polished and somewhere in that process suddenly became a bag. [Read more…]

MoGo Talk – Ultra Thin Integrated Headset for Notebooks

MoGo are normally associated with ultra-think mice that stow away in the express card slot on a laptop computer. The MoGo Talk is a new gadget that works on the same principle of being small, ultra-thin and storable in your laptop, but this time it’s a bluetooth headset. [Read more…]

LG Crystal GD900 Reviewed

lgcrystalPhoneArena managed to get their hands on the LG Crystal GD900 to take a look at. The LG GD900 most striking feature is that it has a transparent, touch-sensitive keypad that slides out from the bottom.

The phone runs the fairly new S-CLASS 3D OS, has a 3 inch touch-sensitive display and has a camera that can capture 8 megapixel photos. [Read more…]

Hybrid2 Bikes to Power City Buses

hybrid2-bikeThe Hybrid2 bike’s aim is to store electricity that can be put back into the grid to power electric powered buses.

Electricity is generated each time the bike brakes through a regenerative braking system. Unlike other hybrid concept that then use this generated electricity to give themselves a boost, the Hybrid2 stores the generated power in an ultracapacitor. [Read more…]

Asus Eee T91 now Available – Costs $499

Asus-Eee-T91The Asus Eee T91 tablet PC has now been launched. The launch was mentioned on Twitter earlier which had a short URL link over to a Facebook page which contains all the technical specs and pricing details.

The Netbook Tablet has an 8.9″ gloss LED backlit WSVGA screen which has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. It runs Windows XP Home edition and has an Intel Atom Z520 processor built in. [Read more…]

Asus Eee SD Upgrades from Active Media

asus_eee_pc_ssd_updateActive Media have just released a new ranged of upgrades for Eee PC’s. The upgrades are named SaberTooth-S and SaberTooth-SS and boost the storage up to 64GB which will in most cases, make a VERY hefty jump for you.

The new SaberTooth-S/SS drives have access times of up to 155MBps making them quite quick too. The S model is an entry level which gives you the option of a 16GB or 32GB upgrade that comes in the form of a mini PCIe card. These smaller cards have access speeds up to 90MBps read and write of up to 55Mbps. These cost $62.95 and $96.85. [Read more…]

iPhone now runs Windows 95

Check out the video (after the jump) of an iPhone that is running Windows 95. Now, you won’t be able to simply download this app from the App store as it does require your phone to be jailbroken and also requires a lot of know-how. [Read more…]

Datawind Ubisurfer now with Free Internet Access

datawind-ubisurferPocket Lint are reporting that the Datawind have got in to the netbook market and have created a new netbook that comes with 30 hours of free internet/month for the first year.

The initial price of £159.99 will include a connection to the internet via a GPRS or Wi-Fi connection so that the netbook can be used when out and about. [Read more…]