Phidgets USB sensors are used for monitoring environmental factors such as temperature, light, motion, magnetic field and vibration to name a few. When buying the product you need to choose the phidgets you want to use. According to the Phidgets website you do not need any technical knowledge, no programming skills and you do not need to know anything about communication protocols. In fact, they only recommend that you have an imagination. This opens up Phidgets to be used in any number of ways you could possibly think of. One project someone made is Tetris Weightlifting. This game is a highly modified version of the game in which lifting weights actually controls the pieces. You can imagine the pain on even the strongest mans face when he gets to level 9.
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Phidgets USB Sensor Kit
Laser Tag Helicopters
Helicopters are cool, especially when they are remote controlled. Mix two RC helicopters together with a game of laser tag and you are on to a winner. This set of helicopters has just that. You have 2 helicopters which are armed with a transmitter and sensor. If one shoots the other then the injured helicopter quickly looses power and falls to the ground dead. This could give hours of entertainment. The only sucky side of all this is that RC helicopter battery life generally isn’t that long.
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HP eBook Reader
Here we have a concept idea from HP. The device is an eBook reader which is A4 in size. What makes this eBook reader stand out is the unique interface which allows you to turn the pages of the book in a similar way you would when reading a regular book. It appears to work with touch sensors on the bottom and sides of the page which allow you to slide your finger and see the page turned to the other side of the screen.
SanDisk Cruzer Contour – 8GB Flash Drive
The Cruzer Contour from SanDisk is an 8GB USB Flash Drive which recently became available. The design of this flash drive is quite sleek. The design also features a unique slider USB connector which means that you do not ever loose the cap off the end. As can be expected it works at USB 2.0 speeds allowing for quicker transfers. Also another cool feature is its ReadyBoost compatability which allows it to improve system performance on Windows Vista by acting as extra RAM if specified.
USB Digital Microscope
The USB Digital Microscope allows you to capture images in high quality and very close up. With it being USB, it connects to your PC and then shows the images on screen. The software which comes supplied with the USB Microscope allows you to zoom in up to 200X and create screen shots of those objects. As well as taking still pictures, you can also use time lapse movies for items that change over time. The Microscope part is detachable from its stand which allows you to get up close to items.
Transformers Watches
With the release of Transformers the movie coming sometime soon, a range of Transformers watches have been revealed. Unfortunately the watches do not completely transform, but they do have a couple of cool selections for you to browse. The ones that I like are the Optimus Prime watch and the LED Transformers watch. Both look cool. No price has been set for the watches made by Seiko, but we do know they should be available in a couple of weeks on the 2nd June which will be in plenty of time for the release of the movie.
A4 Sized ePaper
LG has launched another ePaper device. It measures about the size of an A4 sheet of paper and is also bendable. This ePaper is very thin at 0.3 millimetres (300 micrometres) and it is capable of displaying 4096 colours. ePaper is designed to be energy efficient allowing the image to stay on the screen even when power is removed. The ePaper only draws on power when the image needs to change.
Tetris – Its Huge
Tetris has been a well known game over the years since it was introduced. For a long time there have been variations of this game hitting the game shelves in stores. The latest has been built by Spark Fun and is created from 240 buttons which have LEDs behind them. To play the game you touch to the left of the piece to make it move left, touch to the right to make it move right and hit the top to rotate the piece. Its a tad larger then your Nintendo Gameboys version and makes for a very hands on game of Tetris. One more picture after the jump.
Sony VAIO TZ Notebooks – Leaked Photos
Sony are launching some new 11.1 inch laptops named the Sony VAIO TZ. Two of these notebooks have been created which are the TZ11MN/N and TZ11XN/B. Both notebooks look great with one boasting a silver lid. Other differences are the amounts of memory, disk and processor. I have to say that both of these notebooks do look rather nice although I can imagine the price tag would be rather nice too 😉
Features
* 2.62lbs of weight
* Integrated optical drive
* Unique rounded hinge design
* LED backlight screen
* 1.06GHz Core 2 Duo processor
* Built-in Motion Eye camera
Bamboo Phone
Most, if not all phones I use have been made out of plastic. This new patent shows a new type of phone which is made out of bamboo. Yep, thats the wooden sticks that could be called a type of grass. The bamboo has a nanotech coating treated with Gamma rays so that it is more durable. Also the gamme rays used get rid of dangerous stuff like bacteria. Once coated with nanotech the final coating is titanium dioxide is silver or zinc dioxide to give it a nice look. I am not sure if the purpose of this phone is to be green (in the environment way) or to make it weigh next to nothing.
The Indigo Lantern – Its Self Sufficient
The Indigo Lantern is a very reliable lamp which uses ultra bright LEDs to give out its light. Also there is a second LED which allows it to work as a reading light. What makes this lantern stand out is that it doesnt run on batteries. To get the LEDs to shine you wind it up. About 60 seconds of winding will give you 2 hours of night light and about 5 minutes on the maximum brightness. However, fully charged you can have 70 hours of nightlight and 2.5 hours on maximum. These are not the only options as you can also adjust the brightness and wind speed which allows for a dimmer light which can last longer.
Sinar Hy6 Digital Medium-Format Camera
Sinar have launched a new digital camera named the Hy6. The Hy6 allows you to take both digital and convential film shots. An interesting feature of this camera is the ability to be able to change the image sensor for a larger and higher resolution sensor of sizes up to 56x56mm. The camera has the ability to be controlled remotly by computer by using Sinars CaptureShop software.
This camera might be a tad out of the average persons price range as it will set you back $32500.
