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Sony Camera Recall

November 27, 2006 by 11 Comments

DSC-U50
Eight models of Sony digital cameras are being recalled due to a defect in the LCD screens on some of the cameras. The problem is to do with an image sensor which has a glitch and causes pictures to not be displayed correctly. Currently there is no indication of how many cameras have this defect. Good news is that if your camera in the range listed below has this problem then you can send it in for repair and they will do this for free.

The recall is for the following cameras… DSC-F88, DSC-M1, DSC-T1, DSC-T11, DSC-T3, DSC-T33, DSC-U40 and DSC-U50.

Via: BBC

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Displays

Multi Vehicle SWARMS at MIT

November 27, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Vehicle Tracking
The Quad Rotor multi vehicle flight test is running to see if 2 vehicles can fly together and track what is happening on the ground. The UAVs fly around controlled by a ground computer and can detect stationary and moving objects. Once detected they can be set to follow the moving object and if the object moves in to another zone then a different UAV can take over. This project is run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and they are trying to build a fully automated system for ground surveillance and it seems they are making great headway. The link at the bottom of this article points you in the direction of some demonstrations and you will see that it’s working very well!

Multi Vehicle

Via: MIT

Filed Under: Computer Gadgets, Cool Gadgets

UK Ban on FM Transmitters Lifted in the UK

November 24, 2006 by Leave a Comment

iTrip
If you have used an FM transmitter on your iPod in the past with in the UK then you have been breaking the law. They were illegal to use due to the signals interfering with broadcasts by legal radio stations. You could easily get your hands on one of these transmitters in an arrangement where you can buy legally but it’s illegal to use. I have one my self which I got a few years back and obviously is still in it’s packaging awaiting to be used on the 8th December 2006 when it will be legal to use. The new ruling put in to place by Ofcom who regulate the licences are permitting those that can use “spare frequencies” to be made legal. With this they are also removing the need to have a licence when using a Citizens’ Band radio.

The original law that made it illegal was drafted in 1949 and is called the Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1949 and forbids you to broadcast with out a licence. Ofcom saw that consumers wanted this in place and the laws were revised.

However, the new arrangement named “Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2006” do not allow all of these FM transmitters to be legal. Many still do not meet certain technical specifications.

To check if the transmitter is legal you just need to look for the CE logo which means it is approved for use in the UK.

Via: BBC News

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Displays

Dot Matrix Watch

November 22, 2006 by 3 Comments

Dot Matrix Watch
If you are out looking for a cool watch then the Dot Matrix watch might just be for you! The dot matrix watch is a sleek black watch with black coloured LED’s which light up red at the touch of a button. It doesnt do much in the way of tech stuff, but it is not designed to do all the fancy things. It’s just designed to look good on your wrist and tell the time and do some funky mexican wave type things with the LED’s.

Buy it now from IWOOT.

* Genuine black leather wristband watch studded with red LEDs.
* The watch displays the time and date.
* Press the button on the side once to trigger a scrolling light effect before displaying the time in classic Dot Matrix style.
* The time can be shown in 24 hour or 12 hour format.
* A built-in power saving mode to extend your watch’s battery. It kicks in after 3 seconds of displaying the time or date.
* A sturdy white presentation box.
* Suitable for ages 8 years+.
* Requires a CR2032 watch battery (included).
* Size: 26 x 3 x 0.5cm.

Full Details at IWOOT.

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Displays

Verte Office Chair

November 20, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Verte Office Chair
The Vert© office chair is a chair which will re train your back in to the ideal posture. The back part of the chair is set to the correct setting by you leaning back and releasing a lever.Then you can just sit back and enjoy the comfort of leather cussions filled with gel.

The chair has 11 torsion spring loaded joints that take an exact impression of your back and ideal posture. It is also built with brushed aliminium. At 1500 dollars it better work well 😉

Via: SlashGear Product Page: Anthro

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Apple Orders 12M iPhones

November 16, 2006 by Leave a Comment

iPhone
Apple is creating the iPhone and has awarded Foxconn the contract to built 12M of them. The iPhone is a much anticipated device from Apple. The news came from a Chinese language news paper called Commercial Times. The phone is set to be launched in the first quarter of 2007 and hopefully Steve Jobs will be showing off the handset at the Macworld Expo.

Apple have stated that next year will be a big year in terms of new products being release by them. Items such as the iPod Tablet and various new laptops it should be a great year if you can afford it all 🙂

Via: RegHardware

Filed Under: Cell Phones, Cool Gadgets, Laptops

Golf Club POV

November 12, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Golf Club POV
This custom built golf club POV is rather cool. It uses a bank of 8 bright blue LED’s which when the golf club is swing it writes words in the air like “Nice Swing”. Full instructions can be found at the link at the bottom. Also check out the cool video of the POV golf club in action.

If you are not sure what POV means it is “Persistance of Vision”.

Via: TechEBlog. Instructions at Zedomax

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Hacked Gadgets

USB Hub Mouse Mat

November 11, 2006 by Leave a Comment

USB Mouse Mat
The problem I find these days is that I have so many USB devices that I need to plug in daily that I dont want to climb behind the PC to my USB hub and plug them in each time I need to do something. The USB Hub and Mouse mat helps solve this problem by providing 4 USB ports on the back of the mat to plug your devices in to. This is perfect for those sets of devices that only need to be temporarily used while you can leave the rest behind your PC.

The mouse mat has Blue LED’s to indicate when a port it in use. It requires no external power as it mimicks self power mode. It supports v 2.0 of USB and can work at 12M or 1.5Mbps.

Via: vTec

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, USB Gadgets

Small Satellite Phone

November 10, 2006 by Leave a Comment

GSP 1700
The GSP 1700 arrives as the worlds smallest satellite phone to hit the market. It is built by a company called Qualcomm and can operate in more then 120 countries and 6 continents. The battery can provide 4 hours of talk time with 36 hours of standby time.

The antenna is on the large side, but is detachable and can be attached when needed.

Via: OhGizmo

Filed Under: Cell Phones, Cool Gadgets

Arima UM650UV1 UMPC

November 9, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Arima UM650UV1 UMPC
Arima have launched the UM650UV1 UMPC. It’s fairly light weight at 1.5lbs. The touch screen is 6.5″ and has an LED backlight. There is no pricing yet for this 1GHz UMPC.

Other features of this device are a 40Gb P-ATA hard disk drive, 512Mb DDR2 RAM and it runs XP.

Via: TechEBlog

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Linux Smartphone

November 8, 2006 by Leave a Comment

FIC Linux Phone
A new Linux Smartphone is on it’s way called the FIC-GTA001. The phone is going to be released along with an SDK which will then allow users to create their own programs and functions for the phone.

The FIC-GTA001 has a 2.8 inch VGA screen, USB file sharing, multi touch sensor recognition, GSM, GPS, 128Mb RAM which a Samsung ARM9 processor. It will also play MP3’s.

Multi Touch
Multi touch technology gives the user the option of touching the screen with 2 fingers which will help with a bunch of tasks.

Giving the SDK along with the phone makes this an interesting step. I can see a lot of developers jumping on this concept to create their own software to power their new phone and then share it with the world.

Via: Gizmodo

Filed Under: Cell Phones, Concept Gadgets, Cool Gadgets

Red iPod Nano gets Double Memory

November 4, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Red iPod Nano 8Gb
The launch of the Red iPod Nano was about 2 weeks ago. This was a 4Gb model with $10 of each sale going to fight AIDS in Africa. Apple have now doubled this to an 8Gb model which will be priced at 249 dollars.

Via: SlashGear

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets