Gadgets and New Technologies

Now the Sphere is one bed all Casanovas should strive to have in their pad. Not only does it get the emotions running with its silky red color, it features a 32″ LCD TV built right into its frame, letting you lounge about comfortably with a loved one safely in your arms while enjoying your favorite movie. In addition, surround sound speakers have already been integrated into the frame itself, enveloping you completely in pure aural bliss. Heck, the luxury doesn’t stop there as there is more room to chill a bottle of bubbly, while a massage unit right under the mattress rounds off the impressive list of features. (Read the full post about ‘The Sphere Hi-tech Bed’…)

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Laser Challenge Pro

These two monster weapons are packed with enough technology to keep you happy for hours, if not months. Each gun has a 75m range as well as a laser dot sighting spot (as is required in pretty well every macho boy movie) to make targeting your enemy easier and a lot more fun.

If you get hit ten times you’re not only dead, but you’ll need some lessons.

(Read the full post about ‘Laser Challenge Pro’…)

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As I may have mentioned, my iPhone is terribly spoiled; always has to have the latest case, the newest earbuds, or the system mysteriously slows down. Right now, it’s sporting the new Wave case by Griffin, ($24.99) which is a bright red and made of a translucent polycarbonate shell.

Named the Wave case because of the unique wave-shaped closure, it provides greater interlocking surface area, so you can carry your iphone and keep it somewhat protected in case of drops.

(Read the full post about ‘Wave Case for iPhone’…)

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Overview Hitachi, world’s leading electronic and digital product manufacturer, has come up with their new DZ-BD70A Blu-ray/DVD Camcorder. Enjoy lifelike and rich color images with the CMOS image sensor and HD quality 12-element lens system of Hitachi DZ-BD70A Blu-ray/DVD Camcorder. With Hitachi DZ-BD70A Blu-ray/DVD Camcorder you can easily record videos at 1920 x 1080/60 Hz and still images at a resolution of 2400 x 1800 pixels. Features Photo Capture. High Resolution Image Processing LSI. 5.3 mega pixel ½.8” CMOS Image Sensor. 8cm BD-RE/-R/DVD Drive. Built-in Interactive Guide. Incorporating features like Disc Navigation and Widescreen 2.7” LCD View Finder, Hitachi DZ-BD70A Blu-ray/DVD Camcorder is just perfect to capture those memorable moments. (Read the full post about ‘Hitachi DZ-BD70A Blu-ray/DVD Camcorder’…)

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It looks like the modest pc mouse has finally decided to join the “rat” race. Well, what else could it be, especially when continued “innovation” in the pc peripheral market has produced a mouse with – hold your breath – 11 buttons!

With the 11-button optical mouse, most of your frequent operations can be accomplished with a single click. Volume up/down, page forward/backward, play/pause, 4-levels of speed adjustment, launching your browser, plus the normal right/left click functions have been integrated into this unique fella. The greatest achievement of the mouse is perhaps that it manages to retain a sleek look while sporting all this added fuctionality, with buttons placed quite cleverly.

(Read the full post about ‘11-button Multimedia Mouse : Any function is just a click away’…)

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On Monday two judges in two separate copyright violation lawsuits came to opposite conclusions regarding the legality of sharing music files on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks.

In a case in Boston against a group of students, Judge Nancy Gertner concluded that copyright infringement does not occur from just allowing files to reside where they are accessible by others on the Internet.

(Read the full post about ‘To enable music sharing is legal, to download it isn’t?’…)

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Geek.com is looking for a few driven individuals for our newly-launched summer internship program. If you are interested in technology and you want to write about it someplace aside from your Facebook wall then this could be your chance. The hours will be long, and the work thankless, but you’ll have access to some cool gear and as many press releases as you can handle. If you are in the NYC area then there will be a few events as well. We need people who have an excellent understanding of current technology, strong writing skills, and at least a basic understanding of HTML and image editing. If interested send us an email with “Intern” somewhere in the title. (Read the full post about ‘Want to be a Geek intern?’…)

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That’s according to Ryoji Chubachi, the CEO of Sony Electronics. Sony thinks that there is a market for such TVs, and they might be right for Japan, where apartments can be very small. However, even when I lived in a tiny apartment in Europe, I hated the idea of having an integrated player (VHS, DVD…) embedded in my TV.

Sony wants to grab as much “Blu-Ray hardware” market share as it can in 2008, so I guess that these TVs will show up sometimes this year, probably in Q4.

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Posted Apr 7th 2008 6:10AM by Thomas Ricker The morning has only begun and already the first oddity has been unleashed in Japan. You’re looking at NTT DoCoMo Communications “Mobile Fragrance Communications Kit” which is based on the same scent delivery technology NTT has already deployed into homes and movie theaters. Fragrance playlists are downloaded to your DoCoMo phone and then transmitted over Ir to the portable “aroma generator” pre-loaded with base fragrances. The scents are then unleashed into the room under the accompaniment of new-age MIDIs and animated GIFs we presume will include dancing pandas and Hello Kitty cats. Ugh. The pilot program runs from April 10th to the 20th and will undoubtably be a huge success in the (Read the full post about ‘NTT floats a “Mobile Fragrance Communications” biscuit’…)

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Competing with the milipede with the most number of shoes worn at one time, the walking bike is a novel, intriguing, and funny bicycle design. Designed by Max Knight, this one of a kind bicycle replaces its tyres with eight trainers per. Of course, I very much doubt this’ll ever be produced in mass, but the walking bike actually (kind of) works! You can see the video below. The rides a bit bumpy, but with the bike running on shoes, I reckon most of us would be quite forgiving. Now if only we can see a walking car, I’ll be one of the most amused people on earth. (Read the full post about ‘A Bike that Walks’…)

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