Gadgets and New Technologies

Colour Changing Spa Lights (2 Pack) To avert anniversary disaster: run a bubble bath. Float these Colour Changing Rose Spa Lights in the bath water. Once room has a pleasing ambience, usher in your partner. Congratulate yourself on a job well done. See price (Read the full post about ‘Colour Changing Spa Lights (2 Pack)’…)

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Seascooter GTi The Sea Scooter GTi, a fast and furious soft-top sea monster. If it had wheels, they'd be really wide. You can have this for ?349.00 (Read the full post about ‘Seascooter GTi’…)

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I’m sure you remember the recent move of Asus that shocked environmentalists and green peace movement supporters from around the world a few weeks ago. In case you don’t, I’m here to remind you. Actually, they unveiled plans for nature inspired laptops that are supposedly to be made out of bamboo. You read that right, bamboo laptops. Another laptop maker, Fujitsu, meanwhile has recently displayed its own version of an “organic” computer at the Salone Internazionale Del Mobile furniture exhibition in Milan. But they were kind enough to Asus in that they did not take the route of the bamboo for this new product. Fujitsu made their own from cedar. (Read the full post about ‘Fujitsu WoodShell laptops, inspired by nature’…)

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If you’ve ever forgotten an anniversary or birthday of your wife, you’ve likely felt the fully wrath of a woman. Regardless of the gift you get her, you’re still likely to be in the doghouse after forgetting such an important date. But fear not, as modern technology has found a way to make sure you’ll never forget again. The Remember Ring looks like an ordinary white gold wedding band which can be set with a specific date. 24 hours before the progammed date, the ring will heat up to 120 degrees for 10 seconds every hour on the hour for the entire day. This should be enough notice to run out and get a last-minute gift for your loved one. (Read the full post about ‘Remember Ring ensures you’ll never forget another anniversary’…)

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by Donald Melanson, posted Apr 11th 2008 at 8:51PM We’ve seen the official images, but those itching for a better look at 3DConnexion’s new SpaceNavigator 3D mouse for laptops can now get their fix courtesy of Flickr user zeta.phoenix, who has kindly chronicled the traditional unboxing process for us. As you can see above, the peripheral definitely won’t take up too much space in your laptop bag, and the just-long-enough USB cable means it likely won’t be doing double duty on your desktop (at least without an extension). (Read the full post about ‘3DConnexion SpaceNavigator gets unboxed’…)

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by Ariel Waldman, posted Apr 11th 2008 at 10:41PMAriel Waldman contributes Movie Gadget Friday, where she highlights the lovable and lame gadgets from the world of cinema.For last week’s installment of Movie Gadget Friday, we featured a two-part look at 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact, in honor of the late great Arthur C. Clarke. This week we fast forward a few more years to 2021 in the “cyberpunk” world of Johnny Mnemonic. The gadgets are as hilariously lame as the lines, which likely led this 1995 film to its mixed reviews, and Keanu to his later role as Neo. From fax machines to Zip Disk-like passports, we can only hope the future of technology doesn’t look this grim. (Read the full post about ‘Movie Gadget Friday: Johnny Mnemonic’…)

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A while back, we showed you the Asus M70, a laptop with the ability to store up to 1 terabyte of data. Well, Asus has finally launched the M70 multimedia notebook. The notebook features a 17-inch LCD display, which supports up to 1920 x 1200 (WUXGA) resolution. Compounding this a ATI HD video card, which helps you view HD movies via the Blu-ray drive. Dolby Home Theater-powered audio is heard through the built-in Altec Lansing Speakers. When the touchpad is not being used as a default touchpad, it becomes a media button dock and has controls for volume, play, pause, stop, forward, back and more. A deft tap of your finger returns you to the normal touchpad functions of the special rectangular square. (Read the full post about ‘Asus M70 1TB, Blu-ray multimedia notebook now available’…)

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by Ryan Block, posted Apr 11th 2008 at 3:26PM The PS3 Laptop: you saw the stills (if not, look down), now see the video. It’s posted after the break — enjoy.P.S. -Don’t forget, next week we’ll be putting this one of a kind console up for charity auction. (Read the full post about ‘Video: the PS3 Laptop in action’…)

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by Joshua Topolsky, posted Apr 11th 2008 at 10:42AM You know that Rebel XSi we saw pop up on Amazon? Well thanks to a tipster, we now know it’s appearing in more than one location. (Read the full post about ‘Canon’s Rebel XSi turns up in retail spy shot’…)

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As the ads for the drug Cymbalta say, “Depression hurts.” A new study out of the University of Bristol suggests that doing a web search for information about a certain permanent solution is not a good idea.  The search engines that were used were Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Ask.  For each search engine, 12 searches using simple terms were performed, and the top 10 results of each search were taken for a total of 480 search results in the study.  Sadly, only 13% of the results were about suicide prevention, and the top 3 hits for each search engine were pro-suicide (the fourth was Wikipedia).  According to the researchers, it appears that safety controls by ISP’s aren’t as effective as they should be and that rather, search engine optimization is the way to go. (Read the full post about ‘Search engines no help to those wanting info on “permanent solution”’…)

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