Gadgets and New Technologies

Fans of Tetris might want to see how their brawn measure up with Tresling - a brand new take on the classic game. Opponents are placed against one another on an arm wrestling board, where the pieces will shift based on whoever is in control. Guess this is one place where both electronic gaming and being buffed up will be able to co-exist in perfect harmony, as most gamers prefer to just lay back and subsist on a slice of pizza while knocking back a can of Coke in their hand. (Read the full post about ‘Tetris Arm Wrestling’…)

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LG has more popularity on the cellphone market, but recently they announced a new portable media player - the T80.

The audio device has all the features you could ask, such as a cool design that resembles the Viewty cellphone, and a DVB-T tuner so you can watch TV and (hopefully) record some content into the internal memory that has 4 GB of storage.

The battery could life could be be better, it only provides 6 hours while working non-stop with the multimedia features, or 2 hours while watching TV continuously. On the other hand, the 3-inch screen with 420×240 resolution seems to be good enough to watch video and view photos.

No information if it will become available in other countries besides Denmark.

(Read the full post about ‘LG T80: Portable Media Player’…)

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Mobile Burn reviews the LG CU720 Shine (AT&T) and writes, “The LG Shine sports a 2 megapixel camera, located on the back, with a flash and self-portrait mirror. There are plenty of options in the camera application, including the ability to record video. The camera viewer requires that you hold the Shine in landscape mode, which allows for comfortable picture taking. The handset is also able to stand on its side, making self-timer shots a breeze. I found the photo quality to be very good, and the flash did not completely wash out the subject. I would easily recommend the LG Shine’s camera as great for capturing moments to send via MMS, or even to use on a personal blog.

(Read the full post about ‘LG CU720 Shine (AT&T) Review - Mobile Burn’…)

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by Thomas Ricker, posted Apr 15th 2008 at 5:16AM This is the day we’ve been waiting for. While the 3G Nokia 6212 classic doesn’t look like much, what it lacks in style is more than made up by the genius of Bluetooth-enabled Near Field Communication. If you remember the video we showed you way back in March of 2007, the combo makes device pairing and transferring content like photos, video, music, calendar data, contacts, etc. as easy a touching the phone to a NFC-enabled picture frame, cellphone, speaker, or headset like Nokia’s own NFC-variant of the BH-210. It will also work with NFC payment systems. (Read the full post about ‘Nokia’s 6212 with Bluetooth NFC: Let the pairing revolution begin!’…)

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5 great gadgets you will be able to get soon (Part II)Apr 14, 2008 This article is the second part of the list of the gadgets that aren’t available for buying yet. But you still have a chance to schedule to obtain them very soon.

1. Sony VAIO G2 is a very thin laptop and is made of lightweight carbon-fiber. The 12-inch display and full keyboard were madefor your comfort not to squint in two-finger typing.

There are laptops with 100 GB or 64 GB hard drives for your choice. The laptop has no moving parts; that’s why it is faster and more powerful. The gadget also has a nice feature that is really handy for travelers. (Read the full post about ‘5 great gadgets you will be able to get soon (Part II)’…)

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Barely days after unveiling his amazing PS3 laptop, Ben Heck strikes again with something a whole lot cooler, quite literally: An Apple ][ gs laptop. The large amount of vertical air holes (basically pointless since this machine gets about as hot as your average pocket calculator) are meant to subconsciously remind the viewer of the fairly compact Apple IIc. The custom built portable uses all original parts, including motherboard, joystick and mouse ports and floppy connector, the case adds some up-to-date features: A big 15″ LCD, custom, laser etched acrylic keys and the obligatory blight of modern electronics, a blue LED. Ben designed this to be all 1980s, all the time (although it also reminds us of an ipod dock). (Read the full post about ‘Apple ][ GS Laptop From Ben Heckendorn’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted Apr 15th 2008 at 1:23AM Frustrated with that exorbitantly high water bill stemming from all the H20 wastefully spewed out from that non-intelligent sprinkler system? Enter the Cyber-Rain XCI, which gives owners wireless control of up to eight watering zones. After hooking up the controller(s) and plugging a wireless access point into your PC via USB, users can look forward to the solution automatically tweaking their irrigation system based on weather conditions, seasons, etc. It’ll even log water savings and chuck out a graph to prove its value. (Read the full post about ‘Cyber-Rain XCI gives you wireless control of your sprinkler system’…)

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Samsung’s Aura notebook series has just received timely updates in order to be on par with the market. Just like the Samsung R20, the R410 is a 14 incher and tips the scales at 2.4kg, making this a MacBook competitor somewhat. Powered by the latest 45nm Penryn processors from Intel, the R410 also comes with the following :- ATI Radeon Xpress 1250M graphics chipset 14.1″ display at 1,280 x 800 resolution Integrated DVD writer Gigabit Ethernet Bluetooth 2.0+EDR Super G WiFi Integrated 1.3-megapixel webcam Memory card reader Three USB ports ExpressCard slotThe R410 will be priced at £499 upwards depending on your configuration. Samsung is currently preparing it for a May release. (Read the full post about ‘Samsung Aura Updated’…)

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Memory card readers come in all shapes and sizes these days, but few rely on a rechargeable lithium battery to power their . . . built-in cash note verifiers. Yes, this innocent-looking ladybug 3-in-1 reader ($16) is absolutely unforgiving against counterfeit currency. Don’t ask me how it works (I couldn’t tell you if you did), but the 2.2″ x 1.4″ x 1.0″ ladybug is packing a black light (?) somewhere under those wings that “illuminates” the security strip embedded into U.S. dollars. If you’ve never questioned the legitimacy of the cash in your wallet, you can still make use of the ladybug’s integrated USB charging cable and ability to read T-Flash, microSD, and microSDHC cards. Via GeekAlerts. (Read the full post about ‘Ladybug reads memory cards and U.S. dollars’…)

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NVIDIA has recently shown analysts the power of their physics engine extensions to CUDA, which are nearly complete. The physics engine extensions will allow simulations of various real-world phenomena using highly complex mathematical models which mimic their behavior. This data will prove invaluable in countless disciplines, including gaming to produce for more real characters, thanks to the power of extreme parallelism resulting in real-time operations.

To put the new engine’s power into perspective, Intel has recently demonstrated a physics simulation running on a multi-core Nehalem system without the assistance of the GPU.

(Read the full post about ‘NVIDIA’s physics engine 15x faster than Intel’s’…)

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