Odd Gadgets and Objects

Let me tell you this keyboard is not for computer beginners.

Das Keyboard thinks that if you have to speed up your typing skills then you ought to do that without looking at the keys.

Das Keyboard also has done the same; they have developed a keyboard with no letters printed on the keys. This is to ensure that when you type you don’t get any assistance from the keyboard itself.

Das Keyboard also boasts of mechanical gold plated key switches which gives the keys a very long life of 50 million strokes.

Read it in full on Weird Gizmos

I’d love to have been a fly on the wall in the marketing room of SolidAlliance when this idea was floated. After all, what possible use could there be for an MP3 player with its own smell?

Well, following on from devices that look like food is a range of MP3 players that have a food-like aroma. The iCool (inevitably) from Japan has 256MB of internal memory and an SD slot to boost your storage. But that’s not the selling point - the big feature is a choice of smell from chocolate, roses, lemon, strawberry, raspberry or blueberry.

Read it in full on Tech Digest

The idea is from Rubik`s cube puzzle. The only way to activate the mp3 player on is similar to playing with the Rubik`s cube puzzle, by solving each layer has a specific function such as play, pause, forward or back. And of course the only way to turn it off is by completing it. Users can now listen to the music while having fun.

Read it in full on Yanko Design

The Wilcon is this funny telephone, using (and looking like) a single Eneloop battery, good for an impressive 250h of autonomy or 5 hours of communications.

This time around there are no fancy features such as TV tuner, video games, MP3 player or even 3G, but all this telephone will need is a rechargeable AAA battery and it’ll be ready to go! Pretty cool.

Read it in full on AkihabaraNews

Invisity is the smallest - and only - in-the-ear-receiver in the world. Discreet prompting allows the production process to run smoothly and more economically.

You can choose between 2 different devices. You can now program and or reprogram your invisity receiver, set your required frequencies and adjust audio level and other features at your discretion. The following will help you to select the right invisity model - Flex or 4 - for your requirements.

Read it in full on Phonak