Made-to-order cellphones
If you’re like us, you’ve probably brainstormed the “perfect” mobile phone in your head a couple hundred times, wishing you could just convince someone to make it for you. Well, now you’ve got your chance thanks to the unfortunately-named zzzPhone, which inspires fantasies of long naps rather than high-tech gadgetry. According to the company’s website, you can build your own device made to order, using “the same high quality components as major brands Motorola, Nokia, Palm, and Samsung.” Of course, the major brands don’t offer you actual MP3 and video files pre-installed on your device — which really makes our copyright sensors hit the red. Sure, the phone appears to emanate from a dubious Shenzhen-based manufacturer, but once you see all the succulent options available to you, your ethical concerns will melt away like ice cream on hot apple pie.
Read about it in Engadget
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Blow your Food to Kingdom Come with the Spice Gun
For any would be kitchen maestros out there, this could be the thing for you. The spice gun is a clever little idea that allows you to blast your food with spices.
“Spice gun is different from the other casters, it has more fun! When you pull the trigger to compress the air in the air bag the handspike will push the bottom of the seasoning bottle to make the nozzle in the turntable to retract and spray the seasoning.”
Read about it in UberReview
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Sony’s tiny XDV-D500 and XDV-G200 Bravia TVs
Let’s break it down TV junkie. Sony’s new ¥38,000 (about $355) XDV-D500 features a 3-inch, 432 x 240 pixel resolution display with 160-degree viewing angle, 500:1 contrast, and a battery capable of about 8-hours of TV reception. It can even record up to 10 hours of scheduled programming to 2GB of internal memory. The itty bittier XDV-G200 brings a 2-inch LCD to the show, AM/FM radio too, then ditches the EPG and recording function
Read about it in Engadget
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The world’s smallest nintendo ds lite
Check out this tiny papercraft model of an ice blue Nintendo DS Lite created by a really dedicated (and really patient) gaming fan. Even though it’s only slightly larger than a paper clip, this mini DS Lite features an a amazing amount of detail.
Read about it in technaBob
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KEYnetik Motion Input User Interface
KEYnetik, Inc. is a pioneer of motion input technology for mobile handheld electronic devices such as cell phones, cameras, media players, gaming consoles, personal navigation devices and digital assistants.
We specialize in User Interfaces with motion input and provide electrical engineering, industrial design and software development services to help our clients with technology adoption.
Along with our services, we offer technology licenses or our User Interface and Motion Input solutions.
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