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November 30, 2004
Looking to rehash childhood memories of that little yellow ducky that did nothing but float around in the tub, well "i-Duck Wasurenb" by SolidAlliance could be the answer to your umm dreams, while this little duck does not go into the tub, it can take up space on your desk, add a dash of color & use up your free USB slots -- all just for $9. Available in Yellow, Pink, Blue, Juicy, Peace, and Strawberry. Aside for taking up space, it flashes red (because it is ashamed that it does nothing) .
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Sony has released 4 new AV selectors to give you an additional reason to get more home entertainment equipment to fill the imputs on this thing. The 4 New AV Selectors are available now in Japan. 3 of the models are active (- SB-RX100P / RX200S / RX300D) which prevents deterioration of signals during division & one passive (SB-V60). The SB-RX100P / RX200S / RX300D features Loop Protection Technology, Multi Output Function & Parallel Output Functio. The SB-V60 features include ability to switch between S-Video, Composite, and Analog Audio signals, 5 input jacks for 4 inputs (one switches between back and front), and has two output jacks.
Pictured back of SB-RX200S
- Impress.co.JP
Also Seen at TechJapan
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When you reach a certain age (30 in new york) life can sometimes get a little lonely, if you can no longer spend nights doing substances with your friends for pleasure, find stairs hard to climb, and at times you find yourself talking to yourself (depends I do this)- the ifBot (Japan) could be just want the Doctor order, if you have $5600 that is, the ifBot robot developed primarily for older folks will help keep you company, it reacts to your motions and if you just happen ah need a doctor, the ifbot can alert emergency services.
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Also Seen at UberGizmo
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November 28, 2004
"Doctor let's use the Sony one, its so pretty & new."
"Yes, nurse Ron, you are on the money the new medical-grade digital imaging products and peripherals ranging from image recording to advanced archiving solutions by Sony are WOWers"
"I am not sure about that WOWer factor Doc "
"Cut guys that was horrible." "You are Fired Ron - Doc you can stay, my wife wants to see you in the back"
Back to the Grind. Doesn't that sound like a really bad attempt at Spamming? I am just trying to follow Amazon's footsteps you know the whole product placement thing, is hot right now.
Sony introduced a line of digital imaging products and peripherals designed to capture, display, print, store and archive images for radiology professionals. New Products include the UP-D55MD, UP-D72XR & UP-897
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November 25, 2004
Kenwood has announced the "E series" -- a new line of car audio products.
New products of the E. Series include the E505 a 29,400 Yen system available January 2005. The E505 supports MP3/WMA playback, CD playback frequency 10 Hz - 20 kHz & features a FM/AM tuner.
The 21,000 Yen E303 available in late December features MP3/WMA playback, CD playback frequency 10 Hz - 20 kHz.
The 16,800 Yen E202 available early December features CD playback frequency 10 Hz - 20 kHz. The E202 does not support MP3 or WMA
The 27,300 Yen E303MD available late December features MiniDisc player that supports MDLP and Net MD. Playback frequency 20 Hz - 20 kHz
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November 24, 2004
 Alan Epstein, director of MIT's gas turbine laboratory has developed a chip based turbine that is designed to produce enough power to operate handheld devices, etc. -- so very soon (years) you could be saying good but to heavy batteries and hello to new small jet turbine powered handheld. The prototype jet engine measures less than the size of a five-cent piece, spins at 1,000,000 revolutions per minute. As reported Oct 20 when this story was featured at tecnology review the mini-turbine emits "a tiny stream of hot exhaust gas," so putting it in your pocket could leave you clothes with holes.
Related - Jet Engine Please
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November 20, 2004
Having a standard anything is so yesterday -- why so should your air conditioner be any different -- with a line of new color units from Sanyo Electric you can add some hip factor to the often boring white unit -- now your air conditioner can keep you cool & look good doing it. The EX series will be available in Japan come Feb 2005 - the unit measuring 898 (width) x 300 (height) x 200 (depth) millimeter will be available in seven colors, you can swap the covers to go with your different moods. Price is expected to be between 16000 yen - 24000 yen depending on model type. Side note - the EX series have special filters to do stuff with gas, bacteria, and keep fresh air flowing
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November 18, 2004
The prototype robot - called ATRON - demonstrated its various metamorphoses in Tokyo on Wednesday. The ATRON is designed to be completely modular,it is able to reconfigure itself into one of 100 different shapes with corresponding motions, Each module has its own computer and communicates using an infrared link.
MORE via NewScientist
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 If you are still saving up to get a camera with on board HDD drive where you can just use memory cards instead of dv tapes here is a little device that is should make you feel a little more high tech - The FireStore FS-4 allows you to dump the contents of your dv tape onto the 40GB (3 hours) or 80GB (6 hours) harddrive of the FS-4. OK with that said I am a little puzzled to the real use of the device maybe it does something else - when I transfer the contents of a dv tape I always keep the dv - What would be cool is the ability to record directly from the camera into that portable harddrive - cutting the dv tape out
Short Specifications.
DV Video I/O 25Mbps (1 x 6pin IEEE1394)
142mm(H) x 95mm(W) x 40mm(D)
400 g
40GB/80GB 5400rpm 8MB
90 mins recording time.
Windows98SE/Windows2000/WindowsXP/MacOS9/MacOS X
Available later this month in Japan for 99,750 Yen.
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November 15, 2004
GEO View and FALKE KG (Germany) have developed the "ECG-shirt" which monitors your heart rate and transfers the data via Bluetooth to a mobile phone. The data can then be stored on your handset or forwarded to a medical service center. The device goes under your shirt and is recommended for folks who need to watch or just like keeping a record of all things hearty.
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