August 31, 2005
Muji has a new translucent polypropylene case with built-in speakers the protects and amplifies your iPod, MP3, CD, or MiniDisc player for listening indoors or out. A tight rubber seal ensures it stays dry and fully functional in wet conditions. Simply plug the speakers into the internal headphone socket.
via - Buy at MOMA store
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August 27, 2005
The "midiGun" is a novel handheld midi controller. This gunshaped interface was especially designed to remotely control realtime music softwares like Ableton LIVE, Traktor DJ or others.
The "midiGun" replaces the classical DJ mixer and the keyboard at the same time. The "midiGun" is a new kind of device that can be intuitively used because of its handy shape and easy accessible knobs, buttons and sensors.
The user can trigger and control sounds and effects on a PC without watching a monitor or using a mouse and keyboard. The controllers and sensors can be individually customized to fit the connected software or to serve special user preferences. The "midiGun" offers 16 different controllers which can be cascaded in 16 switchable sets. This allows for a total of 256 independent sound and effects controls at the reach of your fingertips.
via Music Thing . Seen at Engadget
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August 26, 2005
Bigha has introduced the StarSeeker chair, a new motorized, portable vehicle that lets you cruise the universe in fun and comfort. According to Bigha, you need the StarSeeker chair because looking at stars can sometimes be err tiring
Full list of functions:
* Comfortable: A reclining chair supports your entire body
* Fun: Counterweighted mounting bar holds your choice of binoculars
* Simple: Convenient joystick gives instant control of speed and direction
* Precise: Built-in green laser lets you quickly select and view any object
* Rugged: Base is made of case aluminum and rotates on Teflon bearings
* Portable: Carry it anywhere - Covenient setup requires no tools
via NYTimes
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neXfit Technologies Inc. has announced the "ExerGame Fitness Bike" , a "new breed" of home fitness bike touts the company. The "ExerGame Bike" hooks up to your Playstation, XBox, or the Internet, and incorporates game and navigation controls right on the handlebar. You can hook up to eight other bikes for a LAN exercise party; it even comes with a mic for in-game voice chat writes Gizmodo. $2,495.
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Brando, HK, has announced a sleek $12 cradle for the Sony Ericsson W800i
Sony Ericsson W800i Speaker Cradle Features:
- listen music with better song effect
- allow you to plug your data / charger cable
Sony Ericsson W800i Speaker Cradle source
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Everything USB reviews the Ergodex DX1.
Enter the Ergodex Corporation and their DX1 Input System. The DX1 targets both gamers and task-oriented professionals as the alternative input device that alleviates many woes associated with the standard keyboard, by allowing users to position keys anywhere on the surface to contour to the shape of their hands. With so many other adjustable products we take for granted like the adjustable chair and the DPI switching mice from Razer and Logitech, it's amazing that no one has thought of such a simple idea any sooner. Yet for such a simple product, a lot of thought has been put into creating the DX1 to deliver the ultimate input experience. Go ahead and coin that phrase, no one's claimed it yet.
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August 14, 2005
The Leica DISTO classic5a is a high-precision distance finder that can measure from both flat surfaces and out of corners. The handset has built-in calculator functions and offers indirect height and distance measurement, while tracking functions determine positions and measure minimum and maximum distances. The Leica DISTO classic5a measures distances up to 200 meters in a fraction of a second, reducing overall measuring time by at least 60% and enabling one person to quickly measure, even in the most difficult of site conditions. The memory allows you to store the last 15 measured values, plus ten additional constants, like ceiling heights.
via WallPaper
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The Morrison Digital Trumpet, or MDT, is a new brass-style MIDI wind controller that allows people with minimal trumpet playing skills to reach all those extremely high notes and play for extended periods - just like a professional musician. Professionals, on the other hand, who have mastered the acoustic trumpet, love playing the MDT for its expanded sound possibilities and expressive capabilities. The MIDI wind controller was invented and designed by Steve Marshall with Australian multi-instrumentalist James Morrison
How do you play it?
1 you just blow
2 The harder you blow the louder the sound and the breath sensitivity is super re-sponsive to allow for high speed tounging and smooth notes.
3 Octaves are controlled with a series of buttons on the left hand.
4 No tight lips are required to play the previously unheard of 10 octave range .
5 The C scale fingering is identical to an acoustic trumpet and repeats for every octave too.
6 The right thumb has access to three controllers. These are usually set to pitch bend up, pitch bend down, and vibrato, but are programmable. These allow su-per expressive playing of various sounds.
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August 1, 2005
Robusto is a Porsche engineered Pocket Case with Carbon Fiber and Cedar veneer. Vastly durable and classy this Pocket case Robusto is made to fit three sticks and is sure to protect your Cigars with its easy yet firm fitting lids. $400
via Gizmodo
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