January 31, 2006

EJK's contact less Thermometer

EJK's contact less Thermometer

EJK, Japan has announced a new contact less Thermometer. Just place it near the skin and you get accurate readings in under 3 seconds. It detects the infrared ray emitted by the body due to heat generation. The contact less thermometer takes only 3 seconds where as traditional thermometers take 60 to 90 seconds for temperature reading. The main advantage is that being contact less there is no need for sterilization after use. The unit is 16 centimeters in length and weighs 99 grams.

January 28, 2006

RGB Spectrum QuadViewÆ XL imaging processor

RGB Spectrum QuadViewÆ XL imaging processor

Scientific Vision Systems, has announced the availability of the advanced RGB Spectrum QuadViewÆ XL imaging processor for the most demanding medical applications. The QuadViewÆ XL allows surgeons, operating room personnel, and radiologists to simultaneously view input from four (4) different video or computer sources on a single screen.

The monitor accepts high resolution RGB, HDTV, S-Video, component and NTSC/PAL composite video, and/or optional DVI inputs. Operating room personnel can connect up to 16 inputs, four of which can be displayed simultaneously.

Each of the 16 inputs can be individually sized and positioned anywhere on the screen. As well, each input can also be panned and zoomed to emphasize areas of particular interest using the proprietary smooth zoom and pan feature. The processor provides users with a nearly infinite set of display choices including quad split, side-by-side, picture-in-picture, and overlapping windows. In addition, the Quadview XL supports real time, dynamic movement and resizing of windows.

January 19, 2006

SEGA TOYS iFish

Sega Toys's new i-Pets addition, the iFish is available at brando.com.hk/. for $64

\With Sensors in the iFish Head, the iFish will respond to your movement interactively. The iFish can move its body like a "Real fish" with deep sea sound and 50 built-in healing music . Colorful Light Effect will glow up on the fish head & fish body. It is extremely great fun for placing iFish in your office or home. Also, you can hook i-Fish with music player, like IPOD, MP3 Player, or your PC through audio input jack, i-Fish will become a loudspeaker and move in fishy ways according to the rhythm of music.

seen at i4u.com

Sharp Papyrus PW-9920

Sharp, Japan has announced the Papyrus PW-9920, a new electronic dictionary set to go on sale from January 27 priced at 44,100 yen.

The PW-9920 is stylishly designed but maintains the solid construction of previous models thanks to the "New Inner Protect" system. The outer casing is made of aluminium panel while high-strength metal plating is used to protect the LCD panel from external pressure or force.

The 63 installed content sources are closely related to daily life and include Kojien (5th ed.), Genius E-J/J-E dictionary and Mypedia encyclopedic dictionary. In particular, health-related contents have been strengthened to include items such as the "NHK Diet Brain" dictionary that summarises current knowledge about diet and health.

The dictionary is 141 x 107 x 16 mm in size and weighs approximately 260 grams (including battery). It has a 320x240 5.4" FSTN LCD screen that can display a maximum of 32 characters x 18 lines (using a 9pt font). Power is supplied by 2 AAA batteries.

via TechJapan

January 18, 2006

Whirlpool Bodybox

Whirlpool Bodybox is an all rounder technological clothes care wonder designed to make your washing experience a pleasure. . By integrating daily clothes care functions such as washing, conditioning, sorting, collecting and tumbling, the body box makes laundry an automated process. The system tags individual clothing in order of fabric type and collects, separates and cleans the clothes accordingly. The programming is accessed by both internet and an 18 inch touch panel screen.

Whirlpool Bodybox seen at thecoolhunter

January 12, 2006

Neuros is to update its MPEG-4 Video Recorder

Neuros is to update its MPEG-4 Video Recorder with a new industrial design and an integrated hard-disk drive writes the Register.

Neuros will offer a hard drive-equipped version of its Recorder 2 product, offering 40-120GB of storage on which to encode video in iPod- and PlayStation Portable-compatible formats. The move addresses one of the limitations of the current Recorder 2 - the need to store recordings on memory cards.

myTalker ET700 Bluetooth Gateway

Mytalker is a new Bluetooth™ gateway from Tekkeon, that turns your iPod or MP3 player into a Bluetooth headset. This tiny accessory uses your own music headphones for your calls, so there’s no need to miss a call. You answer and make calls with a single touch of the gateway. And you have one-touch access to advanced calling features like last number redial, voice dialing, and call waiting.

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January 11, 2006

Iqua Smart Badge

The guys at LordPercy review the Iqua Smart Badge

Bluetooth may be the wireless standard of choice for mobile phones, headsets and even music senders but its starting to turn up in the strangest of places and we've just got a gadget that really made us stop and stare. The Iqua Bluetooth smart badge is a combination that we can honestly say had never crossed our minds, even in the most boring of meetings. It's the merging of a Bluetooth headset and the humble security pass holder.

January 5, 2006

CES 2006 : Goodies

Samsung ' LN-S8281D' 82” LCD TV

The Samsung 82-inch 1080p LCD TV has a built-in ATSC tuner, Cable Card slot, 2 HDMI connections and DACS speakers.

CES 2006 Coverage

CES 2006 Coverage @ Engadget
CES 2006 Coverage @ Gizmodo
CES 2006 Coverage @ UberGizmo
CES 2006 Coverage @ i4u
CES 2006 Coverage @ cnet