Archive for September, 2008
The New Nintendo DS Featuring Camera and MP3 Player
Nintendo, The Japan’s leading game console Producer is preparing to release the latest version of Nintendo DS. The latest generation gaming consoles will be equipped with built-in camera and music player.
The upcoming console will become a threat to the Apple iPod music player and mobile phone Featured camera. The Nintendo offers several functions at once in one device.
This console will also be equipped with wireless technology that is more sophisticated connection to the Internet, it will be released first in Japan in late 2008 and sold with the price of USD189. Read the rest of this entry
Sony KDL-40ZX1 the world’s thinnest LCD HDTV
Sony recently took the wraps off the world’s thinnestt LCD HDTV ‘KDL-40ZX1′ during CEATEC 2008, which features an only 9.9mm thick at its narrowest, and 26 pounds.
The screen itself has only 1 HDMI port, while the wireless box can send the 120Hz, 1080p display up to 1080i images over a 5GHz channel many suspect is WHDM. That external port box will have 3 HDMI, VGA, 2 component, s-video, and even a mouse, USB, and LAN port. All menus will be controlled through an XMB Playstation-style crossmedia interface.
Charles Simonyi Trains for Second Spaceflight
American billionaire and Ex-Microsofter Charles Simonyi, who paid more than $20 million to fly to the International Space Station aboard a Russian-built Soyuz capsule in spring 2007 now training for a second trip to the International Space Station in Spring 2009.
If he really goes for his second spaceflight, he will become world’s first repeat space tourist, since the company began organizing space missions for private citizens in 2001.
This time around, he’ll have to pay $30 million under an agreement between Russia’s Federal Space Agency and Space Adventures and thanks to increased costs and inflation.
iRiver Spinn official Release date
For folks who expected the new iRiver Spinn, which was presented at CES 2008, it will be available as from 3 October. At present, it would only be marketed in the U.S. the 4 GB version will be priced at $ 249 U.S. (170 €) and the 8 GB version for U.S. $ 289.99 (€ 200). no pricing information is known. regarding the 16GB version.
Just a reminder, iRiver Spinn PMP featuring a 3.3 “(480×272) AMOLED screen, weighing only 70 grams and offers in addition to audio (MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, ASF) and video (MPEG4, WM9, WMA) , Radio, DMB (Mobile TV), Bluetooth, support for the Flash and many more.
BR32C, the Nissan robot that Can Avoid Crash
Here is the BR32C, a “robot car” carrying one of the latest technology and cool developed by an “old fashioned” company, Yup we’re talking about Nissan.
The robot’s inspired by “world” of bees. Nissan engineers have managed to teach BR23C how to avoid obstacles and avoid being “crash” stupidly.
Nissan point out that although the technology is yet to be used in the future cars, it can be applicable on the little robot
The Cool Space-era concepts phones by Au (KDDI)
AU (KDDI) has already presented its Yamaha Concepts phones with integrated instrument
So what about these phone concepts of “space era”? As you can see from the picture above, these phones look like satellites in orbits around the Earth and can be loaded through their huge solar panels. … fascinating and certainly very useful if you are a take your mobile phone seriously.
WowWee’s Bladestar
Bladestar is a remote infrared gadgetdesigned to fly indoors. WowWee is not the first time trial (Flytech range is always growing). The Bladestar has sensors at the top and ont its sides enable it to avoid crashing the ceiling and walls when it’s in autopilot mode
The gadget measures 30cm in diameter. Users can monitor progress in fixing the charging indicator on the remote. When you run the gas (left on the remote). The Bladestar will fly smoothly like a flying saucer, especially with its red LED that flashes. It floats in the air very stably
