Archive for May, 2007
Join Hitachi first to market with 1TB Deskstar
Anyone remember paying big bucks for a 20GB hard drive and thinking it was big? If there’s one constant in the computer world it’s that storage will get bigger, faster and cheaper as time goes on. Also your available data will always expand to fill the hard drive space available – that seems to be a pretty common trait too!
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Ironing board design makes daily chores hi-tech
We found out about this thanks to Yanko Design, the Liika, an ironing board that can fit just about anywhere and iron from any angle.
Home Interior student Tony Zakrajsek received a 2006 Nienkamper Award for his thesis about a boomerang shaped ironing board using reticulating tripod fitted with large, pivoting suction cups. This feature not only allows it to either stand on it’s own, but can also be secured to any non porous surface. Not only does this allow for doing your ironing just about anywhere, but it also provides for flexible and comfortable height adjustment that conventional ironing boards don’t provide enough of. If you’re a tall person, you will understand what that means.
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Hydrodynamic Building Kit
The sound of running water can be really relaxing, but the waterfall ornaments that you get at the local garden centre aren’t exactly gadgety or blessed with nerd appeal. So what we need is a DIY hydrodynamic building kit and look what we have here… 
The hydrodynamic building set is like a 3D Scalectrix for water. Connect the tubes, girders, tanks, valves and pump to create your own futuristic water fountain. You can then either relax to the sound of running water or panic and reach for the nearest towel.
If you can’t see the video click here.
The hydodynamuc building set is available at Think Geek for $89.99, go on get wet.
Animated Google Korea Page
Google has launched a new home page for Korea that departs from Google’s “classic,” minimalist home page approach. The new look features animated product buttons below the search box and will become the default home page in the country, a move Google is comfortable with given the near universal presence of broadband.
The new, animated Google Korea home page is intended to help Google better compete in the country where it seeks to gain market share.
When you roll your mouse over the colored dots, icons appear. You can see the animation on the live Google Korea page.
“It was important where our classic minimalism wasn’t working that we adapt,” Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Search Products & User Experience at Google, said in a briefing earlier today.
BeSocial: digg story | methodshop | flickr
Make your iPod safe and secure
Of all the gadgets that we own iPods have to be high up on the thieves list for things to take, yet because of its size the iPod does not really make it difficult for someone to simply pick it up and walk away with, after all it only takes a few seconds of being careless and that’s it, no iPod and no music collection. Fortunately there are some solutions, one of which is the Elecom Anti Theft Case.
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Wall Gear Clock
There’s a reason why we’ve posted about over 80 clocks on CG, clocks make pretty cool gadgets. This next one, the Wall Gear Clock, is probably as different as they come. The hands are gears that slowly move around the clock as time passes.
A fascinating and novel wall clock which is brand new to the market place, the gears all spin around slowly and quietly creating a very eye catching unique clock and at over 56cm wide makes a real centre piece in any room.
The clock is ideal for the modern home where something a bit different is required. Generally the construction is high quality black plastic with some metal components.
The Wall Gear Clock is available from Contemporary Heaven for £78 (~$150).
The QiGO content key
Announced at the opening of the All things digital conference is the QiGO essentially it is an Internet content key, which utilizes the flash drive technology to automatically launch media applications, such as games, music, videos and even company promotions, such as marketing material and adverts.
By inserting the key into the USB port the web content will be opened up, no need for usernames and passwords as each key is exclusive so you can see the advantage that the keys offer, when you are finished the key is removed from the port and the site closes.
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IOGear Vista Smartlink USB adapter
IOGear has recently announced the Vista Smartlink USB adapter for those who are planning to do a whole lot of data transfer from computers running different operating systems, namely Windows XP and the recently launched Windows Vista. Especially designed to work with Windows Easy Transfer, the Vista Smartlink USB Adapter boasts a USB 2.0 host-to-host link adapter that lets you transfer files and settings from an existing computer running on Windows XP/Vista to a new Vista-powered computer without going through the hassle of installing additional software and bogging down your system with yet more drivers. Some of the transferable items include user accounts, files, and program settings without the need to have a middleman data storage solution.
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