Archive for January, 2008
Join Pac-Man lights up your world
Damn! Now why didn’t they have this during Christmas? Check out this Pac-Man lights that are truly a blast from the past while lighting up your world at the same time. I guess the little yellow fellow did just that back when you were a teen, hanging out at sleazy arcades although the glow from the arcade cabinet could not quite compare to this. Thanks to French lighting company Remake Design, these interlocking light blocks consist of colored ghosts, dots, as well as everybody’s favorite pie chart – Pac-Man. A set of four blocks will cost somewhere in the region of 1,200 quarters – that’s $300 for the mathematically-challenged.
Source: Technabob
Glow Graffiti brings art up to another notch
Some people might think that graffiti is nothing but vandalism, but others see it as a unique form of art. Heck, I suppose anyone can do art, but the question remains – can you make it aesthetically pleasing? With the Glow Graffiti, even the worse graffiti artists can gain some street cred thanks to the soft glow that somehow will be able to melt even the most hardened art critic’s heart. There is no word on pricing or availability as at press time for the Glow Graffiti can.
Product Page via Nerd Approved
Multimodal Portable Timer/Alarm Clock
Do you happen to have a hearing impaired person in your home who finds it pretty hard to wake up by him/herself? After all, what happens when nobody else is at home and the batteries on the vibrating pillow died? Fret not – there is the Multimodal Portable Timer/Alarm Clock.
Our Portable Timer/Alarm is great for the hearing-impaired — simply switch it to vibration and/or flashing light mode. Use the alarms in any combination or all three at once! You also get two timers in one. Set it as an hour/minute timer or minute/second timer at the flick of a switch. Time up to 20 hours and/or 100 minutes. Timer counts up and down, pauses, and restarts. Extra-large LCD screen makes it easy to read day or night. Perfect as a bedside clock, travel alarm, kitchen timer, medication reminder and more.
It is powered by a couple of AAA batteries and retails for $16.98. I suspect this isn’t just meant for those who are hard of hearing as folks who find it difficult to wake up with mere sound could do with a nice vibration.
Product Page via BoJ
Greenhouse USB SDHC card reader
What looks like a faily small USB flash drive is actually a USB SDHC memory card reader from Greenhouse of Japan. You get the maximum data transfer offered by USB 2.0 (480Mbps), comeplete with a cover that allows one to use the device as though it is a pen drive. With SDHC cards tipped to hit capacities of 32GB in the near future, it makes perfect sense that devices like this would be a pretty hot seller in the future. The Greenhouse GH SDHC USB card reader is also compatible with SD, microSD/SDHC, miniSD, RS-MMC, RS-MMC4.0 and MMCmicro cards. At $5 a pop, this is worth getting if but for its convenience.
Source: Far East Gizmos
Nikon rolls out Coolpix S600 digital camera
Nikon certainly isn’t going to let up when it comes to new releases of digital cameras, and the Coolpix S600 is one of the latest offerings from its stable. This stylish new camera comes with a speedy start-up time (perfect to capture an ongoing moment even when you’re not prepared – losing out on a couple of seconds could mean the magical moment is gone, never to be repeated), advanced functions, and superior photographic performance, all crammed into a slim, stylish body. For further details on the specifications, kindly head on after the jump.
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E Ink Corporation shares advances in flexible display program
E Ink Corporation is a well known name in the world of electronic paper display technology, and has recently announced its flexible display program at a recent symposium. According to E Ink, their partner LG. Philips LCD has just introduced the highest resolution 14.3″ flexible color display in the world at the recently concluded CES which used E Ink’s Vizplex Imaging Film and LG.Philip’s very own metal foil and plastic substrate backplace. The result of this amalgamation measures less than 300 micrometers thin without compromising on performance – you get a resolution of 1,280 x 800 which is completely rollable and bendable, with the image not suffering from distortion of any sort.
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Lavatory Navigator
I suppose wives who are fed up with their husbands for having a permanently malfunctioning aiming system will be thankful for the Lavatory Navigator, or LavNav for short.
The LavNav turns on when you approach in the dark, and turns off after you leave, shining with gentle yet sufficient light where you need it, when you need it. The Lav Nav makes the toilet a lot safer and easier to use at night without irritating your partner. Bathroom lights can be painfully bright in the middle of the night. So why switch them on?
No idea on how much the LavNav costs though.
Digital Measuring Tape
Moving into a new home can be very exciting – but getting all the right measurements can be quite the pain! Just like scales and even the speedometer, it is best to get something more accurate in a digital format compared to an analog dial, and this is where the Digital Measuring Tape comes in.
The Digital Measuring Tape features a large easy to read display that is capable of memorizing your measurements with the push of a button. It can give measurements in either feet and inches or metric units and will even display fractions of an inch (as small as 1/16th) just like a standard tape measure. There is also a setting for adding the case length for taking inside measurements. The Digital Measuring Tape turns on and off automatically, when the tape is extended (on) or fully retracted back into the case (off).
You get 16 feet with the Digital Measuring Tape along with five different measurement formats. ThinkGeek is carrying it for $24.99.
