The Roxio CinemaNow entertainment platform is able to dish up a wide range of premium content to what is deemed to be a growing trend- a multi-manufacturer ecosystem of home and mobile electronics that comprises of (but not limited to) PCs, connected TVs, set-top DVRs, Blu-ray Disc players, smart phones and mobile media devices. This platform allows retailers and consumer electronics companies to be part of the lucrative entertainment supply chain, with Roxio CinemaNow-powered stores allowing consumers rent and purchase high-quality entertainment instantly over their device of choice.

All downloaded content will be stored on the ScreenPlay product’s hard drive for future playback, giving you the freedom to purchase a movie in the morning and returning home at night to watch it. Of course, this isn’t a new idea, but it is nice to see more and more companies taking up the challenge and making a name for themselves in this market. Each Iomega ScreenPlay HD Media Player comes with network connectivity, wireless capability via a separate USB Wi-Fi dongle, up to 1TB of onboard storage capacity, high definition video support, USB 2.0 connectivity and support for a wide range of codecs and file types. Expect the new Iomega ScreenPlay HD Media Player range equipped with Roxio CinemaNow to be announced soon.

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Yes, this is the e-board, an electronic skateboard that can be charged up in three to four hours, and then go about 13.5 miles from there.

Of course, if you are going to make a motorized skateboard, then the skater is going to have to control it somehow. This is why Xero created a controller that resembles slot car racer controls. However, they gave it a disturbing shape…a gun.

Just a friendly bit of advice. If you want to put this skateboard in a carry-on…don’t. Even if the airport is ten miles long, walk to your connecting flight. Do you honestly want someone from airport security to find this? Chances are, they will keep you holed up in a cell until they find the rest of the gun.

Also, I wonder what that ring is on the side? It looks like a pin to a grenade. Geez, the odds of this skateboard being a weapon is just increasing.

If you are looking to purchase this guy, it will cost about $360 at the Xero website.

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This is the device used by the Mayo Clinic and Duke Medical Center to help patients reduce their stress and anxiety without medication. Synchronizing your breathing with the rise and fall of the device’s illuminated LEDs and audible cues has been shown to slow heart rate, improve relaxation, and reduce stress in as soon as five minutes. Relying on the same breathing techniques taught in yoga for relaxation and stress reduction, the relaxation coach takes a pulse reading from your thumb or earlobe and instantly develops a rhythmic breathing sequence for you to follow. About the size of an MP3 player, the device stores unobtrusively in a pocket, allowing convenient use before any potentially stressful event, such as a business meeting or prior to boarding a plane. Rechargeable battery lasts up to six hours after a three-hour charge.

A non-medication route, using lights to control your breathing? Would be nice to see the $199.95 you parted with for this include some sort of built-in aromatherapy segment for added effect.

You see, the globe included with the Levitron Revolution World Stage opens up, and you can remove the magnetic platform inside. This platform can then be levitated by itself. But that’s not all! It can support up to 3 oz of additional weight, which means you can put whatever you want on top to float too! Your favorite action figure or toy car, maybe. Or a spaceship or a little TARDIS. And to really show it off, there are 8 blue LED lights in the mirrored base, and the floating magnet slowly rotates. In the end, you get one beautiful presentation piece for whatever you wish to present.

The Levitron Revolution World Stage is definitely one for those who love showcasing their latest rare figures from the Warhammer series or other tabletop games, or perhaps using it as a unique way to propose to your girlfriend with a ring floating on it? Expect to fork out $99.99 to bring this piece of scientific magic home.

These Treasure Seekers have the appearance of regular beach or summer wear, but have a nifty pack that straps to your leg and beeps every time your feet pass over a priceless Roman coin. There are three LEDs on the unit – green for normal (nothing detected), yellow for the slightest hint of something that might be worth digging for, and red for full-on ‘pass me that spade, I’m rich beyond my wildest dreams’ mode. Alternatively, if the squall of the beeping alarm is too much for you, you can always set it to vibrate instead. In truth, being discreet may well buy you precious seconds while you unearth your next treasure. When you’ve detected all you want to detect, you can simply unplug the detector pack and use them as normal sandals.

Made from black plastic, you can choose from small, medium and large sizes. The control box remains put on your calf courtesy of an elasticated band, while the box is no larger than a regular walkie talkie. Be prepared to get strange looks and questions from strangers as you walk around with this though. The Treasure Seeker’s Shoes retail for £39.99 per pair regardless of size.

It would appear that everyone’s favorite virtual pet from the late nineties has finally got a color upgrade! Yes, it took almost a decade before Game Boy got color, and it took Tamagochi just about that long.

This new Tamagochi, also known as the Tamagochi ID, has a color LCD screen and allows for downloading accessories, rare items, and mini-games. All a user has to do is download them with a separate mobile phone and transmit them through the infrared port.

I still can’t believe that it took this long for Tamagochi to get color. Ever wonder why it takes way to long for some technology to improve? Man, it would be like using a phone with those green numbers. To me, that just seems messed up.

You should be able to purchase the Tamagochi ID on November 23 for a price of 5,040 yen ($56). Unfortunately, the color Tamagochi is only available in Japan in exterior colors of pink, blue, green, purple, yellow, and white.

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Simply pick up the remote-control Smart Pen and get started – touching the control panel and any country will give you masses of useful info about whatever you touch. Currency, capital cities, national anthems, history, current leaders, in fact, anything you could conceivably want to know about world geography. We rather loved the ‘find the city’ game, where the globe announces city names and you have to find them and touch them with the magic pen as fast as possible – and there are loads of other games that had us wasting way too much time (but in an educational way). There are around 30 other similar games to keep you on your toes, too. What’s more, the pull-out map of the UK reveals another surface the Smart Pen can tell you about in great detail.

This interactive educational toy is much better than a regular textbook or encyclopedia – after all, you don’t have to fork out money every few years to update the information within as that can be done electronically through a USB cable that is hooked up to your computer. All you need to do is register your globe online, and your Smart Pen will immediately start to receive world news updates and any information changes. Truly fascinating, and for just £99.99, we’d say this is money well spent.

Unlike them, these new models can be recharged in a fraction of the time and can be easily carried as hand luggage. They’re also much smaller than their leaden predecessors and are highly manoeuvrable and compact. All models include computer controlled circuitry, double seals and a battery life meter.

You will be able to pick up the Bladefish 1000, Bladefish 2000 and Bladefish 5000 for £245.99, £299.99 and £479.99, respectively. Needless to say, the more money you fork out, the faster you’re able to travel while underwater, but it is safe to say that none of these will help you outswim any predatory shark looking for a human fillet…

The Stylophone Beatbox boasts three different sound modes: Drum Kit, Beatbox and Bass Stylophone. There’s also a scratch function that allows you to mix your sounds, record them and play them over your beats. You can even adjust pitch and tempo. Think of it as a portable beatbox with added irony. But what about those sounds? Prepare to be impressed because this bonkers doodah contains samples created by champion human beatboxer MC Zani. No, we haven’t heard of him either but we’re told he’s da boom and da lick. Or something like that.

Not only do you get to irritate those around you who do not appreciate sounds coming out from a beatbox performer, you can do so for a relatively low, low price of £19.99.

The Galaxy Dress is toted as “the biggest LED dress in the world”, and it features 24,000 LED lights and 4,000 Swarovski crystals. I believe that it is powered by iPod batteries, and the energy to power it is equal to about 2 light bulbs. It’s nice that it does eat up that much power. There is an awesome video of it after the jump if you want to see this Lite Brite wear.

The Galaxy Dress was created by CuteCircuit, a design firm based in the United Kingdom. Designers Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz say that the dress has never been worn by an actual person, just mannequins.

Of course, I cannot really see an occasion where such a dress would be worn, unless you are filming some sort of futuristic Cinderella movie or something. The only thing I have to ask is what would happen if the dress got wet? Man, there’s a nightmare for you. Not only would you be getting electrocuted, but people would have to strip you naked to save your life.

The Galaxy Dress is currently (bad pun detected) on display at the Chicago Museum of Science and industry as part of the Fast Forward: Inventing the Future exhibit.

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It used to be that in order to read the fine print you just picked up a magnifying glass or even a pair of reading glasses.  That takes far too much effort though, plus it’s just not the same unless you get to use a gadget to do even the most simple tasks.  Well now instead of using those non-electronic devices, you can use the Wired Electronic Reading Aid.  It’ll make the print easier to read and you’ll even get to use your TV.

The device is about the size of a computer mouse and it connects directly to your TV or you can hook it up to a monitor.  Once it’s hooked up, it’ll allow for you to see your newspapers, magazines and anything else with small print.  The lightweight device lets you zoom in and out on the text to get the right size.  You can purchase the Wired Electronic Reading Aid for $61.99 through USB Fever.

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What does SkyCross’ award-winning iMAT technology entail? Well, iMAT is a design technique which allows a single antenna element with multiple feed points to function in a similar manner to that of multiple antennas, where each of them will come with very high isolation. This will obviously reap multiple benefits with iMAT, where some of these include consolidating the number of antennas required in a device, further reducing the specific absorption rate (SAR) and eliminating RF components among others. This instance sees iMAT enabling a single antenna to have one feed dedicated to Wi-Fi while the other feed is shared with Bluetooth that will rely on the chipset providers’ time-sharing and adaptive frequency hopping algorithms. This makes it possible to operate both simultaneously in an extremely cramped space.

According to Joe Gifford, Vice President of SkyCross, “Our antennas differentiate netbook brands by maximizing their connectivity range and enabling optimal simultaneous functionality at an equivalent price, which pleases consumers. Seamless Wi-Fi and Bluetooth coexistence opens the door for new applications and a user experience that will propel netbook brand loyalty.”

SkyCross recently demonstrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth coexistence with the iMAT single-antenna 35 dB solution using 802.11n Bluetooth Mini-Card modules successfully across several brands of netbooks within an office environment.

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Known as the Christie MicroTiles, these are modular digital display tiles are able to be stacked and clustered in a similar manner to that of building blocks, helping one create display walls of virtually and shape or scale via the use of totally new, advanced optical design which results in unparalleled levels of brightness, contrast and color reproduction. One can basically tip the Christie MicroTiles system to be a revolution in the world of digital art, where its large-format digital display technology will boast superior color and image reproduction, the widest possible viewing angles to date on a commercial level, a near absence of seams on display walls with but a 1mm gap between the tiles. Apart from that, the groundbreaking LED- and DLP-based system were also specially designed for long, reliable commercial use in public areas. Since there are no lamps or other consumable parts to replace, maintenance costs are lowered even further. As for the LED light engine used within, it has been rated at 65,000 hours to half brightness usage, which more or less equals to nearly 7.5 years of non-stop operation.

You get a screen size of 16″ wide x 12″ high, while having a shallow depth of only 10″, requiring all of 2″ of minimal clearance for rear ventilation. The Christie engineers made sure that these MicroTiles are fully and easily serviced from the front itself for added convenience. Being “self-aware”, they will perform their own color calibration courtesy of integrated sensors to make sure that video walls look uniform.

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There are times when having a sewing machine would be handy.  However, if you’re not the type that sews quilts and curtains purely for the joy of the project, you probably don’t need one of the large machines.  Sure, it would be convenient to have the full sized version just lying around, but if money is tight, getting a machine like that might seem like a bit much.  At that point you could pick up this small affordable Handheld Sewing Machine.

Even if you are incredibly crafty, having a small spare machine that is extremely portable could prove to be highly beneficial.  The machine comes with 3 steel bobbins, 2 sewing needles, 1 threader and an extra spool pin.  It also comes with an instruction manual to help you figure the device out.  It measures 7 inches wide by 1 inch in diameter by 2.5 inches tall.  You can purchase it for $15 through Urban Outfitters.

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According to Bob Struble, President and CEO of iBiquity Digital, “Portable HD Radio is a great perk for iPhone and iPod touch users – and one that will certainly impact HD Radio broadcast entertainment to a massive user base that is constantly in motion. With iTunes Tagging, browser capabilities and interactive features, the HD Radio application creates a new level of relevance for radio. And since 65 percent of new music discovery occurs over broadcast radio, this is a natural marriage that’s a total win for iPhone and iPod touch users.”

To enjoy HD Radio Technology on your iPhone and iPod touch takes but a simple two-step process, where you obviously need to fork out $79.99 for the Gigaware Navigation Control HD Radio Receiver, followed by a download of the application for free on Apple’s App Store. As for the receiver, it is able to deliver HD2/HD3 channel reception, offering Program Service Date (PSD), boasts the ability to produce CD-like digital quality sound while offering users the freedom and choice to operate the Apple device remotely. Adding in an iTunes Tagging button on the navigation control lets one tag songs for future review before making a purchase decision on the App Store.

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Being the watershed device where LiteBoard-ready projectors are concerned, the IN3900 series will increase yet another level of interactivity to digital displays, enabling users to annotate, append and highlight projected content wirelessly via an optional LiteBoard Wand. Presenters also have the choice of projecting their file(s) of choice sans a PC as long as they have a USB flash drive stuck into an available USB port on the projector itself, accompanied by the InFocus LitePort. Capable of hitting a maximum brightness of 3,000 lumens, the IN3900 series will also feature native resolutions of up to WXGA, and DLP technology with the InFocus BrilliantColor enhancement to deliver vivid, true-to-life colors and industry-leading picture quality. Other features include embedded networking, RS232 control and a built-in web browser, allowing full projector management over any network.

Meant to be extremely flexible, the IN3900 series will boast a host of connectivity options that will include standard analog VGA and HDMI 1.3, wireless-ready support for InFocus LiteShow II for multiple users over a standard Wi-Fi connection and even InFocus DisplayLink Wireless for point-to-point connectivity over Ultra-wideband (UWB). This new series will come in the form of the InFocus IN3902 (XGA, 1024 X 768 resolution) and IN3904 (WXGA, 1280 X 800 resolution). Pricing details might vary from shop to shop, so do check with your local dealer if you’re interested in picking one up.

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Before the only ones that were typically able to toy with radar were police officers with bulky radar guns.  Now you can have your own radar system, except this kind won’t weigh you down.  You can tuck it away in your pocket and take it out whenever you’re in dire need of a device to clock the speed of something.  It’s not limited to cars either, you can even track the speed of a baseball thrown by one of your buddies.

Sure, you could use it at the race or at a real baseball game.  It’s way more fun to use it as a form of entertainment when you’re with friends goofing off though.  Throw in a little bit of alcohol and I’m sure you’ll come up with all kinds of things to use the pocket radar on.  It could also be a useful and pracitcal tool for coaches.  It’s capable of recording 10,000 measurements before you’ll ever have to change the AAA batteries.  It’s accurate within 1 mile per hour and will be  showcased as well as launched in the Spring of 2010 at CES.

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Other superior features include Thinsulate insulation that helps retain heat, a breathable membrane that keeps hands dry, and a leather palm for a confident grip. An adjustable wrist enclosure and a zippered cuff seal out snow and cold. The 4-oz. battery pack slips into a pocket on the cuff and adjusts to four power levels with just a touch. Heats for two to 10 hours on a full charge from the AC charger depending on power setting.

Expect to fork out $199.95 for a pair of The Best Heated Gloves this coming winter. Chances are you’ll love it after donning a pair!

Measuring roughly 2mm thin, the 911 Medical ID is small and compact enough to fit in your wallet similar to how a credit card nestles comfortably within. It offers a simple and convenient method to store and carry important medical information, ranging from health history to allergies and prescriptions, where medical personnel are able to access the easy-to-understand format. This card has been a work in progress for three long years, and the result is nothing short of fantastic with it being a potential life saver, as the crucial information stored within will help reduce misdiagnoses, save valuable time and perhaps even help reduce the cost of medical care as the health care industry moves toward electronic records.

When plugged into a computer’s USB port, the 911 Medical ID’s pre-loaded software will launch, helping users go through the relevant steps to enter information such as emergency contacts, doctors, medical conditions, prescriptions, a living will, medical tests and family history. It comes with a 2GB storage capacity that boasts password protection to prevent unwanted eyes from prying into what’s stored within. You can also back up the information within automatically onto a secure password-protected website for free for added peace of mind.

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LG’s digital signage products will incorporate wayfinding technologies that assist guests in finding their way around the hotel, making it a whole lot more convenient and easier to map out a day trip, locate the business center or simply look for a place where one can enjoy al fresco dining with a nice cup of coffee afterwards. LG’s 47″ touch-screen HDTV model (M4714T) offers a new level of sophistication to wayfinding, and is definitely at home when it comes to lodging and hospitality atmospheres. The inclusion of 3M Dispersive Signal Touch (DST) integrated technology will enable a speedier screen response time, offering a higher degree of accuracy in an interactive manner. The Full HD 1080p native display resolution makes room for crisp, clear content, while ultra-high brightness levels add color and brings content to life. With a narrow 36mm bezel, this model ought to blend into just about any setting unobstrusively.

LG has ensured that their LCD computer monitors are eco-friendly as well, being Energy Star compliant while incorporating power-saving levels and intuitive technologies. If you’re a building manager and want to enhance your surroundings to make it a more pleasant experience, you can’t really go wrong with these offerings from LG.

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