Sony goes green with a bunch of devices that won’t ever need recharging since power can be obtained at a moment’s notice. While this morsel of news sounds great, I’m gutted to know that the devices we are going to touch on today are just concepts and won’t materialize in the corporeal world anytime soon. Known as Odo concepts, the idea behind each device is certainly exciting, and they come with aesthetically pleasing lines to boot. To whet your appetite, the entire Odo range consists of different devices, ranging from digital cameras to an image/movie viewer - basically anything that drains battery power at a much faster rate when compared to the relatively sloth-like analog radio.

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Intel introduced ‘Donley’, a 5-inch portable concept PC at Computex Taipei 2007. According to Intel, the Donley has an improved design for mobility, a wide array of connectivity options that includes both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi and also wireless WAN.
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“Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” is a famous line worldwide uttered by the evil queen in the classic Snow White cartoon. While her mirror comes with magical properties that enable it to come up with a skewed reply in queen’s favor most of the time, we folks don’t have to rely on hocus pocus as there is always technology to perform “magic”. Researchers from Mid Sweden University have successfully developed an interactive paper billboard that is smart enough to emit recorded sound in response to a user’s touch, thanks to the utilization of conductive inks and printed speakers.

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Dads seem to be on the losing end each Father’s Day, considering the amount of ties, handkerchiefs, belts, and wallets they have amassed over the years. Why not take a different approach this year by getting something techy and help keep the environment clean at the same time? The Hard Drive Desk Clock fits the bill perfectly as it uses parts from a recycled network server hard drive equipped with a quartz clock motor for accurate timekeeping.

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This is definitely one for the ladies - a USB flash drive that looks like a lipstick with its cover on. The Inov8 Lipstick Pen Drive comes with 1GB of storage space and is more than capable of handling your day to day file transfer needs at home and at the office. Expect speedy file transfers at speeds of up to 480Mbps with this little number. Alternatively, you can use this as a keychain with the secure loop being part of the main chassis. Each £19.95 purchase of this USB 2.0 device comes with a lifetime warranty. Definitely one for the ladies as most guys will probably shirk away from this design.

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Japanese seem to love robots of all kinds, and the Kansei robot is the latest in line to join the fray. What makes this robot very much different from the rest of his electronic brethren is the very fact that he responds to word associations, thanks to a silicon face mask and 19 movable parts. Kansei is able to express up to 36 facial expressions altogether from a self-updating online database of half a million words. For example, whenever he hears the word ‘bomb’, he’ll frown, mention ’sushi’ and he’ll smile (I would’ve grinned as I absolutely love sushi). The word ‘president’ brings about a scared and disgusted look.

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Are you out of gift ideas that won’t make a big hole in your pocket and yet doesn’t make you look cheap? Audiovox has just the thing for you with this MP3 player that retails for a mere $29.99. Heck, this is so affordable, it could be used to introduce your little tot to the world of MP3 players, graduating him onto an iPod when he comes of age.

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How many of you as parents have actually equipped yourselves with the necessary skills to save a choking child? There is no end to learning in life, and being a parent opens you up to a whole new world of responsibility, where knowing how to perform the Heimlich maneuver is definitely part of the syllabus. For those who require hours of practice before perfecting a skill, the CPR Teddy is the perfect device to have at home. While it looks like a fairly ordinary teddy bear at first glance, the CPR Teddy comes with squeezable paws that activate voice prompts which walk you through various procedures verbally in Choking Rescue and Infant or Child CPR courses.

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