Join Logitech C615 HD webcam
Logitech is back with a spanking new webcam for the masses – the C615, where it will boast of a simple fold-and-go design that comes complete with Full HD 1080p video recording capability. Retailing for $79.99 a pop in the US already, it is expected to arrive in Europe and Asia sometime in September. Featuring a 360-degree full-rotation, tripod-ready base and USB cable extender for video calling purposes as well as the ability to record at any angle, you will be able to make HD 720p video calls on Skype and FaceTime for Mac. Not only that, there is the one-click HD photo and video upload capability to Facebook, in addition to HD video upload to YouTube and Twitter. Sounds like the perfect portable webcam for your summer holidays.
Lexar Professional USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Reader
When you hear the name ‘Lexar’, what goes across your mind? Do you think of the range of flash memory products as well as storage devices that carry that brand, or do you see more of the peripheral? Today, we will look at the Lexar Professional USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Reader which you can tell by its name, is a useful gizmo to tote around if you want to transfer plenty of data from one memory card to your computer in a jiffy.
This high performance card reader is able to take just about any task you throw at it, never mind if you are a professional or advanced amateur photographer (videographers are also included) as you take advantage of it to maximize your workflow with blazing-fast transfer speeds. The reason behind the speedy data transmission is due to SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) technology within, where said device will support the latest CompactFlash (CF) UDMA, Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC), and SD Ultra High Speed-I (UHS-I) memory cards.
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Hoyos Eyelock USB Iris Scanner Eye-dentifier
Some of you probably have those biometric readers on your laptops to scan your thumb, but some of you might want more security than that.
I suppose that Eye-dentification is the way to go, as no two irises are exactly alike. This particular Hoyos Eyelock Iris scanner hooks up to the computer via USB.
It looks like that this is designed to rest on the desktop, and I am guessing that you’ll probably have to lean over in order to get a reading. Hopefully, no one will use those contact lenses that you see in movies to trick eye scanners. I would imagine that these are harder to fool than fingerprint scanners.
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Aleratec PortaStor Secure USB flash drives – more secure than ever
Aleratec knows that data security is of utmost importance for many people, and this is why the company decided to come up with new additions to their family of 256-bit AES encrypted USB flash drives under the PortaStor Secure guise. Osama bin Laden would have done well to store his porn collection on these, it might just slow down those investigator’s a wee bit before realizing that the man lived differently than he preached. These highly secure flash drives are touted to feature hardware encryption for fast, dependable performance and superior ease-of-use.
The USB flash drive, after all, is one of the most widely used tools that is used for transporting important data and multimedia files, courtesy of its relatively small physical size as well as near-universal compatibility. Of course, the flipside of it all would be the very same strengths end up as a weakness when exploited – they are vulnerable to loss, theft and other potential breaches in security. Aleratec intends to address this double edged sword with their PortaStor Secure.
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Genius Ring Mouse hits North American shores
Genius of Taiwan has been working quietly in the background for years now, as their range of computer peripherals have been functional at best without really breaking any new ground. Perhaps it is time for the company to step out of the shadows, and they might have stumbled upon a winner with the Genius Ring Mouse that picked up an iF award along the way. Now available to folks living in North America, the Ring Mouse is an innovative input device that delivers flexibility in an unprecedented manner, letting you wear it on your finger as a ring.
Your thumb will control all of the functions, letting this device deliver the wireless freedom you so crave for during presentations, web browsing, picture and video viewing among others – after all, it will fit snugly and comfortably on your fingers without missing a beat. To know more about how the Genius Mouse Ring works, you will need to read on in the extended post.
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Engage Keyboard comes with ErgoMotion
Now here is a moving experience for a computer peripheral if we ever saw one – the Engage Keyboard that comes with ErgoMotion. Retailing for £89.99, it intends to help you alleviate the pain that is normally associated with your wrists when you sit in front of the computer keyboard, hacking away (gracefully or not, it doesn’t matter) for hours on end.
Smartfish is the brains behind this super smart keyboard that sports sophisticated intelligence which will monitor your typing behavior, including the location of keys your fingers dance across the most among others. It is smart enough to determine when to subtly change its position thanks to a patented motorized motion system. These discreet movements means your hands and wrists will never be in the unenviable position of a fixed state whenever you type, kissing the dreaded three letter acronym RSI goodbye – for good.
Typing will never be the same again with the Engage Keyboard, and all it takes is a single USB connection to have it powered – perfect as that means you will not need any more batteries or wires to do the job.
This Atari 400 keyboard will bring back early eighties computing
Ah, remember the early eighties? Before everyone had a personal computer, you could always get a computer that you could hook to your television set.
This was the age of the Commodore 64 and the Atari 400 and the 800. There was no Internet available for them at the time, but you could play games for them that looked better than anything on the Atari 2600. I would imagine that you could program on them too, but I never did, honestly.
The Atari 800 had a clickity-click keyboard that resembles most computer keyboards, but the 400 had a look that was quite unique. If you it back, hit the jump to find out how.
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The Mini – Might get Someone to Use their Digital Picture Frame
I don’t even like to cover digital frames anymore, I mean, everyone has one, and everyone has given at least two as a gift. I know I have, and three birthdays later, my mother in law is still begging me to set hers up, it seems like the people that would actually enjoy using a digital frame, are the least likely to be able to set it up easily…
Luckily, digital photo frame manufacturer Isabella Products, has launched a new product, the Isabella Mini. This USB dongle makes regular digital frames and TVs wireless, and it’s users will be able to receive emailed photos direct to their screens from their contacts. Photos can be sent to the Mini from a phone (email or MMS), Internet, PC or even from online galleries like Photobucket. Continue reading » The Mini – Might get Someone to Use their Digital Picture Frame
