February 22, 2010

USB Flash Drive Showing Space Status

This is a USB flash concept that allows to collect, gather and acquire information that can be realized from its innovatory shape. It has very stylish design: smooth case, curvature lines, silver finish and glossy edge, but this design provides not only stylishness. Due to its design the device can be easily disconnected from the computer. There is a small display located at the back of the gadget. Due to this display the device can show the drive’s capacity and other important information. Use the active menu to customize the presentation of the information into the display.
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February 19, 2010

ASUS' Eee PC T101MT With Multitouch Tablet Display

Eee computers are not as common today as they were some time ago, but the T101MT model has amazed everyone by its swiveling multitouch display and Widnows 7 operating system.
The fantastic disiplay is a 10.1-inch LED multitouch with 1024 x 600 resolution. The gadget is equipped with Intel Atom N450 that is also known as one of the new Pine Trail chips.The storage is either 160GB or 320GB, it all depends on if the user splurges for Windows 7 Starter or Windows 7 Home Premium.

There is a webcam of 0.3-megapixels, a built-in microphone, Bluetooth function and many other great features. Also there are USB ports included together with one LAN and two audio jacks.

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February 17, 2010

Froot

Froot is a great bio friendly computer concept. It has laser technology and leading projecting due to which a very efficient computing is provided. The concept took part in Dell Regeneration Green Computing Technology Contest. Due to this concept there is no need of such things as monitor or keyboard – these are projected onto any flat surface. Froot is made out of starch based polymer made biodegradable skin. This material ensures a close loop of the product by turning back all the electrical components to the manufacturer who can recycle or reuse them. What is more, Froot is claimed to promote social interaction, because the projected screen can be used as a media center for any kind of entertainment.
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February 15, 2010

Spy Gadgets That Really Exist

While watching a spy film you definitely think about all the gadgets they use for their job. Do all these gadgets exist?
In fact many spy gadgets are not figments of the mind. They really exist and they are designed to stealthily keep an eye on someone. Spy gadgets are usually miniature, they are designed so that no one can find out he or she is being spied upon. Spy gadgets are real, what is more, they are even available for you.
Here we are glad to present a collection of spy gadgets that exist and that are used in the real world.

Video Survelliance
1.Peephole Reverser
This gadget is also known as a tactical door viewer. With a peephole reverser you will be aware about potential hazards behind closed doors. The gadget is very easy to use: place it over the peephole and get the great possibility to look into the dwelling and no one inside will know what you are doing.
2. Hidde Screw Camera
This gadget is a wireless video camera that is hidden inside a little screw. You might not believe it, but this is true. The camera is very small, so it can be hidden in a variety of places, in almost any location. No one would ever suspect!
3. Camera in Pen and Sunglasses
This camera, like the previous one does not look like a camera at all. It looks like a pen. The pen is fully functional, so no one will suspect this is a camera, but it really is. The pen has a completely inconspicuous built in wireless mini spy camera. The owner of this pen can use it for fun or even for serious spying – for this purpose he or she will have to whip out the pen and to twist the cap in order to start the wireless transmission.
One more great spy camera – Sunglasses DVR Camera. Looks like regular sunglasses, but has built in Video recorder. The gadget records everything you see and hear.
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4. Wrist Watch camera
Video camera and voice recorder are built in a watch. Useful gadget for a spy, however, you should take into account that arm motion will spoil the picture, so you have better leave the watch sitting on a shelf or desk.
5. Baseball Cap Camera
This camera can be worn on your body anywhere and no one will know you are a spy. The camera is hidden in the baseball cap. The camera uses wireless signals to transmit live video up to 700 feet!
6. Wireless Covert Cigarette Pack
This gadget looks like a cigarette pack with camera and vice recorder built in. Put it in front of you on a table at an outdoor cafe and film your target.
7. Compact Binoculars
Put this gadget into your pocket and have it always with you – who knows when you will need it? The optics are much smaller and lighter than regular binoculars, so the gadget will fit into your pocket. You will get a clear and bright image with an objective diameter of 25 mm and a maximum resolution of 10x power.
8. Tie Camera
This is a miniature camera - a DV5 color digital video recorder/monitor that is built in a tie. It is very small, so no one will guess your tie is not a usual tie. The camera is remote controlled.
9. Flexible fiber cameras
These are miniature cameras that can be inserted under most doors. A flexible fiber camera provides tactical teams with a means to monitor a crime scene. The camera can be slided under a door or into a crack or hole. Once you do this you have a possibility to see a clear image inside a room.
10. Night Vision Security Equipment
With these gadgets you have a great possibility to see in total darkness. Such a gadget uses an image intensifier due to which it can convert weak light from the near-infrared spectrum to visible light. Attention – displays green image.

Audio Survelliance
1. Watch voice recorder / MP3 player
Great gadget for journalist or a blogger. If you want to discretely record interviews, meetings or scene discussions. No one will know your watch is not a simple timepiece, it looks like a stylish watch.
2. Disguised Microphones
These are miniature microphones that use a wire running to a concealed tape recorded. There are wireless versions. A disguised microphone can be available with the pen or clip to wear in tie.
3. Digital Voice Recorder
This is a miniature voice recorder that stores data of digital audio. Also such a gadget connects to cell phones to record phone calls. The recorder features an alarm clock, so it can record audio information at predefined times. Among other functions: MP3/wma music player and a USB hard drive.
4. Mini Wireless Earpiece
Put this wireless ear phone into your ear canal and enjoy discreet communications. The gadget has a miniature transmitter that can be kept in your pocket or can be worn on your body.
5. Sonic Nausea
This is a miniature electronic gadget that is intended to generate a unique combination of ultra-high frequency sound waves that cause queasiness in those who are in its vicinity. The sound waves can also cause such reactions as headaches, sweating, nausea or even vomiting. There are larger versions of this gadget that can even disrupt crowds and gatherings.
6. Pen voice records
The gadget looks like a pen, but it only looks so. The pen has a great stereo sound and built-in microphone with an extensive long recording time.
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Phone Equipment
1. Telephone voice changer
This gadget is a voice changer that is compatible with any telephone. The gadget is very easy to use – just strap the acoustic coupler to your phone’s mouthpiece and adjust the selector switch. Your voice will be changed completely, no one will recognize you!
2. Telephone tone decoder
This gadget listens to dialed phone tones and displays the numbers on its screen. Features a built-in microphone so there is no need of connection from source. The gadget is easy to use, the only thing you have to do is to play your pre-recorded tape recording (or any other audio source). All the dialed numbers will appear on the LCD display.
3. Phone recorders
These gadgets have a time/date stamp for each call. The digital telephone recorder turns on when the receiver is lifted and automatically turns off when hung up. There is a USB interface to transfer files to the computer.

Computer Surveillance Equipment
1. Face recognition PC access
This gadget provides complete control over all secure areas of your PC. Uses a regular web-cam. The device will recognise existing PC users and will provide for them a secure access, there will be no need to type in user names and passwords.
2.Keystroke Loggers
These are hardware keyboard recorders that can memorize hundreds of thousands of keys that were pressed on a keyboard. A keystroke logger is a miniature electronic device that must be plugged in between a standard keyboard plug and a computer.

Personal Equipment
1. Mirrored Sunglasses
The device looks and functions like regular sunglasses that are worn by millions of people, however, these glasses have a secret – the lenses of these glasses have a special coating that allows the user to look straight ahead and to be aware of what is going on behind him or her.
2. Lock Pick Tools
This set includes tools that are used for picking the locks. Together with these there are lock pickers that are hidden inside a regular pen or some other object.
3. Graping hooks
If you always wanted to try to scale a perimeter wall, than this gadget is great for you. With these graping hooks you will become a true ninja. Buy the necessary outfit, some throwing stars and the graping hook and become a ninja!
4. Ninja climbing spikes
One more great gadget for those who want to become a ninja. Climbing spikes are very handy for climbing trees. Enjoy easy climbing!
5.The 500,000 Volt Stun Pen
This gadget is very small, but very powerful. It delivers a 500,000 volt shock! Use it very carefully, because it causes intense pain and muscle contractions! Two or three seconds of use are enough to make the subject dazed!
6. Pepper spray ring
People will think this is an ordinary ring, an accessory with which you adorn yourself, but they are wrong! This little device provides 2-3 one second bursts of concentrated pepper spray. It is very easy to use, just press the small button on the side. The spray causes inflammation of the eye capillaries and other mucous membranes. Use it to defend from attachers, deprive them from vision for some time! Together with temporary visual impairment the spray causes difficult breathing, coughing, choking, sneezing and nausea.
7. Brass knuckles
These are also called knucks. Though this thing looks old fashioned, it is very effective, however, you must be aware that such things are illegal to even possess in most places!
8. Pen knives
The device looks like an ordinary pen, and in fact this is an actually working ink pen, but it only looks so. Pull the pen apart and reveal a knife!
9. Lipstick knife
Great gadget for any woman – a lipstick knife hidden in the purse! The device is a double edged blade crafted inside a lipstick case.It is easy to use – just rotate the bottom like the bottom of a normal lipstick.

Counter Surveillance
1.Bug Detector
The device functions as a wired and wireless hidden camera detector. A bug detector can locate any bugs or transmitters in a room. The gadget excels at tracing RF signals for RF security and counter-surveillance applications.
2. Phone tap detector
Check if your phone line has parallel bugs and wiretaps with phone tap detector. With this gadget you can also check your phone for hook switches that turn the phone into a room monitor.
3. Phone camera detector
This device detects the presence of a video camera, but this is not all! Together with this it will intercept a wireless camera transmission, it will show on your screen exactly what the camera sees. With a phone camera detector you will easily find the hidden camera.
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February 11, 2010

Apple iPad Tablet Officially Revealed by Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs officially revealed the long awaited Apple tablet device called the iPad. Now that it is amid for us real we can go down for its specs.

Apple iPad tablet is a great web surfing device. Jobs is sure that it can revolutionize the browsing experience and gaming experience. The device features fingerprint-resistant 9.7 inch LED IPS multi-touch (1024 x768) display. It is 0.5 inches thick and weights only 1.5 pounds. The gadget features a 1GHz Apple-built A4 processor and a built-in accelerometer. Due to such features the owner can use the tablet in any direction as it will respond very swiftly.

The tablet can be used as a web browsing and gaming device, but that is not all. Also with the Apple iPad one can watch films and listen the music. With iPad the user can download e-books directly through a new ibook store.

The device carries iPhone, iPod Touch style hardware with orientation sensor and rechargeable Lithium-polymer battery that is claimed to have a ten-hour battery life and a month’s standby charge. There is iTunes software due to which users can purchase music and movies directly to the device.

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January 17, 2010

World’s First Gadgets

When a gadget appears it seems something revolutionary, something that is impossible to improve. However, after some time new gadgets appear and those that amazed us in the past become usual and ordinary. There are many things you are used to, but some time ago they amazed public and were dreamed of by many people from all over the world.
MP3 Player
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The first MP3 player was released in March of 1998. This was MPManF10 that looked like a set of bathroom scales. The invention did not get great popularity, people were slow to take to it. Though the device had 32 MB on board, owners of the gadget could upgrade to 64 MB simply by sending the device back along with a cheque for $80.
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The first portable computer was Osborne 1 that was released in 1981. The device was quite heavy, it weighted 24.5lb, because it all was housed in its own case. There were 64K of RAM and a 4MHz CPU and 5’’ screen. The revolutionary device cost $1795.
Digital Camera
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Believe it or not, the first attempt to invent a digital camera took place in 1975 by Steven Sasson who worked at Kodak. The machine invented by Steven Sasson used CCD image sensor. It took 23 seconds to capture the black and white image and record it to a cassette tape.
Mobile Phone
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April 14, 2008

Loopty Loop Loopita

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Probably one of the areas which will never stop to generate new ideas is the area of furniture! This is because people love furniture! They like it for comfort, they like it for originality and of course they like it to just watch how far human imagination can go.

Loopty Loop Loopita is a concept of sofa that appeared back in January 2007 and until recently it continued to have the statute of 'concept'. Now it's going into production! The design is signed by Victor Aleman who presented this spiral-looking sofa to the 2nd Concourse of Design in Hardwood that took place in Mexico City. So it comes that he took the 1st place at the encounter furniture category! Here I guess the sofa was remembered and then brought to life…

By the way incidental or not a second similar design has appeared! This one is called 'The Therapist' door and is signed by a Belgian designer - Valerie Wilms. It was presented at the MechelenMeubelen 2007 exhibition.

The question "which one of the two sofas is the original one?" still is a dilemma for simple people like me.

Ok but let's go back to the Loopita sofa! This one looks like a twisted, huge warm. It is made of wooden sections (red oak) joint together which gives it elasticity but at the same time stability which only wooden furniture can give. The Loopita is covered with high density foam which makes it extremely comfortable when sitting. I doubt I'd call it an orthopedic bed or a therapist bed, but as a whole it looks comforting. The two opposite ends are provided for a great floor level chaise. You can see on the picture several Loopitas joint together to form interesting modular seating arrangements.

Unfortunately, there are no mentions about the place where it can be bought or the price it will cost. But I guess it will very affordable! So, hey you - the ones who are more informed on the matter - go on, leave some comment with the information about the place and price!

March 13, 2008

A Stockholm Bar's Ceiling

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This is not actually an advertising review of a bar! I just wanted to share impressions on a really gorgeous place I have the chance to visit in Stockholm. Still, for those who want to see it by themselves know that it is situated in the in central Stockholm, intimate 65 sqm bar. The bar is pretty small having only 5 tables, but the great thing about it that it is open day and night. As I assumed it is not designed for sitting as it has a vast space for dancing.

But let's get back to the issue I liked the most in this bar and the cause I started to write about it. The Ceiling! This is first you see and admire upon entering the bar! The endless mirror bubbles come over the entire ceiling making it look like a fairy dream. They look like huge drops of water that are ready to drop just any second.

Beside the romantic part about this ceiling there is a "practical" one too. The mirror bubbles allow you spying on everyone else. An activity that seam to be more of a men's pleasure! :-)) So, ladies, be careful you are spied on while serving your cocktails! I bet men would like the floor to be of the same design.

The mirror walls are an organic continuation of the mirror ceiling. Together they create an illusion of infinity and trippy kaleidoscopic effects. Even the bathroom comes to complete the picture – strands of fiber optical threads are reflected on the ceiling and walls, creating an endless sea of illuminated grass.

I guess the main purpose of the designers was to show an organic and playful combination of glass, mirror and light. I think it is not accidentally that the Electric Dreams is the actual designer of the project. The graphics, the exterior glass illustrations, and the urban forest wallpaper were made by specialists at dizelsate.com.

I have to mention that the bar contains a lot of design elements known to the entire world. Such as, Joel Degermark's Cluster Lamps for Moooi which are placed above each table, each with a different set-up of light bulbs. You'll also find that the wall framing the bar interior forms a graphic element as well as a bottle stand. The vintage wooden chairs are the less fragile elements of the design. They are coated with glossy black lacquer.

This is what I was surprised of this week – something really out of my expectations!

February 12, 2008

Katharina Ludwig Ice Jewelery Concept

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Here is a quite interesting concept of Katharina Ludwig – Ice Jewelery! It comes to continue the Series of Temporary Jewelery Concept, Soap Jewelery being one to equal Ice Jewelery and to rise specific interest.

While Soap Jewelery Concept appeared inspired by the gestures of washing, Ice Jewelery Concept emphasizes the water value to human existence. The designer's idea is to contrast warmth of the human body and coldness of ice.

Just the same way Soap Jewelery dissolves while cleaning yourself, Ice Jewelery melts down to delight your skin. This is where your body warmth comes to destroy the beauty expressing the supreme energy it possesses by melting the ice.

Ice Jewelery Collection includes earrings, rings, necklaces, etc. They vary in shape and design. Cubs, cup-like, oval shapes are characteristic. Also, Katharina Ludwig doesn't make quite big difference among the jewelry she uses – she combines gold and ice, silver and ice, other metals are used too. Some of the pieces are designed to catch the remaining drops of water, others allow the ice to melt directly onto the wearer.

Of course, every time the jewelery melts it will have to be recreated. Thus you can try to be the designer of your own jewelery.

The idea of melting jewelery is very sensual, but I doubt any of us would wear some at a banquet or an important meeting. This is more appropriate for a romantic date (preferably at home so that your dress wouldn't get wet in public).

Ice Jewelery Concept is very attractive because of its ephemeric existence... What if you want to keep it permanent? My idea is to replace ice with some transparent material that can give the illusion of ice! That way you'd keep the shape of your jewelery, you won't get wet and you'll be irresistible. Good luck girls! Be irresistible.

January 16, 2008

Most Expensive Remote Control in the World

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It's a known thing that people's laziness is the main generator of progress! So many inventions are due to the fact that people have no time and desire to do something 'elementary'. I believe remote control is one of the greatest inventions resulting from human laziness and desire to control everything within range.

Lantic Systems Delivers has combined two of the peoples tendencies – tendency to control and tendency to luxury – by creating the Most Expensive Remote Control in the World. This Danish hi-tech manufacturer specializes in developing individual subsystems covering entertainment, surveillance, lighting and electronics control. Lantic Systems presented the Gold RC1 Remote Control at The Worlds Biggest Marine Equipment Trade Show at METS 2007 in Amsterdam, Holland.

So they designed a remote control in pure gold which is supposed to be of a great 'entertainment' to people! I doubt it deeply knowing that it can be purchased on the market at a price of $ 55.000. Compare it to a standard remote control retailing from about $ 1050! Maybe some people can afford it, in case we speak of Bill Gates,Warren Buffett, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, and several other rich men on the planet.

Let's get back to the Remote Control! One of the Lantic Systems mottoes is "Quality that suits your style of living"! I must say that though the Golden Remote Control might be a really qualitative piece, its design doesn't seam to surprise. The design is pretty simple: sleek round form, metallic finish and familiar buttons. It offers control over TV/Video/DVD, Music/CD, Internet, E-mail, CCTV, burglary alarm, air-conditioning, lights, curtains, and surveillance of navigation systems, etc.

For the ones interested Lantic Systems already delivers the Gold Remote Control starting with December 2007. Let me tell you that the first orders have already been received.


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