BLACK OPTICAL FINGER MOUSE

Description
The 800 DPI Optical finger mouse virtually works on any media except the reflective glass surface. With the movement of just your fingers, you can easily control the cursor.

Specification

• Strap it on your index finger with the sensor tip in alignment with your index finger tip or slightly higher depends on your own comfort level.
• Provide support by using your middle finger to hold the finger mouse against your index finger when you are clicking.
• Point the cursor with your index finger while your thumb to control the left button ( lower button), right button ( upper button) and scroll wheel.

Radio ball pen

Ball Pen with FM Radio.

Electronic tuning auto scan.

FM receiving, wireless reception.

Mini radio can be constructed by putting the cell cover to the pen cap.

Built-in electronic switch turns the radio off when earphone is unplugged.

The World's First HDTV Refrigerator

LG Electronics introduces a first of its kind digital high-definition television refrigerator, which will be on display at the 2007 Kitchen and Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas may 8-10. The side by side model refrigerator features a 15” HD LCD television using LG’s fifth generation ATSC-QAM-NTSC digital television tuner, and features a Weather & Info Center for weather forecasts, uploadable photo album and recipe bank. Furthermore, the refrigerator includes a recipe bank that provides various selections of different recipes and a USB connection for uploading favorite pictures to insert in a slideshow shown on the display. The LG HDTV Refrigerator will be available sometime during the second quarter at a suggested retail price of $3,999.

Refrigreator USB

hat's the coolest thing you can put next to your laptop? I don't know about you, but the Cool It USB Beverage Chiller is what I'd like next to mine.

This way, you can always keep your bottle of beer (or whatever) chilled and never have to leave the place - unless you ran out of it of course. Or until someone comes up with a USB powered refrigerator. Now there's a neat idea.

Available in a stylish body, the USB beverage chiller costs US $39.99 and is available from Cool It System's website. Another reason to get lazier. Yay for technology! Via

I usually works with the site update at night. And there are times that I want to have a fresh cold drink instantly without having to walk down the stair and onto the kitchen. This gadget would probably the solution, the USB Mini Fridge. Priced at just $33, the cool USB-powered device can provide a cold beverage for me. It can only hold one can of cola at a time, but that’s enough for me. If it isn’t for you, then just go get a real refrigerator, guys.

USB Mini Fridge Specifications

• Features: Cools a beverage from 5V USB Power
• Stylized as a mini fridge
• Holds one can
• Internal LED light
• USB powered
• No batteries required
• Plug and play
• Temperature decreases to 8.5 degrees after 5 mins
• Dimension: 19.4×9x9cm
• Weight: 362g

Microsoft Surface - Coffee Table Computing At Last

Microsoft officially unveiled Surface, an exciting new way of interacting with a computer. Think of it as a coffee-table computer screen that you can touch to manipulate files and media. But that basic description barely does this technology justice. For starters, the screen is “multi-touch” sensitive, like the iPhone (reportedly) will be - which allows you to use multiple fingers to manipulate media - zooming, stretching, moving, etc. Next, it wirelessly connects to devices you place on the surface like phones and cameras. Then you can drag images and movies in and out of those wireless devices as if they were part of the virtual surface. You have to see it in the video - it’s super cool.

This device is similar to MERL Diamond Touch and the Gesturetek Gestpoint table models, in that you view the content on a horizontal surface and manipulate it with your hands. But it appears to use the multi-touch control system shown at a recent TED conference, and the interface is simply amazing.

This will surely affect us in the media production and marketing industries. Here are some initial ideas:

• As a collaboration and visualization tool, this will be a powerful tool to sit around and view materials.
• In a trade show environment, it will make a great demonstration station. Not only can you give guided tours of your products but you can hand over control to anyone at the table and allow them to access media and fill out forms.
• Attendees can plunk their mobile device on the surface and drag some product shots and PDF’s onto their device for an ultra-slick self-service literature fulfillment kiosk.
• An auto dealership can use it to display digital brochures, then work through financing options and fill out a loan request.

I can’t wait to get one to play with. Dang! We just bought a new coffee table for our lobby… I guess this will just have to go in my office.

credit by http://www.awidernet.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface-coffee-table-computing-at-last/

Intel Keeps Mobile Engine Humming, Fueled By Silicon Technology Advances

NTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, Beijing, April 18, 2007 – Describing the latest trends in mobile computing at the Intel Developer Forum today, Intel Corporation executives said that personalization and content are key drivers behind increased demand for notebook PCs and mobile Internet devices (MIDs).

"The Internet is one of the driving forces in today's PC market and there is a desire for the Internet to be mobile," said David (Dadi) Perlmutter, Intel senior vice president and general manager, Mobility Group. "Intel is serving the market today with notebook PCs, and will expand its reach by adding WiMax to notebooks as well as small form factor MIDs in 2008."

Perlmutter continued by discussing the importance of high-performance processors to enable users to have mobile access to the internet. Intel continues to provide high-performance processors based on innovative silicon technology that delivers energy efficiency and great battery life needed by users on-the-go including the next generation Centrino processor technology "Santa Rosa."

Due in May, Santa Rosa processor technology is comprised of a next-generation Intel® Core™2 Duo processor, the Mobile Intel® 965 Express chipset family, Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N Network Connection, Intel® 82566MM and 82566MC Gigabit Network Connection, and optional Intel® Turbo memory. Perlmutter demonstrated how Intel Turbo Memory decreases resume time from notebook hibernation, thus increasing productivity and reducing system power consumption.

In the first half of 2008, Santa Rosa will be refreshed with Intel's innovative 45nm Hi-k dual core mobile processor, codenamed "Penryn." Later in 2008, Perlmutter said Intel will deliver "Montevina" processor technology, also with Penryn, for greater performance and energy efficiency. With approximately 40 percent smaller components, Montevina will be ideal for mini- and sub-notebooks, and will include integrated hardware decode for high-definition video.

For the first time, Intel will make its integrated Wi-Fi/WiMAX solution available as an option with Montevina-based notebooks, enabling people to connect to Wi-Fi and WiMAX networks worldwide. Mobile WiMAX provides multi-megabit speed, greater throughput and wider range versus other wireless broadband technologies, which is crucial as consumers increasingly want to access user-generated content, high-definition videos, music, photos and other large data files while on the go.

Redefining Mobility with Innovation, Integration
Anand Chandrasekher, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Ultra Mobility Group, described the evolution of the personal mobile Internet, outlined changes in Intel's silicon roadmap that will create radical reductions in power requirements and innovative new packaging technology, and disclosed a range of leading industry players Intel is working with to establish the MID and ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) categories.

Chandrasekher introduced the Intel® Ultra Mobile platform 2007 (formerly codenamed "McCaslin") for MIDs and UMPCs and said systems will be available over the summer from Aigo*, Asus*, Fujitsu*, Haier*, HTC* and Samsung*. The Intel Ultra Mobile platform 2007 is based on the Intel processor A100 and A110, the Intel 945GU Express Chipset and the Intel ICH7U I/O Controller Hub.

"Today's environment is primed for a truly personal, mobile Internet experience and the Intel Ultra Mobile platform 2007 combines the flexibility of a PC with the mobility of a handheld device," said Chandrasekher. "But we will not stop here. In 2008, Intel will deliver an entirely new platform based on Intel’s 45nm low-power microarchitecture designed from the ground up to let people to carry their personal mobile Internet in their pocket."

Pulling in the schedule by half a year, Chandrasekher said Intel will deliver its next-generation platform for MIDs and UMPCs – codenamed "Menlow" – in the first half of 2008. While demonstrating the world's first working Menlow-based prototype, he said it will be based on a new 45nm Hi-k low power microarchitecture-based processor, codenamed "Silverthorne," and next-generation chipset, codenamed "Poulsbo."

Chandrasekher also announced the formation of the Mobile Internet Device Innovation Alliance. Together, alliance members will work on engineering challenges, including power management, wireless communications, and software integration, that are associated with delivering the full Internet in ever-smaller MID form factors.

45nm High-k Metal Gate Transistors Technology Leadership
Intel's next-generation processors for the ultra-mobile, mobile, desktop, workstation and server segments will be based on the company's leading 45nm silicon process technology that uses its revolutionary high-k metal gate transistors.

During his Technology Insight presentation, Intel Senior Fellow Mark Bohr said the company now has working versions of its Silverthorne processor based on its 45nm Hi-k low power microarchitecture for MIDs and UMPCs. Silverthorne joins already working versions of its 45nm Hi-k Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad and Intel Xeon family of processors. Today, Intel has more than 15 different 45nm Hi-k product designs in various stages of development, and will have two 45nm manufacturing fabs in production by the end of the year, with four in production by the second half of 2008.

Intel's long-standing research and technology pipeline has led to innovative advances in silicon technology that in turn allow the company to continuously deliver the cost and performance benefits of Moore's Law. In 2003, Intel was the first to introduce strained silicon technology to greatly increase the speed of its transistors on its 90nm process.

Intel is already working on technology for 32nm, 22nm and beyond. Bohr described several options that Intel is researching for future technology generations, including tri-gate transistors, Indium Antimonide quantum well transistors and carbon nanotube interconnects.

credit by http://www.intel.com

Alarm clock cellphone - design

Although this looks more like an alarm clock or a desk phone rather than a cellphone, the concept phone is really supposed to fold up and fit into your pocket. The device has a swiveling screen that allows you to prop it up to angle it at your face when you're making a speakerphone call. The screen will also be used for video-conferencing, which again is made easier thanks to the prop-up-pivot

This looks like an interesting design mockup, but still has a lot of bugs to work out before it can come anywhere near production. Which is a shame, because we hate holding and angling our phones when we're making a speakerphone call. Isn't speakerphone supposed to keep your hands free so you can do other stuff—eat, blog—while you call? – Jason Chen

credit by uk.gizmodo.com