Author Archive for Rue Liu
How would you like your soap to be a bag of water with a pet fish in it? My Pet Fish soap is a bag of soap with a plastic fish in it. It cost $6.95 for a bag of this unique soap.
My thumbs aren’t very big, but I still have a hard time mastering the art of thumb-typing on my teeny QWERTY-equipped gizmos. If you’re a road warrior with the same problem, you ought to try out the G-Tech Fabric Keyboard. It is the ultimate in portability as its made of a durable and washable “smart” [...]
I’m sure we all saw this one coming. How could the iPod Shuffle possibly stay silver forever. Apple is now releasing the Shuffle in a rainbow of colors as green, blue, pink, and orange. Of course, the original silver will still be available, but all will be priced the same at $79. And at that [...]
New from Marubeni Infotech Japan is this MicroMemo mic for your 2nd gen iPod Nano. Besides recording yourself singing to your favorite tunes, there’s sure to be many other great uses for this mic attachment, like recording yourself talking.
Although its not one of a kind, it does feature a nice simple design with adjustable [...]
This new phone from Willcom is the WX321J, which features a unique fingerprint scanner. Unlike other scanners where the input must be directly contacted thus being susceptible to interference such as moisture, this scanner uses radio waves for authentication.
But other than the fingerprint scanner, the specs are pretty average, including a 1.3 megapixel camera, [...]
If you’re an urban apartment dweller who owns a dog, then you’ll know the hassle of having to take your dog out for a walk, especially during these cold winter months. But not to worry, because now you can get your precious pooch a Doggy Treadmill so that he can workout indoors as you stay [...]
If you’ve got a weak WiFi signal, get a boost with Buffalo’s new external WLAN adapter, called the AirStation WLI-U2-SG54HP. The device plugs into your USB and suction cups to the back of your monitor. And apparently, size does matter when it comes to wireless antennas, as this one’s large size translates into better performance [...]
We all know sitting long hours at the computer is not healthy, but for many of us, our occupation leaves us no choice. The ErgoQuest 500 from Office Organix makes the best of it by providing a flexible system that lets you recline and even lay in bed as you work. Employers probably wont be [...]
Samsung is claiming yet another world’s thinnest cell phone title with its Ultra Edition 5.9, which is a whole milimeter thinner than its previous world’s-thinnest Ultra Edition 6.9. But being thin doesn’t mean having to be thin on features, as this phone packs in a 3.2 megapixel camera, a built-in media player, Bluetooth, and 80MB [...]
Imagine the iPhone interface, but much larger and much more awesome. Imagine navigating an interface much like the one in Minority Report. We may not have to imagine much longer. An innovative computing interface is being developed by research scientist Jeff Han from NYU’s Courant Institute. We’ve seen footage of his presentations from early last [...]
