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Motion 2 Energy developing first external charger for mobile devices

Brenda Stokes, Aug 24th 2008 Discuss [1]

Look for Motion 2 Energy to announce their development of the first mobile device external charger on Monday. This charger would work to charge devices by means of using energy caused by motion that is converted into electricity. Read The Full Story

Motion F5 & C5 Tablet PCs get SSD, EV-DO and accessory updates

Chris Davies, Jul 2nd 2008 Discuss [0]

Tablet PC manufacturer Motion has updated its handle-blessed range of C5 and F5 slates with new storage options, accessories and mobile broadband. The C5, which Motion describe as a Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) intended primarily for health workers, now has a choice of 80GB traditional hard-drive or a 32GB SSD, together with optional EV-DO. Read The Full Story

ViewSonic Digital Picture Frames – they have interchangeable bezels!

James Allan Brady, Apr 9th 2008 Discuss [0]

ViewSonic has long been one of the best LCD manufacturers on the market, so it’s not surprise that they eventually decided to give the whole digital picture frame thing a go, and now they have. They have new 7, 8, and 10 inch models that are available just in time for Mother’s Day. Read The Full Story

Robotic Arm – remote control your way to robot overlords

James Allan Brady, Apr 8th 2008 Discuss [3]

This little robotic arm comes as a kit that requires some assembly, but once its done you get this badass robotic arm. It can pick up a maximum of 100 grams, it grasp items up to 1.7-inches in diameter, and even has an LED light for night time use. Read The Full Story

Folding Door Guard – means you can fly back home with the dignity of clothing

James Allan Brady, Mar 17th 2008 Discuss [0]

If you travel a lot, especially internationally, you probably already know that burglars in other countries are either more abundant, or more ingenious, so staying in a hotel, regardless of the number of locks on the door, can be risky business. Well, the Folding Door Guard aims to address this issue in a portable manner. This little device extends out, grips on the floor at the bottom, and forks itself around the door knob to make sure that door doesn’t move. However, if someone is capable of moving, or worse yet, breaking the tube-steel gadget then hopefully the 120 decibel motion sensor alarm would deter them or at least make them reconsider. Read The Full Story

CES 2008: OpenMoko releasing new Freerunner handset

James Allan Brady, Jan 3rd 2008 Discuss [5]

For those of you bored with the Neo 1973 hardware, OpenMoko is back with the Freerunner. It has 2D and 3D graphics capabilities, a 500MHz processor. There is also WiFi, and motion sensors, god knows how those’ll be used. Read The Full Story

3DV Systems ZCam makes you work for the win, but its FTL

James Allan Brady, Dec 13th 2007 Discuss [0]

So the Wii comes out and everyone all of the sudden like working for the win in their games. Well, 3DV is jumping on the bandwagon with a motion sensing camera for your PC so you can use real time moves in your games. Read The Full Story

Pacific Defense Bluetooth DVR pen

James Allan Brady, Nov 7th 2007 Discuss [2]

You guessed it; this pen is a DVR that has Bluetooth. It also has a microSD card slot. It has an audio detection mode too, so it knows when to start recording, and it’s designed to work in low-light situations. It can even send an alarm signal if motion is detected. No, it’s not a DVR in the sense that your new Media Center PC is a DVR, this one actually has a camera and microphone built in. of course there is also a motion sensor, so its clearly not made for use by the standard person, and judging by the company’s name, its probably for spy operations. Read The Full Story

Samsung Quad Pen

James Allan Brady, Oct 25th 2007 Discuss [0]

Do you frequently get inspired with an idea or something of that nature but never have a pen or paper to write it down on and know you’ll never remember it? Well this probably won’t help, but it’s a pen (that you’ll probably lose) that you can use to write on any surface, and it will record the motions and convert them into handwriting on your computer. There is an electronic sensor in the tip that records all the movements to some sort of storage, probably flash, in the barrel of the pen. So basically it sounds like a slightly more adult/advanced version of the kids version that recently came out to help you with your homework and all that jazz. Read The Full Story

Toshiba SpursEngine means hand gestures equal DVD playback controls

James Allan Brady, Oct 4th 2007 Discuss [0]

Toshiba is mighty proud of their new SpursEngine processing chip, and they should be, its pretty amazing technology. Its based on the same Cell technology at the processor inside your PS3. They have two really cool products that they were demonstrating at CEATEC this year, one was some sort of real time facial editing, such as being able to change makeup and hairstyles on the two models sitting in front of the camera. That’s kind of cool, but not all that practical except maybe in the movie industry. But installed in one of their Qosmio laptops, I am sure all those YouTube users and MySpace whores could find a use for the technology. Read The Full Story

GSM Cell Phone Zone Alarm Based On Motion

James Allan Brady, Aug 29th 2007 Discuss [0]

So if you are paranoid you might want to hop on over to Hack-A-Day to see the GSM based motion sensor alarm they’ve recently posted. Essentially what happens is when the alarm is tripped, during a certain time period, it calls someone. Now who that someone is would be up to you, but I would recommend the police. At the very least you yourself should be on the call list. Read The Full Story