Archive for February, 2009

The Ray Flash is portable and lightweight, and has been designed to take advantage of a camera’s TTL metering capabilities. Because the Ray Flash relies on the hot-shoe flash to generate its light, it contains no electronics, no flash tubes and requires no cumbersome cables. The light distribution is accomplished through a sophisticated ...

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This is one step closer to having an automatic home control! Featuring is the talking thermostat that allows you to program the thermostat using the talking buttons, the advanced speech recognition technology allows you to raise and lower the temperature simply by using voice commands. The voice commands can be initiated by pressing the large ...

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Fluorescents may have been all the rage for the past couple years, but they are about to be upstaged in the hierarchy of light bulbs. Researchers are Cambridge University have developed a low cost light emitting diode (LED) bulb that is brighter, cheaper, and lasts longer than both fluorescent and incandescent ...

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The iPod Click Wheel is a design marvel... unless you are wearing gloves, your iPod is in a pocket, you don’t have a free hand, or you can’t see the display. Now, with just the sound of your voice and the Accenda voice control for iPod you can tell it what to do without even ...

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The Yogen is a little power generator that uses your pulling action to generate electricity. The break-through in manpowered charging performance of the YoGen® accomplish by pulling the included cord and transfers the linear kinetic energy generated by the pull cord to the flywheel-enhanced rotary motion of the alternator itself. So the next ...

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How many ways can you design an iPod dock? This BoyNQ creative and stylish speaker system, docking station, FM radio receiver, and alarm clock for your iPod, the WakeUp is a hip and functional complement to any room in the house. The three integrated LCDs help you keep tabs on the time, radio station, and ...

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This laptop top charging device reminds me of a manual sewing machine seen ages ago. This charging device uses mechanical (kinetic) energy to power your laptop. YoGen MaxT comes with a paddle that charges AA batteries, and they in turn power the notebook so it doesn’t shut down as soon as the paddle stops. ...

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