Out of this world technology news and updates
The Kensington USB Calculator/Keypad will make quite a few laptop users happy. Not only do you get a numeric keypad for your laptop but it functions as a standard calculator too. So if it’s connected via USB you can do your calculation and paste it into your document by pressing the “send” button.
Otherwise when freed […]
The picoPSU-120 is the size of two AA batteries and runs completely silent as it uses no fans. There is even potential to do away with the current PSU’s that are in use in some workstations now as this plugs directly into the motherboard’s ATX power connector. Even though this PSU was designed for low-power […]
This USB drive features a heavily encrypted diary application which, to the dismay or parents, means no more reading what their teenage daughters are up to. Encryption is provided PKI-based hardware encryption especially designed to safeguard their precious privacy.
Encryption used in this device enterprise-grade quality and so would find a home in the corporate market […]
Printing messages on flowers? This has got to be one of the most interesting devices that I have seen in a while. The Flower Art Color Painter will actually allow you to print images or text onto flower petals. So you can shove in a white rose and get a heart printed on it.
This could […]
Cellphone Jammers are becoming more popular these days especially with some of the wonderfully portable units such as this one. The CX 200 Portable Director II Cell Phone Jammer (Japanese) will provides you with two modes of cellular jamming. Either a 70-second timer mode or fading out a call with “natural atmosphere”.
The unit is powered […]
Rakon, a New Zealand eletcronics company, has developed a minute GPS receiver chip that can easily be embedded into mobile phones, PDA’s, watches and perhaps even yourself! The receiver is smaller than a baby’s fingernail and is completely plug and play and it is even able to pick up on weak GPS signals.
Brent Robinson, Rakon’s […]
Michael Leung, a designer in Amersterdam, has come up with a few interesting designs for USB cases. As an example he has blended a USB drive with every day items, such as a ruler, to come up with some interesting variations.
Combining a USB Flash Drive with a ruler makes a lot of sense as it’s […]
Scott Banks has come up with a robot that can take X-Ray pictures of patients (usually those who are suffering from orthopedic injuries) while they are doing normal activities such as walking. Current X-Ray, MRI and CT systems don’t work to well when it comes to injuries that only persist when the patient’s joints are […]
Samsung has unveiled their brilliant pocket-sized projector which will be available soon for an estimated £449. This beauty comes in at under 660g and features a Carl Zeiss lens meaning this is one of the smallest, brightest (thanks to the DLP LED technology) and lightest projector available right now.
Of course any portable device needs to […]
The Freehold Borough School District in New Jersey has is protecting their school kids with biometric access controls. Thanks to a $369 000 federal grant the district has decided to implement 242-point-comparison iris scanning on it’s doors.
LG has supplied the hardware while HP has supplied IrisAccess software which together form a complete access-control system […]
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