Weather Watch - Oregon Scientific Meteo
Check out this weather watch from Oregon Scientific, the watch measures and analyzes barometric pressure trends in order to provide a somewhat accurate forecast for the next 12 to 24 hours.
The reverse LCD display will show one of 4 “easy-to-read” weather icons including sunny, partly cloudy, cloudy and rainy.
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16GB iPhone
Apple has released a new 16GB iPhone, which doubles the previous model’s storage capabilities.
The revolutionary iPhone now comes in a new 16GB model for $499, joining the 8GB model for $399. “For some users, there’s never enough memory,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPod and iPhone Product Marketing. “Now people can enjoy even more of their music, photos and videos on the most revolutionary mobile phone and best Wi-Fi mobile device in the world.
All iPhone and iPod touch models include the latest software enhancements announced last month including the ability to automatically find your location using the new Maps application; create Web Clips for your favorite websites; customize your home screen and watch movies from the new iTunes Movie Rentals. Both iPhone and iPod touch feature the world’s most advanced mobile web browser in the world with Safari and great mobile applications including Mail, Maps, Stocks, Weather and Notes. Available for $499 about £329 from Apple
Via GeekyGadgets
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Wireless Speaker System
Listen to music just about anywhere without the hassle of running unsightly speaker wire! The weather-resistant Velocity Wireless Speaker system uses 900 MHz technology to send music through walls and floors to wireless speakers up to 150 feet away and can be controlled via remote control.
Available for $130 about £65
Via Onspeakers.com (Full Review)
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OpenFrame – a new generation Internet home phone
This stylish home phone can sync with your exisiting contact lists and calendars. You can also watch streaming video, send IM or SMS, check weather reports and play music. It also has a built in alarm clock and snooze button.
The OpenFrame is designed to be used with services like Verizon’s FiOS and are based on Freescale MX31 processors While the device’s custom OS is based on a hacked Linux kernel, all of the software above the kernel is closed and proprietary. OpenPeak will offer a full API for developing third-party applications, but only to carriers, not to consumers.
The OpenFrame will hopefully be available in approx 5 months and is expected to be sold by phone carriers to promote their landline Internet services, rather than from store shelves.
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Solio H1000 Hybrid Solar Charger - Review
I received a Solio Hybrid H1000 solar charger in the post recently so I thought it was about time to test this gadget out.
The Solio H1000 Hybrid charger is a dual powered mobile charged for mobile phone’s PDA’s and other small gadgets.
It comes with a bunch of connections, including a mini USB, a female USB connections for iPod’s, iPhone’s and other MP3 players, as well as connectors for the majority of mobile phones
Out of the box it comes fully charged, so you are ready to plug it in and charge your devices.
I tested it on my iPhone and it seems to work pretty well and delivers a decent charge to the iPhone.
There are two way you can charge this portable gadget, the first is by plugging it into your PC, I charged it a few days ago and then left it to see how long it would hold the charge, it works well and holds the charge.
The other way is by solar power, this doesn’t work as well, mind you this could be down to the weather conditions here at the moment, no sun and lots of rain.
Overall the Solio H1000 is a great solution if you want to charge a variety of gadgets when you are out and about, even if you just charge it by the USB on your PC it is a great backup power source.
The Solio H1000 Hybrid Charger retails for $79.95 (about £40) and is available to buy online from Amazon
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Cool Gadgets - The Tux Droid programable desktop companion
The Tux Droid is a felt-covered desktop companion that uses wireless technology to fetch information from the wonderful web and convey it to you in various. ways.
The Tux Droid comes with a USB fish transmitter which beams info to him anywhere in the house, so he can alert you to incoming emails in the kitchen, RSS feeds in the front room, weather reports in the bathroom or breaking news in the bedroom.
He is fully customizable and programmable, he can talk, dance and lots more.
Check out this video of it in action.
Here’s the specs
- Wirelessly connects to your PC
- Sound and light monitors, which can be programmed to activate features
- Button on his head and ‘clickers’ on either wing to activate commands
- IR receiver for the remote control provided and IR transmitter
- Motorised spinning motion, flashing eyes, blinking or speaking to alert you
- Text to speech in 12 languages, including English, French, Belgian, Swedish, German, Spanish, Danish, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, American English and Portuguese
- Open source software allowing for programming of widgets
- Finished in a fogging skin material (similar to felt/velvet)
- Program Tux Droid as an alarm clock so you can wake up to your favourite song
- Let Tux Droid remind you when you have an appointment in your diary
- Use his clickers on his wings as volume controls for your TV or MP3s
- Take Tux Droid to your bathroom to listen to the news broadcast
- Program Tux to be a remote control for your PC, activating multimedia applications
- Use Tux Droid as a portable speaker to stream music from your computer or internet radio
- Program Tux Droid to function as a wireless VOIP phone
- Use as a security device by utilising light sensors and the IR transmitter to turn on your TV when it gets dark
The Tux Droid is available to buy online from Firebox for £89.95 (about $180).
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Apple is Spying on iPhone customers through weather and stock apps
According to the guys over at Slash Gear, Apple is tracking iPhone users through the weather and stock applications on the iPhone.
Whever you access the stock of weather apps on your iPhone, the data is sent to a URL at Apple.com, along with your IMEI number and it tracks where you are and what stocks you are looking up.
Did I sign an agreement for Apple to collect this data from me when I bought my iPhone? I think not!
Apparanetly Apple could be using the data collected for a number of reasons, from tracking unlocked iPhones, to collecting user data.
Now I have no problem with Apple collecting this data, but why weren’t they up front about it ?
via Slash Gear
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NEC develops the world’s most powerful Supercomputer - NEC SX-9
NEC develops the world’s most powerful Supercomputer - NEC SX-9.
NEC have announced the launch of their new Supercomputer the NEC SX-9, which is reported to be the World’s mot powerful Supercomputer.
The SX-9 is capable of calculating 839 teraflops, or 839 trillion floating point operations per second.
“The SX-9 has been developed to meet the need for ultra-fast simulations of advanced and complex large-capacity scientific computing,” Yoshikazu Maruyama, senior vice president of NEC Corp., said in a statement.
NEC’s supercomputers are used in fields including advanced weather forecasting, aerospace and in large research institutes and companies.
The company said it has already sold more than 1,000 supercomputers in the SX series.
The SX-9 will first go on display at a supercomputing convention next month in Reno, Nevada.
via Akihabara News
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Waterdrop LCD Weather Station And Alarm Clock
Check out this funky weather station and alarm clock from The Sharper Image.
It features an LCD Screen, which displays a host of information about the weather, including temperature. humidity, barometric pressure etc, it has an outdoor sensor with a 433MHz transmitter, which will transmit to the device up to 246 feet.
It is also an alarm clock, and it can either run on mains power on 4 AA batteries.
The Waterdrop LCD Weather Station is available now from The Sharper Image for $29.95 (about £15)
Via GeekAlerts
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Wind Powered Mobile Phone Charger - From Orange
Orange have announced a mobile phone charger prototype that is powered by wind energy.
The Orange Mobile Wind Charger is the result of months of research and it will be tested at music festivals like Glastonbury during the summer.
The Mobile Wind charger is small enough to fit in your rucksack and weighs just 150 grams.
You don’t have to leave your mobile plugged into it whilst your out partying as the charger stores the power generated and then when you get back to your tent, just plug your phone in and charge it whilst you sleep.
With our British weather this is bound to be a hit.
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