Archive for August, 2009

SanDisk Sansa Clip+ (4GB, red)

Monday, August 31st, 2009

The SanDisk Sansa Clip+ is an excellent successor to the line, offering a fitness-friendly design with a built-in belt-clip, a simple interface, solid sound quality, and plenty of handy features–all for an ultralow price. It’s an unbeatable value.

Wheelchair of the future takes on the scooter

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

This next-gen electric wheelchair operates for about four hours per charge. (Credit: Veda International Robot R&D Center) Sometimes function can successfully follow form

Claims that the Amazon Kindle electronic reader is more environmentally friendly than paper books hold up, according to an analysis by the Cleantech Group . The research and media company drew on existing studies to do a lifecycle analysis and found that the carbon emissions from electronic books are far lower …

Logitech Performance Mouse MX

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Logitech has met and surpassed Microsoft’s recent mouse technology innovations by introducing the most versatile mouse sensor on the market in its new Performance Mouse MX. But even if you don’t have a glass table crying out to become a workspace, this high-end input device has enough features and cushy design to make it a justifiable indulgence for anyone who takes their cursor control seriously.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 (silver)

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

A full-featured waterproof/shockproof pocket point-and-shoot, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 is a near-perfect rugged camera for everyday use.

Gateway LT 3103u

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

The 11-inch, AMD-powered Gateway LT3103u does well on price and performance, but drops the ball on battery life when compared with the competition.

(Credit: Revo) There are many docking stations for the iPod/iPhone on the market, but if you’re looking for one that’s different–possibly in a good way–Revo has something for you.

As consumers hold their breath for the rumored Apple tablet , KCI Communications has an immediate and possibly better solution for those who can’t wait to get touchy-feely with their screens. The Duo turns monitors and laptops 17 inches or smaller into a tablet. A small device that acts as a “base station” clips onto the top of the monitor, continuously picking up the user’s input with the Duo pen

MIT dives into robo-fish pool

Monday, August 24th, 2009

(Credit: MIT) On the heels of a scientific report last month saying 63 percent of world fish stocks require rebuilding, scientists at MIT have unveiled a new robot fish that’s cheap to make and ripe for mass production. Actually, MIT engineers Kamal Youcef-Toumi and Pablo Valdivia Y Alvarado aren’t aiming to replenish fisheries. They want their robot swimmers to be used for underwater monitoring of pipelines, sunken ships, and pollution

(Credit: eniCycle) The wheel is being reinvented yet again, this time in the form of the eniCycle by Slovenian inventor Aleksander Polutnik.