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No Unlock for iphone 3GS,3G or 2G yet, but jailbreak is already released (Spirit)

2010-05-03T15:46:00.001-07:00

Finally some good news for iphone owners. A jailbreaking tool has been released today.
Very much wanted Spirit jailbreak has been released for download today, and you can jailbreak your iphone with some simple steps.
But this is half news for some, because many of you upgraded your iphone to 3.1.3 firmware, those loosing your unlock. Rumours say very soon will be released a new unlock tool for 3.1.3, so you will need some patience.

iPoint from NaviSense.

2008-09-04T15:36:00.000-07:00

iPoint is a new computer pointing technology developed by company NaviSense. The iPoint™ is a small motion sensing mouse device which mounts to the keyboard or computer.

By simply moving your finger in front of this device, your able to control the cursor movement in your computer. A first finger movement acquires navigation control of the cursor, and a second finger movement activates single and double click behavior.
The iPoint™ tracks finger movement and finger motion behavior to navigate and control a cursor on the computer display.
Navisense aims to increase the efficiency by which users interact with email, computer applications, computer games, search engines, and data entry systems.

Here is a short video of the device in action:

Homemade (DIY) RC Helicopter.

2008-09-04T14:36:00.000-07:00

Ok this might not be the easiest thing to do, but at least if you have enough time you might build your own homemade RC Helicopter.

For people like Ben Hui building helicopters isn't that difficult to do. On his site you can find complete details and links on how to make your homemade RC helicopter for indoor and outdoor use.

It aint looking that good but as the maker says its working perfectly, so if you have enough time why not trying it yourself.

DIY airplane.

2008-07-01T02:18:00.001-07:00

Many of the DIY projects as we all know are small projects, but there are big guys doing big DIY projects too.
And this story goes about a DIY airplane build in small new country in Europe known as Kosovo.
A 29 years old guy called Hakif Pervetica from a small town of Podujeva, got himself into building a small airplane. This project which took him about 3 months to complete didn't required any of professional skills, actually Hakif had no professional knowledge about airplanes, but he was always amused by airplanes.

Having in mind he was a poor guy who couldn't afford buying an airplane, he started watching dozens of movies with airplanes, and started to make the skeleton of his own plane.
Plane is constructed mainly from metal parts some of them taken from old cars, and it weights about 300 Kg (about 661 lbs) , long about 4.5 meters and should reach the speed of about 200 km/h (about 124.3 mile/h) and has only one sit for driver.
The engine that this plane uses is Ford engine (which i think is taken from Car) and the wings are controlled by a special buttons mounted in the control panel.

The only sad thing is that the plane never got away from the ground, it was not tested to fly yet, but it will be tested very soon and see if it can really fly.

Below is the video taken from an National Television of Kosovo but it is in local language.

Finaly A Simple Water Car!

2008-06-14T15:26:00.000-07:00

This might be the greatest news for auto technology at all. Genepax (the name of Japan Company) made it happen by bringing to life the first car that works on simple water.
The system is called Water Energy System and the key to the system is its membrane electrode assembly (MEA), which contains materials that are capable of breaking down hydrogen and oxygen from water through a chemical reaction and get power for car from that process.
For the moment the system installed in this car (MEA) costs about ¥2,000,000 (or about $18,000 - car is not included in the price) but company hopes that very soon they could start mass production and the price would drop to about $4,500-5,000 per system.

And here we have a nice video with the car in action (courtesy of Reuters).

Wooden Mirror !!!

2008-05-22T00:33:00.000-07:00

Ok i must admit this must be the coolest thing i saw. This is the work of interactive artist daniel rozin who seems to work with mirrors from non-reflecting materials like the one shown below. As seen on video this mirror uses small camera which sends signals to the wooden pieces and gives them directions to get the good looking reflection.

Mirror is made from 830 square pieces of wood, 830 servo motors, control electronics, video camera, computer, wood frame. The actual mirror size is - W 67” x H 80” x D 10” (170cm , 203cm, 25cm).

PSP Internal Memory 30 GB (Modded)

2008-01-05T11:18:00.000-08:00

Great news for PSP owners. We got a new great modding of PSP device.
The guy named PvP_LostKnight over at Acidmods forums succeeded to mod PSP and add an internal HDD support with 30 Gb connected to usb port. Here's a video preview of modding.

Cool gift for Christmas?

2007-12-12T15:13:00.000-08:00

This might be useful idea for Christmas gift worries. Device named Optimus Touch that accidentally looks like an iPod Touch might be great device in the hands of your son or your daughter and what is the best part of this idea is its price of only $109 for a 4 Gb storage capacity.
Optimus Touch sports 2.8" QVGA TFT 262K Colors touchscreen display, audio playing of Mp3 and WMA files, video playing of AVI (Xvid/Divx) file format at 24/FPS , voice recording , FM Radio, Integrated 1.3 Megapixel camera, built in MiniSD card expansion slot.
You can get one from www.mp4nation.net and if you don't like this one you can stop on this site and browse a wide range of other PMP's for a very reasonable prices.

Here we have a video of Optimus Touch in action.

Interesting Usb Hub!

2007-12-08T11:21:00.000-08:00

Even Usb Hubs are getting more interesting nowadays. Some guys from China have really good taste of gadgets and are working hard to enhance them in many ways. The Usb Hub we're writing about is coming from Zoltrix Technology (CHINA) and is named Zling-Niko-V3. Zling besides of being a Usb Hub, also sports MPEG, AVI, ASF, WMV, VOB video playing, Mp3 & WMA audio playing, and you can use it for viewing some formats of your favorite pictures too.
Zling hub also includes FM Radio and voice recording capability and can be used as e-book Reader too.
Here are some of the specification of this device:

A 128×128-pixel CSTN display with 65k colors, it comes in different internal memory capacities : 256MB, 512MB, 1GB and 2GB sizes and you can choose between pink , light blue and lavender color versions.

W880i now covered in gold

2007-11-26T06:17:00.000-08:00

Your looking for a more special phone to impress your friends and you don't care about spending a lot of money? W880i might help you, it's 18 carat gold plated phone that looks sexy in your hands. SE W880i (Special Edition) sports the same features like the normal W880i, with 1.8 inch display, 2 Megapixel camera, second front camera for video conversation, memory stick slot, media player and Stereo Bluetooth A2D.
The release of W880i SE is expected to be late this year in limited numbers and will be available only in some Asia countries. The price is still unconfirmed but it will be between $1100-1200.

miShare new iPod information sharing device

2007-11-25T15:05:00.001-08:00

miShare (does it stand for my=mi share?), no it's just a name of this device. What does miShare?
It enables sharing of information between 2 iPod's, without having them connected to a computer device. This gadget allows you to get pictures, contacts and even Mp3 (yes exactly) files on the way by simply connecting 2 iPod's. It is that simple as it looks.
This could be Apple's worst nightmare, I can't wait to see how will apple deal with this kind of devices.
The cost of miShare is announced to be $99.95 and will be released in time for Christmas but you can do a pre-order from www.mishare.com .

WIBRAIN'S B1 UMPC, I want one !!!

2007-11-25T14:15:00.000-08:00

This one looks really nice I must admit. Wibrain B1 UMPC has 4.8 inch touchscreen display and two sided full QWERTY keyboard.

B1 is powered by VIA C7M ULV 1.2 GHz processor, and supports Bluetooth 2.0 and 802.11b/g WiFI as well as GSM/GPRS/EDGE network and high-speed HSDPA (3.5G) connectivity. As said on wibrain.com B1 weights 510g and the fully recharged battery will keep it running for 5 hours.

And here we have some more specifications:

Processor
VIA C7M ULV 1.2 GHz + VX700(3D support)
Memory
512MB/1GB DDR2
Hard Drive
30GB/60GB 4200RPM PATA
Personalization
Webcam + Microphone jack
Pointing Device
Touchpad with scroll capability

eGear Dynamo Camping Gadget!

2007-11-11T07:09:00.003-08:00

Ok this gadget should have been reviewed 2-3 days before cause today is Sunday, but anyways this could be interesting for next weekend maby if you plan to go camping.
We present you a small very useful camping gadget called eGear Dynamo Dyno-Mite which is actually a small keychain 2 led light specially designed for camping or emergency needs.
The Dynamo Dyno-Mite 2 LED keychain light contains a rechargeable battery that gets charged after you wind it , with about 1 minute of winding will bring you lightning for about 5 minutes without turning off.
The Dynamo Dyno-Mite is a very small gadget ,weights less than one ounce, and measures just 1.6” x 1.22” x 0.62” which makes him a perfect little gadget to have on your trip, or even everyday use. It even comes attached to a handy keychain, ensuring you won’t forget it while you get away from home. This small device has a price of $7 and comes in different colors. Get one from Essential-Gear.

iPhone & iPod Touch Rotating Stand

2007-11-10T13:54:00.000-08:00

PED3 is actually an iPhone & iPod rotating stand which is very good thing to have. It looks good and is very handy while your at your office or at home.
Here are some of the specifications of the stand:

Overview:
- Rotate infinitely 360 degrees
- Two angled positions
- Cable management, using the center split base (see photo below)
- Rubber coated metal grips allow full use of ports/controls
- All solid steel construction- Baked on coating
- Made in the USA
- Separate versions for iPhone and iPod Touch

Feed Your Pets Remotely!

2007-11-10T13:16:00.000-08:00

It's obvious that Japanese spend most of the time outside their house (working), which leaves their pets unfeeded at the specific times of a day. But we all know that most of the special gadgets come from Japan, so they thought about making a gadget to feed their pets remotely too.

The name of the gadget we're talking about is iSeePet360, which is an automated pets feeding system controlled remotely.iSeePet360 allows pets owner to deliver the commands for releasing fresh food for pets via phone or computer. This device also allows the owner to check whether the pet is sleeping or eating and the audio feature of device allows the owner to tell the dinner time to his pet.

The cost of this interesting device is about $440 which is not very expensive price for our beloved ones.

Via Link from source.

More zoom for your Mobile Phone

2007-11-02T16:49:00.000-07:00

With this generic Mobile Phone telescope, you can get very good long distance snapshots with your Mobile. Designed to fit on almost any Cellphone or PDA , it will convert your mobile into high resolution camera phone for long distances.

The price for MP Telescope is US$22.00 and it comes with Neckstrap and Mounting Adapter.

Here's the demo video how it looks like.

Motherboard Frying Pan.

2007-11-02T15:40:00.000-07:00

Have you ever thought of frying your chicken on a PC motherboard?

And here we go again with a weird PC stuff, this guy converted computer motherboard into a functional frying pan.

Power the computer on, fill the pan with oil, and get your food ready to fry. Amazing nah?

Alive Elvis

2007-10-31T09:53:00.000-07:00

We all know that its a Robotic Era, and robotic toys became very popular over the last several years. What we have here is a very interesting robotic toy from Wow Wee called Alive Elvis.

Alive Elvis is a very good shaped robot toy with good imitation of the known singer Elvis Presley that will bring you back good old music memories. It sports motion captured facial animations which means that while playing a song the face imitates the singing, microphone-shaped remote control which enables you to sing in realtime with music, external playback mode via external sound source.

Alive Elvis requires Requires 3 "AAA" batteries and 8 "D" batteries which are not included in the package, and measures 20"L x 12"D x 18"H and not to forget the original looking Elvis leather jacket that makes him very stylish.

The price for Alive Elvis is Price: $299.99.

Stonehenge Pocket Watch

2007-10-24T16:39:00.000-07:00

And here we come again with interesting watches, but this time were talking about pocket watch named Stonehenge Watch. We all know the mystery about Stonehenge, questions like who built it and why they built it, where they aliens, Satan, or people with unnatural power. And now you can have this kind of power (the Stonehenge power) miniaturised in your pocket. You will have possibility to measure the time with power of sun and great compass just like people did thousand years before.

With the fact that Stonehenge Pocket Watch is very good designed watch, it's still hard to find out the current time, but thanks to its designers there exists analog clock at the cover of the watch so you can tell the current time without having to do further calculations.

The price for Stonehenge Pocket Watch is $42.95 and you can order it from official site.

Kids video camera

2007-10-23T16:45:00.000-07:00

Company named Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a special video camera designed for children. The camera allows use of special effects while filming and video editing which is so easy to do so children wont have any problems at all with this functionalities. Camera has built in 1.5" LCD display, included USB cables for downloading the data to PC where the included software package provides additional editing capability, 32 MB of internal memory ,an SD card slot enables expanded memory up to 2 GB, 4x digital zoom and requires two AA batteries.

The interesting thing about this camera is that you can connect it to a TV or to any iPod® for creating your own music videos.

Mobile phone that controls your car?

2007-10-21T15:57:00.000-07:00

Yep that's true, we're getting such a mobile in the very near future. It's about a new Audi Phone that comes with a new Audi A1 car. It's not a news anymore to hear about Auto companies that integrate Mobile Phones into their cars, we had Renault Nokia Twingo before and now we're dealing with audi too.
The Audi Phone actually has more functions than any integrated Auto Mobile Phone before. It has plain design and only 3 buttons (call, end and menu key in the middle) and touchscreen display, and supports 3G functionality and Wi-Fi. It is more intended as take-care-over-the-car device with functions as: keyless entry, heating/cooling, navigation input, audio/video. Other very important function is security concerned, like interim warnings of an intruder's break-in, as the phone is wirelessly linked with the car all the time. If an intruder tries to break into your car, the integrated inside camera takes a snapshot and sends directly to your mobile so you can have a pretty looking face of your intruder, and if he tries to run away with the car the system will automatically activate the tracking function.
The first Mobile phone enabled car will be Audi A1.

Great Power in a really small box !

2007-10-20T07:01:00.000-07:00

All the audio geeks are used with the old saying: "If it's big and weights a lot it is powerful".

New Redline MicroVee box disagrees that saying , cause this small box has 2000 watts dynamic power. The MicroVee is an amazingly small self-powered subwoofer that has unbelievable output and a powerful bass.

The MicroVee sports LFE, speaker level, or mini-jack input capability, and Features One active 6.5" driver (5" piston diameter) Two 6.5" passive radiators (5" piston diameter) Tiniest Velodyne ever made at 9" x 9" x 9.6" HWD wich makes this small subwoofer a best-in-class winner.

Get Beer for a Lifetime !!!

2007-10-19T09:55:00.000-07:00

And here comes an interesting way to retrieve a stolen laptop (If you lost it maby you should try this method).

Guys at Rotorua's Croucher Brewing Company (New Zealand) are giving 12 bottles/month (a pack) of beer for a lifetime to the one that brings back their stolen laptop. The laptop which contained company designs, creative work, contact details and financial information was stolen from this company this week.

The computer had very important company information and by that way we give beer for lifetime to the one that brings it back to us -said Paul Croucher the owner of the Brewing Company.

Mobile phone or Tablet Pc ???

2007-10-18T07:16:00.000-07:00

Seems like Nokia is working hard in making their new mobile phones more powerful
than ever.

We introduce you the new Nokia N810 a successor of Nokia N800 with some added functionalities. Nokia N810 also known as Internet Tablet in first place is designed for internet surfers knowing that it spots a touchscreen 4.13" display with 800 x 480 pixels resolution, full hardware qwerty keyboard which slides out of Tablet, Internet browser provided by Mozilla and memory space of 2 Gb.

Nokia N810 is based on Linux operating system and supports Wireless connections among with Bluetooth to let you surf the web easily. It allows its user to make internet calls with different providers (recommended skype) and almost any other internet activity you can do with a normal pc, but the main problem is it doesn't support normal mobile calling which means it isn't a mobile phone!

Via: Link

Super Mario Galaxy coming soon...!

2007-10-18T01:47:00.000-07:00

Super Mario Galaxy is the new Mario title from Shigeru Miyamoto, 3d game designed for Nintendo Wii.
It will be released on November 12, 2007 and you can do a preorder from Amazon.
Super Mario Deluxe
Here we have a demo video preview of the new game.