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If you thought Philips' Ambilight TVs were impressive, check out what this guy has done with his fireplace. He basically got some LED strips, an RGB controller, and then mounted it all on the sides of his fireplace. The end result: a fireplace the folks at Philips would be proud of. His step-by-step guide is available at the link below and he's willing to help out anyone who e-mails him, that is if you don't mind a little ghetto ambilight. – Louis Ramirez
Soyo's latest LCD is locking arms with the Vizio's of the world (specifically this model), offering 47-inches of 1080p real estate for $1,900. The TV marks Soyo's first step in the 1080p arena and will include an 8ms response time, 2,400:1 dynamic contrast ratio, and dual HDMI inputs. We wouldn't recommend it as your primary set (you're better offer splurging a bit more if performance matters), but if you're strapped for cash this should save you a few bucks. – Louis Ramirez
Product Page [via Gadgetell]
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Here it is, the Red One 4K camcorder, tucked away in its crimson booth at NAB. In addition to showing the camcorder, the company also announced a smaller camcorder it will call “Mini Red” shipping at an unspecified date, a line of 4K projectors, and a not-quite-complete digital cinema camera that’s still in Beta, yet “nearly ready.” More details later—take a gander at these pics, hot from the show floor.
Getting our hands on the camera, we noticed it’s not as heavy as we thought it would be due to the carbon fiber construction of its rail mounting system. It’s small, about the size of a normal prosumer video camera with a fixed lens. Hang a lens up front on the Red One, and it’s a bit bigger, but still surprisingly small. The grips were quite knarly, like off-road tires or hand grips on a BMX bike. It’s extremely configurable.
Speaking of lenses, Red will offer a 5-lens prime kit for $19,975 available in Fall 2007, consisting of 15mm, 25mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm lenses, and all have an f/1.9 aperture except for that 15mm lens, which will be f/2.8. There will also be an $6500 18mm – 50mm f/2.8, available this summer, according to Red. Finally, there’s an f/2.8 300mm for $4950. – Charlie White
Red at NAB [Studio Daily]
Rub-a-dub-dub, a convergence ducky in the tub. This rubber plastic ducky has a couple features. It has an LCD display that will show the current water temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius. It also acts as a radio to make bath time that much entertaining. $25. –Travis Hudson
Product Page [Via Ubergizmo]
For those of us who aren't lucky enough to make it to the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing this week, the big news is that Intel will be announcing support for WiMax in its 2008 mobile chipset, called Montevina. If all goes well, Montevina will come out in the first half of the year, and replace the Santa Rosa chipset that launches soon. Eric Bangeman at Ars Technica did not mention when Ernest & Julio Gallo became the chief product namers for Intel. He did, however, say that the mobile WiMax support should manage 2-4Mbps average download speeds by the time Sprint has the network up and running. He also added that later versions would likely include gigabit WiMax, though the standard hasn't been ratified by the IEEE. There was no mention of battery life, but that must still be a pretty big concern.
WiMax has been slow to take off, but Bangeman seems optimistic. He notes that WiMax's competitor, HSDPA, was left out of the Santa Rosa platform, because Nokia and Intel agreed they couldn't get a good enough return on investment. I can see Intel saying that, but Nokia? Come on, guys—first EVDO got a head start, now this? Who feels like harrumphing about the best technology for a high-speed wide-area wireless network? –Wilson Rothman
WiMAX coming to Intel laptops in 2008 [Ars Technica]
Despite not being a huge fan of standard pink gadgets, this powder pink Zune is turning out to look snazzier than we thought. It's a different shade of pink than the limited edition Willy Wonka Zunes we saw last year. That was a super-limited edition only for employees who worked on the Zune and 100 lucky contestants who found them in standard Zune packages.
Instead of retina-scarring pink, it's a soft baby pink that makes you feel oh-so-pretty. We're digging this one.
Catch more nicely photographed shots over at Zune Scene. – Jason Chen
Pink Zune Photos [Zune Scene]
Given it's egg-like design, you may think Iconix's HD-RH1 takes crap images, but think again, 'cause this tiny shooter packs a punch twice its size, capable of shooting in high-definition (1080p). With the new RCP-160 remote, you'll be able to connect up to 6 RH1s to one another for the ultimate voyeuristic high-def setup. The remote is expected to ship this fall. – Louis Ramirez
Egg-sized HD Camera Can Be Used for Good, Evil [Sci Fi Tech]
Everyone's favorite phone leaker, the FCC, has let slip a new Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot phone, the K818. Remember the K810? The K818 is it's half brother, featuring a 3.2-megapixel camera on board with zoom, auto-focus, brightness control and the BestPic shooting mode that captures a range of nine pictures. With the K810 presumably just headed to Europe, this might just be an American version that drops the videophone connectivity to keep us from hurting ourselves, as this version is missing the prominent camera on the face of the K810.
It supports Memory Stick Micro (M2), just in case you don't like using the industry-standard memory cards that many computers come with readers for, and it has USB for transferring data. It's also a music phone that can handle most formats as well as being loaded with an FM receiver. No word on release dates, but the FCC gave it their approval so it shouldn't be too far off. We'll keep you updated.
Hit the jump for a couple more shots of the phone.
Leave it to the Brits (probably from Hackney) to come up with a hooded sweatshirt all lined in Dupont Kevlar for "added protection against knife attacks." For your next street fight however, keep in mind that the appropriately named Bladerunner Hooded Top is not knife-proof, only having a "high slash/cut resistance." In other words, you still will need to dodge, duck and jink like Deckard fighting Pris after sinking $130 on one.
In any case, if you are getting one, don't forget to check out the gallery for the $80 old-design Kevlar Gloves with extra knuckle protection (a favorite of Darth Vader) or the metal-friendly detector $80 S.W.A.T Air Wit boots. – Jesus Diaz
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Bladerunner Kevlar Protected Hooded Top [Bladerunner]
…we find our heroes cramped in their seats even more thanks to this extremely awkward "Freedom" concept. The so-called freedom concept would allow planes to add another row of seats thanks to reversed seating arrangements. The reversed seats would reduce needed width by overlapping shoulders. The only way I would consider something like this is if the price of the ticket were, say, half of what it would normally go for with regular seating. I can't wait for the day that airplanes eliminate seating altogether and just do standing room, you know, like the subway. –Travis Hudson
Airplanes to become even more uncomfortably close [Gearfuse]
