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We’ve got a few more stories that we just haven’t had time to write up. These cool concept designs for Hitachi camcorders is just one of these…
So yes, Hitachi had some funky styles on show for possible future video cameras. All sticking around their idea of disc-based recording, though these HD concepts are more likely to have Blu-ray inside — with more capacity than a full DVD on its 8cm discs.
Reps told us the camera above has received a great reaction, and if anything goes from raw concept to reality down the line, this could be it. Could. Not will…
Another concept design after the jump.
Everyone was talking late last week about Harry McCracken and his resignation from PC World due to a breach of the editorial/advertising wall. The story, in short, was that Harry wanted to run something called “10 Things We Hate About Apple”, and the CEO didn’t, because of possibly upsetting advertisers (namely, Apple). Well, PC World ran the story today anyway.
After reading it, we wondered if this was the actual story Harry resigned over—it’s quite tame. Complaints about Apple being really secretive, the “i” monicker, lack of Blu-ray, mis-managed hardware like the Puck Mouse or the Toilet Seat iBook, lack of gaming and limited selection has been said and re-said for years. What gives? Was the story de-fanged?
Just when you thought they couldn’t cram any more features into their Harmony 1000, the folks at Logitech are planning to give their uber remote a trio of features that’ll include speech recognition, biometric security and a built-in search function.
The news came straight from Logitech’s reps, who confirmed that their next Harmonies will use IBM’s ViaVoice recognition software so that you’ll be able to change channels by barking out commands. It gets better though.
The EnergyPod by Metronaps promises to “improve employee morale while boosting the bottom line” by encouraging powernapping at work. It’s basically a jazzed-up recliner with a blast shield that provides a “semi-private acoustical and visual environment.” When it’s time to wake up after 20 minutes the chair starts buzzing and beating your face with lights. Gently, of course. Not so gentle is the price: $8000.
Personally, I found face-planting on my desk during class in high school to be a fairly effective way to powernap. And by powernap, I mean sleep through the entire period. Which is pretty much how my powernaps at Giz work. – Matt Buchanan
Product Page [via Geeksugar via UberGizmo]
Everyone knows you shouldn’t have a safe that looks like a safe. The robbers will know exactly where your valuables are and will focus on cracking it. What you need is a good hiding spot. Sure, you could hide your valuables in some poop-stained tighty-whiteys, but, well, gross.
This wall clock tells the time and also hides your goods. Unless the person robbing you is really desperate for a new timepiece, they won’t touch the clock. Unless they’ve read this, in which case, whoops, our bad. –Adam Frucci
Rumor has it HP’s going to be releasing something very cool in the world of laptops this fall. By combining Voodoo’s water-cooling, which you’ve mostly seen in desktops so far (save for a couple units here and there), HP is going to create a water-cooled laptop, which has no fans and gets eight hours of battery life.
In the French business magazine L’Expansion, the CTO confirms that the laptops will probably under the HP brand and not the Voodoo brand, even though it’s got Voodoo parts inside. If this can get laptops to last longer and not scorch our thighs like Anakin Skywalker at the end of movie #3, then we’re all for it. – Jason Chen
[HP to launch water-cooled fanless notebooks this Fall [Uberpulse]
Some information has been leaked about the third generation of Samsung’s U-series of small form factor MP3 players. The U3 has that “pack of gum” look and will be available in 1GB, 2GB and 4GB capacities. It also has a one-inch OLED display, RDS tuner, 15-hour battery life and support for MP3, WMA and Ogg (!!). Not too shabby, and I’m a sucker for a pretty OLED display. –Travis Hudson
A First Look at the Samsung YP-U3 [dapreview]
With the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 both having third party cooling systems, Nintendo’s Wii was feeling a bit left out. After all, didn’t it get hot as well? Fear not, Wiis, as a no-name Chinese company has released an add-on cooler for you, too.
The cooler is powered by the Wii’s USB ports, which means there’s no AC adapter and it will run “without noise.” Best of all (if there is a best of all), there’s a pass-through USB port so you won’t have to lose one of your precious ports that you could use for charging up your Wiimotes. We gotta hand it to them for the product shot as well. The blood red is a nice touch. They even went to the trouble of Photoshopping it onto the red. Lucky? We’re lucky if our eyes don’t explode. – Jason Chen
Product Page [Firstsing via Crunchgear]
