This stun gun, dubbed the small fry, could easily pass for a wallet in a dark alley. I’d imagine it could be used in a mugging where instead of handing over your wallet, you hand over 1,000,000 volts.
It manages both its tiny size (its the smallest on the market) with its powerful punch (the company claims the highest volts of any comparable system) by losing the 9v batteries that most tasers use for what I’d guess is a nicad or lithium battery. That also means you can recharge the little bugger. Not bad for $80. I wonder if there’s a way to turn an old iPod’s lipoly battery into something like this with a capacitor? [PersonalSecurity via Red Ferret]
Philips just announced their upcoming Power2Charge and Power2Go chargers as part of their Power4Life line, a naming convention that’s a Little2Precious. In any case, the USB chargers, including the flagship SCM7880 (pictured), holds up to 60 hours of juice inside and then charges up your phone, MP3 player, or whatever else you have that needs charging. It’s got an LED indicator on the front that’ll let you know how much juice is left, and it has six connector tips to hook up to your various toys. It’s due to hit Europe this December, with no word on a Stateside release. [Philips]
If you’re looking to make your apartment look as creepy as possible, you can’t do much better than nailing a dead bird to your wall, hanging a clock around its neck, and calling it art. That’s just what designer Michael Sans did, and it’s why he presumably lives a solitary life. No, you can’t buy one, as he only made one and it isn’t for sale. You don’t need me to tell you how to make your own, you creepball. [Watchismo Times via Product Dose]
Most of this season’s Blu-ray players, including the BDP7100, have the same general upgrades:
•1080/24 frame support for movies •HDMI 1.3 •Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD audio.
So, I wouldn’t call this segment of the industry “competive”. What extras should these guys include to make us choose their player over another? I’d say LG and Samsung are on track with their dual format players. And Toshiba has made good news out of the fact that they have quality upscalers in their HD DVD boxes.
What else? [yahoo!]
Here’s a unique idea: Sleek Audio just rolled out its SA6 earphones with interchangeable parts that can either accentuate the highs or lows according to your whim. Called the VQ System, you’re offered a choice of three small attachments to the earbuds that regulate the amount of treble you’ll hear. On the other side of each earpiece, there’s a choice of three interchangeable bass ports that can either smack you upside the head with some big booming bass, or physically roll off the lows according to your preference. In fact, just about every part of these unique earphones is replaceable.
Today at IFA, Daewoo tried to make its unexpected foray in the Blu-ray market count for something by launching the first Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player, the DBP-1000. Basically Profile 2.0 means it supports all of 1.1′s specs (like picture-in-picture) and adds web functionality (aka BD-Live). More mundanely, it supports 1080p via HDMI and upscales DVD and JPEGs to full HD resolution. No price or street date yet, but we know we like the shiny blue shell. [The Register]
Joe Brown at Wired got the first US Spec’d Nokia N95 superphone and confirms that the update smooths away the primary flaws. HSDPA now works with US bands, tested to download at 699Kbps on AT&T’s network. Bumping the 128MB of RAM to 160MB takes away all traces of lag, too.
It still has the A-GPS, maps, the 5MP Carl Zeiss camera, and all the other goodies. Yet, photos are not quite as good as the ones on the old one, and at the risk of being unfair, it still lacks a QWERTY still. (By design or not, when a phone has this many functions, you don’t want to deal with T9.) This means two things: It is finally a real iPhone competitor…again? And B) the American who bought the first edition of the N95 less than 6 months ago just got screwed big time. Your loyalty has just been punished. [Wired]
Here are the first shots of the Zune 2 and Zune Flash. The images reveal an 80GB version and a 4 and 8GB flash model.
Not sure what’s going on with that interesting controller, but it looks like a real button, but is just wide enough that it may have touch-sensitive properties. These photos came from a source who cites marketing materials, likely from the retail channel, but were confirmed by a second source as well. Does that mean they’re final? I don’t know. If I were Microsoft, I might seed the internet with mockups as to confuse. Oh how I love counterintelligence measures. So take them with a grain of salt, confirmed as something, but still unofficial.
So…what do you guys and gals think?[Thanks Tipsters]
The only thing better than watching DivX on TV with a DVD player is watching DivX on TV with a TV that supported DivX. This LG Time Machine line can both play back and record to DivX to its 80GB hard drive, and comes in 37, 42 and 47 inches. Although DivX is great for the downloading crew, it’s iffy that it’ll be a feature the average person can get behind unless presented in a way that shows them how many more hours they can have on their DVR in DivX format. [Electronista]
Nerd hunk on desk vs. Nerd hunk on desk. Which would you do? [Boing Boing]
