Saturday, October 13, 2007
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Life Size Animated Princess Leia Statue for You to Defile
10:00PM Sean Fallon | This 1.5 metre-tall statue of an animated version of Princess Leia is certainly a unique collectible for any Star Wars fan. However, things can get real weird real fast if you start touching it impurely. So keep your hands to yourself. Available for $US799.99 starting in May 2008. [Entertainment Earth] More »
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Electric Band-Aids for Fast Relief
10:20AM Sean Fallon | Our future cuts and scrapes could heal a lot faster if this HealFast electric Band-Aid concept ever enters the marketplace. Actually, HealFast is specifically designed for patients with diabetes in an attempt to address the chronic ulcers and pressure sores that they often experience. Once applied, an electric charge would generate a very weak field that prevents infection in the surrounding tissue. A far cry from those crappy Pokemon Band-Aids I use now. [Yanko Design] More »
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NEC’s 14-hour Laptop Lasts Until Japan
10:00AM Jason Chen | NEC’s 12-inch VY10A C-4 battery will last you an entire flight across the Pacific thanks to the 14.5 hour battery it’s got on board. With a combination of low-powered components like an ultra-low voltage 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo, a big battery, and not very many spare parts (950 grams total at its lightest), you’re going to be throwing in the towel before it does. The C-4 also has 1GB RAM and a 40GB hard drive, though we wonder how much more time you could get on it if this were a flash-based drive instead of a standard disk. [Akihabara via Electronista] More »
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Miscea Touchless Faucet Magically Spews Out Water, Soap, Who Knows What Else
9:40AM Charlie White | This stainless steel Miscea faucet spares you the agony and grief of actually touching the soap dispenser when you’re washing your hands, and it can also squirt out disinfectant or your choice of other goo, too. More »
Vehicles
One To The Power Of Four Equals Honda Awesomeness
9:20AM Sean Fallon | At this year’s LA auto show, Honda pulled out all the stops in the design category with their One to the Power of Four solar hybrid. The challenge was to design a vehicle that will be on the streets a half century from now, and Honda decided to devote their energy to solving the carpooling dilemma. The car is actually four individually operated vehicles in one, and they can be “instinctively reconfigured” thanks to a blend of gyros, artificial intelligence, and molecular engineering. When combined into a single vehicle, commuters could take advantage of HOV lanes. Carpooling—that’s great. Honda had me with the looks. [Autobloggreen] More »
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Second Life Gets Brain Controls
9:15AM Gizmodo US Edition | A brain-computer interface (BCI) system has been developed by the Keio University Biomedical Engineering Laboratory that allows a Second Life avatar to be controlled simply by a user’s thoughts. By using a electrode-equipped headpiece that receives signals from the brain’s motor cortex which is connected to a EEG machine, the thought- moving data is sent to the BCI system. More »
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Sol Shaver Solar Razor Keeps You Civilised Even in the Wilderness
9:00AM Charlie White | You never know who you may run into when you’re travelling in the wilderness, hiking the long trails and climbing those big mountains, so you really want to be clean-shaven, don’t you? The Sol Shaver Solar Razor solves that problem, never needing any batteries, plugs, or any other of those unfortunate reminders of civilisation. It doesn’t look half bad, either, but that shiny quality will cost you $69. Or you could just let that scraggly beard grow wild, for that grizzled outdoorsy look. Fahgettaboudit. The only people you meet out there will be toothless guys talking about what a purdy mouth you have, anyway. [Eco Friend] More »
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Palm is launching a free cellphone recycling …
8:52AM Adrian Covert | Palm is launching a free mobile phone recycling program, including postage, to prevent toxic phone materials from entering landfills. All phones except their own models (surprise!) will be accepted. [Wireless Info] More »
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Red iPhone? Engadget has what appears to …
8:52AM Brian Lam | Red iPhone? Engadget has what appears to be an AT&T internal product list, with a red iPhone listed on it. The part that sounds fishy? 4GB sizes. Why would Apple bring the now discontinued capacity back? Wouldn’t be the first time Low level AT&T employees have provided questionable Apple facts. But coloured iPhones aren’t such a crazy idea if you think about all those shuffles and nanos. [Engadget] More »
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