Posted in Small Gadgets and Gizmo's on Dec 13th, 2007
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced it has developed the first 32nm technology that supports both analog and digital functionality. The company made its announcement through a paper presented at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting in Washington, DC.
More here at Digitimes
Posted in Small Gadgets and Gizmo's on Dec 6th, 2007
At first glance an apple shaped remote may seem sort of ridiculous (and maybe it is) but there are certainly some interesting features to this concept device by Jason Roebuck. First off, the apple theme is more aesthetically pleasing than a standard remote —especially when arranged on its “bowl” recharging station. In fact, they actually add something to the decor.
The idea is that each member of the household would have their own personal remote, programmed to their tastes. The device could also respond to motion gestures like rotating it left to lower the volume, and rotating it right to raise it. When not in use, the apples can be returned to the bowl for recharging. I don’t know if Sony would actually be into something like this, but I can see how future products could incorporate some of these ideas.
VIA [ Yanko Design ]
Posted in Audio Gizmo's and Gadgets, Small Gadgets and Gizmo's on Nov 12th, 2007
Samsung’s “Chic and Smart Style” line for the Korean market is truly something out of the ordinary. Their brand new speakers pack up only 1 watt of power but the design is totally cool. This picture was taken at the 2007 Korea Electronics Show by the people from [Aving]. Too bad this is not available for the US market. Yet.
Posted in LinuxOS, Small Gadgets and Gizmo's, Wireless Gizmo's and Gadgets on Oct 10th, 2007
Taiwan’s Science and Technology Advisory Group revealed it’s newest creation : an UMPC device based on Linux that has a 2.8 inch VGA touchscreen and WiMax. It’s name is MTube and is powered by a 1Ghz VIA CPU. Fitted inside the small 8.5 x 8.5 x 2cm body is a 8Gb Hard Drive. Unfortunately they could not squeeze a bigger battery and the one that it has will only last about 4 hours. The good news is that this gadget will become available in 2009 so there is still hope for some improvements in that area.
