Friday, 5 December 2008

JuJups: 3D Printing Service Makes Ornaments In Your Likeness

We’ve seen 3D printing services before, but this one comes with a twist. JuJups, by Singaporean design company Genometri, is offering customized ornaments that should appeal to consumer vanity right in time for Christmas. Through their site you can upload a photo and immortalize yourself in the form of a tacky, three-dimensional bauble for the tree. To add to the humiliation, you’ll be dressed as either Santa, an Angel or an Elf.

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Thursday, 4 December 2008

Sanyo TEL-LAN Phone Warns Of Quakes, Turns Into A Torch.

A clever cordless phone by Sanyo called the TEL-LANW60, is able to relay earthquake announcements made by Japan’s Meteorological Agency, alerting you to serious imminent quakes and helping you through the aftermath by transforming into a flashlight.

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Friday, 21 November 2008

Video: Mercedes myComand Weds iDrive And iPhone

Mercedes-Benz’s brilliant new myComand (their spelling) internet connectivity console was unveiled today at the LA Auto Show and seems like a cross between BMW’s all-in-one vehicle system control unit known as iDrive and the user-friendly, internet-driven iPhone.

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Monday, 27 October 2008

Interplanetary Internet In The Works

Internet co-founder Vint Cerf has revealed plans to create an Interplanetary Internet that will provide astronauts, spacecraft and robotic rovers a permanent, reliable communications network and put and end to the need for costly, tailor-made solutions.

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Friday, 24 October 2008

Europeana: EU Creating Backup Of European Civilization

The European Union is in the process of creating an immense digital backup of European civilization in the form of an online encyclopedia called Europeana. The project aims to digitize the continent’s national libraries, museums and archives and will include books, photos, maps, paintings and films – all accessible worldwide without subscription.

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Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Nikon Unveils Media Port UP: iPod For The Borg

The imaging and optical geniuses at Nikon today announced their development of a multimedia headset called the Media Port UP (very specifically read as individual letters). The device incorporates headphones, a single-eye display, Wi-Fi, mobile media player, decent storage space and battery life and will make a great accessory for that killer Borg look you’ve been working on.

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Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Ponoko Photomake: Create Real 3D Objects From Simple Sketches

Ponoko have developed a great new laser-cutting service called Photomake that lets you transform your drawings into real objects without even leaving the house. The web-based service requires you to upload a clear photo of your drawing for the system to scan, the design will then be laser-cut from a material of your choosing and shipped to your door.

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Wednesday, 3 September 2008

Video: Official Google Chrome Press Presentation

If yesterday’s comic strip explanation of Google’s Chrome browser wasn’t enough for you, here is a video (below) of the official press presentation (52 mins) from their headquarters in Mountain View, California.

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Tuesday, 2 September 2008

Google Launches Open Source “Chrome” Web Browser

Google will today be launching its own open source web browser called “Chrome” after an accidental leak yesterday. A Windows version of the browser will be available in 100 countries at some point today from this site, with a version for Mac and Linux on the way. Google have created a very informative 38-page comic strip that explains, in detail, the ins and outs of the browser and its innovations.

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Thursday, 26 June 2008

Video: ZeeVee’s ZvBox Streams Computer Content To Your TV

Massachusetts based startup, ZeeVee Inc, is getting ready to launch their new ZvBox which simplifies the process of streaming media content from your PC to your television.


The company demonstrated its innovative product at CONNECTIONS 2008, where the guys over at eHomeUpgrade were able to capture some demonstration videos (see below).


The device connects your computer (via VGA) with every TV in your house over existing coaxial cabling. It creates its own RF channel which is picked up by the built-in tuner in your television(s).

The included remote control gives you full access to your computer from your sofa with a built-in trackpad and mouse buttons just like on a notebook computer.

The ZvBox should be available July 31st and is available for pre-order at Amazon for $499.

Source:
eHomeUpgrade