The new Sony DSC-P150 camera has an image resolution of 3072 x 2304 pixels. This degree of image quality confers a status of near-professional quality. When combined with its compact design, the product looks like a winner.

With an MSX-1G memory stick you can also record about 12 minutes of 640 x 480 video [...]

The Book Machine is an automated device that can produce a bound soft-cover, standard-format book on demand within about 3 to 5 minutes.

The user-selected book content is downloaded by satellite, made print-ready and rendered via laser printer. Payment is via credit card.
Seems like a good idea. The books that I typically buy [...]

Shape of a Song is a Java app that reads MIDI files, and then draws a pictoral representation of that song.

The diagrams display musical form as a sequence of translucent arches. Each arch connects two repeated, identical passages of a composition. By using repeated passages as signposts, the diagram illustrates the deep structure of the [...]

Artificial Development is a research company specializing in artificial intelligence, based in Palo Alto, CA. They have just built the largest neural network ever created.
The neural network, called CCortex, runs on a high-performance, parallel supercomputer, a Linux cluster with up to 500 nodes and 1,000 processors, 1 terabyte of RAM, and 200 terabytes of [...]

The Qualia 004 SXRD video projector is Sony’s entry into the high-end multimedia projector market. At a price of about $30,000, it certainly seems to qualify for that market segment.

In one of the most detailed reviews that I have seen, Thomas J. Norton of UltimateAVMag.com describes a 10-day encounter with a Sony Qualia 004 [...]

24th Century Interior Design offers a number of designs for your home, inspired by themes from science fiction, such as Star Trek.

Definitely not cheap, but it’s ultra-cool.

A very interesting book for Gadgetmaniacs like us. The explanion below is taken from the book’s website.
“Our current body of scientific knowledge, known as Standard Theory, is a patchwork of ideas handed down from a much simpler time. These ideas have survived, not because they give us a deep understanding of our world, but because [...]

New Porsche Design multi-function knife/toolset.

15 tools, including - Needle-nose pliers & wire cutter.
Detachable set of 6 screwdriver bits.
Tire tread gauge.
Metal file & saw.

Sony today announced some Qualia-branded earbud-style earphones to be called the MDR-EXQ1. These are the earphones from the previously-released minidisk player Sony Qualia 017..see this announcement.
The brass housing, gold-plating and high-energy neodymium magnets support an output of 101dB/mW at a frequency response of 5Hz - 24kHz.