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Archive for May, 2005

Ice Cream Security System

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

Ben & Jerry’s Euphori-Lock has been around for a few years now, but is making the rounds again thx to a mention in Popgadget.
The device, which is intended to safeguard your ice cream from poachers, is a combination lock that fits over your pint container.
Ben & Jerry’s Euphori-Lock

Wizpac MP3 Player

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

The unremarkably-spec’d and oddly-designed and unfortunately-named Wizpac is an MP3 player disguised as a slider phone. Up to 1GB of memory with a 128×64 pixel two color OLED display. Panko Technologies Wizpac Specifications

Mosquito Update

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

Today’s Wall Street Journal has a small piece on mosquito & bug repellents. The article states that CDC-approved mosquito repellents now include DEET, picaridin and oil of lemon eucalyptus … all of which are to be used topically. As an alternative to the use of DEET, the piece makes note of [...]

Card Cameras

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

A recent issue of the New York Times compares 6 new slim-profile digital cameras: the Canon PowerShot SD400, Casio Exilim EX-S100, Fujifilm Finepix Z1, Nikon S1, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T33 and Cyber-shot DSC-T7. These are mostly 5-Megapixel devices less than 0.8 inches thick and with 2 - 2.5 inch LCD screens and 3x optical zoom. [...]

More on Cell

Monday, May 30th, 2005

The cover story of the May issue of Nikkei Electronics Asia is devoted to the Cell microprocessor from STI. The article provides a good summary of the capabilities of the Cell processor, and positions the chip at the center of the emergence of consumer electronics as the key technology driver for the electronics industry [...]

A Better Brain

Sunday, May 29th, 2005

Self-help guides abound and are on a variety of topics , but there do not seem to be many credible ones around that purport to help your wetware. In this vein, New Scientist has assembled an eleven step program intended to improve your brain. Some of the items put forth by New [...]

Genetic Savings and Clone Inc

Saturday, May 28th, 2005

Genetic Savings & Clone, the only company in the world selling cloned cats, has announced a 36% fee reduction … thereby bringing their price for replicating your feline down to a more reasonable $32,000. Too-cleverly-named GSC plans to expand their product line later this year by also offering dog cloning services . GSC [...]

PalmOne LifeDrive Reviewed

Friday, May 20th, 2005

The palmOne LifeDrive Mobile Manager has just been reviewed by the New York Times. They liked almost everything about the device including the ‘gorgeous’ screen, the connectivity and synchronization features, email support, the mini-browser and the handwriting-recognition system. On the down side, the reviewer was disappointed by the 6-second delays that occur when [...]

Dress for Success

Friday, May 20th, 2005

The journal Nature is reporting that the wearing of red clothing enhances one’s chances of winning a sporting event. The article states that, in Olympic wrestling events, those donning red won 55% of the time. The effect also seems to be true for soccer and other sports. The authors speculate that red may [...]

Sony vs. Microsoft vs. Nintendo

Thursday, May 19th, 2005

Fortune Magazine has a piece about the new game consoles from Sony Microsoft and Nintendo and the upcoming video game wars, as well as some observations and predictions. To sum up the article, the author is betting on Sony’s PS3 with its Cell processor to be the “dominant game platform for the coming generation”. [...]