TechPad - 7 Inch Android Tablet

TechPad 7 Inch Android Internet Tablet is a 7-inch touchscreen tablet for the web, email, media, ebooks, games, etc. TechPad comes installed with convenient applications such as Gmail, Google Maps, Skype, and of course Google Android Marketplace, which is home to almost 100,000 other third-party applications (with top favorites being Twitter, Facebook). It is equipped with Wi-Fi and TV Out.

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Star Trek Pizza Cutter

When we go to a distant galaxy such as NGC 4414 the pizza is probably better being transformed into capsules tho shrink its mass but here on earth we don't need to, so we will need this stainless steel pizza cutter!

This pizza cutter's blade is crafted from laser-etched stainless steel, and the body is made from a durable zinc-alloy chromium plate.

You can get your grubby little hands on the Star Trek Starship Enterprise pizza wheel over at ThinkGeek for $24.99 (USD).

[Via technabob]

Mozilla Seabird Phone - A Community Driven Mobile Phone Concept

Since Mozilla Labs launched the Concept Series with an open call for participation  we’ve had thousands of people join in, share ideas and develop concepts around Firefox, the Mozilla projects and the Open Web as a whole.

Designed by Billy May in early 2009, produced a throw-away concept for an “Open Web Concept Phone”. Working directly off of that community feedback, Billy has since finished the exploration with his concept “Seabird”.

This phone has the following features (if it exists):

• Dual Pico Projectors
• Virtual projected keyboard
• 8MP camera
• Built-in Bluetooth Headset
• Haptic Controller
• Wireless charging

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Lenovo F360 USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Hard Drive

The USB 3.0 is getting integrated into more products. Now, Lenovo is introducing their first portable USB 3.0 hard drive, the F360.

This slim F360 USB hard drive is only 11 mm thick with a brushed metal surface treatment and unique etching process to give it a contemporary look.  It has no screw chassis. The F360 will be a 7200RPM drive and includes a new calibration chip [no info on which one] which guarantees data transfer efficiency, error correction and security to insure your data is always safe, yet accessible.

[Via getusb]

Playstation Android Phone Coming This October?

Sony Ericsson chief Bert Nordberg in talking to GlobalAtlanta hinted that the company has a "big surprise" in store in the next few months. He couldn't say more but is believed to be alluding to the PlayStation phone, a Gingerbread (Android 3.0) device with a large touchscreen and slide-out PSP-style controls. It may arrive as soon as October.

The executive, who was in town to mark the opening of Sony Ericsson's Atlanta office, had mixed opinions on how the Sweden-based company would react to rivals. Competing with RIM would be relatively easy, Nordberg said. The BlackBerry is a "text machine" while Sony Ericsson aims to be an "entertainment machine" taking advantage of its connection to Sony.

On the iPhone, however, Nordberg said he couldn't say much and admitted Apple's device had been a "great success." His firm could compete on the entertainment front, but he didn't expect to upset Apple. Sony Ericsson primarily wants to become the leading Android device maker, he said.

The company has sunk out of the top five phone builders in the world as smartphones have undermined its once-thriving business in basic devices. Android has helped the company turn itself around, but it still faces both shrinking recognition and a lack of presence outside of Europe and Japan.

[electronista]

Vizio 7-inch VMB070 7-Inch Portable TV

This portable tv set has a 7-inch screen that uses Razor  LED edge lit tech for a better image, resolution of 800 x 480 and a 500:1 dynamic contrast ratio. The little screen is rated for 250 nits brightness.

The antenna for the NTSC/ATSC/QAM tuner is integrated into the design and folds down for portability to receive your local digital stations over the air. There’s also a composite video input if you want to connect an external video source such as a DVD player or a video game system, as well as a USB port for viewing photos and using it as a digital picture frame. It doesn't have an HDMI port.

The set is less than an inch thick and has an internal battery good for 3.5 hours of use. The price is $159.99(USD).

[Via technabob]

Communication Prosthesis

When you have a bad day and you need to show people that you are ok and you look smiling, you absolutely need this handy gadget.

This creation or tool is a communication prosthesis, a unique object designed by Sascha Nordmeyer which aims to communicate for its user. The object is a small pliable red circle which conforms to a variety of shapes and is inserted into a user’s mouth. Once installed, the prosthesis holds the mouth open and forms strange expressions. In addition to the device itself, nordmeyer also created this series of photographs featuring various professionals such as a politician, a midwife, a craftsman and an actress wearing the prosthesis.

[Via designboom]

WSG - Wave and Solar Energy Generator: Working Day and Night

If you look at the picture above, this is not a speaker for your ipod nor another type of floor cleaning robot. This is  WSG, or Wave and Solar Energy Generator. This machine was design by Korean designers Seung Woo Jung, Jung Seung Woo, Kim Hyun Jun and Kim Min Jung, who believe that the answer to green energy lies in ocean tides and sunshine. The concept system has been devised to generate renewable electrical energy from ocean tides, waves and sunshine during the day.

During night the device continues to provide power by utilizing only the tides and waves. Electricity generated by the system is transferred to land by underwater cables. During night the system also glows using some of the energy generated by it.

[Via Ecofriend]

Blackberry Tablet Could Be Announced As Early As Next Week

According to The Wall Street Journal RIM is now very close to being ready to introduce its tablet device as early as next week when the company will be holding its Developer Conference in San Francisco.

The device will use the QNX operating system, its only means of connectivity will be WiFi and tethering through a BlackBerry (you won't need a dedicated service plan for the tablet and it won't be sold on contract). WSJ's sources are also saying that RIM will end up migrating all of its phones to QNX OS in the long term.

There is no reliable information yet about the name,BlackPad or Surf Book?

[Via Engadget]

Leica M9 Titanium Limited Edition

This new digital camera with groundbreaking design concepts from the Volkswagen Group, the chief designer and his Audi Design Team is another masterpiece from Leica. The camera trim features leather that is usually used in Audi’s premium automobiles. Other feature includes fingerprint resistant overlays, the handstrap will come in two sizes, and the frame lines will be illuminated by LEDs. And you get a fancy new holster, too, which was designed specifically for this new edition.

If you don't mind to withdraw your saving as much as 22,000 Euros (Approx. 28,000 US$) you can get this camera along with a 35mm Summilux F/1.4 prime lens, a new holster and a lens hood in the box. Hurry up, Leica has made only 500 of these cameras.

[slashgear, dpreview]

Fujifilm X100 Mixes Optical and Electronic Viewfinder in Gorgeous Retro Body

Fujifilm’s retro-fantastic X100 is probably the hottest-looking camera you’ll see this year. Announced at this year’s Photokina tradeshow, the magnesium-clad compact makes it look like Fujifilm took the wish-list of many photographers and made it real.

The first thing you’ll notice is the styling, which looks almost exactly like the rangefinder cameras of the past, right down to the flash being placed where the little bright-line illuminator window would go on, say, a Leica, and the giant viewfinder being placed over to the left (from the user’s point of view).

In fact, the whole camera is laid out like an old-style rangefinder. The shutter-speed is set by turning a dial on the top plate (as it the exposure compensation). The aperture is set by twisting a dial around the lens itself and the on-off switch is a collar a round the shutter-release. In fact, from the product-shots, it appears that the shutter-release is drilled and threaded for a manual cable-release.

Then we get to the lens. The ƒ2 lens is a fixed 23mm, which equates to 35mm on a full-frame camera. This is the classic focal-length for a rangefinder, and coupled with the 12.3MP SLR-sized APS-C sensor, means that you’ll be able to throw backgrounds out of focus, as well as shoot in very low light (the maximum ISO of 6400 will help there, too).

But the real “holy shit” moment comes with the viewfinder. It works just like a normal optical viewfinder, but has a prism stuck in the middle. Light from the scene in front passes straight through to your eye, but off to the side is a tiny 1,440,000 dot LCD screen. When on, the panel can either superimpose camera-info onto the image or – get this – function as a super high-res optical finder. You can switch between modes with a hardware button (it’s the lever on the front)

[wired.com]