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Friday, August 12, 2011

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

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HTC HD7 with Dev Build of Windows Phone Tango for Sale on Facebook

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 10:46 AM PDT

Windows Phone Tango is thought to be a new version of the Windows Phone OS that will sit between the Mango OS and the original Windows Phone 7. Rumors have the OS as a lower-cost smartphone offering. Right now, there are no smartphones out there running Tango, but you can get your hands on one that is for sale on Facebook of all places.

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Vuzix Debuts Cool Wrap 1200 Video Glasses

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Like the idea of video glasses where you can wear these shades and get a giant virtual screen rather than having to watch on your smartphone or notebook screen. The reality is it’s very hard to not look like a weirdo sitting on an airplane wearing these glasses. Vuzix has unveiled a new set of glasses called the Wrap 1200 that simulate a 75-inch screen.

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35mm Camera Kit Is A Scale Modelers Dream

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 09:46 AM PDT

Ever have fond memories of scale model kits? We do. The heady smell of glue, the maddening precision, and the marvelous process of putting together a machine broken down into small plastic parts. Those days are dead and gone as the fine art remains the predominant preserve of young men. That doesn’t mean unused skills will fade into distant memory. Seen below is a 135 Model camera currently available online for $13. When it’s shipped it comes in an assembly kit.

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Firefox 7 Will Use Up To 50 Percent Less Memory Than Previous Versions

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 07:25 AM PDT

If you have used Firefox for extended periods over the last couple of years you will already be aware that earlier version of Firefox have suffered from memory issues when its been used heavily for extended periods. Mozilla is already aware of this and in recent version tried to tackle the issues with some effect. With huge steps being taken in the right direction with their current version 5.

But with Firefox 7 Mozilla is hoping to crush the memory issues even further, users should see Firefox 7 using less memory than earlier versions, often 20% to 30% less, and sometimes as much as 50% less say Mozilla.

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Kinect “Monkey Business” Wireless Puppet (video)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 07:05 AM PDT

Ralph Kistler and Jan Sieber have teamed up and used a Microsoft Kinect motion controller, a handful of servo’s and a cuddly teddy. To create and interactive installation where users can move in front of a teddy and see it mimic their movements, like a wireless puppet.

First a wired frame skeleton was created and fitted with servo’s controller by the Kinect and a micro controller, the skeleton was then carefully inserted inside the cuddly teddy. Watch the video of how the mechanics were created and the final Monkey Business Interactive Installation in action after the jump.

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Apple Patent Reveals Plans For Projectors In iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 07:00 AM PDT

We have been hearing rumors for a while now that Apple is working to integrate projectors into future iOS devices, and now Patently Apple has discovered a new Apple patent which give us an idea of how Apple plans to integrate projectors in future iOS smartphones and tablets.

The new patent applications was published by the US patent & Trademark office today, and it shows that Apple is also looking to produce a projector accessory for its MacBook range as well as integrating projectors into iOS devices.

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PixelInvaders, Open Source LED Matrix Project (Video)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 06:46 AM PDT

We just got an email from Michael Vogt from PixelInvaders to let us know about his new project, PixelInvaders, which is an open source hardware project for artists, and it is made from 3D RGB LED panels.

The PixelInvaders is capable of playing back real time generated video animations, the video below shows it in action, and multiple panels can be connected together to make larger displays.

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Willow Garage Remove An Arm To Make New PR2 SE Robot More Affordable (video)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 06:35 AM PDT

If you have always want to get your hands on a Willow Garage PR2 Robot but cant quite find the $400,000 in change to place the order. You might be please to know Willow Garage has now unveiled a new and relatively cheaper model called the PR2 SE.

Unfortunately to save on costs and hit the cheaper $285,000 price mark, Willow Garage needed to remove a few components, well an arm to be exact. But don’t worry you can always buy the other arm later on once funds start rolling in.

Even with one arm you can still carry out some amazing tasks, watch a video of the PR2 SE’s bigger brother, all be it with two arms baking cookies after the jump.

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Spire Boat, The Batman Inspired Speed Boat

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 06:25 AM PDT

The Spire Boat is a speed boat which has been designed by Thierry Mugler Studio, and as you can see from the photos below, the Spire Boat has taken some of its design inspiration from the original bat mobile.

The Spire Boat will be presented at the Monaco Yacht Show in September, and it looks like the company behind this crazy looking speedboat have already received some orders for the Spire Boat.

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GameFly Introducing “Unlimited PC Play” Download Service

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 06:21 AM PDT

GameFly who acquired IGN’s Direct2Drive platform just over two months ago has today announced that it will soon be launching a new ”Unlimited PC Play” download service. The new service has been created to enable subscribers to download and enjoy access to over 100 games that are supported on both PC and Mac systems.

GameFly is hoping to Launch a closed beta for the client on September 8 during a Los Angeles event, where attendees will receive a beta code for themselves and a friend. But don’t worry if you don’t live in the LA area as you can still sign-up by jumping over to the GameFly Beta website.

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Bonobo Plywood Bike

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 06:00 AM PDT

A unique bike called the Bonobo has been created by  Polish designer Stanisław Płoski, and has been created using a moulded plywood frame rather than a traditional metal alloy one, that you would expect to see on a mountain bike.

The plywood frame was created by laminating strips of veneer together to create a curved lines of the upper and lower bars of the frame. The flexibility of the plywood frame would  definitely provide a very different ride sensation when compared to a rigid metal welded frame of a framed traditional bike.

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The iPallet Table, A Table For Your iPad

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 05:41 AM PDT

We have featured quite a few different accessories for the iPad here at Geeky Gadgets, but I think this is the first iPad dedicated table we have featured, and it has been made from a combination of reclaimed wood from shipping pallets and glass.

The iPallet Table even comes with its own built in 30 pin dock connector, so you can charge and sync your iPad whilst using the table, and from the photos it looks like it can store two iPads

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Photo Stats iPhone App Creates Infographics From Your Photo Metadata

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 05:22 AM PDT

If you are an avid iPhone photographer a new application has been created that will allow you to view your photo metadata in the form of lovely infographics directly on your iOS device. Photo Stats, is a native iOS app which lets you create cool infographics about how, when and where you have taken photos on iPhone.

Once installed this neat little application will provide you with easy to read graphs of when and when your photos were taken but also provide information on size, exposition, ISO and photo application used to name a few.

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Assassin’s Creed Revelations Multiplayer Beta Launching Exclusively On PS3 Consoles

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 05:03 AM PDT

As of next month if you are lucky enough to own a PlayStation 3 you will be able to enjoy a sneak Beta preview of the new Assassin’s Creed Revelations Multiplayer game. The exclusive Beta will be available to PlayStation Plus and Uplay members and will be available between September 3-8th, after which it will then be opened up to all PS3 owners for Beta testing.

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Investors Want Nintendo To Release Games For iPhone And Android

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 04:56 AM PDT

Nintendo’s latest handheld gaming console hasn’t exactly been a hit with gaming fans, Nintendo recently dropped the price of the console in an attempt to boost sales, but it would appear that this isn’t enough to keep investors in the company happy.

Investors in Nintendo want the company to start developing games for other platforms, which would include Apple’s iOS platform and Google’s Android platform.

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Nokia BH-112 Bluetooth Headset Adds A Little Colour To Your Day

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 04:45 AM PDT

Are you looking for a headset with a little more character? Well Nokia has launched a new range of colourful Bluetooth BH-112 headsets this week that provide a little more character than the mundane black and silver models that flood the market.

The new Nokia BH-112 Bluetooth headsets come in five colours: cyan, magenta, green, black and white, complete with matching earbuds. Using Bluetooth the headsets have been designed to work with any mobile phone and support multipoint connections allowing you to connect the BH-112 headset to more than one phone. i.e your work and personal phone at the same time.

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Samsung Announces New 512GB SSD With 6GBb/s Interface

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 04:36 AM PDT

Samsung has announced a new range of solid state drive (SSD), which support the SATA 3.0 interface and come with data transfer speeds of up to 6GB/s, and the new SSD’s will come in capacities up to 512GB.

These new SSD’s are designed to be used in notebooks and tablets, so we can expect to see them in some of the upcoming devices over the next few months.

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TeamFortress 2 Lego Figures

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 04:26 AM PDT

If you are thinking of dropping in on the Wizard World Comic Con this weekend and in the Chicago area, you might like to keep your eyes pealed for these amazing TeamFortress 2 characters created in Lego by Flickr member Pepa Quin. The detailing on each character is really something special, check out a gallery of the individuals in the team after the jump. Fantastic job Pepa!

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iOS Developers Ask Court To Let Apple Intervene In Lodys Lawsuit

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 04:13 AM PDT

Yesterday we heard that Apple had filed a new motion with the courts in an attempt to intervene in the various lawsuits that have been filed against iOS developers by the company Lodsys.

It isn’t just iOS developers that Lodsys are suing, but also developers of applications for Google’s Android OS, and both Google and Apple have agreements with Lodsys for licensing deals on the patents, so Lodsys have decided to go after individual application developers.

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Macbook Teardown Decal Reveals The Inside Of Your MacBook

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 03:48 AM PDT

If you are a fan of teardowns but don’t fancy taking a screw drive to your own Macbook you can now use these geeky decals to show off the internal components of your MacBook without removing a single screw.

The decals are full colour 1:1 images featuring the back of a 13 inch or 15 inch MacBook without its case. The decals are less than 0.3mm thick once applied and can easily be removed if necessary at a later date without leaving any residue.

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Apple Becomes The Most Valuable Company In The US

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 03:45 AM PDT

Apple has now become the most valuable company in the US, yesterday Apple’s market capitalization overtook the previous leader Exxon Mobile, and Apple stood at the close of business yesterday with a total market cap of $363.69 billion as opposed to Exxon’s $331 billion.

Apple continues to dominate the technology market, and sells some of the most popular technology products in a wide range of sectors from smartphones, tablets and computers.

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Valve Introduces Steam Trading And Exchange Service

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 03:20 AM PDT

Valve has unveiled its new Beta Steam Trading And Exchange Service, which once enabled allows you to trade with other gamers through Group Chat, and trade with anybody in your Friends List who’s also opted in to the new Beta service.

Currently in its Beta version only Team Fortress 2 items and Steam Gifts can currently be traded , but Valve are currently looking at adding more games in the near future. The new service allows you to trade games you've purchased from the store as a gift, or received as an Extra Copy and can be used to trade for other Gifts, or for items within  the Team Fortress 2 game.

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FTC’s Google Probe Now Focusing On Android

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 03:10 AM PDT

Back in April we heard that Google would be subject to an Antitrust investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and now the WSJ is reporting that the investigation will now be focusing on Google’s Android OS as well as other parts of Google’s business.

According to the report FTC lawyers will be looking to find out whether or not Google prevents smartphone manufacturers that us its Android OS from using competitors services.

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Sifteo Cubes Interactive Fun For All Ages (video)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 03:07 AM PDT

Sifteo Cubes, the computerised cubes that interact and are aware of their own and other cubes actions, and we featured back in January are now available to pre-order.

The Sifteo Cubes were showcased at CES earlier this year and consist of 1.5 inch wireless cubes fitted with 128 x 128 resolution LCD screens on one side. They have been designed to interact with each other and are an alternative game system for truly hands-on play. If you have never seen Sifteo Cubes in action before you can see them interact in the video after the jump.

 

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Apple Streamlines Its Fifth Avenue Store Even Further

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 02:39 AM PDT

Apples Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan is already a fantastic feat of engineering being made up of 90 panes of glass to create the transparent glass cube synonymous to Apple.

But Apple being Apple, the design is soon going to be refined even further reducing the number of panes of glass from 90 down to a minimal 15. Removing the need for quite so many connectors. You can compare the old and the proposed new building in the gallery after the break. Below is the architects concept rendering of the proposed new design.

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Fujifilm FinePix F600 EXR Compact Camera Announced

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 02:31 AM PDT

Fujifilm has added another compact camera to its FinePix range with the launch of the Fujifilm FinePix F600 EXR, and it comes with a range of interesting features.

The Fujifilm FinePix F600 EXR comes with built in GPS, plus an augmented reality landmark navigator feature which automatically locates places of interest, and then shows you how far away they are from your current location.

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New USB Specification Could Provide Up To 100 Watts Of Power On A Single USB Cable

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 02:22 AM PDT

Details of a new USB specification have been released that could make the new Thunderbolt connections look a little unpowered at just 10 watts. The USB Promoter Group has announced that the next generation of USB solutions could deliver up to as much as a 100 watts via a single USB cable.

100 watts of power could be used to power larger devices and would be enough to power a LCD monitor, printers or laptops without any trouble at all.  The new standard and been designed to coexist with USB Battery Charging 1.2 specifications, and is claimed to function just as well with old-school USB 2.0 connections as it does with those of the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 variety.

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Logitech Keyboard Case For Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Announced

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 02:16 AM PDT

We have already seen the new Logitech Zagg keyboard case for the iPad 2, Logitech obviously didn’t want to leave Android fans out and have now launched a new keyboard case for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

The Logitech Keyboard case for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and it connects to your Galaxy Tab via Bluetooth, and comes with a micro USB charging port for rechaing the keyboards battery.

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Apple Switches To Samsung For iPad 2 Displays?

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:58 AM PDT

LG has been supplying the displays for the iPad 2, and now it looks like Apple may be switching to Samsung to supply the displays for the iPad 2, as the LG displays have reportedly experienced quality issues.

Samsung already supplies Apple with a wide range of components, and has previously supplied displays to Apple, and Apple is also reported to be looking to get some of the iPad 2 displays from a company called CMI, who has close ties with Apple’s main manufacturer Foxconn.

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Twitter Rolls Out Two New Realtime Activity Streams

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:52 AM PDT

This week Twitter has rolled out a couple of new features to its users that will provide access to realtime activity streams. Enabling Twitter users to be able to view the tweets which are popular within their circle of friends and also see when someone has favorited or retweeted you.

The mentions tab within Twitter has now been replaced with two new streams “Activity” and “@username” (where “username” is replaced by your Twitter username). The @username activity stream shows which of your tweets have become favourites of other users, and which have been retweeted, together with tweets that @mention you and your new followers.

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LG E730 Optimus Sol Android Smartphone Leaked (Video)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:33 AM PDT

It looks like LG is about to add another Android smartphone to their Optimus range with the launch of the LG Optimus Sol, which is apparently a mid range Android smartphone.

The LG Optimus Sol will feature a 3.8 inch AMOLED display, and will come with a 1GHz processor, and will run Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread, plus it will feature LG’s customized Optimus UI, plus a five megapixel camera.

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OnLive Cloud Gaming Arriving In The UK Sept 22nd

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:23 AM PDT

OnLive has today announced that their OnLive Cloud gaming service will be arriving in the UK next month on September 22nd. The Cloud based gaming service enables uses to game on tablets and HDTV’s without the need for an expensive console. The gameplay and processing that is normal carried out locally by the console, is now processed within the cloud, and already allows users to enjoy more than 100 “top tier” game titles.

The service has already been launched in the US for some time and OnLive has already partnered with a number of big game developers such as Ubisoft, THQ and Square Enix to bring block buster games to the service, such as Assassin’s Creed, Homefront and Batman: Arkham Asylum.

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Intel Launches $300 Million Ultrabook Fund

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:12 AM PDT

We have already seen a number of the new Ultrabook notebooks from a couple of different manufacturers, and Intel is obviously taking the new platform seriously as they have announced a new $300 million Ultrabook Fund.

The Ultrabook Fund will be used to fund new technologies for the Ultrabook platform and Intel will be investing the money in companies who will be developing new features, software and hardware for the platform.

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HP TouchPad Price Dropped To $399 Permanently

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 12:36 AM PDT

Recently HP announced that they would drop the price of the HP TouchPad, their first webOS tablet by $50, then last weekend they announced that they would be offering the 16GB model for $399 for the weekend only, a drop of $100 off the original price.

HP must have had some good sales over the weekend and the reduced price as they have now announced that the HP TouchPad price drop is permanent and the 16GB model will now retail for $399.

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HTC To Bring Beats Audio To HTC Smartphones

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 12:24 AM PDT

HTC has announced a major new partnership with Beats Electronics, the company that produces Beats Audio for HP laptops and the popular Beats by Dre headphones.

The deal is rumored to be worth around $300 million, and HTC is expected to announce more details tomorrow at a special press conference, they have released the following statement.

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Gizmodo’s Jason Chen Wont Be Charged In iPhone 4 Prototype Case

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 12:14 AM PDT

Most of our readers will remember the story of the iPhone 4 prototype from last year which was left in a bar and found by two individuals who then sold the iPhone 4 prototype to Gizmodo.

The police end up raiding Gizmodo Editor, Jason Chen’s house after Gizmodo returned the iPhone 4 to Apple, and they seized his computers, now the District Attorney who is dealing with the case has announced that Jason Chen won’t be prosecuted in the iPhone 4 case, Gizmodo has now released a statement which you can see below.

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Motorla Kore Wont Be A Tablet, Instead Some Workout Headphones

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 11:49 PM PDT

The other day we mentioned that Motorola had registered the domain name motorolakore.com, which was rumored to be for a new Android tablet, unfortunately it looks like the domain name is for something far less exciting.

According to the guys over at Fusible, Motorola is launching a new product called the Motorola Kore, and they have discovered the trademark filing, which shows what the domain is intended for.

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Newly Developed Poison And Drug Detector Could Save You From Spiked Drinks

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 11:21 PM PDT

If you happen to be in a line of work where poisoning people’s beverages is common practice, this bit of news is very interesting. A team of faculty members at Tel Aviv University have developed a small and still unnamed gadget that detects chemicals in alcoholic beverages. It’s intended use is pretty specific for now, being a detector of either GHB or ketamine that are often used during rave parties.

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