Posted on 2007 under Storage, Miscellaneous, Computers |
5
Sep
The Braille CD-R is a great idea from Mitsubishi. It allows blind people to know which CD they are holding and in turn, makes it easier to find the music that is wanted. The Braille bumps are created from high viscosity ink which has a height of 0.1mm from the surface of the CD. This is small enough to not get jammed in the drive, but large enough to be able to feel the Braille marks on the disc. The technology is currently compatible on CDRs and it shouldnt be a problem to port the bumps to DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs also.
I am surprised that this wasnt thought of long ago with CD just hitting its 25th birthday recently.
Who needs new and slick when you can have old and wooden? The Shadow hard drive from Suissa is a beautifully-made wooden 750GB external hard drive that faintly resembles something your grandmother would store jewelery in. Compatible with any computer, the inappropriately-named Shadow has four USB 2.0 ports that are prominently visible on the front of the drive and is made out of sustainable, harvested maple. Read more… »
Posted on 2007 under Gadget, Computers |
19
Aug
German researchers are the ones that discovered a new source of energy. Using body heat to power up your favorite gadgets would be a good replacement to battery chargers. But, it is not that powerful yet and for now only small things can run on its energy yet.
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Remember those old Bluetooth laser keyboards from a few years back that projected a laser image on the desk that you could type on? Celluon’s releasing a new version of that old device, but this time it’s connected over USB instead of Bluetooth. Still compatible with Windows Mobiles, Palm OS, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows 2000/XP/Vista though. Of course, you’re still typing onto a desk without any kind of “give,” which means painful fingers just like the old version.
Source: AVING via Gearlog
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