Gizmodo: Hospitals and germ freaks rejoice! English tech company Inov8 (sounds a bit ravey, doesn’t it?) has come up with the Air Disinfection unit, or AD. It recreates fresh air, which is a key factor in killing microbes, without the need for opening a window in the operating theater. Any surgeons or hospital staff reading, that was a joke, by […]
Fresh Air
Rugged Laptop
Crave: Mobile computing can be a haphazard business, and new notebooks from General Dynamics and Panasonic give their owners permission to drop them (from a reasonable distance) as often as they like. General Dynamics’ GoBook MR-1 claims to be the smallest fully rugged ultramobile PC, and it may very well be. It weighs 2 pounds, and is about the size […]
Driving Ability
Iconoculture: Kids with disabilities who can’t maneuver joysticks don’t have to miss out on the fun of radio-control cars. Dream-Racer builds technology that enables kids to “drive” the cars using simple body movements instead of joysticks. The prototype baseball cap, built for a child paralyzed in an auto accident, helps him steer the car with his head. Gloves and shoes […]
Solar Lighter
Gizmodo.com: If you are an adventurous animal then lemme give you some dope on the solar powered lighter. Now if I have set you to wonderland as to why is this a key object for the adventurous, then the answer is cause it works for the people that go camping and run out of matches or gas on the lighter. […]
Appetizing USB Ports
Popgadget: The upcoming bread series in Vavolo’s Freshy Baked USB Drive lineup is pretty cute. Soon to be available in 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, and 2GB capacities (prices unknown), these cross-platform thumb drives are encased in housings made to look like the following baked goods: hot dog, french bread, hamburger, pizza, sandwich, and the oddly specific raisin challah bread. Very cute, […]
Freeing up Your Hand
Popgadet: If you’re in the market for a new pair of headphones and don’t mind looking foolish or being stared at by strangers, you may be interested to know that the iWalk will be available in a week or two. For about $60, you can slip a first- or second-generation iPod nano into the iWalk’s dedicated slot and take a […]
PumpOne iPod
Popgadget: The clever folks at PumpOne noticed that a lot of people work out with their iPods, so they’ve designed workout programs that play on any model that displays images. (I may have to finally upgrade my second gen ipod, circa 2003!) It also works on nanos, Zunes and smartphones with memory and color screens. The programs have names such […]
Driving Emoticons
Gizmodiva.com: In this day and age, smileys and emoticons play a vital part in our messaging or email lingo! I can’t complete a simple message or mail without the use of these shortcuts to exhibit my thoughts. And here comes the Drivemocion, one more mode to illustrate my inner thoughts. I think at some point in life, all of us […]
Digital Cookbook
Cool Hunting: You might have heard, but soon there will no longer be a need to risk your laptop in precarious situations in the kitchen. Modeled after a spatula, coo.boo is a digital cookbook that fits into the kitchen environment better than any laptop or printed cookbook. Recipes stored on the user’s computer are automatically synchronized through a wireless docking […]
Central Fridge
BornRich: If cooking is one of your hobbies, but you think it devoid you of all the entertainment at times, then Whirlpool brings you all the entertainment your way, right in your kitchen with the new Whirlpool’s Centralpark Connection. This new interchangeable interface allows you to interact with a wide variety of electronic devices through your refrigerator door. So, you […]