If you are an avid golfer and are looking to improve your club selection a little more using the latest technology, you might be interested in a new wrist deveice unveiled by Garmin today, in the form of the Garmin Approach S2.
The Garmin Approach S2 watch has been packed with the data on 30,000 golf courses worldwide out of the box, and includes extensive measurement features and a digital scorecard.
Chinese device maker Aocos has this week unveiled a new addition to their range of products with the unveiling of a transformer style tablet, in the form of the PX102 tablet.
The new Aocos PX102 will start shipping in China, very soon priced at around $209, and comes equipped with a 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel IPS display, and comes with a keyboard which also acts as a protective cover for the screen when not in use.
There has been a lot of discussion this year about how 3D printers are being targeted directly at individual consumers. Words like “affordable” and “inexpensive” have been tossed around a lot. The MakerBot Replicator 2, for example, is $2000 — not exactly cheap but a few years ago you’d be hard pressed to find any kind of sophisticated 3D printer for under $5000. The rhetoric may be getting a little bit ahead of itself though, because while $2000 marks a notable price reduction it’s still out of the reach of most hobbyists.
That’s where Portabee comes in. Its aim is not to be the most amazing 3D printer on the market. It might not even win any awards, but its stated case is that none of that matters if people are unable to buy it. At just $480 plus shipping, it is less expensive than many computers yet it can still perform the basic functions that a novice 3D printing enthusiast needs.
Its limitations include the ability to use only one color material at a time, and it can only print things as big as an average mug. In addition, it doesn’t have a fancy interface — it’s meant to be a basic tool that can build your creations as cost-effectively as possible.
One differentiating factor, though, is that it it completely portable. It weighs just 6.2 pounds and can be folded down to fit inside the included carrying case. It claims to be the first “portable 3D printer in the world.” It uses PLA and ABS plastic materials, which are pretty standard for 3D printing. It is compatible with SD cards for loading up print jobs. It takes about three weeks to ship and can be purchased in the link below.
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If you have ever taken one of those classes in college that aims to, for example, teach you “physics as related to popular movies,” then you’ve already experienced what “fun education” is supposed to be like. Now, with a Kickstarter campaign that already reached its funding goal, educational company Puzzlebox aims to give everyone the chance to own a toy helicopter you control with your brain, and learn something along the way.
Rather than teaching you how Spider-Man should actually be able to swing around New York like in that college course, Puzzlebox includes educational hardware and software guides with each helicopter. Dubbed the Puzzlebox Orbit, the goal of the toy is to not only make you feel like you have telekinetic powers, but to learn something about building and customizing your own hardware and software.
Puzzlebox aims to release lessons on how brain-controlled devices actually work, as well as how infrared signals can pilot the helicopter. With the Puzzlebox Orbit, Puzzlebox is testing their hypothesis that this kind of product can not only be a successful educational tool, but be commercially viable. Now that the project has hit its goal, Puzzlebox will freely release and distribute all of the material related to the Orbit, such as hardware schematics and source code.
The Orbit is a toy helicopter encased in a protective orb, in order to prevent the toy’s blades from bumping into objects it might fly into. Puzzlebox notes that while RC helicopters have a reputation for being fragile, their Orbit has survived multiple falls and crashes throughout the testing process.
Puzzlebox is offering two models of brain-controlled helicopter — one that can be controlled with smartphones and tablets, and one self-contained unit that comes with the pyramid stand pictured above. The units are controlled via a NeuroSky MindWave Mobile EEG headset, but simply use a different base of communications — a mobile device or the pyramid. The Orbit receives infrared signals from either communications base, but the pyramid station is capable of sending out infrared signals that can be programmed to control other IR-based toys, or even a television.
Now, your brain can’t tell the helicopter to fly in complicated aerial patterns. However, different patterns — such as hovering, or flying across a room — can be set to specific mental states that are measured by the headset. Once the specific mental state is maintained, the signal is sent off to the helicopter, and the Orbit flies in the appropriate pattern.
Though the project has already met its minimum funding goal of $10,000, there are still 16 days left to back the project, and some neat rewards for doing so. A small pledge of $10 will get your name added to a list of sponsors included on the website and within the software, whereas a pledge of $149 will net you an Orbit system along with NeuroSky headset.
If you want to back the project, or are simply interested in learning more, head on over to the Kickstarter page before the funding phase is over in a couple weeks.
Have you ever wanted to do survelience on your friends, neighbors, enemies, or that sketchy-looking house down the street? Have you ever wanted a drone of your own? Well Lehmann Aviation's LA100 might be your chance if you can spare the scratch.
Unlike other RC "drones" that require you to fly them, the LA100 is completely autonomous and carries out pre-programmed flight paths of up to five minutes, reaching heights of up to 330 feet with no need for real-time control; it's a real UAV. And when it comes to taking pictures, the LA100 goes all out with a mounted GoPro Hero 3. All you have to do is program the flight path, take it out for launch, wait for it to finish its flight, and check out the footage.
What's the catch? It's a little expensive. It comes out in December for the low, low price of $1280 ( 990). It's not cheap, but really, what more could you ask of your own personal drone? Maybe firepower, but I think I speak for all of us when I say "oh god no please god no, no no no." [Lehmann Aviation via Gizmag via Ubergizmo]
New Potato Technologies has created a fantastic and very unique iPad gaming case which has been designed to convert your iPad into a miniature Foosball Table. Allowing you to enjoy all the fun, but given a fraction of the space required for a full size Foosball Table.
The iPad Foosball Table is equipped with 8 two-axis control rods and can support up to 4 players, even though it might be a little cramped around the table.
Anyone who knows me will know that I am prone to odd power nap now and then, but these little power ups can be messy affairs with drinks and stuff on your desk. However, this handy Ostrich Pillow gives the power napper a little bit of privacy and comfort all at the same time. It is not on sale just yet as the team behind the Ostrich Pillow are currently looking at raising funds through the crowd funding site Kickstarter.
These are the details for the very interesting if not strange Ostrich Pillow;
OSTRICH PILLOW is a revolutionary new product to enable easy power naps anytime, everywhere, OSTRICH PILLOW's unique design offers a micro environment in which to take a cosy and comfortable power nap at ease. OSTRICH PILLOW has been designed to allow you to create a little private space within a public one, to relax and unwind. Its soothing soft interior shelters and isolates your head and hands (mind and body) for a short break, without needing to leave your desk, chair, bench or wherever you may be.
Backers on Kickstarter will be able to get their hands on one of the first Ostrich Pillows by pledging just $75 in the US or 47 in the UK.
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The winter weather will soon be upon us and that means gloves, but have you tried using a phone while wearing gloves? Well it is not easy and yet the solution to this problem is in fact a pair of gloves! These are of course specially designed gloves, that have a Bluetooth connection and built in microphone and speaker. However, none the less these are hi-Call gloves that allow you to use the phone in the cold.
These are the features and details for the very useful hi-Call Bluetooth connected glove;
Bluetooth talking glove! hi-Call is a Bluetooth glove that allows you to talk through your hand. The left glove has a speaker and a microphone sewed into thumb and pinkie, in order to speak to the phone, while protecting from cold. A pair of warm gloves, perfect for every sport, from skiing to running, with hi-Call you can control the touch screen of your smart phone thanks to the capacitive technology.
The Hi-Call Bluetooth glove is priced at 40 in the UK and $64 in the US
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Let us face it, some guy's rooms can be a bit whiffy and that is actually being kind! However, common fellas is not a good thing and the girls just do not like it either, what they do like is the smell of a european sports car, hunting lodge or in some cases a distillery! Lucky for you there are these room sprays from Archer that mimic those scents, they are a bit expensive but what can you do at such short notice?
These Archer room sprays come in three cool and interesting varieties;
distillery – charred oak, sour mash and enough bourbon to kill an elephant. warm and inviting, but what isn’t at 80 proof?
hunting lodge – hearth stone, gun powder and damp timber. it smells just like it did 120 years ago, because it hasn’t changed in 120 years. other than the flat screen and microwave.
european sports car – worn leather, excessive horsepower and a hint of aftershave. bold, handsome and perhaps a little over confident at 140 mph.
This cool man style room spray is priced at 9 per can in the UK or $14 in the US
Source [Cool Material]
Many companies do their best to create a miniature mouse. This mouse can be used with a laptop and it will not take up much space. It is believed, that the laptop mouse is not needed. Maybe, but when you work with him, hands automatically will search familiar device. To solve this problem, the concept was developed by CD-mouse flat transformer. The idea is very simple: the device can make a perfectly flat shape, and then the device is ideally placed in the CD-ROM. And when you need a fully functional mouse, you can lay it on the principle of origami. Interesting!
Designer: Taewon Hwang
Future of technology
Logitech Touch Mouse M600
Functional Mouse Designs by Eclipse
Future technology gadgets
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This little accessory can cost you below $10 nevertheless it will amplify the sound generated from the speakers on the iPhone 4/4S without additional wires or cables.Depending upon only acoustics, the Wireless Ground amplifier adds an added 12 decibels of sound pressure on your iPhone’s speakers, perfect for use once you have friends over or maybe you should enhance the level of a speakerphone call.
The particular long-awaited and far over-blown TomTom Car Set became a fairly good merchandise, and definitely an exceptionally equipped satellite navigation gadget. Along with the actual TomTom i phone practical application, a great (if fairly pricey) routing solution.
Discuss killing a pair of chickens using a single stone… That is a speaker process as well as iPhone case that basically produces pretty respectable audio. It’s not only to have an iPhone, and can work together with any Mp3 music player you’d want to toss advertising.
We’ve seen your scene in the movie (Click the link to see the idea if you haven’t yet#. Loki trips Tony Stark’s sleep pad and they chat. Tony can be behind his or her bar serving a drink, needless to say. He surreptitiously actually reaches down and puts in two Power Artists - and then has a awesome line with regards to avenging the Earth #get the idea?). Ok, therefore, did you know that the actual Power Bands are real? Yup, and that we got‘em! Delivering the Avengers “Iron Man” MAGTITAN NEO Tale Power Band!
