Sega robo-cat will meow, won’t catch mice
A Sega Toys employee pets the new robot cat "Yume-Neko Venus" in Tokyo Wednesday.
(Credit: AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
Some will call it cute, others will surely call it creepy. We’ll reserve final judgment until we see how it feels when Sega Toys’ new “Yume-Neko Venus,” or “…
Five new Wi-Fi radios from Grace Digital Audio
The Grace ITC-IR1000B Wi-Fi radio wound up being one of our favorite surprise products on the year. We weren’t familiar with Grace before testing this radio, but its solid mix of design, features, and sound quality made us fans, and it stacked up well in our Wi-Fi radio roundup.
The company has announced five new Wi-Fi radios coming out this winter, ranging from a second-generation version of the ITC-IR1000B to new products like the portable GDI-IRP600. Here’s the full rundown.
Grace GDI-IR1000
Key features of the Grace GDI-IR1000:
- Wi-Fi radio capable of tuning to thousands of free Internet radio stations
- Manage stations with the Reciva Radio Portal
- 802.11g wireless
- Supports WPA and WPA2
- No PC required
- Alarm functionality
- Supports Pandora, Sirius, and MP3tunes
- Streams MP3s, WMA, AAC and WAV files from a PC
- Available February 1, with a $180 MSRP
Grace GDI-IR3020
Key step-up features of the Grace GDI-IR2000:
- Remote control
- Auxiliary audio input
- Available February 1, with a $200 MSRP
Key step-up features of the Grace GDI-IR3000:
- Alarm clock-style form factor
- Available March 15, with a $200 MSRP
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Angelis Labor turntable: Four arms are better than one
(Credit: Angelis Labor)The Angelis Labor Gabriel turntable is a sight to behold with its impeccable blend of bronze, aluminum, and stainless steel finish. But its most striking feature are its tonearms flanking the vinyl table; you can attach up to four! These are supposedly decoupled from the rest of …
XDepth Raw Converter up for grabs–and free
Trellis Management has announced the availability of the XDepth Raw Converter for Windows, available free of charge for both personal and professional use. The XDepth Raw Converter is a RAW development and 48-bit image-processing software tool that features the proprietary XDepth RAW image compression technology.
The XDepth Raw file format …
'Mobiles may replace laptops soon' – Times of India
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'Mobiles may replace laptops soon'
Times of India, India - Anyone would be able to make a PowerPoint presentation on their mobile phone and send it in few seconds. "I think the day is not far when laptops will be … |
LaCie flaunts colorful new flatware
These tangle-free LaCie Flat Cables must work because they managed to slip by our sticky fingers at the time of their release back in early December ’08. LaCie makes these multicolored neon cords in a variety of interfaces, including:
- USB A to B
- USB A to Mini B
- USB A male to A female
- FireWire 400 to FireWire 400
- FireWire 400 to FireWire 800
- FireWire 800 to FireWire 800
- eSATA to eSATA
A French design firm enlisted by LaCie came up with the flat strip shape that neatly folds into a coil to prevent tangles. The Flat Cables also come with 24 labels so you’ll never wonder what plug goes with a particular device again.
As always, though, design innovation and pretty colors (see: Apple) come at a premium: would you pay 10 dollars each for these cables? Sound off in the comments section!
More pictures after the jump.
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