remove the labels – Gadgets and Life

“We are burnin’ daylight” we got used to say as a proverb when we want to speed up someone and not lose time any more. A very high appreciation of the sunlight our ancestors put in this simple sentence sounds today in a totally new way. We should not only use sunny hours wisely, but [...]

Toshiba has been working on Serial ATA and Parallel ATA technology for a considerable time now, and this week Toshiba has presented some new devices in this domain. New gadgets are three hard disk drivers of the MKxx29GSG series and have SATA interface. They just only differ by their capacity: 120 GB, 160 GB and [...]

Sony Ericsson offers a solution for the moments when the ring of the phone is inopportune or when the phone is in the bag and it is not accessible: first collection of Bluetooth watches MBW-200. Watches with Bluetooth from Sony Ericsson assure elegant aspect of women which put emphasis on utility also.
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, one of the world leaders on the mobile phone market and telecommunications presented for an international public new series of musical mobile phones: Samsung BEATb (model M3510) and Samsung BEATs (model M3200). These two phones represent promoters of the new line: The BEAT Edition.These two Samsung models offer a complete experience [...]

We had seen many interesting watch gadgets. They have a great potential, because a) they are used every day by many people, b) they are a part of our life, and c) their features haven’t been changed for ages. There was many tries to bring some advanced functionality into this usual thing: watches with microphones [...]

DSLR Sony a900 camera sets a new standard for those who are excited with photos and who need an unsurpassed quality and creative photographing.The top product of aDSLR series benefits of the first CMOS full-frame sensor that has 24,6 mp. Specially developed by Sony this innovative sensor of a very high resolution and big dimensions [...]

Looking as Apple making step after step to dominate the market with its upgraded iPhone 3G, companies like HTC and SonyEricsson decided to renew their device lineup and to produce some interesting iPhone rivals. And while HTC already made many attempts to compete with iPhone with its Touch lineup, many of them don’t came even [...]

Sculptor Satoshi Yabuuchi is auctioning a limited-edition bronze statue of Sento-kun, the popular but controversial official mascot he designed for the Commemorative Events of the 1,300th Anniversary of the Nara-Heijokyo Capital (the upcoming festival marking 1,300 years since Nara’s establishment as Japan’s capital in 710 AD). The current bid on this 30.5-cm tall sculpture — [...]

To NY-based architect-poets and “reversible destiny” philosophers Arakawa & Gins, comfort deserves only a limited role in the home. In their vision, a home that keeps its inhabitants young and healthy should provide perpetual challenges. A tentative relationship with your environment, they argue, is key to “reversing the downhill course of human life.”

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As Japanese consumers become ever more “fussy” over food safety issues, there is a growing demand for technology that improves food quality. To ease the minds of health-conscious meat-eaters, researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH) have developed a convenient method for identifying cattle infected with mad cow disease, simply by measuring the [...]

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Electronic parts maker Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., creators of the popular Murata Seisaku-kun (a.k.a. “Murata Boy”) robot bicyclist, have developed a self-balancing robot unicyclist named “Murata Seiko-chan,” it was announced on September 23.

The 50-centimeter (20 in) tall, 5-kilogram (11 lb) Seiko-chan — which Murata says is modeled after a female kindergartener [...]

Robots old and new are on display at the CEATEC 2008 home electronics trade show currently underway in Chiba, Japan.
Nissan BR23C Biomimetic Robot Car
Nissan unveiled the bumblebee-inspired BR23C Biomimetic Robot Car, which is equipped with a prototype collision avoidance system developed in cooperation with the University of Tokyo. The next-generation safety technology is modeled after [...]