Gadgets can be useful not only while using them. Sometimes devices can be a good method to reduce stress. How? Today we’ll talk about this.
Wired.com website has announced the best photo destruction gadget.
You are sick and tired from your mobile phone and inhibitory laptop? The processor overheats and restarts at the most inopportune moment? Or maybe you are just hit by a car because of distracting your attention to iPod? So it’s time to get rid of them!
But getting rid of gadgets should take place in a stylish way. And the entire process must be shot. Then you should place these photos or videos with good resolution (800 pixels on one side) somewhere in the Internet, and send a link to the contest to Wired.com.
The competition will last 2 weeks, after which 10, who will have their place in the gallery of the famous site and the magazine Wired, winners will be determined.
If you often work on your laptop in the open air, especially, under the sun, then you understand how it is difficult to discern the image on the screen. Cover from the sun is created especially to facilitate the work on the street. With this gadget you can use your laptop in the sun without any problems.
This device is cumbersome and every time you need to unpack and collect it. Another disadvantage of this gadget is that you have to handle it separately, if it does not fit in the bag for a laptop. But it would be very convenient for those who are frequently in the open air. You can use this cover in the way that no one except you see the image on the screen.
The price of this gadget is only 25 euro.
American Company Dell introduced a new model of the stylish thin laptop XPS M1530. This laptop has incorporated all the best features of XPS M1330 and will be on sale a few months later, but it already had time to collect numerous awards and nominations in computer exhibitions.
A portable computer weighing less than 6 pounds has a thickness of 1 inch, but despite this, it has broad capabilities. A laptop with an aluminum surface shell, performed in several composite colors, has a 15.4-inch screen, built-in web-camera, multimedia touch keys and a sensor to detect fingerprints. It also includes a high quality and replaceable optical drive, graphics card that works with DirectX 10, support for HDMI, mobile connector. In addition, Dell XPS M1530 will be able to work in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless networks.
The buyer can choose, the color of his/her laptop: standard “radical black”, snow-white and blood-red. Initial price of Dell XPS M1530 is $999.
If you are a businessman, and often communicate with new people, then you certainly after numerous meetings and presentations have to spend a lot of time to ensure that data from business cards given to you is not lost, and begin transferring them to your laptop or mobile phone.
In fact, only data in electronic form allows you effectively use them, and do not forget anybody.
But there is a solution to this problem. Today there is such a device as CardScan Executive, created by Newell Rubbermaid. CardScan Executive scans business cards, detects the information and translates it into electronic format. Then all the data, which were printed on business cards, are enrolled into a computer memory, to be exact – just in the program organizer. An ordinary card is scanned in the device in one second.
Lovely gadget in the form of a heart with lightning inside will be a perfect gift and interior decoration. Cheer up your beloved with ordinary magic!
This heart made of plasma can be connected via USB connector to the computer and you can see a delightful light show.Perhaps you have seen the magic balls of the same technology. Now you have the opportunity to surprise your beloved with the magic and you do not need David Blaine’s services.
Touch it with your fingers after connecting the heart through the USB to your laptop or computer. The heart will start lightning, which will follow the orders of your hands.This gift’s cost is $ 17. But how much joy it can bring to your beloved person! You can simply enjoy it in the dark, or touch it by hand and the radiant flow of plasma will follow your fingers.
Feel yourself a master of somebody’s small universe!
Saturday evening is a traditional time for parties. And this gadget is made especially for such events. Cue Company introduced a concept gadget for Vijay (VJ). To cut it short it is a video management system and mixing in real time.
Touch screen with a diagonal of 15.4 inches is added to the mobile pen-rotating button, which will perform various actions with the video. For example, this pen is responsible for the size and orientation of the video playback, and will allow you to choose the color shades for videos, or browse the library of clips.
The system connects to your laptop and big screen, which will show the result of work. Changes in the video could be made in real time. Of course, for connecting devices a gadget is equipped with VGA port and USB, as well as with card reader.
If creating your own effects and clips is still difficult for you, this will help you to solve your problem. The set will include specialized software and a huge library of effects and clips that can be used during the work.
Of course, this is only a concept, so that by the time of entering the market, it will certainly be improved. But even if it is implemented exactly as in the video – still Cue VJ remains an interesting gadget that deserves attention.
Nature and modern high-tech devices are not compatible. So, unfortunately, you cannot listen to iPod while surfing or take the laptop to the top of the mountain. Waterproof camera, about which we will tell you today, will help fans of extreme sports to capture their gains in digital format.
GoPro Digital Hero 3 can be worn on the wrist, it is convenient to be attached to and works under all conditions. With a strap attached to the camera, you can easily equip it to your wrist and snap photos as you like. It is even waterproof, which is definitely a feature that not many cameras possess. This particular camera holds a great winning flag over the others when it comes to taking action photos while you yourself are enjoying the action
It is made specifically for sports fans and can be used while hiking, cycling, jogging, and even snorkeling as it is waterproof. As you can see, the camera can be easily locked onto your wrist. You can just unlock it and pivot it upwards.
Some other specifications of this camera are as follows:
- Waterproof to 100 Feet
- 4.5 Ounces
- Image Sensor - 3 Megapixel (2048 x 1536)
- Lens – Glass f2.8
- Exposure - Auto
- 3X Sequence Photo Burst
- Lies flat on your wrist or flips up
- Dual Shutter Buttons to take photos regardless of camera orientation
- Internal Memory – 16MB expandable to 2GB with SD card
- Video – 640 x 480 with sound (54 mins from 2GB SD Card)
- Self Timer – 10s
- Connectors – USB, Composite Video Out
- Power – 2 AAA Batteries (included)
- Compatible OS – Windows ME/200/XP and Mac OS
It cost only $139.99, which is not considered expensive for such kind of a gadget.
Gordon Andrews and Stephen Fraser, the experts of London designing consultancy company Frazer Designers, by the order of U.S. food company Heinz made Beanzawave – the smallest microwave oven in the world.
However, it is special not only because of its size, but the ability to connect to your laptop via USB. In other words, there is no need to go to the kitchen (if it exists) and gulp cold sandwiches. Not only office workers will like it, but also students, and all those for whom the laptop is an integral part of life. Microwave oven can work with conventional lithium-ion batteries and this makes it indispensable for those who love to relax away from civilization.
While Beanzawave still remains concept, the experts believe that it will intervene into peoples’ lives very soon. However, the price, despite the size 18,4 cm x 15,7 cm x15 cm, will be high, reaching just over 160 dollars. Nevertheless, experts believe that over time it will decrease, as it happened with all innovations (remember how much mobile phones cost 5-7 years ago).
