This wireless keypad features 19 standard keys, 13 hot keys and a high precision 1000DPI trackball. The wireless transfer is done using a 2.4 GHz radio frequency.

Features:

• 19 keys slim link off keyboard
• Built-in trackball for optical mouse
• Resolution: 1000
• Powerful office function with 19 keys and 13 hotkeys
• Operating distance: 10 meters
• Operating frequency: 2.4GHz Radio frequency
• Operating current: 35mA max. (Keybaord)
• Operating current: 15mA max. (Receiver)
• FN: Num lock change function
• Support Windows 2000/XP/Vista
• Dimension: 114 x 134 x 25mm (approx.)
• Weight: 143g

via[geekalerts]

LG going to show off its first Sunlight Illuminated LCD at CES 2009 in January. Developed for notebook, the 14.1 inch LCD panel is illuminated by sunlight instead of the backlight unit when used outdoor which reduces the power consumption by 75%.

Mr. In-Byeong Kang, LG Display’s Vice President and Head of LCD Laboratory, noted, “Our environmentally friendly, 14.1 inch LCD for notebook PC overcomes the challenges of extending battery life in use of notebook PCs outdoors where isn’t likely to be power outlets, while providing superior outdoor visibility.”

via [laptopgram]

Samsung S8300 has just been served its first spoonful of leaky goodness as images and preliminary specs trickle out into the internet. First things first, it’s not pretty. Moving past the look of the S8300 however, things get pretty juicy:

• 2.8″ AMOLED touchscreen display, WQVGA resolution, 16 million colors
• 8 megapixel camera with auto-focus and dual-LED flash
• Integrated GPS
• FM radio with RDS
• Bluetooth 2.1
• 60MB internal memory
• 7.2Mbps HSDPA

USB cup warmers here at GeekAlerts, like the the hub and clock one. But if you like to go more retro, maybe this gas stove model will be better suited.

Product Specifications:

• Designed as a classic gas stove
• On / Off switch
• Flame-like LED
• Powered by USB
• Available colors: Orange and Blue
• Size: 140*125*28mm
• Weight: 145g

via [geekalerts]

CNET Networks site TechRepublic runs a regular series called "Cracking Open" in which it takes a look inside a variety of gadgets. CNET News is publishing this excerpt of a photo gallery that examines the innards of Amazon's Kindle e-book reader.

The Kindle's front cover contains the screen, navigation bar display, QWERTY keypad, page-navigation buttons, and scroll wheel. The Kindle uses a 6-inch diagonal E-Ink electronic paper display, that offers 600x800 pixel resolution at 167ppi and a 4-level gray scale.

The Kindle is 7.5 inches tall, 5.3 inches wide, and 0.7 inches thick. The device weighs 10.3 ounces.

Photo by Bill Detwiler/TechRepublic

Caption by Bill Detwiler

via [cnet]

Electronic devices have been shrinking for years, but you might be forgiven for thinking that one that's only a centimetre across would be just too difficult to operate.

Now tests of a prototype device only slightly larger than this have shown that it can be made perfectly usable by combining a screen on the front with a touch-sensitive pad on the back.

Touch screens can be an intuitive method of interacting with computers and are now near ubiquitous in smartphones and other high-end hand-held gadgets.

via [newscientist]

There may finally be a compromise between the world of ever-shrinking electronic devices and our ever-expanding fingers.

A prototype device called the NanoTouch features a 2.4-inch screen and a touch-sensitive pad of the same size on the back, according to a demonstration on NewScientist. Using the touch pad on the back, users can manipulate icons on the screen in front without obscuring the target with their fingers, creating an experience resembling transparency. (NewScientist's video demonstrating the NanoTech.)

Researchers say that tests showed targets as small as seven-tenths of an inch wide were easy to select using the NanoTouch. Targets on conventional touch screens are typically at least twice that size.

The NanoTouch is intended to demonstrate an evolving technology that focuses on making user interfaces practical on small devices.

The NanoTouch, developed by Microsoft Research and Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, is expected to be unveiled in April at the Computer and Human Interaction conference in Boston.

via [cnet]

Designers Hyun-Joong Kim and Kwang-Seok Jeong have come out with the very first solar glasses called the SIG also known as the “Self-Energy Converting Sunglasses”. The lenses of the glasses is equipped with dye solar cells, collecting the energy and make it able to power your small devices through the power jack back of the frame.The dye solar cell is described as “cheap organic dye [used with] nano technology [providing] cheap but high energy efficiency.” See More Pic

via [2dayblog]

Related :

(Left) A cryostat containing the superconducting solenoid magnet used for magnetic levitation experiments. The solenoid is kept at a temperature of 4 Kelvin (-269 Celsius). (Right) Cross-section diagram showing the water droplet levitating inside the bore in the magnet, and the positions of the electrodes used to apply the current used to spin the droplet.

Looking to really make your home theater shine? You should check out Vutec’s recently announced Vision-X Dyna-Curve.

This screen is the real deal, with the ability to adjust to make room for 2.34:1, 16:9, and 4:3 aspect ratios. Also available in several different materials including SilverStar, white, pearl, and grey with the option for sound screen technology so you can hide your speakers behind it.

The coolest feature that makes this product truly high-end is that the screen, ranging from sizes of 75″ to 140″, is slightly curved to imitated that of a movie theater and make for a brigther display.

via [CyberTheater]

Price : approximately 6,980 Yen

Cima’s DVD Player CSDP-500 is priced at approximately 6,980 Yen. This small sized DVD Player supports ±R/RW, DVD±R DL and CD-R/RW other than DVD format. The Player weighs 400g. It can also play MPEG-4/MP3/WMA/JPEG formats. The DVD Player has 2 image output. The DVD player features USB terminal, slot of the SD card and the memory stick.

Via [Cybertheatre]

From these beakers to your gas tank. A few years ago, the idea of cellulosic ethanol--making liquid fuel from wood, grasses, and agriculture residue--was a foreign concept to most. Now many consumers, industrialists, and policy makers consider making cellulosic ethanol on a commercial scale one of the most important technical challenges for society.

Mascoma is one company in the race, with what it hopes is a breakthrough in cellulosic ethanol through biotechnology.

General Motors invested in the company earlier this year and on Friday named its director of global energy systems R&D to Mascoma's board. On Friday, Mascoma also opened up its lab in Dartmouth, N.H., to describe its technology and report on its progress.

The feedstocks, from left to right, are corn stover (stalks and leaves), hardwood chips, switchgrass, and paper sludge (what's leftover from paper processing).

Photo by Martin LaMonica/CNET Networks

Caption by Martin LaMonica

From images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, for the first time astronomers have spotted a planet orbiting a star outside our solar system.

The planet, Fomalhaut b, maintains an orbit around the star Fomalhaut and has three times the mass of Jupiter.

"Our Hubble observations were incredibly demanding. Fomalhaut b is 1 billion times fainter than the star. We began this program in 2001, and our persistence finally paid off," said Hubble astronomer Paul Kalas, of the University of California at Berkeley.

Photo by NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)

Fire up Software Update to get the latest update to Mac OS X Leopard.

(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET)

MobileMe syncing improvements and security fixes headline the list of changes unveiled with the release of Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.6 update Monday.

The file should be appearing in the Software Update window at any moment now, depending on how often you've set Software Update to check for new software. The sixth update to Leopard, originally released in October 2007, comes with the usual range of tweaks, bug fixes, and security improvements.

One update of note concerns MobileMe, which is now capable of pushing updates made to calendars or contact information from the Web or an iPhone to the primary Mac within a minute. Apple had numerous problems with the launch of the MobileMe service earlier this year, and the latest update should help fix one of the more pressing issues still outstanding with the $99-a-year service.

A full list of the issues addressed with 10.5.6 can be found here, while a list of the security improvements should appear here relatively soon. If you want to download the update from Apple's Web site, go here, but the Software Update function is the easiest way to get updated.

via [cnet]