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April 2006 Entries

I cannot wait to get a Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard just to watch the face of clients and colleagues when I start typing on the table... Features: Connects to PDAs Smartphones and Computers using Bluetooth Projects a full size keyboard onto any flat surface Allows the convinence of regular keyboard typing in a tiny form factor Rechargeable battery lasts for 120 minutes of continuous typing Tiny size only 3.5 inches high Compatible with PalmOS 5, PocketPC 2003, Windows Smartphone, Symbian OS, and Windows 2000/XP. Limited Mac OSX Support.

Warm Coca Cola and beer should be a thing of the past with The Instant Cool Can by Tempra Technology. Twist the base and the can lowers the temperature of the beverage by at least 30° Fahrenheit (16.7° C) in just three minutes The advanced design utilizes the latest breakthroughs in thermal, insulating and vacuum heat pump technology. The self-contained I.C. Can™ is the approximate size of a 500 ml beverage can. This includes the beverage container itself and the integral self-refridgerating device. …When activated, the all natural desiccant contained within a vacuum draws the heat from the beverage through the evaporator into an insulated heat-sink ...

The HDR Pool on flicker produces some amazing images. High dynamic range imaging combines -at least- two images with different exposure. This image from Photomatix illustrates that the sum is greater that its parts: Amazing!

Phil Zimmerman, the guy behind PGP, is working on a new product; Zfone . Zfone encrypts voice traffic on the fly and works with VoIP clients like X-Lite and Gizmo that use the SIP protocol. The software uses a simple voice authentication system so there is no need to agree on encryption keys in advance or to type in long passwords. In the future, the ZRTP protocol will be integrated into standalone secure VoIP clients, but today we have a software product that lets you turn your existing VoIP client into a secure phone. The current Zfone software runs in the Internet Protocol stack on any Windows XP, Mac OS X, or Linux PC, and intercepts and filters all the VoIP ...

TomTom5 can be very slow displaying Points Of Interest on a Pocket PC. It gets slower the more POIs are added. The problem is that it takes forever to read the ov2 files. You can work around the problem by buying a very fast SD card or you can fix the problem in a couple of minutes by converting the OV2 files. Download and extract the OV2 tools from TomTom Copy the OV2 files from your Pocket PC to the directory with the OV2 tools Run Dumpov2.exe. It creates an .asc file for each ov2 file Run Makeov2.exe for each .asc file using this command: for %i in (*.asc) do makeov2.exe %i Replace the original OV2 files on the Pocket PC with the converted ones POIs you download ...

Lego NXT is the new version of the Lego Mindstorms series. The kits will ship later this summer can be pre ordered at Lego shop and Amazon. Lego has moved to the more versatile Lego Technic elements with NXT. It is a lot more advanced than the older Mindstorm kits and comes with a 32bit processor, more memory, better sensors and USB 2.0. Bluetooth lets you interact with it using Bluetooth compatible devices like PDAs and mobile phones. The best news if you plan buy the NXT for kids and not for yourself: programming the NXT robot got a lot simpler with a "drag and drop" GUI that allows you to connect sensors and commands. The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT Includes: All-new ...