Have you ever bought a lamp with an annoyingly short power cord? I’ve had a couple that required the use of an extension cord, which always made me wonder why they skimped out on the extra wire. Well here’s one that I can guarantee will require a really long extension cord.
The coil lamp is nothing more than a pair of plastic shaping pieces and the piece that holds in your bulb. The rest of the lamp is composed entirely of an orange extension cord. The one supplied is 100 feet long, though they don’t say how much you’ll have left over to reach the wall. The lamp will set you back $150, or you can supply your own cord for $75, which sounds like a better deal. Then again, that’s still one expensive lamp.
New album releases aren’t usually something we cover here at OhGizmo, but this one is a bit of an exception. If you’re a huge AC/DC fan, then you’re probably excited for their new Backtracks release. In case you’re not familiar, it includes 3 CDs and a pair of DVDs that feature rare tracks from the band, along with a 12-inch vinyl LP, 164-page book and some other cool memorabilia. That might seem pretty interesting, but the case is what we’re here to talk about.
The box that holds all of the aforementioned items is made to look like a guitar amp. However, when examined closer, you’ll find that it is in fact, a real amp. Granted, it’s a measly 1-watt amplifier, but it’s still very cool nonetheless. The box set will run you $199 and no, it doesn’t go to 11.
I beg you, spare me the “this has been around for ages” sermon, the video embedded above is simply amazing and it’s new to me. It’s shot by the Shimadzu HPV 1 camera in single and dual configuration. It’s made in Germany by Kurzeit and is able to shoot up to 1,000,000 frames per second in amazing resolution. Just see for yourself! You’ve got 10 minutes of bullet smashing pr0n! Watch out for the hollow point bullets going through ballistic gel at 5:16.
October 22nd is just around the corner and with it the launch of Windows 7. Retarded promotional videos aside, this OS has a few people excited as it might actually not suck. So if you’re thinking of buying a new PC running the new OS but are afraid you’ll have to painstakingly transfer all “user accounts, Windows settings, files and folders, pictures and photos, MP3s and other music, videos, program settings and program data, and e-mail messages, settings, and contacts” to the new PC, Belkin’s got you covered with this Easy Transfer Cable. Designed to work with Windows 7′s Easy Transfer utility, it’ll simply automate the entire process. Plug one end to the old PC, another to the new and run the included software.
Once the transfer done, a post migration report is generated, which gives you a comprehensive view of everything that was transferred. Because of possible incompatibility issues, programs and applications are not transferred to the new computer. Instead, the utility provides a list of all the programs and applications that were installed on the old PC along with links to the latest versions of the programs if they are provided by the software developer.
The cable is about $33 and available in North America starting October 23rd. Q1 in Europe and Asia.
My car, a pimpin’ 300, was making a funny “burping” noise the other day. I didn’t think it was anything serious until a friend suggested I might have fried my turbo encabulator. That’s not good.
I brought it in and as I was waiting for my verdict, found the above instructional video on YouTube.
Good news for anyone who’s ever wanted a run-of-the-mill Bluetooth headset with support for BT V2.1+EDR, noise & echo canceling, 6 hours of talk time + 150 hours of standby AND the ability to record a whopping 8 minutes of conversations or voice memos, because your ship has finally come in! The VR1 is billed as the world’s first recordable bluetooth headset, and something tells me it will eventually be knows as the world’s only recordable bluetooth headset since I don’t think there’s much demand for that feature. Particularly when it’s only available on a non-brand name BT headset for $109.
Well here’s an interesting advancement in projector technology. Funai and Nippon were showing off a jointly-developed micro projector at CEATEC last week that allows users to interact with the projected image by simply touching a secondary display.
Based on the technical illustration, the projector appears to use a mirror and a beam splitter to create two separate projections. The larger of the two is thrown onto a screen for everyone to enjoy, while a second smaller one is created near the projector where the operator is presumably sitting. Using a sensor the projector can detect changes in light intensity on the second projected image, allowing it to determine where a finger is positioned. From there, the position and even motion of the finger can be used to zoom and rotate the projected image.
Of course the projector is still a concept at this point, but Funai and Nippon believe the technology could be commercialized as early as next year and would be a far cheaper alternative to large touch panels.
I’ll spare you my thoughts on the new Star Trek film, given this isn’t a movie-review site, and I seem to stand in the minority with my opinions, but if you were a fan of Abrams take on the Trek universe you might be interested in this limited edition version of the film which comes on a 4GB Starfleet insignia flash drive. (Each one is individually numbered.) The digital copy of the film is all DRM’d up so it can only be played on up to 5 registered devices, or burned to a DVD, and it’s about 1GB in size, leaving you 3GB of storage to boldly store what no man has stored before. ~$28 from Play.com.
When was the last time you used any of the flash drives you have kicking around to measure something? That’s right, never! So as long as that ‘something’ is no longer than 5 inches, or 15 centimeters, this 2GB flash drive ruler becomes slightly more useful than your run-of-the-mill flash drive. And it would be even more useful if it was bigger than just 2GB, which is kind of small given the $35.99 price tag on AudioCubes.com.
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Well here’s an interesting advancement in projector technology. Funai and Nippon were showing off a jointly-developed micro projector at CEATEC last week that allows users to interact with the projected image by simply touching a secondary display.
