The one downside to today’s ridiculously powerful graphics cards is that they require a lot of cooling to keep their GPUs running at peak efficiency. And if your tower happens to be sitting on your desk right next to your display, it just adds to the annoying white noise you have to deal with.
KFA2′s new GTX 460 though lets you stash your tower up to 100 feet away since it’s the first graphics card with built-in WHDI which wirelessly sends an uncompressed 1080P, 60Hz signal to the included WHDI receiver connected to your display. You’ll of course need a wireless mouse and keyboard to complete the setup, but it seems like a particularly great solution for an HTPC since you don’t need to have it running alongside the TV in your living room.
iLounge came across this totally awesome Game Boy inspired iPhone 4 case at Incipio’s booth at CES last week, and I almost feel like a tease even bringing it to your attention since due to licensing issues the company has no plans to put it into production. The realistic looking buttons, 4-way controller and even speaker grill are basically just a means to show off the company’s design and production capabilities, and to break the hearts of retro gaming fanatics.
While most bright light treatments for seasonal affective disorder are designed for the eyes, the VALKEE is actually designed to be worn like a pair of earbuds, blasting the light towards your brain via your ear canals. According to their website it targets the brain’s photosensitive areas which can cause depression and mood swings when not receiving enough light, and is apparently more affective than blasting the eyes with light since the ear canal is the thinnest part of your skull. Now I hate to be skeptical about this approach, since it does seem to have a logical advantage. But ~$240(€185) is a hefty chunk of change for what are essentially in-ear LED flashlights.
One of the sleeker iPad cases unveiled at CES this year was JOBY’s GorillaMobile Ori. Made of thin, lightweight composite aluminum it almost looks like it can be used to chop veggies in the kitchen, but it’s actually designed to prop up the iPad in a multitude of different positions depending on how you need to use it. It also completely flattens down, protecting the iPad’s display with a microfiber screen cover so you can carry it around like other folio-type cases. $79.95, available starting January 26.
With Motorola’s R331 rechargeable remote you’ll never have to search for replacement batteries, or even the remote itself, ever again. It comes with a dock for charging its internal battery, so every once in a while you just need to remember to use it to keep the remote working. And if your remote has gone MIA in the living room or wherever you use it, the dock has an audible find function making it easy to locate as long as it hasn’t left your home. The R331 is designed to be a replacement for the standard remote included with Motorola’s VIP Set-top box.
I can’t say I’d ever give the Scion xB a second glance if one passed me on the street, but now that Erik Nakamura of Giant Robot has had his way with one, it’s definitely caught my attention. Inspired by the Nintendo Famicom and other classic gaming consoles of the 80′s, this xB features controller inspired door buttons complete with retro sound effects and actual controllers built into the seat belts that work with projectors hidden in the headlights and taillights for a little gaming-on-the-go. Instead of a key it even uses a removable game cartridge, and the red ignition button is taken directly from an arcade machine.
How do you showcase the Unmanned Aerial System software you’ve developed to support your personal research while making it understandable to the layperson? And have fun while doing it? Well you lay down some red tape on the floor (which is just for demonstrative purposes in the video) dress up 5 Roombas like Pac-Man and the ghosts, and let someone have at it. While the Pac-Man bot is controlled by a player, the ghosts all run autonomously, giving chase once they’ve spotted him. And of course since he is a Roomba, those white paper dots in the maze are all gobbled up as Pac-Man passes over them.
There are many of us who are rather fond of bar soap. One of the biggest problems with this form of soap is that there is always a tiny piece of it when you’re almost finished. That piece is also almost impossible to use. Can you imagine if bar soap were just as easy to use as liquid soap? Not to mention that this would also be more eco-friendly than liquid soap as well as it would use every bit of it. Natalie Staempfil has designed a hand-pumped soap grater that has the soap sitting upright and will gradually sink down as you use it.
How awesome that you not only get to use all you’re bar soap to the last shred, but you’re actually saving money because of it? This thing needs to be on the market right now! Whoever is out there reading this, and has the power to do something about it, make sure this thing happens.
While it looks like one of those professional RC helicopters that should only be controlled by an experienced pilot lest someone loses a limb, the ID1-Swat from Rotor Concept’s actually looks as easy to fly as those palm-sized Air Hogs models. At least the demos at their small booth at CES were impressive since the electric chopper effortlessly hovered in the air, even when there was no one at the controls. Thanks to a “state-of-the-art high performance heading hold gyro” if things start to get out of control you just let go of the sticks and the ID1-Swat will level itself and remain hovering where you left it.
Its 11.1V, 1500mAh lithium-polymer battery, which powers two electric motors, is good for about 15 minutes of flight time, and the 4-channel, 2.4GHz remote gives it an impressive flight range of a 1 mile radius and up to 2,000 feet high. And to top it all off there’s even a wireless video camera in the front giving you a first-person view of the entire flight. $499, back-ordered until mid-February.
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