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Use the face for Nintendo DSi game
Bendit Bookends keep it simple
Baby Spa Pool
Elecom USB Drive in disguise
Towable Turbocharger gives performance boost to watercraft
ProMini Wireless Keyboard with Trackpad
Acer Aspire Predator AG7750 gaming PC set to blow your mind away
Gadget Thumbnails for 26-Jul-2010
Fujifilm FinePix F300EXR offers good value in tiny package
Fujifilm FinePix S2800HD digital camera gets 18x zoom lens
Fujifilm FinePix Z800EXR offers new touch screen sensation
Acer rolls out new S1 line of LED monitors
MetroPCS offers BlackBerry Curve 8530

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:28 PM PDT

We all know that Microsoft is turning the whole body into a controller with the Kinect. Nintendo didn’t have anything like that for the Wii at E3 last month, because I guess they thought the 3DS was enough.

There is a game for the DSiWare that does use your body as a controller, even though it is just your face. The game is called “Kao Glider”, which translates into “Face Glider”.

Kao Glider is played by the user moving his or her face around. I presume that the DSi uses the camera to capture where the face is. So if you move your face up, the glider goes up. Move it down, the glider goes down, and so on.

Now here is the real question. Do you really want to look like an idiot playing Kao Glider on a bus, train, airplane, or any other place where you are seen in public? I suppose you would if you want to humiliate yourself, but it is a way to get attention.

I wonder what other type of “face games” you can create. I’m not just talking about games for the DSi Ware. After all, that iPhone 4 has that awesome front-facing camera. Surely there will be an App made for a face-moving game on the iPhone.

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Bendit Bookends keep it simple

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:00 PM PDT

About the time I go reorganizing my bookshelf I start seriously considering purchasing bookends. I just tend to grumble about it due to the lack of versatility that they come with. Most bookends can really only hold up one side of books at a time. However, these fancy Bendit Bookends are a whole lot more versatile thanks to their curvy shape.

One of these can hold up and separate two sets of books and the other can do the same. If you suddenly only need to hold up one then it can go back to doing that as well. They’re not nearly as heavy or bulky as other bookends thanks to the materials used. They’re made out of nothing more than metal with a black rubber stopper on each end. To keep it simple with these bookends you can purchase a set of 2 for $28.

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Baby Spa Pool

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 01:00 PM PDT

Getting kids comfortable with water isn’t exactly easy. I thought my niece would be a fish by now since she’s constantly out at her Grandparent’s house where she has access to a pool, but instead she’s actually a little nervous around water. This very fancy Baby Spa Pool was actually created for child care companies and might help kids be more comfortable with water. It has a whole lot of lighting features and will let them bob around while still allowing the worker to keep an extremely close eye on the baby.

The glass side on it is to help the teacher be able to make sure the babies are safe. It has some spa functions like having some lights that will probably keep babies pretty well entranced. My guess is that this is going to be marketed at the very high end daycares, because I can’t see an overcrowded daycare being able to safely utilize this. With the balls and the flotation devices it would be a whole lot of fun for the little ones, but it would be a tricky device to use in a practical environment full of kids. This was featured at the 2010 Children Baby Maternity Exposition in Shanghai, China. There isn’t a whole lot of pricing information out there though.

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Elecom USB Drive in disguise

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 11:45 AM PDT

Having a straight forward USB drive is just pure nonsense. It’s not worth your time until it has decided to disguise itself as something entirely different. After all, all of the best USB drives out there are in denial of their true function. It’s just no fun when they just give up and reveal that they are nothing more than an average USB drive. Thankfully Elecom is more than happy to provide a whole bunch of USB drives pretending to be plugs that need to be inserted into your wall.

These small drives come in black, blue, green and pink. They even come with fancy data encryption software that can be downloaded through Elecom. Once it becomes available for sale you’ll be able to find these with 4GB of storage. They will be out in August, so you won’t have all that long to wait for these to hit stores. It’s said that it will definitely make it onto Geek Stuff 4U. At that point they’ll be priced at ¥3,200 or about $37.

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Towable Turbocharger gives performance boost to watercraft

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:30 AM PDT

Want to give your recreational watercraft a boost? This tiny buoy known as the Towable Turbocharger will suspend a tow rope above the water’s surface, where it sits sits between two 30′ lengths of the included 4,100 lb.-strength tow rope, with one attached to your boat while the other to your towable, helping keep the rope free from your boat’s wake during turns that will ensure the line remains taut for faster towing speeds. This does away with the spray and drag which typically results from a rope being dragged through the water, making it the ideal solution for towables with low transom points. The buoy also ensures the tow rope remains visible to other boaters to avoid any untoward accidents. It is constructed out of a heavy PVC bladder covered by a zippered 840-denier nylon cover, boasting double-stitched seams and reinforced stress points to make sure it can last you for summers on end. The Towable Turbocharger can be yours this summer for $119.95 a pop.

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ProMini Wireless Keyboard with Trackpad

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:00 AM PDT

Those who have spent a good 8 hours or so in front of their monitor at work will definitely want to give their eyes a break when tehy get home, lounging on their favorite lazy chair while stretching out with the missus serving you a nice, hot dinner. OK, so maybe the last bit isn’t that ideal, but the ProMini Wireless Keyboard with Trackpad from ThinkGeek might just help you relax, after all it offers a full keyboard layout not to mention navigation and multimedia control keys that allow you to do just about anything you like from the comfort of your preferred seating position. Heck, since it comes with a backlight, you can even dim the lights for that more romantic touch. Retailing for $69.99 a pop, it features the first 90-degree Flip Design Touchpad in the world, letting you click, scroll, and mouse like a champion despite its small size. Its lithium ion battery will also power an integrated Laser Pointer just in case you want to point to your kids to bring the can of beer located on the shelf and they’re not quite sure where it is. We jest about the last bit, and you surely know that, right?

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Acer Aspire Predator AG7750 gaming PC set to blow your mind away

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:30 AM PDT

Love gaming a whole lot? Then you might probably already have experienced the joys (and pain) of building your very own gaming rig in the past, but if you think that you prefer to skip the entire process this time round, then you might want to check out the Acer Aspire Predator AG7750 gaming PC. This lean mean gaming machine is ready to rock and roll right out of the box (in the Great White North, unfortunately), where it will run on an Intel Core i7 quad core processor, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX470 graphics with 3-way SLI support and an insane 9GB of DDR3 memory which ought to blow all performance benchmarks out of the water, just make sure you have the skills to eliminate your opponents since we don’t think you can complain about choppy framerates affecting your game anymore with the Aspire Predator AG7750.

When it comes to internal storage space, you won’t be disappointed since the Acer Aspire Predator AG7750 will feature a total of 1TB of storage space thanks to its internal SATA hard drive. Apart from that, there are also three more easy-swap hard disk drive cages, which brings the grand total to four Serial ATA 3G/bs high-capacity hard disks which can be topped up to, not to mention having each single drive hold another 2TB of storage space. With 8TB of space to play around with, you would do well to have a great file organizing system lest your memory fails you and everything ends up in a mess.

As for entertainment, you can enjoy high-definition 7.1-channel audio, courtesy of Creative THX TruStudio PC and EAX 5.0 technology for a tubthumping experience. With its state-of-the-art, two-part liquid cooling system, you can be sure the Acer Aspire Predator AG7750 remains running nice and cool even when pushed to its maximum, giving you added peace of mind that it isn’t going to end up in a billow of smoke during the most crucial of moments under the highest graphical resolution settings. Expect to fork out around $1,799 CAD for the Acer Aspire Predator AG7750.

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Posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:01 PM PDT

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Fujifilm FinePix F300EXR offers good value in tiny package

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:00 AM PDT

Looking for a new digital camera for you to capture all of your precious memories? Then you probably won’t go too far off the mark with the upcoming Fujifilm FinePix F300EXR. AFter all, this is an extremely pocketable digital camera that sports a high zoom range without taking up too much space, and yet is more than capable of delivering a slew of great looking shots under the ideal conditions. Taking up the mantle of the F-series models, the latest high-end 15x zoom F300EXR model will feature a 12-megapixel, 0.5″ Super CCD EXR second generation sensor as well as the implementation of both Contrast AF and Phase Detection AF in order to deliver auto focus speeds which can be comparable to an expensive DSLR. We’re talking about an incredible AF speed of 0.158 seconds under certain conditions, thanks to careful placement of phase detection sensors on the EXR sensor that will function in a similar manner to that of external sensors on DSLRs. This enables the FinePix F300EXR to automatically select the optimum focus system by measuring the amount of light or contrast in the scene.

Thanks to its pocket-friendly size, the FinePix F300EXR will be able to fit nicely in your hand for easy controlled shooting. With a sculpted grip, your fingers will be able to fit the camera perfectly, where its slanted mode dial delivers easy access to all the important camera controls. With a black finish and an all-metal chassis, you will find the FinePix F300EXR to be a solid and finely crafted shooter which is capable of standing up to minor knocks or abrasions. Apart from that, it also comes with a 3.0″ high contrast (1:1200 ratio), wide-view LCD display that enables you to tilt the camera at different angles to see the picture.

Other features and specifications of the FinePix F300EXR include the following :-

Full EXR modes, with EXR auto
15x Fujinon lens, 24mm – 360 mm equivalent
New Hybrid Auto-Focus System (Contrast AF and Phase Detection AF)
New accurate zoom control with low noise
Full HD Photo and 720p HD Video
3.0″, high contrast (1:1200), 460k dot LCD with Wide View Filter
CCD Shift Image Stabilisation System using new Gyro Sensor
Super Intelligent Flash
Ergonomic grip, with slanted mode dial
Photobook Assist via Star Rating System
P/A/S/M Exposure Control
Face Detection, Face Recognition, Pro Focus Mode
Motion Panorama
Second generation EXR Sensor technology

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Fujifilm FinePix S2800HD digital camera gets 18x zoom lens

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 07:47 PM PDT

The Fujifilm FinePix S2800HD digital camera is different from the rest since it comes with a generous 18x Fujinon optical zoom lens packed into a small lightweight body. When working in tandem with its 14 megapixel sensor, you can be sure that snapping great looking photos are a, well, snap. This is the latest addition to Fujifilm’s S-Series range of cameras, where it will bring together the ease-of-use of a compact camera without sacrificing on top image quality, letting you capture your digital memories with full confidence each time. To know more about the S2800HD, you can check out further information on its specifications and capabilities in the extended post.

The FinePix S2800HD will come with an impressive 28mm – 504mm high precision Fujinon optical zoom lens, virtually opening up the door for you to shoot all of the action even from a considerable distance away, making short work of cinematic landscapes as well as wildlife without missing a beat. Thanks to its new Panoramic shooting mode, you will be able to remove the risk of uneven landscapes or shaky horizons as all you need to do is shoot, align the + symbol into the circle and let the shutter to release itself automatically to seamlessly stitch the shots together in-camera. Talk about shooting like a pro, without really knowing how to do so.

Its mechanically stabilized 1/2 3″, 14 megapixel CCD sensor and high ISO sensitivity settings coupled with Fujifilm’s Dual Image Stabilization technology will work together to reduce the blurring effects of both hand-shake and subject movement, delivering superb pictures in the process. It can also play back still and movies in High Definition quality if you want to view your handiwork on the spot, but for those who prefer to enjoy their images on a large screen TV, then a mini HDMI port comes in handy, although you will need to pick up the mini HDMI cable separately. Other features include a Face Detection system, where its Smile and Shoot mode will be able to tell when your subject is smiling before taking a photo. It is powered by a quartet of AA batteries, which means you will be able to use it just about anywhere in the world without worrying about finding the right power socket for it.

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Fujifilm FinePix Z800EXR offers new touch screen sensation

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 07:18 PM PDT

The Fujifilm FinePix Z800EXR is a new digital camera that sports a second generation EXR sensor and Hybrid Auto Focus System, where it will hit the market this coming autumn – which means you can still use it to capture your favorite photos this coming Christmas, although you will have to settle for something else this autumn. Featuring a sleek design and advanced features such as a large and intuitive 3.5″ touch-screen LCD display, an internal Fujinon 5x zoom lens, a 12 megapixel EXR sensor with a spanking new Hybrid Auto Focus System and enhanced Dual Image Stabilization, the Z800EXR is more than capable of producing images which are simply as magnificent as the camera itself. To know more on how this marketing speak measures up, look into the extended post.

With the Z800EXR’s new Phase Detection auto focusing system, it will automatically auto focus and snap an image whenever you press the button, without waiting for a few seconds in the process. To get a better idea on just how much faster it is compared to standard digital cameras, it will take all of just 0.158 seconds to capture an image for all eternity. With its phase detection Auto Focus, it will function in a way that divides the incoming light into pairs of images, while calculating the phase difference to check whether the object is in front focus or back focus position. This is a similar mechanism to that of external sensors on DSLRs, hence managing to achieve an incredibly fast auto focus speed.

As for its 3.5″ touch-screen LCD display, it also lets you touch and shoot as well as touch and zoom, not to mention keeping up with the times by letting you flick your way through your collection of photos over its display. Boasting a generous 460K dots of resolution, you should be able to see all of the important information on the display itself without having to project it to a larger display. Thanks to its Dual Direction GUI and Dual Image Display, you will be able to navigate though the Z800EXR’s functions in a smooth and easy manner. Choose from gorgeous bright Red and a stunning matte Black as the color of your choice.

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Acer rolls out new S1 line of LED monitors

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 07:07 PM PDT

Acer has a heart for the environment with their new line of super slim LED monitors which will boast an eco-friendly, space-conscious design at the same time. Known as the new S1 series, it boasts a combination of the latest LED technology alongside a slim 13mm to 15mm profile, making them perfect for those who have extremely limited space in their homes, whether for work or entertainment purposes. They’re one of the slimmest LED monitors in the market, that’s for sure, and you’ll be hard pressed to find any other models out there that are comparable in terms of design and size. The S1 series from Acer will come in 20″, 21.5″ and 23″ sizes to suit your fancy.

All three of them will feature several key eco-friendly, energy-saving technologies, where all of them boast white LED backlighting that will not come with hazardous substances including mercury or halogen gases, making it a whole lot more environment friendly. Not only that, white LED technology consumes less juice, offering up to 68% of power savings to users. All three displays are also RoHS and ENERGY STAR 5.0 compliant, making it play nice with the latest and most widely used energy-conservation qualification to further help you reduce your monthly power bill (theoretically speaking, of course).

If you love recycling, then you’ll be pleased to know that they will also come in highly recyclable packaging materials, where all major plastic components are properly labeled with the composition code and recycling symbols to make sure any future recycling efforts will be based on ISO 1043/11469 standards. Being so green doesn’t mean it skimps on performance, as the new Acer S1 series feature 12,000,000:1 contrast ratio, a 16:9 aspect ratio, as well as 1920 x 1080 resolution for the 21.5″ and 23″ models, rapid 5ms response times, 250 cd/m2 brightness and 16.7 million colors support. Connectivity options comprise of a VGA port or DVI port with HDCP protection (depending on the model). The high end 23″ model also sports an all-digital HDMI interface, letting you hook up your video game consoles and Blu-ray players to it without missing a beat. The 20″ S201HL will retail for $169.99, while the 21.5″ S211HL is going for $219.99 with a $269.99 asking price for the 23″ S231HL.

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MetroPCS offers BlackBerry Curve 8530

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 06:52 PM PDT

Want to get a BlackBerry but you are not quite sure where to start? Well, why not begin with MetroPCS as they offer the BlackBerry Curve 8530? This new smartphone will be available with unlimited talk, text, Web and data service, just in case you’re interested to keep in touch with family and friends round the clock without worrying too much about the final monthly bill. Features include Wi-Fi connectivity, e-mail, and turn-by-turn GPS navigation, where all of the mentioned will cost you a mere $60 monthly, where it already includes the whole range of applicable taxes and regulatory fees. When totaled, it is nearly half of what consumers would fork out in this day and age for other smartphone service plans at different carriers. Sounds like good value for money to us, considering the current economic climate.

At $60 a month, MetroPCS’ BlackBerry service plan delivers exceptional value, where you will be able to take advantage of popular IM services as well as the ever famous and faithful BlackBerry Messenger, not to mention keeping your status updates right up to the second through a range of social media networks. Apart from that, you will also be able to access the latest content including games, ringtones and wallpapers via the @Metro App Store and BlackBerry App World. While it might not be as comprehensive as Apple’s App Store, at least it is better than nothing. With special MetroPCS applications such as Metro Navigator, Metro Back-up, Premium Directory Assistance and Metro Banking, you can be sure your life will be made a whole lot easier.

Other hardware specifications include a full QWERTY keyboard for easier text messaging and email composition, while an optical trackpad keeps up with the times since the good old trackball tends to gather dust over time. It is rather unfortunate that the digital camera maxes out at just 2-megapixels, complete with zoom and video recording. Interested? Might be a good start for those who are trying to figure their way around in the world of smartphones.

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