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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Latest Posts on Coolest Gadgets

Nevis Swing is the world’s highest swing at a 300 meter arc
Sony unveils HMZ-T1 head-mounted 3D visor
Nsquared Seamless Computing lives up to its name
Tidy Ruler for the super neat
Maze Racer tickles the mind
Wacom has an Inkling for the future
Sceptre has new 32″ LED HDTV for the masses

Nevis Swing is the world’s highest swing at a 300 meter arc

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:25 AM PDT

As a child, one of the first “extreme” things that we try is the swing. Not only do we get the rush of a controlled fall, but the backwards rush as well.

We really should never grow out of the swing, but they don’t make swingsets for adults. If you are looking for the thrill of the swing as an adult, you might want to check out A.J. Hackett Bungy’s Nevis Swing.

This particular swing is in New Zealand, and it has a 300 meter arc with 70-meter free fall. As you can see in the attached video after the jump, it is made for canyons and cliffs.

As you can see, the swing isn’t something that hangs off of a tree branch or metal pole. You don’t start it up by pumping your legs either.

Instead, you have to go to this bridge and mount it at the top of its 300-meter arc. Not the traditional way of doing a swing, but it will work.

I’m not certain if I would be willing to try this, but then again, I am nowhere near New Zealand. Perhaps I would give it a try, but I am sure that it isn’t free. I would imagine that you have to have your insurance forms filled out as well.

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Sony unveils HMZ-T1 head-mounted 3D visor

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:52 AM PDT

I wish that I was at IFA right now, as Sony is making truckloads of announcements about their new products.

One of them is HMZ-T1, a head-mounted wearable 3D display that promises to create an experience of watching 3D or 2D pictures on a movie theater-like virtual screen that is 750-inches on its diagonal.

That is quite a boast, and I know that most wearable video glasses from other companies say that they can reproduce the experience of a normal big-screen TV.

Sony plans to pack their HMZ-T1 with two 0.7-inch OLED panels with HD resolution (1,280 x 720). It will also have 5.1 surround sound speakers integrated in the unit, with a processor unit with two HDMI interfaces (input and output) for connecting televisions, consoles, or Blu-ray players.

It will weigh in at 420 grams, with a size of 180 x 168 x 36 mm. The HMZ-T1 has a 45 degree horizontal viewing angle for viewing that giant screen.

The HMZ-T1 plans to go on sale in Japan on November 11. As far as I know, this is the biggest electronics company that has created video glasses. Most of the video glasses that I have seen come from independent companies, like the MyVu. If the HMZ-T1 is a hit in Japan, then Sony could succeed in cornering the market in video glasses.

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Nsquared Seamless Computing lives up to its name

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:19 AM PDT

What you are about to see in the video after the jump is known as Seamless Computing, and it really is where we are headed, as far as technology is concerned.

The demonstration is courtesy of a company known as Nsquared, and it shows how a Windows 7 Mobile Phone, Kinect, and Surface can work together. As far as I know, Microsoft did not sponsor this in any way.

You can see the demonstrator realizing that certain door handles are not right for a home that he is designing. He then must open up the plans on his Surface, and he can use a tablet PC to view the house in 3D. He can also use a Kinect for a virtual walkthrough.

He then orders up new door handles on his tablet PC, and the image of the old door handles are magically replaced. He then takes it a step further and takes a picture of a lamp in his home and incorporates it in the virtual houseplan.

After he updates the house, he manages to update the original bill of sale for the old door handles and updates it on the Surface. Then he “magically” emails the updated bill to his friend on the phone.

This is really what we want, right? All of mobile and video devices working together. I hope this is our future, honestly. But everyone needs a Surface.

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Tidy Ruler for the super neat

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:30 AM PDT

There are many different kinds of people in this world with various personalities, and all of us do things in our very own quirky way (which we deem as ‘normal’, of course). Well, some of us are extremely tidy, and would love to have everything in its proper place, being incapable of standing just a bit of a mess, while others feel that being more ‘random’ (that’s a nice way of calling it ‘a mess’) is the way to go. Well, for those who are extremely tidy, you might want to check out the $11.99 Tidy Ruler.

This rather interesting piece of stationary will feature a built-in hand-cranked pencil sharpener as well as a place for you to stash away your pencil in the ruler itself when you do not need it. Made out of beautiful, sturdy rosewood, this is one modern piece of school stationary that is old school in nature. Perfect for any math class that you have enrolled your little one in, that’s for sure.

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Maze Racer tickles the mind

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:00 AM PDT

There is nothing quite like a brain teaser to get the good ol’ grey matter going, especially when you are in the middle of the work week and need to look towards other sources of inspiration if you happen to hit a road block mentally at the office. Why not take five with the $19.99 Maze Racer? Of course, this is actually meant for small kids, but at least you can get rid some of that pre-road rage out of your system before you actually get behind the wheel.

Your little one, whether a boy or a girl, would most probably want to get behind the wheel when dad or mom is not around, never mind that their legs can’t even touch the pedals when they’re seated right out in front. With the Maze Racer, they will be able to wreck their brains trying to find a way to guide the trapped marble out of the fiendishly difficult maze. You will need to go through a bunch of twists, turns, loops, and drops with techno music blaring in the background while the timer makes its way to the finish line.

Best of all is, the Maze Racer will log your best time so that others will always attempt to challenge your high score.

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Wacom has an Inkling for the future

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:30 AM PDT

The name Wacom is synonymous with digital tablets and sketch pads, and the company has its latest model for the masses announced recently – the Wacom Inkling. This spanking new digital sketch pen will be slightly different from your average digital tablet, as it will actually be able to capture a digital likeness of your work even when you sketch with Wacom’s provided ballpoint tip onto any sketchbook or standard piece of paper.

Yes sir, this is one model that targets those who are into rough concepting and creative brainstorming stages, where the Inkling intends to bridge the gap between paper sketching and digital drawing as it offers users at the beginning of the creative process a method to actually flesh out the ideas swimming in their heads on actual paper, while capturing those concepts digitally at the same time so that they can be further refined on a computer. This definitely beat the old school method of scanning your images onto a computer for inking and refinement later on.

Heck, even Inkling enables users to develop layers in the digital file while sketching on paper using the following creative software applications – Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Autodesk Sketchbook Pro. The Inkling is definitely an interesting device for those who want to capture all impromptu creative ideas, turning them into a digital format so that they can e-mail, archive or further refine it on their computer at a later time.

The Inkling digital sketch pen will consist of both hardware and software segments – where the hardware includes the pen and a wireless receiver which will help capture a likeness of the sketch while stashing it away digitally. As for the ballpoint pen from Wacom, it relies on the company’s very own pressure sensing technology (up to 1,024 levels of sensitivity) in order to detect just how hard the pen is being pressed to the paper while sketching. The pressure variations will be translated into the digital version of your drawing without missing a beat.

As for the receiver, it will be clipped right to the edge of standard paper or sketchbooks, where the position can be placed at the proper position to cater for both right handed users as well as southpaws, providing them with an uninterrupted line of sight with the pen tip. Once the sketching is done, the receiver will be connected to the user’s computer via USB in order to perform a transfer of the digital files.

The Wacom Inkling will retail for $199 a pop from the second half of September onwards if you are interested in expanding your artistic horizons.

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Sceptre has new 32″ LED HDTV for the masses

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:00 AM PDT

You know that times are extremely hard these days especially on the economic front, and it makes perfect sense for us to look out for value-for-money bargains. HDTVs are dime a dozen in the market, and with more and more players entering the game, the industry has gotten a whole lot more competitive. Well, Sceptre is one of those names, and they have decided to grace the market with they spanking new 32″ LED HDTV model that will cater for the entry-level niche.

Also known as the Scpetre E325BV-HD, it has been touted to be the ideal companion in your living room – assuming you’re still using one of those fat, chunky CRTs or want to introduce yet another TV to your home. At least it isn’t that large so much so that it cannot fit into a cramped apartment without looking out of place.

This particular Sceptre model will come in an ultra light chassis that tips the scales at just 20 pounds with its stand included, but despite that, it will not compromise on performance as it delivers a flicker and static free 31.5″ LED display in 1,366 x 768 resolution glory alongside a response time of 6.5ms – reasonable enough, but you can be sure that there are far quicker models out there in the market. At the very least it can swivel up to 30 degrees, where it can be detached at the neck and base if you so desire in order to mount it onto a wall, making it even passable as a computer monitor or digital signage if the need arises.

As for connectivity, this model will sport a trio of HDMI ports, a USB port and a headphone jack, letting you to hook it up to your PS3 or notebook in a jiffy. Apart from that, a couple of 10 watt built-in speakers will carry multiple features for it to maximize audio quality, ranging from noise reduction filer to surround sound mode, sound equalizer settings and auto volume level control

Wal-Mart carries the new 32″ LED HDTV from Sceptre if you are interested, making it an interesting proposition for those who are looking forward to their first ever HDTV.

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