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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Latest Posts on Coolest Gadgets

Casio WK-6500 Workstation Keyboard
Hips on with Zumba Fitness 2
Belkin’s Verve Folio Stand for the Kindle Fire
8-Bit LED Holiday Wreath
Lullabelly Maternity Musical Device
Cadence watch goes all mathematical

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:10 AM PST

I remember having a Casio keyboard when I was ninth grade, and it was about the size of my forearm with about 8 rhythms and instruments. That tiny white keyboard would like like a wimp compared to the Casio WK-6500 Workstation Keyboard.

The WK-6500 has a 76-key full size with 670 tones and programs. It has a song sequencer, tone editor, multiple digital effects, mixer, performance registration memory, USB MIDI interface, SD card storage, as well as hundreds of editable tones.

The specs are pretty impressive. It has a rhythm editor that can turn individual instrumental portions on or off and adjust volume, pan reverb and other parameters for personal rhythms, storing up to 10 original rhythms at a time. It also has a 16 track song sequencer plus 1 system to support recording of up to 5 songs or 30,000 notes, with a chance of editing all of them in between. Also included are a wide range of built-in effects like 10 reverbs, 5 choruses, 100 DSP types. All this plus a high-output 2-way bass reflex sound system.

Of course, I don’t really know too much about all that. As I just candidly revealed in my review of the Zumba Fitness 2, I just don’t have the music in me.

Still, something like this makes me want to become a musician. I got a chance to try this out, and I was pretty blown away by it. My daughter took a look at it and said that she wanted to learn piano. I’m sure that something like this could bring about a whole generation of musicians.

You can get the Casio WK-6500 Workstation Keyboard on the Casio site for about $449.99.

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Hips on with Zumba Fitness 2

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:05 AM PST

If you haven’t heard of Zumba Fitness, then you are missing out on an interactive video game workout that has three million players and counting. I never played the original, but I got a chance to try out the sequel.

Zumba Fitness 2 is a music/dancing game where one of the celebrity Zumba Fitness instructors (Tanya Beardsley, Gina Grant, or Beto), dances before you, and you have to mirror their actions. Unlike regular Wii games, this one comes in a bigger box for an included fitness belt. The belt holds the Wiimote on the right hip, and from this input, the game judges your dance moves.

The game has over 32 new routines, and the user learns 20 different dance styles for Merengue, Samba, Cubmia, Axe, Bollywood, Latin Pop, Bellydance, and Pasodoble. There are five different game modes that include a single song dance routine, a class that works out a block of routines in extend time formats, as well as a party for up to 4 players.

I have to admit, I had a hard time playing this game. I think it is because I don’t really have a lot of dance rhythm in me, but I wonder if I could get them by playing Zumba Fitness 2. If you want to check this out for yourself, it is available at Amazon, gaming stores, and other retailers for about $40.00.

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Belkin’s Verve Folio Stand for the Kindle Fire

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:00 AM PST

Two days ago, my Amazon Kindle Fire arrived in the mail. I had a pretty exciting time with the Kindle Fire, and I will give you a hands-on review of that if you leave enough comments demanding one.

Fortunately, I was prepared for the Kindle Fire with the Verve Folio Stand by Belkin. It definitely gives my Kindle Fire some protection, and since it is a leather portfolio, it makes the newest e-book reader/tablet feel like an old book.

Of course, an old book can’t prop itself up so I can read like a display at many angles. An old book can’t show all the video that the Kindle Fire can show.

All right, this is beginning to sound like a review of the Amazon Kindle Fire, but this is about the Verve Folio Stand. I like that the Verve Folio Stand has an elastic strap that can keep it shut. This makes me feel better about carrying the Kindle Fire around in a bag, and protect it from scuff marks.

I recommend the Verve Folio Stand if you got yourself a Kindle Fire. By the way, I have noticed that the Kindle Fire is about the same size and shape as a BlackBerry Playbook. This means that if you are just needing protection for your Kindle Fire, BlackBerry Playbook protectors like that one I reviewed from Ballistic the other day, will work, as long as you don’t mind not being able to access the Kindle Fire’s headphone jack and other ports.

If you want more information about the Belkin Verve Folio Stand, feel free to head to the Belkin site here. I found a product with the same name on Best Buy for about $39.99, so I am going to assume that is the usual price for this item.

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8-Bit LED Holiday Wreath

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 05:30 AM PST

The holiday season is upon us yet again – my, my, how fast time flies! Well, if you have been scratching your head for the longest time, wondering just how else are you going to decorate your home since the last few years have been nothing short of boring, along comes ThinkGeek with the $19.99 8-Bit LED Holiday Wreath. This is not only an old school and reusable piece of holiday decor, it also merges the old with the digital age – where flickering LEDs come in the form of golden coins to deliver your favorite 8-bit memories to the masses.

Definitely Mario fans will fall in love with this faster than those of Sonic, because there is no “golden rings” version of this puppy. Made from durable, EVA foam, it is powered by a trio of AAA batteries if you’re interested. No idea on how long the batteries will last though, but we’re thinking that rechargeables ought to make more of an impact in the long run.

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Lullabelly Maternity Musical Device

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 05:00 AM PST

We live in an extremely competitive world, and parents these days want their kids to get ahead of the rest even from the womb itself, hence you see many of these “baby aids” that intend to help the development of the foetus in the market. ThinkGeek does not want to get left behind as well, hence their $59.99 Lullabelly Maternity Musical Device, which is actually a pre-natal music belt which allows you to play tracks of your choice so that your future geek-to-be will also be able to rock on to today’s grooviest tunes without missing a beat.

Not only is it super soft to make sure it does not mess up mummy’s tummy, it is also adjustable, lightweight and comfortable. The volume for baby’s speakers are capped at a safe level, so you need not worry about breeding a headbanger right from the get go. There is a splitter thrown into the mix for you to listen to the same music, and hopefully you won’t introduce him/her to Justin Bieber, but rather, more solid stuff like Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana.

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Cadence watch goes all mathematical

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:30 AM PST

I know that time can be measured, where for the most of us, it is displayed on the watch that we wear on our wrists. While analog watches did once lose out in popularity to digital models in the past, they have sort of made a comeback over the years. Old is gold, I guess, and this saying holds true for watches. Cadence intends to engage the more cerebral purchasers out there with their latest timepiece after hiring Chris Thompson, the Math Clock designer, as the company’s Creative Director.

One of Thompson’s most famous feats would be his design of the Math Clock, where each numeral that denotes the hour is replaced with equivalent mathematical notations for that added bit of fun. Who says science and art cannot get along together? It is Thompson’s love of mathematics and which actually sparked off his inspiration for the first design that he has conjured for Cadence. Similar in some ways to the Math Clock, Chris intends to design a watch which will resonate with mathematic geeks, calling it the Radian Watch.

Needless to say, you will find the mathematical notation of pi, which is 22 divided by 7, or 3.142 (to the nearest three decimal places anyways) being one of the unsolvable mysteries. Until today, no one has completed the exact figure for pi, simply because it is impossible to, although there have been attempts in the past to write out the longest solution – and some people do make attempts to beat that record until this day.

Of course, for those who feel that you do not want to wrack your brain to figure out the time on the watch, the Cadence Radian Watch should not be an issue either, since all the relevant hour figures are marked accordingly, letting you arrive at the answer with the solution on the watch’s face itself.

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