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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

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Hands on with the Snakebyte MiniMote and Premium Remote XL+ Controllers
Orange UK’s new T-shirts can power your mobile devices, with sound!
Concept Rotary Powered Cellular Phone
Aikiou Cat Stimulo Feeding Station

Hands on with the Snakebyte MiniMote and Premium Remote XL+ Controllers

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:02 PM PDT

I got a chance to try out some of Snakebyte's gaming accessories last week, and I have to admit, I was pretty impressed.

The first was the Wii MiniMote Controller, which is the red Wii controller on the left. You might have noticed how small it is, and you are right. It is actually twenty –five percent smaller than the Wiimote. I found that it fits quite comfortably in my hand for a lighter gaming experience.

As for the Premium Remote XL+, it looks like a regular Wiimote. It does have that Wii Motion Plus Sensor built-in, and there are some other features that I will talk about after the jump.

You should probably know that the Wii MiniMote takes AAA batteries instead of the usual AA. That is probably something that should be put on the box. The Premium Remote XL+ takes AA batteries, but you have to unscrew the back to put them in. At first I thought this was a terrible feature, and I noticed that it comes with rechargeable batteries as well as a USB charger. So you don't have change the batteries, but connect it via USB to the Wii for power.

You should be able to get these terrific video game accessories at the Snakebyte website now. The Premium Remote XL+ is on sale now for $27.99 and the Minimote is about $23.99.

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Orange UK’s new T-shirts can power your mobile devices, with sound!

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 03:52 PM PDT

In case you are wondering, these are not mouse pads that these people have on their T-shirts. This is Orange UK's new technology, and it could be what you need to charge your mobile device.

It does so using piezoelectrics with the absorption of vibration from sound. I going out on a limb here and guess that the white pads on the belly are "sound sponges". I would also imagine that this technology is highly effective if you are in the front row of a concert. Yes, now you can text and take pics all you want while the deep bass powers your mobile device.

Orange UK designed this sound battery T-Shirt for the Glastonbury Festival, and I'm sure it will make quite a splash there. I like the idea of being able to charge a mobile device on something that I am already wearing anyway. I'm guessing it could be made slightly less garish.

The one thing that I have noticed about T-shirts, is they never mix well with technology. I remember going to a convention and some people walked around with LCD screens on their T-shirts. You think that would be cool, but it wasn't. The LCD screens were really stiff compared to T-shirt fabric, and the shirts only played one video clip that got annoying after just five minutes.

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Concept Rotary Powered Cellular Phone

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 12:31 PM PDT

When I was growing up, my family was one of the first to still have a rotary phone. I remember having friends over, and some of them had never even seen a rotary phone before. You can imagine my embarrassment, as we were always slow to adapt to new technology. I’m sure if my family got cell phones back then, we would have had something like this.

Designed my Richard Clarkson, the rotary cellphone definitely hearkens back to that never-seen steampunk era. You probably won't see this come to a major carrier, as this is a concept, for now. Just to let you know, there is a touchscreen on the other side, so if you want to touchscreen dial, you can do that.

I'm guessing that this phone has a niche audience, but I can imagine the looks you would get from the steampunk crowd when you take out your rotary cellphone, at least until you take forever to dial a phone number.

My source says that this is a cellular phone that could be seen in Blade Runner, but I disagree. I think it is more reminiscent of Brazil, the surrealist futurist film by Terry Gilliam. It's been a while since I've seen that film, but I remember that the computers bore a better resemblance to typewriters than actual PCs. In other words, if technology got futuristic and antiquated at the same time, this mobile phone would be the result.

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Aikiou Cat Stimulo Feeding Station

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 03:57 AM PDT

You know, pets do have feelings as well, and they can feel rather neglected at times, losing their appetite. You can’t just pull a tuna out from your pocket to make sure Garfield’s appetite is going to come back just like that – so why not get the $24.99 Aikiou Cat Stimulo Feeding Station and see it work wonders? Hopefully it will work as advertised, but before that, let us take a closer look at how it works.

This unique device is an interactive cat food dish which will stimulate the intellect while making sure your cat remains entertained during its mealtime. You will be able to hide bits of kibble in the bowl's many tubes, so little puss will need to fish the kibble out with its paw whenever hungry. This in turn makes meals longer to eat, and that results in no weight gain – reducing digestive problems in the process to boot. Stimulo is also said to have brought back interest in food for older cats.

What do you think? Does it work wonders?