Toshiba’s Media Server Concept Is Uber-Cool
By Vlad | October 1, 2008
Dreams are what inventions and concepts are all about. If you had dreamed ever if a TV, a telephone and a media server could interact with each other, Toshiba seems to have the answer. However, it still is in a concept stage and will take a while for it to materialize.
In this new system, a media server will automatically download media files from the cellphone just when the user drops near the field communication or NFC. Later, the media files can be projected on a wireless HD 1080p TV. However, this being a concept, I won’t be able to swear by it. I could only swear that Toshiba always manages to pull it off, whatever the concept is, and most of its products are great success.
Sharp Launches XS1 Series LCD TV
By Vlad | October 1, 2008
If you had been looking for a real grand LCD, then you must consider the newly released AQUOS LCD - the XS1 series by Sharp. These exquisite LCD screen comes with a very high contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 and has a brightness of 450cd/m2.
At about 2.8 cm at its thickest, this has to be one of the thinnest LCD TVs ever. The XS1 series come with both analog and digital TV tuners. In order to keep the TV slim, the TV tuner and connection options have been moved to an external device. Collaborating with Pioneer, Sharp has developed an integrated speaker system, which consists of a tweeter, two mid-range speakers and also a sub-woofer.
iBasket May Be The Next Generation Washing Machine
By Vlad | September 26, 2008
Ever wondered what you could do to get a better washing machine? Well, you must have looked through pages of boring brochures without any results or solutions. The iBasket must solve all your problems thanks to its unique futuristic technology. This isn’t your standard washing machine and it will automatically wash your clothes once enough clothes are put inside.
What’s more, it even starts functioning according to the weight of clothes in the basket. One could control the frequency of wash cycles and it also sends messages to your computer once the cleaning is completed. So you wouldn’t have to run to the washing machine every 30 seconds or you don’t need to stand by the washing machine for a long time. Well, in fact I must not call it a washing machine. It is an intelligent washing basket, an iBasket.
Gorenje brings Made-for-iPod Refrigerator
By Cheryl | September 2, 2008
After mounting the world’s favourite music machine that you know as iPod at precisely every possible place, right from your T-Shirts hood to undies and teddy bears and usual docking stations…the journey of iPod has reached it’s next destination- the refrigerator. Gorenje has taken a step forward by making the world’s first “made for iPod” refrigerator. Launched at the IFA 2008, the fridge features an iPod dock that keeps recharging the iPod together with playing music on the fridge’s built-in speakers.
Luxury Gadget of the day: Cosmo TV bathtub from Di Vapor
By Cheryl | August 28, 2008
It’s always great to have a soothing splash in a lavish bathtub after a hectic day. What if you get to see a movie along with that? All I can tag it as it – the ultimate bliss! So if you dream to get home that bliss, here’s your chance being sold a whopping amount of £2495 ($5,000) in the shape of upgraded Cosmo TV bathtub from Di Vpoar.
This bathing gadget comes loaded with adjustable air and water massage jets to soothe you in those back ache times, which include seven hydro massage jets, six bubble jets and six back massage jets in all.
If those were the bathing bonuses the big bang kinda attraction of Cosmo TV bath tu is the 17-inch touch-sensitive, waterproof LCD screen fitted towards the foot of the bathtub to keep you entertained all the while you are bathing accentuating the experience as a whole. And if you just love to listen to music, then the bathtub plays the jingles of FM via a built-in speaker at the rear. Not just this, you can also connect your screen to sky, cable or your DVD player via the video inputs
To add into the mood, there glows a fluorescent underwater light illuminating the bubbling water to make it surreal atmosphere…all that I wish now is that instead of being a single person tub, it should have accommodated two people at one go. AHH!
Via: Elite Choice
iBasket, futuristic washing machine: Doesn’t need a human touch
By Cheryl | August 20, 2008
Failing to manage laundry and piles of dirty clothes is one of the many daily chores that are left unattended by so many busy people, whose jobs doesn’t leave them with time to take care of them. So with a view to offer a little help to such souls Guopeng Liang brings iBasket – an automated washing machine.
By making it to the top nine Electrolux Design Lab ’08 finalists, iBasket is sure to catch some fancy with the laundry maniacs.
With a transparent cylindrical body made of acrylic glass, engineered plastic and recycled aluminum, the washing machine is pre-programmed to start off the washing spree only after collecting a specific weight of clothes. Once done. It washes the dirty lot for a selected duration, while the built-in air refresh system gets of the smelly odors. And once the washing is over, the LEDs fixed at the bottom flashes out to give you the signal. Not just this, it will also give you a ‘work done’ message on your cell phone and computer via a wireless so that the busy bee that you are, don’t forget that your cleaning business is done! We hope the concept gets real too soon!
Via: Alienhome
Not so great Kayak speakers
By Cheryl | August 20, 2008
As far as I understand a ‘Kayak’ is a small boat but the ‘Kayak Speakers’ as they call them don’t resemble a boat at all still christened like that…any answers?
Any way as they say, what’s in a name? Let’s get ahead with other specs of the speakers from the house of Sonance. With quite a unique design they can be a sure shot attention grabber in a living room. They are designed by the minds at NACSound and boast to offer stereophonic sound from a single speaker with the help of an acoustic reflector suspended in the center. (What’s new?) The speakers churn out 60W of sound with a sensitivity of about 86dB. Talk about placing them and you get the liberty of installing them horizontally or vertically as per your requirements.
Not very great features and a little cool looks seem to les to pay a whopping amount of $2900 for the Kayak features…what do you say?
Via: Gizmodo
Luxury Gadget of the day: 24 carat gold wristwatch table
By Cheryl | August 16, 2008
Not a very great a gadget though, but definitely a unique wonder and a reason enough to bring this 24 Carat Wristwatch Table here.
The first of its kind, the gold plated watch is no less a jewellery but a definitely impressive furniture.
The dial of the watch makes the table top and displays time in a LED display. Apart from that it also features the date, temperature and your choice of welcoming words.
So if you are game to have all gold furniture for your living room, this one is just perfect for you. He only problem is the price tag that reads $43,150… what were you expecting to be the price of a gold plated table?
Via: Blavish
Air Conditioned Bed
By Cheryl | August 5, 2008
It seems heat is actually roasting people coz every new day we are coming across a new and innovative air conditioner to keep you cool. If earlier it was the USB shirt AC to keep you chilled in Office, now it’s the turn of an air-conditioned bed that’s perfect to give you some cool sleep.
Coming to the functionality of this bed. It is quite simple. All it does is puts the dual fans featured in the bed pad to use. Cool air is pulled in from behind your head and circulated through the soft membrane which also acts as an air-cushion to support you. Don’t woory the fans are extremely quite, won’t disturb your sleep at any cost.
Available in the measurements of 92cm x 200cm (36in. x 79in), the bed features 3 speed levels with the fan power of 4.5w. Best of all, the bed uses extremely low power, costing only $.24 per month if used eight hours a day!
Price: $399
Via: GadgetGrid
Tanning Beds Get Glamorous With Hapro’s Glamour Editions of Luxura X7 and V7
By Cheryl | August 2, 2008
If getting that ‘oh-so-in’ tanned look is on your mind and some crispy moolah is what you are ready to shell out, Hapro’s Glamour Editions of Luxura X7 and V7 tanning beds can be your perfect picks. The uber-cool and utterly stylish tanning beds come embellished with dazzling rhine stones and jazzy violet top lighting, good enough to give a glowing look to the interiors together with your bod.
The lavish tanning bed comes to you in pearly white color and is decked up with some ultra snappy features apart from those droolworthy looks. Talking about the features one can’t afford to miss the biggies from the likes efficient Maxlight tanning lamps available in horizontal X7 and stand-up V7 that give you a glowing gold tan. Want some more? Check out technical excellence summerised in Contour Plus, SoundAround & MyMp3, Smartvoice, Xsens, Qsens and Climax on the horizontal X7…that are some crazy accessories to keep you entertained while your bod is getting the desired glow.
If your jaw is already dripping, you must hold your breath for the the Vertical V7 model that also gives you the option to adjust the body cooling, comes fitted with loud speakers and also seeps in a variety of aroma options with Xsens to make the complete experience holistic and soothing.
