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The eniCycle was designed by Aleksander Polutnik and is the lovechild of a Segway and whatever the hell this tihng is. And I, for one, would totally ride it. Without a helmet. I'm bad!

The EniCycle is powered by an electric 1000 watt hub motor that you lean forward to set into motion--just like a Segway. Measuring your vertical angle 100 times a second, the gyroscopes make adjustments to help keep you balanced.

Not only would I ride the hell out of this thing, I would do it juggling bears. And not just because I'm hardcore, but because I'm classically trained for the circus. Just sayin', I can eat fire (now booking birthday parties).

Q: What did the snail riding the turtle say?
A: WHEEEEEEEE!

See the video of the uni in action.

[geekologie]

Eternaleds today introduced their new Hydrolux-4 LED lightbulb, which is the first LED bulb in the world to use liquid-cooling technology to give true 360 degree light like a regular light bulb. The Hydrolux-4 can lower your monthly electricity bill since it only consumes 4-Watts of electricity. Each lightbulb is rated for 35,000 hours of use, meanwhile the liquid inside is harmless paraffin oil that has been tested and certified safe to UL and ROHS standards. The Hydrolux-4 LED lightbulb is currently available in “warm white” and “daylight” flavors. Video after the jump.



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iWear AV310 Widescreen is one of its kind creation of gadget world it is an advance technology gadget unveiled recently to enjoy videos like never before. New iWear AV310 launched by Vuzix from this wonderful innovation now it is possible to enjoy cinematic experience by connecting it to your Nokia handsets, iPhone and also with other outputs.

iWear AV310 is getting more and more popularity day by day but now one competitor of this iWear AV310 is now running successfully in the market that is the Carl Zeiss Cinemizer. It provides some ultimate features it comes with wearable video display you can wear it as normal sunglasses to enjoy unlimited features provided by , iWear AV310 Widescreen. This is excellent choice to make your boring journey full of fun so with, iWear AV310 Widescreen you never feel bored. New iWear AV310 Widescreen scores in the audio department and it creates a personal media space by just wearing it

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Mimio Korea has released its Magic Board 47 interactive whiteboard that will be accompanied by a 47" full HD LCD panel alongside Mimio Korea's very own touch sensor. This interactive whiteboard will not only display a connected desktop/notebook's screen on its surface, you will be able to write down observations or notes using an electronic pen via the Mimio Pad, a wireless tablet that has a working range of 10 meters. Mimio Korea hopes that this technology will be applied in classrooms regardless of the current level of education. Getting one isn't cheap though as the setup will cost you a cool $1,490 although you can always think of it as getting a LCD HDTV instead.

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Eye-Fi announces the release of two new wireless SD memory cards which let you upload videos directly from a digital camera to the PC/Web. The cards claim to be the first ever wireless memory card for digicams. Apart from automatic photo uploads, it also lets you easily upload video clips to YouTube or Flickr.

Upload your favorite content to more than 20 social networking and online photo sharing sites with the 4GB Eye-Fi Share Video and Eye-Fi Explore Video cards. Furthermore, the Eye-Fi Explore Video card also offers hotspot access at more than 10,000 Wi-Fi locations and automatically geotags photos and videos along with location information.

The magic of Eye-Fi’s new cards is that they work with the camera you already own to capture
photos and now videos

[escapenet]

Barack Obama looked dapper as he was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, but was that suit and coat he was wearing bullet-resistant? It's no longer necessary to wear metal plates or a thick Kevlar vest to repel 9mm slugs, so it's possible that the slim Obama had some of the new bullet-resistant material sewn into his elegant attire. According to Officer.com, he was indeed protected by such tech:

"Obama will wear bullet-resistant clothing, speak behind a protective glass shield and ride in the parade in the armored Cadillac limousine, with doors and windows so thick that he probably would survive a bomb blast, law enforcement officials said."

It's understandable that the Secret Service wanted one last level of protection in addition to that tank-like limo and all the other security at yesterday's event, but what's next? A bulletproof presidential helmet?

[dvice]

We took a look at the early Windows Mobile 6.5 build for the old HTC Blue Angel handset that was leaked yesterday. There's not a whole lot to see yet, but here's what matters:

• There is a new interface! Sort of! The typical 6.1 home screen is still present at times, but there appears to be an alternate, Zune-like menu too. It's glitchy for the time being, but it looks like a step in the right direction, and like it runs significantly more smoothly than many of the third-party interface layers out there (Yeah, I'm talking about you, TouchFlo 3d). There are also a few new element skins—namely a new dialer, finally. The keyboard doesn't get shown off, but I'd assume that'll be changed too.
• Zune integration is here, in a way. The aforementioned new menu doesn't just look and feel like the clean Zune UI we're all so used to, it contains icons for media playback at the bottom, including music and photos. Both had image previews in their entries, and there were specific music functions built into the first layer of menus. In other words, the default user interface for Windows Mobile will be usable as a media player.
• Intertial scrolling is everywhere now. This might seem minor, but the psychological impact of smooth interface movements is huge. Grids of icons can now be thrown around, as can the contact list and web browser (though we saw this in the Mobile IE6 emulator).

• There are a few other new, minor features seen in the video, but it's unclear which of them belong to Microsoft, which to HTC and which to random third parties (this is XDA, after all). And as I said before, this is probably a very early build and not totally representative of the final product. However, if these few improvements are anything to go by, the user experience will be markedly improved for users of WinMo 6.5, especially on touchscreen handsets

[gizmodo]

PANIQ works with clothing companies to integrate MP3 player controllers directly in the fabric. A PANIQ Module then connects the device to the clothing, making it possible to control your favorite player without having to reach the device itself. It's practical during winter time, so we know why PANIQ is making some noise now.

The concept itself isn't new, but few companies take the time to make the clothing device-independent, Having PANIQ work with many brands also ensures that customers will have more choices. The connecting module will come in several color/texture and costs about $20. It's not yet clear how much more expensive PANIQ-enabled clothing cost compared to "low-tech" clothing

[ubergizmo]

CNET has decided that South Korea’s next-generation battle gear makes soldiers look Halo-esque. A very 21st-century assessment! But as Yahtzee has pointed out time after time, space marines are perhaps the most ubiquitous character in video game history, and even if you don’t want to go as far back as Space Hulk, you still have to give credit where credit’s due. And in Korea, more often than not, the answer to any given question is “Starcraft.” With channels airing Starcraft matches 24/7 and player count in the hundreds of billions, it’s really the only video game from which the country is likely to take cues for its national defense.

As for the battle gear itself, it looks pretty awesome, although traditionally wraparound helmets have been avoided in combat due to decreased field of vision — troublesome, that. But with a personal cooling system and protection from both missile and laser attacks (!), South Korean soldiers should be sitting pretty even if they do get ambushed from their blind spot. Zug zug!

[crunchgear]

San Francisco artist Tanya Vlach lost an eye in a car accident several years ago. And now she wants a webcam installed in her prosthetic, because she's a badass.

Tanya reasons that her aesthetic-only eye could become a source of "augmented reality," and she's got a list of possible specs up on her blog for would-be engineers to begin with. Just some of the things mentioned for inclusion are: DVR capabilities, MPEG-4 compression, a microSD slot, A/V out, and Bluetooth.

Tanya,

While a webcam eyeball would be cool, particularly if you spend a significant portion of your day in the women's locker room or staring at your own privates, I believe there are bigger fish to fry -- with a laser eye. PEW PEW!

[geekologie]

The municipality of Rødovre of Copenhagen, Denmark, announced today the Sky Village as the winner of the Rødovre Skyscraper design competition. This 116 meter tall tower will accommodate apartments, a hotel, offices, and a public park and a plaza.

With 21,688m2 of real estate the new skyscraper will be located at Roskildevej, on the East side of Copenhagen. The design is based on a flexible grid, allowing possible modifications by re-arranging the units. Each ‘pixel unit’ is 60m2 square and are attached to the central core of the structure. This strategic design creates a stacked neighborhood, which they call a Sky Village. It will also integrate the most advanced technologies suit to satisfy the Danish environmental standards

[contemporist]

I know that there are environmentally conscious people who perform a whole lot of carbon footprint calculations wherever they go, so what better way to do so than with the Japan-only CO2 Calculator? This nifty device is able to help you manage electricity use, water, trash and gas by keying in the necessary figures before a result is displayed on its LCD screen. Too bad it is limited to the Land of the Rising Sun only, as I'm sure this solar-powered device will also do pretty well outside of Japan.

[ubergizmo]

With a 80GB hard disk inside you can rip your CD collection in a variety of MP3 bit rates. You can also make use of your PC if you have a large collection of music on it, either by copying the files directly on to the system’s internal disk or by hooking it up to your home network (wired or wireless). Philips provides a really simple and foolproof application to set your computer up as a media server.

The ‘Music Follows Me’ feature is pretty snazzy. If you’re moving from the room with the music Centre to one with a Station, hitting the ‘Music Follows Me’ button allows the music to be paused, and then continued on the Station in the other room. A well-designed, two-way remote control features an LCD screen that mimics the ones on the two systems perfectly. The system it controls can be altered manually on the remote itself.

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Also among the improvements is a USB slot on the top of each player which allows you to plug in a thumb drive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drive or your iPod, browse, play and copy tracks to and from the base station’s hard disk, with a dedicated iPod cradle available as an optional extra.

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Graphene is an extremely common material that scientists are continually discovering new properties of. It's somewhat of a wonder material, apparently! A few years ago it was discovered that due to its electrical properties, one-micron sheets of it are ideal for the inner workings of tiny electronic devices. Now? Well, lets just say it's making the idea of ultra-thin, ultra-strong, invisible body armor seem a bit more realistic.

That's because it has a breaking strength of 55 newtons per meter, meaning a sheet of it the thickness of plastic wrap could support up to over 4,400lbs before breaking. Yeah, that's a lot of weight. And since it's transparent, it would make for some pretty strong see-through body armor. Pretty awesome stuff.

[dvice]

The iPhone 3G dominated the news this week, and we found unique angles to the story, showing you 10 things nobody’s noticed yet about the coveted cell phone. We put it all into perspectivebattery pack add-on that might quell our carping and whining a bit, making the iPhone 3G's lame battery life slightly more tolerable. for you, and then discovered a

But forget about the iPhone this weekend. Check out Batman: Dark Knight, and take a look at some of his gadgets that might soon have real-world counterparts. Or gaze up at the moon in a daze, daydreaming about how we’ll get there again someday. Waking up out of your stupor, scare up the household by putting a gun-shaped earpiece to your head.

Insane enough for you? It gets better. This week, there was no shortage of unusual objects with which to populate your own bat cave and its environs:

World’s largest horn subwoofer rocks the house to its foundations and beyond
And you thought that kid down the street had some obnoxious subwoofers.

While this might look like a nail gun, trust me: it isn't
Dressing up an M-16 to look like a DeWalt drill? Give this guy a personality test.

Proxima rides at you like a car, zips off like a motorcycle
About as close as you’re going to get to the Batmobile and Batpod, all in one

Solar Deck Lights: no-hassle outdoor lighting, till about midnight
Curse the Dark Knight — light up your walkways with the sun

Secret Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse is purdy and portable
Leaked info shows Microsoft can still nail a sweet mouse design

Oakland A's new stadium to put touchscreens in every seat
Never mind watching the boring baseball game — play with a touchscreen at your seat!

[dvice]

Reports from Japan are showing a very Surface-like product from Panasonic, called the Digital Wall. While it appears huge, first hand stories say it doesn’t yet offer all of the same features of Microsoft’s Surface, but that it is really big and could even be cheaper than Redmond’s interactive table.

Check out this video from Digital World Tokyo, for the Digital Wall in action.

[crunchgear]

Waterfalls and fountains are common decoration for public places. But they are not anything but decoration without amusing. But interactive technology will implement this shortage.

It seems like a normal board at first glance, but the interactive technology allows you to add any virtual objects to change the direction of the flow, or just with your body. Therefore, you can enjoy the water in public places and do not have to worry about being wet through.

Video after the break

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Static advertisements and paper posters have just become things of the past with LCD advertisement displays on the horizon. Last July 14, Tokyo Station gets a taste of these digital posters courtesy of East Japan Railway Company and East Japan Marketing & Communications Inc. Ten 65-inch digital posters were placed at the station and will remain there until testing ends on September 30, 2008. The vertically-oriented posters are originally 150cm in diameter and 15 cm thick, although the columns add another 30cm of thickness to them.

These digital posters display still images which change every minute at a 1920 x 1080 resolution. This specific test will evaluate people’s response to audio-less still image digital posters using LCD panels. In case the testing gets a positive response from the Japanese public, there’s a chance that the operations of these large LCD displays will extend until after September. The posters’ contents are delivered wirelessly using HSDPA to a PC connected to one of the five columns (two displays placed back-to-back), and then relayed to the other four through set top boxes using wireless LAN.

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