Continuing on the outdoor weekend theme from yesterday, here’s a boombox of sorts that can handle even getting splashed! You actually slip the iPod behind a waterproof gasket so the boombox can be splashed without harming your iPod! The iPod fits in the unit similar to how you would put tapes in an older boombox that supports tapes.
Tomorrow’s gadget we’ll get back to work.
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It’s the weekend and time to move life to the outdoors for a couple of days! Of course, if you’re like me, I can’t quite sit still and in the quite and need to bring my tunes with me. If that sounds like you, Sharper Image has created a product that should work for you.
Using their ZipConnect technology, which allows you to connect any MP3 player – not just iPods, Sharper Image has created wireless outdoor speakers! Wireless solves the issue of having to run speaker wire outdoors and the outdoor speakers have a weatherproof case that could withstand some misting or indirect weather. The speakers only require batteries for power so you don’t have to worry about a power outlet either!
The price is a little steep, but this product fits the outdoor living but digital music loving niche perfectly.
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Golfers, are you frustrated by the two, three or more lost balls per round — and the stroke-and-distance penalties that destroy what could be a decent score? Ever lost a ball you knew you had hit in the fairway? Hate holding up other golfers while you tramp through the woods? Tired losing brand-new balls right out of the box?! Exactly! Every golfer feels that way — but no more.
After years of effort, someone finally invented The RadarGolf™ System — and it will change the game of golf forever! It is the best gift you could ever give anyone who loves the game.
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Bad Sony bad… Sony’s latest firmware upgrade causing problems with Neuros’ RC2 product.
Sony has recently offered a firmware upgrade for the PSP from Version 2.6 to Version 2.7. We donÂ’t think Sony did this on purpose, but, for now, PSPs with the upgraded firmware wonÂ’t play files recorded with the Recorder 2. A second result of this issue is that any files you may have recorded previously with the Recorder 2 would need to be converted to play on PSPs having the upgraded Version 2.7 firmware.
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Neuros Recorder 2 owners — Do not upgrade your PSP to Version 2.7Read More »
April’s Geek Credit Monthly Contest was sponsored by GamePark Holdings GP2X. GamePark Holdings GP2X contributed a fully-loaded GP2X for the winner.
Now on to April’s winner…
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CONNECTIONS 2006: The Digital Home Conference Booth #317
SAN RAMON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 1, 2006–The ZigBee(TM) Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in home, commercial and industrial applications, today announced that several of its members will be demonstrating end-user products based on ZigBee technology at this year’s Connections show (http://www.connectionsconference.com) running May 2-4, 2006 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. ZigBee members will be exhibiting at booth #317.
ZigBee products on display from Cambridge Consultants, Control4, Golden Power, Nuri Telecom, Raymarine and Vantage Controls at the show include:
— Automated household lighting, entertainment, heating and cooling
— Home network control allowing consumers the ability to control their lights and entertainment systems using a cell phone
— In-home patient monitoring of vital health signs
— Automated meter reading for remote reading of water, gas or electric meters for utilities
— Marine safety system via wireless crew monitoring and man overboard alert system
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How do you know if you’re a true audiovisual enthusiast?
Here’s a quick quiz:
Do you think the person who invented DVD rental by mail should be nominated for a Nobel Prize?
Do you feel that “volume” is something you should feel as well as hear?
Do you think the words “TV” and “too big” should never appear in the same sentence?
Are your goldfish named Dolby and THX?
Can you communicate passionately using nothing but acronyms and conjunctions?
Could you weave a hammock out of all the cables snaking around behind your components?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are an audiovisual enthusiast. And even if you didn’t, you still have a home theatre, whether it’s a simple TV in the den or an expertly outfitted screening room. Either way, an INSTEON A/V Solution will add professional panache for a proletarian price.
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Karaoke sounds better after a couple of rounds so why can’t speakers sound better after being soaked in Sake (Japanese rice wine)? JVC claims that wood is an ideal speaker material due to the acoustical properties which create rich, warm and natural sounds. Apparently, the 20 year old problem was how to mold solid wood into a speaker cone without splitting the wood.
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WAYNE, NJ, May 1, 2006 – Home theater is now available for the bedroom or other small room with the introduction of a new JVC compact home theater system, which features the company’s exclusive sake-soaked wood cone speakers.
The elegantly-designed JVC EX-A10 includes two diminutive components – a receiver and a matching DVD player – which when stacked occupy no more space than a typical laptop computer. Wrapped in a brushed aluminum finish, these components are complemented by a pair of JVC’s wood cone speakers housed in beautifully finished solid cherry cabinets. The system easily fits on a bookshelf or desktop. For a complete home theater set-up, all the user need add is a TV.
What truly sets the EX-A10 apart are its wood cone speakers. To deliver a warm, natural sound, each speaker cone is made of a solid sheet of wood, which has acoustic properties that make it ideal speaker material. But it’s a design that was 20 years in the making because forming the wood sheets into a speaker cone proved daunting – they would crack. Countless techniques were tried, but proved ineffective, until a surprising solution was found – sake, or Japanese rice wine. JVC engineers discovered that when soaked in sake, a birch wood sheet becomes soft and pliable enough to be pressed into speaker cones without splitting.
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New JVC Desktop Home Theater System Features Unique Sake-Soaked Wood Cone SpeakersRead More »
USB flash drives are great for storage portability. That’s also a downside as you can easily lose these small flash drives and if you leave all your personal data or corporate secrets on the flash drive, your data can be compromised.
There are several solutions including software solutions, but the DataTraveler Elite – Privacy Edition offers 128bit hardware-based AES encryption. The privacy options are setup the first time you plug the USB flash drive into the USB port and you are asked to create a password. After 26 attempts of bad passwords, the flash drive is formatted.
The 256MB drive costs $48, 512MB costs $75, 1GB retails for $119 and the 2GB retails for $222.
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Kingston 4GB DataTraveler Elite Privacy and Complete Password – DTEP/4GBRead More »
