Posted: 26 Oct 2009 06:09 AM PDT
Check out this original wedding cake that has been designed to show the scene in Stars Wars were Luke it put inside a Tauntaun to keep him warm during an Ice Storm. This must me one of the most origianl wedding cakes I’ve ever scene and the cake has fantastic detailing. Including some lovely Tauntaun guts and insides.. ummm lovely.
It was certainly one of the talks of the wedding evening. Older relatives were a bit confused, but the kids and our friends loved it!
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Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:58 AM PDT
These iPhone costumes are going to take some beating this Halloween. Created from LCD TV’s and using car batteries for power. Unfortuantely the screens are not touch sensitive and the actual iPhones are mounted on the top of the LCD screens which hetn display the content. The whole custome weighs in at around 85lbs and the car batteries that provide power are situated between their legs. Not that comfy but well worth it. Watch the video after the break to believe.
If you have a spare LCS TV, car battery and iPhone why not give it a go this Halloween.
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Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:43 AM PDT
Rave computes has just released two rugged mini PC’s that would be perfect for in-car pc’s. The MIL-SPEC-810F is fanless and powered by an Intel 1.6 GHz Atom N270 processor which consumes less power, making it suitable for nearly all vehicles. The MIL-SPEC-810F has a PCI-104 expansion connector, 2 mini PCI express slots, compact Flash and SIM slots, Gigabyte Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and three USB ports.
- Intel Atom N270 processor
- Supports up to 2GB of DDR2 memory
- Ideal for Internet, POS, kiosk and thin client applications
- Multiple display interface connections (VGA, DVI-D, USB)
- Wireless b/g option available utilizing PCI Express mini Card slot
- Solid State and SATA II Disk Options
- VESA-compatible holster included for wall- or monitor-mounting
- 12V DC power input (120VAC external power supply included)
- 7″W x 1.5″H x 7″D
Unfortunately there is no information on pricing or availability as yet.
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Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:31 AM PDT
PureSilicon have just added a new 256GB drive to its Renegade R2 SSD range. The drive meets MIL-STD-810F standards while offering 255 MB/s read performance
and 180 MB/s write performance. The pureSilicon SSD Drives can tolerate extreme temperatures, shock, and vibration, enabling Renegade R2 to perform from -40C to +85C.
Available in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB sizes (in a SATA II setup, low-profile 9.5mm height 2.5″ form factor); the 256GB, PATA and 1.8″ form factor drives will start shipping in Q1 2010 alongside the encrypted versions
High performance with real-world* specifications:
• Capacity: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, and 256GB using SLC flash
• Sequential Read: 255MB/s
• Sequential Write: 180MB/s
• Random Read: 18,000 IOPS @ 4K
• Random Write: 1,200 IOPS @ 4K
• Average Power: < 1.0W
Other features include:
• Renegade R2 uses the latest 34nm flash technology.
• Real-time 256-, 192-, or 128-bit AES (CBC or ECB) hardware-driven encryption/decryption.
• Secure-erase data declassification methods that meet strict government policies.
• Supports Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART), Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), and other advanced SATA commands.
• Conforms to SATA 2.6 and ATA-7 specifications.
• Features advanced wear-leveling and over-provisioning techniques to improve performance, prolong drive life, and boost reliability.
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Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:17 AM PDT
Developed by the students at Iwata-Yano Laboratory at the University of Tsukuba this ‘Media Vehicle’ is designed to be a the personal virtual reality cocoon. Whilst inside you look at a spherical display and is supposed to allow users move around both in the real world and a virtual environment.
Inside the Personal Virtual Reality Cocoon you can immerse yourself the visuals and surround sound and gentle G-forces courtesy of the computer-controlled wheels, which drag the whole thing this way and that to make you feel the motion.
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Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:00 AM PDT
If you into motorcycles and like a cool beer now and again then this gadget is for you. This motorcycle grip bottle opener not only opens your favourite brew it also revs up every time. Great as a Christmas
Available to buy from Dr inking Stuff
for £9.99 or around $7
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Posted: 26 Oct 2009 04:41 AM PDT
If you think your Quad Core processor is powerful .. how about a 100 Core Processor. That would surely give you that extra power you require. Well a semiconductor manufacturer is currently designing a 100 core processor, fabricated using 40-nanometer technology which is expected to be available early next year. In a bid to beat Moore’s law (which states number of transistors on a chip doubles every two years) chip manufactures are trying to either increase clock speeds or add more processors.
But cranking up the clock speed has its limitations, says Will Strauss, principal analyst with research and consulting firm Forward Concepts
“You can’t just keep increasing the clock speed so the only way to expand processor power is to increase the number of cores, which is what everyone is trying to do now,” he says. “It’s the direction of the future.”
“This is a general purpose chip that can run off-the-shelf programs almost unmodified,” says Anant Agarwal, chief technical officer of Tilera, the company that is making the 100-core chip. “And we can do that while offering at least four times the compute performance of an Intel Nehalem-Ex, while burning a third of the power as a Nehalem.”
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Posted: 26 Oct 2009 03:42 AM PDT
If you fancy creating a little extra sparkle at any party, why not wear the latest in tech fashion LED Eyelashes designed by Soomi Park. The LED eyelashes were introduced as a “product that speaks to many Asian women’s desire for bigger eyes.” The lashes are controlled by a tilt sensor allowing you to control the lights as you tilt your head. Check out the video after the jump.
Tilt one direction to turn them on and another to turn them off. They are fixed to the eyelashes using spirt gum and the mechanics are housed in headphones
Via Gizmodiva.com
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Posted: 26 Oct 2009 03:26 AM PDT
If you have a few lego bricks lying around you could try building yourself a Mario or just put in a bid for this monster sized Lego Mario that is being auctioned on eBay
currently at 2,650 Euros. The creator Dirk VH is donating the proceeds to charity. The Netherlands’ Game Mania
commissioned Dirk to create this giant Mario.
The Huge Mario Lego sculpture weights 50kg and stands 5ft 9 inches tall the pieces are glued together for extra strength. Fantastic bit of engineering and well done to Dirk VH for creating such an amazing sculpture entirely out of Lego bricks and all for charity.
Via Technabob
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Posted: 26 Oct 2009 02:49 AM PDT
To help ease the pain of upgrading to their new Windows 7 operating system Microsoft has released a neat Windows 7 USB installer. The utility, Windows 7 USB Download Tool
, creates a bootable flash drive from a downloaded .iso file, or disk image, of Windows 7, and can be purchased from Microsoft’s online store.
“This tool allows you to create a copy of the .iso file to a USB flash drive or a DVD,” said Microsoft in the instructions accompanying the tool . “To install Windows 7 from your USB flash drive or DVD, all you need to do is insert the USB flash drive into your USB port or insert your DVD into your DVD drive and run Setup.exe from the root folder on the drive
Via USB Everything
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Posted: 26 Oct 2009 02:38 AM PDT
We’ve featured a number of innovative DIY iPhone stands here at Geeky Gadgets and this one is yet another simple and effective mod. If you have any old Mini DV tapes lying around then you already have a built iPhone standing waiting for action. Just open it up and drop in your iPhone. I couldn’t resist trying this out and it even works in landscape mode.
Simple and neat a fantastic little DIY mod that is sure to help keep your iPhone on display. We just need an way to add a power cord.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 06:06 AM PDT
Acer has launched a new Eco-friendly monitor, the Acer S243Lbmi 24 Inch LCD Monitor.
The Acer S243Lbmi is a 24 inch LCD monitor with a resolution of 1920 x 1080, and it uses just 17.2w of power due to the use of LED technology.
The Acer S243Lbmi features a contrast ratio of 1000:1 and it has a pair of 1W speakers built in, on top of that there are two HDMI out ports and a D -Sub port.
It will go on sale in the next couple of weeks for 270 Euros about $400.
via Tech Fresh
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Posted: 23 Oct 2009 03:36 AM PDT
Apple [AAPL] has announced that it will be adding support for Microsoft’s [MSFT] latest OS, Windows 7 to Bootcamp by the end of the year, and will support Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate.
Apple will support Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate) with Boot Camp in Mac OS X Snow Leopard before the end of the year. This support will require a software update to Boot Camp.
The update to Bootcamp is likely to come as part of a software update to Snow Leopard, and it looks like Bootcamp will only be updated to support Windows 7 in Snow Leopard and not on Mac’s running earlier versions of Mac OS.
Apple via Gadget Lite
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Posted: 23 Oct 2009 03:21 AM PDT
We have seen quite a few different spy gadgets here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is bound to keep all the James Bond fans happy, the Fake Car Key Spy Camera.
The Fake Car Key Spy Camera looks like a standard car key, but hidden inside is a pinhole camera that can capture video at a 640 x 480 pixel resolution at 29 frames per second.
It can also take pictures at a 1600 x 200 resolution, and it comes with a microSD card slot, and a built in rechargeable Li-ion battery.
If you want one, the Fake Car Key Spy Camera is available for $63.00 from Brando
. via Gadgetsteria
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Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:53 AM PDT
Amazon is releasing a new free application for Windows based PCs, the Amazon Kindle For PC.
Amazon Kindle PC was shown off at the Windows 7 launch event yesterday, and it will be available as a free application that will turn you PC into an electronic book readers, and it can be linked to your Amazon Kindle account.
You wont need to purchase a Kindle to set up a Kindle account, you will then be able to purchase Kindle books and content and view them on your PC.
You will be able to read a book on your Kindle PC, and then send the same book to your iPhone or Amazon Kindle and then continue reading where you left off.
“Customers have told us that they want access to a wider variety of content and an increasingly diverse set of form factors,” said Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Windows Platform Strategy at Microsoft. “With the announcement of Kindle for PC, Amazon is making its massive selection of Kindle books available on the world’s most widely used platform.”
The Amazon Kindle PC application will be available as a free download in November.
Amazon
via Crave
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Posted: 23 Oct 2009 01:58 AM PDT
Motorola briefly published a website for its new Motorola Droid Android smartphone
, the website was quickly taken down, but not before someone managed to capture screen shots and a video of it which reveal the specifications on this new smartphone. The Motorola Droid will come with a 3.7 inch, 16:9 touchscreen display with a resolution of 480 x 854, on top of that there is a 5 megapixel camera with 4x zoom, autofocus and a dual LED flash.
Other specifications include a 550MHz processor, a 16GB microSD card, GPS, Bluetooth, 802.11b/g WiFi and a micro USB port. It will come with a 1400 mAh Li-ion battery which will give you up to 385 minutes of talk time and up to 270 hours of standby time.
The Motorola Droid measures 2.4 inches x 4.6 inches by 0.5 inches thick and it weighs in at 6 ounces, it will come with Google Android 2.0, there are no details as yet on the release date or pricing.
BGR
via Engadget
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Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:45 AM PDT
Here is something fun for all the business geeks out there, the next time you are presenting an important meeting, why not use one of these fun Star Wars Lightsaber Laser Pointers rather than a standard one.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… some bad ass dudes fought with laser swords called Lightsabers. The Lightsaber Laser Pointers are roughly one third scale versions of the Lightsaber hilts carried by the Sith lords Darth Maul and Darth Vader. Not only that, they double as red dot laser pointers.
Lightsaber Laser!
Laser pointers are just as useful as the force. They are perfect if you are teaching a class and need to point out the important equation that is written on the board. It is super fun to make your pets chase the dot around. And, just like a Lightsaber, it can cut through enemies like butter. (Well, maybe not…)
If you want one, the Star Wars Lightsaber Laser Pointers are available for $14.99 from Think Geek.
 via Craziest Gadgets
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Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:51 PM PDT
There are tons of different iPod docks available today, the majority feature a similar design, the latest one is just a design at the moment, it merges old and new technologies to give us this cool RotariPhone iPod Dock
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The RotariPhone iPod Dock is designed to look like a retro rotary phone, it features a dock to place your iPod in, and the speakers are hidden in the phone handset.
Very cool I love the design, it certainly would be more fun to have this sat on my desk, rather than a boring looking iPod dock, lets hope they start making these cool RotariPhone iPod Docks.
Dvice
via Slippery Brick
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Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:48 PM PDT
The JVC XS-SR3, a new docking station from JVC can take either mini, nano, photo, video, classic and touch and has 2 2.5w cradle speakers with analog and digital external input. Its also claims that its the first iTheatre speaker system with built in Dolby decoder.
With its neat holding cradle you can swivel your iTouch to view movies or vertical for app use. Unfortunately and a big mistake in my opinion its not iPhone friendly for some reason. With the external input socket you can also use it for portable TVs, DVD players or gaming system.
Its available in both black and white for around $190
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