StealthSwitch

Do you like playing games like solitaire in your office computer? Or do you do anything you are not supposed to do in your computer? You can probably judge if anyone is entering your cabin by monitoring their footsteps or sound etc. But closing all the windows and applications and cleaning the desktop is a big problem. The StealthSwitch is intended for you people.. This footswitch connects to your computer through a USB port. It has got a software which can hide your current window, all open windows or all the windows except the specified windows and also hide your taskbar with a single tap of the switch with your foot. The applications are not simply minimized, but they are made invisible and cannot be even found on the taskbar. Since the switch is placed under your desk, it can be kept away from the eyes of the intruders. After they go, everything can be restored by a single click of the switch again. StealthSwitch can also mute the sound, hide all the desktop icons and even password protect the restore function.

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Robo-exterminator

Do you find it hard it to keep away insects like termites from your house? Don't worry.. the robot will come to your help. The robo-exterminator is a tank-like robot which can find out their targets all by itself with the help of video and thermal imaging cameras. They can find out the nests and then shoot pesticides for the attack. The current version of the exterminator will be released this year. A shortcoming of this version is that it has got a long cable, but we can hope that it will vanish and the robo-exterminator will become wireless in the future.

(thru crave)

Portable printers from Sony

Sony is introducing two portable printers - the DPP-FP90 and the DPP-FP70. The printers are mainly aimed at taking prints from a digital camera without the intervention of a computer, as they have multi slots for card readers which are compatible with 24 types of cards. The printers can produce high resolution printouts in about 45 seconds. According to Sony circles, the printer will be introduced in Korea at first.

The printers use Sony's image processing engine called Bionz. The printers are provided with color LCD screens so that the photos can be viewed before taking printouts. The printers also provides us with facilities for editing the pictures before printing. Another notable feature is that we can write comments on the photos using the "superimpose" technique in the printer. There is an option to make a special coating in the photos which helps them to last for 100 years! The printer has got a nice carry handle also so that it can be carried like a small box.

Creative ZEN Stone

The mp3 player market competition is becoming tighter and tighter. The entry level mp3 player of the market leader iPod, the iPod Shuffle costs about $80. Creative is smashing into the flash mp3 player market with their new ZEN Stone. The 1 GB player can hold upto 250 songs and costs only $40, half of that of the Shuffle. The ZEN stone will operate upto 10 hours on a single charge while the Shuffle can operate upto 12 hours.

The Creative ZEN Stone comes in six eyecatching colors - black, white, blue, green, red and pink. Along with the ZEN Stone, the Creative TravelSound ZEN Stone also comes to the market. Priced at $39.99, the TravelSound can convert the Stone to a portable speaker system. The TravelSound ZEN Stone can play upto 20 hours using two AAA batteries. It comes in the colors black and white.

Wireless Power

Are you fed up with all those powercords which clutter your desk? Do you think about escaping to a world of wireless power transmission? Here is the happy news.. Scientists have taken a step towards it... A sheet of plastic invented by researchers in Japan can transfer power to devices on it or near it.A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo made the sheet of plastic, which is about 1mm thick and weighing 50 grams. It is capable of delivering 40 watts of power to devices which contain a special receiving coil. The base layer of the plastic consists of a layer of transistor featuring pentacene, an organic molecule whose electrical conductivity can be controlled. The top layers has a sensor to determine if any compatible device is nearby and some microelectromechanicalsystem switches can turn power on or off. The power is transmitted by means of a copper coil. When the sheet is plugged in, it can power devices such as LEDs provided with matching receiver coils. The researchers say that the transmission has an efficiency of 81.4% while the usual wired grid has the efficiency of 93%. The layers in the plastic are made by printing. The coils using screen printing and the switch and transistors using inkjet priters. So the plastic remains essentially thin and flexible. The image shows a table powering a light which is placed underwater.

Source: nature.com

Plus Deck Casette Converter

We all love music. We hear music from our computers, flash mp3 players, ipods etc. Nowadays no one really care about that good old casette players.. and probably you'll have in your home a collection of those audio casettes. Most of you don't care about them because of the difficulty to put it in a casette player, turn the side once one side is over etc or because u cannot edit it or it is not portable as an mp3 file. So even if those casettes contain some rare songs, they end up in the shelves.








Here comes a cool gadget to rennovate all those audio casettes. The Plus Deck Casette Converter can be used to play your audio casettes in a computer. The songs can be edited and can be converted into other formats and stored in the computer. Or the casette converter can be used simply as a casetter player. It is an easy method for you to archive all those old music collections and hear them at times. The casette converter can be conveniently inserted into a 5.25" internal drive bay in your computer. A CD with some audio tools also comes with the Casette converter.

Source: firebox.com

iPod in toilet

Are you a music lover? Are you an iPod fan? Do you take it wherever you go?
Then you might be really missing the cool gadget when you are at the toilet, right??
Sometimes you might have tried taking it to the toilet and have messed it up with water and all...
So here comes the gadget for you... the iCarta iPod Toilet Paper Holder.





By using this device you can avoid messing up with the earphones and all. The paper holder has got four integrated high performance moisture free speakers which provides exceptional sound quality. It also provides a charger to charge your iPod while playing. Its audio selector allows you to play iPod shuffle or other audio device. The integrated tissue holder can be folded as a stereo dock. To use all these features, you will have to provide a plugpoint in the toilet to insert the device.
Source:iCarta iPod Toilet Paper Holder.