Author Archives: Peter du Preez

eBook has 15 day battery life!

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Peter du Preez

The e-book is becoming the latest crazy device for Christmas, and Great Wall Company in China has made something that could be your perfect choice. The 9mm wide device is enclosed in a stylish leather-bound cover. The eBook has a multi-format support including txt and PDF. It can also stream music in MP3 format. The device has 512MB built in memory and an SD slot for external memory options. The battery life is 15 days but it is not clear how long the device operates while playing music and reading at the same time. See more at this site: www.gwoversea.com

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Digital Media Player MP700HD from Great Wall

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Peter du Preez

Serena from GreatWall Shenzhen Company introduces their new Media player. Media players allow users to play video files that are saved on computers or other memory storage devices directly to the TV screen. The device supports 1080p video streaming from the memory storage devices. There is even a SATA HDD bay for your SATA HDD to plug in directly. The unique shape is unusual, and quite attractive, making it stand out from the plethora of similar devices available on the market. The HDMI connector is also a big plus. Unfortunately the Remote control was not on display, but will contain all the functionality you would expect of a high end Digital home product. To know more about the product on display here, check out www.gwoversea.com

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iPhone accessory- i-Smart breathalizer FM TX

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Peter du Preez

The latest in crazy iPhone accessories: Here we have an alcohol breathalyzer testing device, that can also stream your iPhone songs on an FM frequency so that your FM radio (be it car or house radio) can tune in to the frequency and stream your music directly. If you want some crazy gift ideas, this has got to be right up there as one of  the craziest.  Be sure to get your i-Smart breathalyser FM TX for iPhone now, and always know how drunk you really are.

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Solar iPhone or iPod charger from LETSOLAR Technology

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Peter du Preez

The LET-10i is a portable charger for your iPhone or IPod device, including the iPhone 3Gs. The unit itself is a portable battery, which charges using the solar panel, or an electrical outlet via USB. The charged battery is then plugged into your iPhone / iPod for when you run out of power. The device can recharge with a USB cable or with the solar panel, however the solar panel takes a long time, and it is recommended to use the AC/DC power charge option, and the solar panels only in an emergency situation. If you like this product let us know, leave a message and we will relay the good ideas to the manufacturers.

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Lavod Soundbag for cycling with MP3, iPhone, and iPod devices

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Peter du Preez

Lavod Soundbag is a musical pouch designed to hold MP3 players, iPhones and iPods safely and securely inside the bag, while streaming music through a specially designed flat speaker which uses NXT technology. The device can be attached to a bike, or to a bag or your belt. It is water splash proof and the bag is padded ensuring your expensive MP3 player is securely protected from hazards while hiking, cycling or walking around. The bag has on / off and volume controls on the outside of the bag which allows you to play your music seamlessly while you cycle about, walk about or hike about. You can see more here: www.lavod.com
If you want to leave a message about the product or have a good idea for an improvement, please leave us a message and we will pass it along to the manufacturers.

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Hands free Ultrasonic Controller for TV and PC from ITRI

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Peter du Preez

The Ultrasonic controller is preprogrammed to accept commands from your hand moving over the sensor. The device has several variables that can be preprogrammed to do certain things. The sweeping can be either from left to right, or from right to left, or by simply holding your fingers above the right, middle or left side to simulate a click selection. The hardware and software combination is still in its early stages and needs to be calibrated to each specific user. This kind of hands free solution brings us one step close to Minority report computer interaction. Probably the first implementation will be for games and game consoles. If you have any thoughts or ideas, please share them with us and we will be sure to pass them along to the manufacturers.

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Safety LED spotlight, with movement detector and Wireless video camera

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Peter du Preez

Aurum Electronics Corp displays their new NightWatch series Safety security lights with video tracking. The combination of movement sensor, LED lights and video recording is the ultimate way to ensure the area is clear of threats. Highly recommended if you live in South Africa or similar countries where safety and security is a daily concern. The product transmits wireless to three different receivers, one is for displaying on your TV, the second plugs into your PC USB port, and the third is a portable unit which can both display on the built in LCD, or be connected to a monitor. They can show four different transmitters for one receiver on the display at the same time. If you like this concept, or you see flaws in it, feel free to tell us, and we will convey the info to the manufacturers.

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ASUS O!Play HD Media Player – unboxed & introduced

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Peter du Preez

Hello and Welcome to ASUSTek HQ. My name is Sarah and I’m going to introduce this delightful new product from ASUS called the O!Play HD Media Player.

This sparkling innovation lets you play video files and music files directly on to your TV and home amplified speakers. It can also connect via a network cable to your PC. Let’s take a closer look:
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CMO touch sensor LCD’s for Windows 7 @ Display Taiwan 2009

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Peter du Preez

Chi Mei has many different Touch panels, from 12.1″using a photo sensor, to a 23.6″Out-Cell touch solution. The optical sensor can detect up to 10 points on the screen simultaneously. The Out-cell solution uses two points for multi-touch. The In-cell touch solution on the 10.1″screen caters for more touch points. The out-cell solution is ideal for monitors already on the market, whereas the In-cell technology will be integrated into the new monitors.

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GlacialLight LED products @ OPTO 2009

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Peter du Preez

LED lamps are the latest Green technology.GlacialLIght @ OPTO 2009 displays their BR30, BR40 LED lamps as well as Lightbar, LED Tubes and special power saving driver for LED lights. Compatable wit traditional CFL, E27 and E26 or any other kinds of base that suits the demand. Standard colors are 3000k, or 6000k. 35000Hrs lifetime, 3 year warrentee. 10x price different compared to traditional lamps but has 80% power savings.

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YUHO Thermal conductive solar water heater @ OPTO 2009

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Peter du Preez

YUHO @ OPTO 2009 showed the difference between a standard heatpipe’s conductivity and their own specialized heatpipe. The specialized heatpipe conducted the heat much quicker and more efficiently. The whole unit is designed to capture heat, store it, and then conduct it into a central water reservoir that can then heat the water inside. The whole unit is part of the worldwide drive to push down power consumtion and apply GREEN solutions.

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CPT 111″ LCD 3D monitor TV wall @ OPTO 2009

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Peter du Preez

CPT 111″ 3D wall on display at OPTO 2009. The 3D wall makes video come to life. Unfortunately you need to be therer to see it with two eyes. But take our word for it.. It’s AWESOME!!!. and I want one soon. They combine 3×3 37″ monitors to create the tv wall. The software can convert 2D movie into 3D vision. The monitor has a special layered surface that works in conjunction with the software to create the 3D image.

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CMO monitor LED solutions @ OPTO 2009

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Peter du Preez

CMO product display at OPTO 2009.
Sublime display monitor @ 120Hz , very big, 14mm thick.

Local Dimming Display
Self regulated backlights to preserve power consumption. Over 120 areas that can be regulated. Saves 50 energy consumption. Very slim at 9.9mm with 2000 LED’s in the panel.
Improved contrast for power savings and brighter brights and darker dark zones.

Milli-Power
Optimised the power saving for notebooks giving 80% power savings for new laptops. 15.6″ at 16:9 @1366x 760 resolution

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AMD display with Thermaltake Level10 @ Computex 2009

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Peter du Preez

Level 10 chassis finally exposed. Full system installed inside showing how the chassis will support hardware placed inside it.
The system can support 6 HDD’s, full ATX motherboard with a full spec’d system as should be expected. This system shown at Computex 2009 supports dual graphics cards and has a full ATX PSU. Each cabinet is isolated from the other and is essentialy dedicated to cooling and storing each aspect of the full system. Each compartment is wired to connect to the next.

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ACER Aspire netbook-Android/Linux hybrid @ Computex 2009

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Peter du Preez

Aspire one netbook from Acer with Atom processor. The Android OS platform is a mixed Android, Linux hybrid which starts up in 18 seconds!! and turns off in 1 second. Future specs uncertain, but looks good and works great!

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