Violet starts shipping Nano:ztags in the US

Posted in News by admin on the May 26th, 2009

Like the Rolly, it's hard to say exactly why having an RFID-enabled Nano:ztag in your life will make sleeping, eating and breathing each day any easier. In fact, the jury's still out on whether these things are simply novel or primed to take over where the Tamagotchi left off. Starting now, Violet is……

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11.6-inch Dr. Mobile FreeStyle netbook makes its video debut

Posted in News by admin on the May 19th, 2009

Dr. Mobile had its first few 8.9-inch FreeStyle Minis on display at CES, and we've already gotten a glimpse of VIA's 11.6-inch FreeStyle prototype, but the VIA-sponsored How To Be Mobile site is now showing off Dr. Mobile's own version of the larger thin and light netbook which, as you can see ab……

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EagleTec's NanoSac MicroSD Card reader makes mouse balls look big

Posted in News by admin on the May 12th, 2009

We’ve got a thing for size, who doesn’t? So check this USB 2.0 NanoSac MicroSD Card Reader from EagleTec. You can casually carry it around in any empty USB slot and then slip in your MicroSD/MicroSDHC card when you need a quick read/write. It’s like EagleTec’s Nano flash drive except with rem……

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iPod nano GPS hack ensures that you and your MP3s make it home safely

Posted in News by admin on the May 5th, 2009

We’ve seen iPod hacks run the gamut, from the useful to the just plain absurd, but no matter how rough around the edges such a project may seem, we always get a kick out of the ingenuity and hard work involved. Today’s DIY wonder comes from a cat named Benjamin Kokes, who’s using his engineering ……

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Quantum PI's nanoTrek sensors pick up vibration and motion your Wiimote could never dream of

Posted in News by admin on the May 5th, 2009

Quantum PI has just built the first motion sensor chip to use “quantum tunneling,” which sounds theoretically unsafe, but we’ll follow along. The nanoTrek sensors are classified as NEMS (Nano Electric Mechanical Systems) as opposed to the “bulky” MEMS sensors that can be found everywhere from the Wii to ……

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