Own an imposing office desk, but want to have that air of mysticsm around you? Why, there is the Antigravity Platform which will help break the ice in any social setting as curious minds ask you about the mechanics behind such an interesting device. Of course, you can’t claim to have the blood line of David Copperfield, so you will just have to let them know that it is because of an electromagnet within that allows you to virtually levitate just about any object of your choice a few inches above it. Each £89.99 purchase will come with a globe to get you started, and we must say it looks smashing when revolving within. Just make sure the object of your choice placed does not weigh more than 3 ounces, otherwise it won’t work.
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Adesso’s CyberPad A4 is not the iPad by any stretch of the imagination, but it certainly is useful.
I’m guessing the audience for this device is students or anyone else who has to take notes frantically in the classroom. I have found that a laptop or netbook is useless for taking notes when the teacher is drawing shapes and equations on the blackboard that will be on the test later.
Despite our technology, Pen and Paper is still the best way to go as far as taking notes in class is concerned. However, the CyperPad A4 is able to take whatever you want to write on its notebook better than a digital pen, and then saves it to its 32MB of internal memory.
If 32MB is not enough, then you can add on more with the integrated SD slot and reader. When you want your notes back, you can just connect the included USB cable to your computer and download the notes with special software. This included software can also translate handwriting into text.
Granted, the handwriting recognition isn’t always accurate. That, or I need to write a whole lot neater. Yes, I got a chance to try it out, and I might just start writing my entries with it.
The Adesso CyberPad A4 is available from the Adesso site itself, for a price of about $160. This price includes the software like Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0.
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In the middle of winter, offices and homes always seem to be horribly dried out. If you’d like a small refresher, then R2-D2 is here to rescue you. He’ll make sure that you won’t get dried out while you’re working your poor fingers to the bone at your desk. Sure he won’t work for your entire home, but he’ll at least come in handy when you’re sitting directly in front of him at your desk.
Not so shockingly, this gadget is originally from Japan. However, Think Geek has actually managed to pick this one up, so you’ll be able to find it in other parts of the world. The tiny humidifier is powered by your USB port. Beyond that it’s pretty basic, just add water and plug it in. You can purchase it through Think Geek for all of $19.99.
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Guess your wife might want to get you the Voice Interactive Personal Assistant if she is paranoid about you cheating behind her back. After all, who would want to have sex with a robot, much less start a relationship with one? We do wonder why are most gadgets equipped with the voice of a female when it comes to speech, perhaps it is the target market demographic that causes it to be so? Powered by a trio of AAA batteries, the $59.95 Voice Interactive Personal Assistant can also be powered when plugged into an AC outlet.
This is the personal assistant that records, schedules, and replays audio reminders via spoken commands. One verbal cue allows you to record up to 10 six-second voice memos that play at any specified time today, every day, or any day of the week. Say “Today’s Reminders” to hear all reminders for the day and when they will play, ensuring that you remember to take your medication, attend a grandchild’s recital, or complete a household chore. A simple verbal request for “Help” reminds you of the 12 commands the device recognizes. The unit can be heard clearly 20′ away and its dimmable 2″ blue LED numbers are viewable in any light. It’s also a voice-operated alarm clock that responds to verbal queries in a pleasant female voice.
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Despite that this looks more like an antidote that you keep around should you get bitten by a zombie, this is actually an air sanitizer. This quiet little sanitizer will kill off all of those germs that make it into your home. Which is a huge bonus if you have school age kids that tend to get the entire family sick every single time the flu goes around at their school.
This will kill 99.9% of flu viruses. The powerful fan circulates the sanitized air back into the room. Giving you cleaner air to breathe. You could either use this at home or even use it in your office if you’re worried about catching something. The Germ Guardian claims to be the first to tackle airborne germs in the home or office. You can purchase it for around $150 through Amazon.
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Turning off all of your gadgets while they’re not in use is always a good idea, be it because of the earth friendly benefits or just to bring your power bill down. Either way we all know we should be powering down more often. Well for those of you that still are having issues remembering to turn some things off this TrickleStrip will help make sure all of your devices hooked up to your computer will be shut down with it. Instead of shutting off your computer and four other devices, you can shut down just the computer and the rest will follow automatically.
It works by having two outlets that are always on and having one of those that is a control. Then there are three that power off when they’re not in use. When the control is off those three outlets will go off as well. That means that if your computer is the control then items like your monitors and printer will shut down as well. That way you have nothing that stays in standby mode. The strips are currently available for $44.95.
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Now that the iPad has been formally announced, let’s take it a step further with this iDesk. Actually, the technology that you see in this picture is called the Pictionaire, and it is under development by Microsoft Research and the University of California, Berkeley.
As you can see from the attached video after the jump, this 4 x 6 foot table has a camera mounted above it, much like the futuristic hexagonal-type board game that we reported on yesterday.
The user has the power to place a physical object on the Pictionaire, and, with a little drag-and-drop gesture, he or she will have a digital copy of that item. The original physical object can be moved, and the digital copy can be traced onto a whiteboard or a sketchpad.
The user also has the option of putting a wireless keyboard on the table, and the table can become a display. From what it looks like in the video, the user can type in a keyword and get the image that he or she is looking for, maybe from the objects that were on the Pictionaire before.
It reminds of a desk I saw in The Island. Some of you might not remember this film, because it was an intelligent Michael Bay film that didn’t involve giant robots beating each other up. I believe that the villain in The Island had a desk with projections, and he even had Ewan McGregor draw on it with a virtual stylus. You know that desks like this will be in offices of the future, unless the companies can afford a Surface.
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How many of you out there are cubicle zombies, spending most of your days in front of a monitor while furiously tapping away at the screen? Well, just like a long haul, flight, we would recommend you get up and about to keep blood flowing to your legs, and the Circulation Improving Seated Stepper sure sounds like a pretty handy tool to get you started.
This is the low-impact stepper that keeps blood flowing to minimize swelling while seated. Lightweight and portable, the device can slide easily beneath your desk at home or at the office. The two footpads provide resistance using strong elastic bands; each step tones your legs and hips, burning calories and improving circulation. Two additional elastic bands with foam handholds extend from either side of the unit, providing a workout for the arms. You can increase the resistance by adding the included additional set of bands. A built-in timer located between the two footpads tracks your workouts.
Made from sturdy steel and being able to fold easily for convenient storage, the Circulation Improving Seated Stepper retails for $49.95. I suppose companies that want to cut costs can always look to purchasing these for their executives instead of hiring masseurs on a weekly basis.
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Lenovo has announced its most recent efforts where high-performance desktop PCs that target large businesses are concerned – the ThinkCentre M90 and M90p. These new desktops were specially designed to handle the complex computing needs of today’s global, round-the-clock businesses with the inclusion of enhanced security, manageability and flexibility features. Both the ThinkCentre M90 and M90p also hold the honor of being Lenovo’s first ThinkCentre desktops that are equipped with the new 2010 Intel Core vPro family of processors that were specially designed to provide sufficient computing horsepower to multitask easily even when operating intensive applications.
Enterprise IT managers will definitely be pleased with the management as they place an order on the M90 and M90p machines, since they are best able to appreciate Lenovo’s special range of software tools that come pre-loaded, including Remote Power Management that works in tandem with the Energy Star compliant Power Supply Unit which can help managers monitor energy consumption of individual machines remotely, helping them take stock of the situation while helping the company identify areas where some savings can be made in terms of power consumption. Apart from that, the latest Lenovo Secure Managed Client 2.0 remote storage-based solution paves the way for an alternative client solution like centralized image and user provisioning, secure data storage and redundancy and single image capability.
Not only that, Advanced Remote PC Fleet Management will rely on the hardware-based Intel vPro Technology that enables IT managers to effectively discover, heal and protect networked M90p desktops in the entire computer fleet – even when the PC itself is powered off. Now that’s unprecedented flexibility, although we’re pretty sure that some IT managers might cringe with this ability since they no longer have any more excuse not to troubleshoot a particularly tense computing situation at the office even when he/she is hundreds of miles away from the office. Out in February later this year, the ThinkCentre M90 and M90p desktops will come in tower, small form factor and ultra small form factors. Pricing for the ThinkCentre M90 starts from $779 upwards, while the ThinkCentre M90p desktop will begin at $899 and go north from there.
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One of reasons why I go to CES is to see the newest gadgets. Some of these new devices are definitely planned to be out this year, and some will be out years from now. Watch the video of the RFID card reader with the OLED display and see which category that falls under.
Essentially, it is an ordinary card reader for reading an ordinary ID. As soon as the card goes over the reader, an OLED screen comes alive, and gives a 3D view of the face. I don’t think that the 3D effect is true 3D, but it is enough to let the user see a face at many angles like a mugshot, and even a close-up.
There are those who find this technology “creepy”. I believe my source says this puts the “eep” in “creep”. In all honesty, I believe that this is where the future is headed when it comes to ID, no doubt about it. If we really want RFID, OLED, and 3D tech, then this is what we are going to get when it comes to personal identification. Did we really doubt otherwise? I mean, it would be like inventing the camera and being surprised that photos appear on our driver’s licenses.
The only thing that really scares me is that the ID card says “Specimen”. Excuse me? I thought that this is a human being that we are seeing in the picture here. Maybe that’s what is freaking everyone out.
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