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The iPosture Posture Improvement Device($100) was created to serve as an aid to men and women in improving their posture, enhances their appearance. You just wearn it as a pendant, clipped to clothing or adhered directly to the skin, it can remind you by vibrating intermittently if your posture is uncorrected.
“The iPosture immediately begins improving a user’s posture by vibrating intermittently when the user slouches and continuing to vibrate until posture is corrected. The iPosture is designed to be worn for approximately four hours per day for the first two to four weeks in order to improve posture by ingraining good behaviors in the user. Once a user learns to correct him- or herself, he or she will continue to do so even when not wearing the device. However, the user should continue to use the device two to three times per week thereafter to maintain posture improvement. The iPosture monitor was developed to be the smallest, most user-friendly posture improvement device on the market. Just 1 inch in diameter, the iPosture is designed with intuitive technology that senses when the body slouches, and it alerts the user with a brief vibration to correct it. “

AMD (ATI) has launched their latest ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 which known as the fastest graphics ever made, comes with 2.4 teraFLOPS of processing power.

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The Boombox Project by Photographer Lyle Owerko. A collection of photos of 80’s and 90’s radios. Exactly when the term ‘beambox’ hit the streets is not known for sure. In the Unite States. department stores apparently began using the term in marketing and advertising as early as 1983. Street slang linguists pin the term down at 1981. and define the boom box as “a large portable radio and tape player with two attached speakers…”. Check out see more pics and works.

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The Papershow inclued a Bluetooth USB dongle, a digital pen and paper set that you can directly transfer what you are writing to from paper to whiteboard or computer wirelessly. You could also change the color, thickness of the ink and can also edit using the eraser and the undo functions. I love this tech.
WRITE IT. SHOW IT. PAPERSHOW is the new OXFORD digital writing kit for digital flipchart and interactive presentations (PowerPoint) for meetings, conferences and collaborative work. * A plug-and-play easy-to-use kit. * A full-featured digital writing tool with colours, thicknesses, perfect shapes and editing tools (eraser, undo). * Make your presentation personal and unique : add comments, details and crucial points ?? instantly! * Save, share (by e-mail) and print notes and decision points instantly when meeting is over.

Pioneer successfully developed a new 500GB optical disc which has 25 layers and can be make to function to the Blu-ray players. You can store up to 20 full HD movies on a single disc with the 500GB. But you guys gotta be patient, as company will need two or four years to get this new optical disc available to customers.

Today Dell unveiled the Studio Hybrid PC. It is the Dell’s smallest and more environmentally PC. It will start at price of $499. It will with interchangeable sleeves of Bamboo, Emerald, Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Slate and Topaz. Today you can see it on the Dell Euro, and Dell USA. Other features included Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5750, Integrated Intel Graphic Media Accelerator 3100, WiFi, a wireless keyboard and mouse, Blu-Ray and TV tuner. The Dell Studio Hybrid is about 80 percent smaller than the typical desktop minitower, and uses up to 70 percent less energy. Reduced packing materials 30 percent by weight, Packing materials are also 95 percent recyclable. Reduced printed documentation 75 percent by weight.

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Forgotten for the past century deep within the Atlantic Ocean, this amazing telescope was built by a Victorian inventor to build a friendship between two large cities: London and New York. The project was resurfaced and now everyone can wave to their friends in New York effortlessly. According to the Daily Mail, “the Telectroscope uses 6ft screens and a Jules Verne style telescope that gleams with brass and an array of Victorian dials. Participants peer into one end of the screen - and hey presto - they can see anyone standing at the other side.” Here is how the powerful telescope looks like.

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A project of the Honda mark with this concept-because equipped with a body to the round forms. The car wants to be clean, functional and ecological. The smooth body of Puyo is also luminescent and changes color the night.

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Will reduce amok runs in offices this summer near you!

So, you have to wear a tie, but that doesn’t mean that you have to suffer in a stuffy office. The USB Necktie has an internal cooling fan that keep you from getting too hot around the collar.

By plugging in the tie’s cable to any powered USB port, you can get some easy cooling directly to your body with a simple tug downwards. Plus, it’s a great way to show the boss that it’s just about time for a dress-code revision. The easy controls let you turn the power on/off and adjust the fan speed.

Odd USB Gadget: Neck Tie Fan

How big is too big? Apparently that question has never been asked in cruise ship design. Next year, Royal Caribbean cruise line is scheduled to launch two Oasis Class ships, which would be the largest cruise ships ever.

So, how big is the Oasis class cruise ship? The first one, Oasis of the Seas, will be 118 feet (36 m) longer than the Eiffel Tower. It’s so large that it has its own “Central Park” in the middle of the ship that is open to the sky and filled with lush tropical gardens, restaurants, and (of course) shops.

Links: Oasis of the Seas by Royal Caribbean | Wikipedia entry

(image via Fogonazos)

Here are twelve fantastic feats of ingenuity and structural engineering that range from pragmatic to artistic, from seemingly impossible moving buildings to incredibly creative building moving projects.

12 Unbelievable Examples of Buildings in Motion.

There used to be P-mate, the Magic Cone (Female Penis-Pee Device) and now I’m not sure if it’s Chinese or Japanese (though the words are in Mandarin, reads instant peeing). Anyway, the devices were made to enable women to pee standing.

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We have seen a similar product, The Cirbin V13R a three wheeled sports vechicle. Today we will see this concept, the Proxima Bike/Car Hybrid Concept. Proxima is meant to be a merge between a car and a motobike. It has 2 tandem seats. From the front to the rear it ideally change from a car to a bike. I like its back wheels design, so cool!

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If you like to talk on your cell phone, then you have Marty Cooper to thank for it - he’s the father of the mobile phone:

Cooper filed a patent for the ‘radio telephone
system’ in 1973, while working at Motorola, and was the first person to
make a call on a portable cell phone. (He called a rival engineer at
Bell Labs.) Cooper has stated that his inspiration came from watching
Star Trek’s Captain Kirk talk on his communicator device. Today, Cooper
is the CEO and founder of ArrayComm.

For more “fathers of technology,” check out this slideshow from NetworkWorld: Link

Before the age of Photoshop, artists and illustrators had to rely on - gasp - manual tools to create their artwork. Well, those days had come and gone but thanks to Lou Brooks of the Museum of Forgotten Art Supply, we can still look back at the tools of the art trade of yore: Link

Hitting showrooms this fall will be the all-new 2009 Acura TL ($TBA; Fall 08). Along with the angular new styling, the luxury sedan will feature the most powerful Acura engine ever. And while not much is known about the 09 TL, Honda has announced that it will be available in two versions, including the first ever application of Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) on the TL.

The Flee Digital Cam designed by Turkey designer hakan bogazpinar. “Flee“ is an design solution which is a set of digital camera and a bluetooth receiver for mobile phone. When the “flee” thrown away, it starts taking photos in costumized time interval and sending them to your mobile phone by using the bluetooth signal.

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PC World has designed the Tech Chair concept that you can use use all kind of gadgets in this sun lunger.

All wires and power are internal to chair frame with waterpoof housing
Solar panel chair febric
Sun shade moves with sun
Built-in Wifi & Bluetooth
Adjustable LCD Screen
Heaphone socket
Laptop table and power
Resevation / TXT/ GPS sreen
Firewire/ USB ports
Camera/ Video / Mp3 docks
Gaming console holster
Telescopic frame & handel
Lockable lightweight alloy case
Rechargeable battery case
Power ports for charging devices/ Chair

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Sigma APO 200-500 F/2.8

Image: Sigma

Perhaps the most “sensible” of the items presented in this list, this is nevertheless one of the heftiest tele zoom lenses for SLR cameras around. While the zoom range of 200-500mm is nothing new or exciting, it’s the maximum aperture of an incredible f/2.8 throughout the focal range that makes this such a special lens.

While a lot of tele lenses have a distinct cannon barrel look, Sigma have apparently done all they can to enhance that trait, giving the lens a leafy green finish. The end result is an extremely fast tele zoom lens that could easily be confused with a surface-to-air missile launcher.

» www.sigmaphoto.com

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What’s faster, the Batmobile or a race car? Toyota F1 Racing with Batmobile at Silverstone during the run-up to this past weekend’s British GP. Click here