Electronic Paper: First mobile device with rollable display available in 2007

We have recently reported that rollable display devices are “getting ready for mass markets”. This week “Polymer Vision” and Telecom Italia announced an agreement that they will together develop and market the first available mobile device with such a display. The Cellular-Book, as the device is called, is expected to be available to consumers during 2007. The device will be presented to the Industry at…

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Gadgets: ZINK portable Printer

Update 03-Feb-2007: Just added image of Zink 7MP camera with built-in printer. — If you have a mobile phone with a camera you want one of those printers. “Zink Imaging” has launched their new pocket size photo printer at DEMO in Palm Springs this week. It uses special paper with embedded dye crystals that are activated by heat from the printer. The outputs are wallet sized, water resistant 2×3-inch prints in photo quality. The printer tray can hold up to ten papers internally and images are transfers via Bluetooth from mobile phones…

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Electric Car: ZAP announces new EV sports car based on Lotus APX

US electric car manufacturer “ZAP” announced that it will present this week a new electric sports car based on a Lotus Engineering design. To take on “Tesla Motors” Roadster high-performance electric vehicle it is using the Lotus aluminum APX concept car as the platform and promises 644 horsepower / 155mph max speed by replacing Lotus’ APX’s conventional gasoline V6 engine with in-hub electric motors. By comparison, Tesla’s Roadster that is due for delivery the end of this year has 248 horsepower and a similar max speed. The company further says…

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Pimp your iPod with the iGoatse Case

It has been around for quite some time but after recently so many different ways to “skin” your iPod have been introduced we thought it would be good to also remind our readers of this great concept work. More information, contact and full size images at “extraneo.it”…

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Electronic Paper: Getting ready for mass production

We have introduced Plastic Logic electronic paper products last year in “another article” and just recently they have received a USD 100 Million cash injection from investors to build a factory for mass production in Dresden, Germany until the end of 2007. On the same day competitor and Phillips incubator Polymer Vision announced in a “press release” that it will become an independent company - a first step to raise new capital expected to be in the region of about USD 100 Million as well. In the same press release Polymer Vision said that it is planning to start volume production of its 5-inch monochrome rollable display during 2007 in cooperation with existing partners…

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Battle of Game Consoles: Wii (+38) - PS3 (-406)

The business with game consoles is seemingly a rather special one where manufacturers are subsidizing their hardware in hope to make a profit with royalties from games. Not so with the most successful one of them, Nintendo that follows a different approach…
…The Japanese Magazine has broken down the costs for the Wii (USD 158.30) and PS3 (USD 805) as shown in the table on the right…
…So even when the prices would deteriorate Nintendo will be ahead. And with with its Wii console leading the sales charts, Nintendo’s different business model might pay double…

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World Economic Forum announces Technology Pioneers 2007

The World Economic Forum has selected 47 visionary companies as Technology Pioneers 2007. Each of the selected companies is involved in the development of life-changing technology innovation and has potential for long-term impact on business and society…
…Following the list of IT companies awarded for 2007 with a brief summary of their innovations, when, by whom,where they were founded together with the names of the leading investors for each company…

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How-To: Turn your old computer into an aquarium

Before we had seen the story at “Hacked Gadgets” on computer aquariums we didn’t know how popular these projects are. There are whole web sites dedicated to this topic and people must have gone through quite some efforts to achieve results as shown there. More information and links at…

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Weekend activity: Do something with that old printer

Over the years most of us have gathered at least two printers at home and some of us got quite a collection of them. Latest since prices have drop so much it often does financially make no sense to get that old boy going again. And with that new printer you have it’s most unlikely that you would go back to half the resolution of the old one. So it’s collecting dust in your closet since quite some time - but what to do with it? - Our three suggestions to you…

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Gadget: Silkscreened CDRs and DVDs

US company 5inch offers pre-designed silkscreened CDRs and DVDs together with equally unique cases.
Custom designs and sets are also available.
Packs of 10s are about USD 13. Have a look at their shop.

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