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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Myths: What computer code does in movies but not in reality

Whenever you see a computer in a Hollywood movie it always makes some sound or when you see the (in)famous hacker working on it, always something on the screen is moving. “Drivl.com” has put together a list of 10 “Myths” that are continuously used in movies but don’t compile happen in real life. The list includes the following…

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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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Wired: Battery of the future

After various incidents of exploding computers, airlines banning laptops and almost nine million laptops / batteries having been declared faulty over the last weeks in IT’s biggest ever recall action, voices have been raised and questions asked if the whole battery technology as currently used in mobile phones and laptops is actually safe.
It seems that [...]

Neuros OSD: ThinkGeek starts delivery

The long awaited Neuros OSD media center that was previously only available to a limited group of developers is now available for sale and in stock with ThinkGeek.
The OSD (”open source device”) is a replacement of Neuros’s DVR set-top box loaded with masses of new features. It can record MPEG-4 video from analog sources such [...]

Electronic Paper: One step closer with Plastic Logic’s new display

UK based Plastic Logic today announced its latest 150dpi flexible display technology. It is demonstrating it this week during the Plastic Electronics conference in Frankfurt, Germany.

Electronic Paper displays are displays with paper-like high contrast appearance, ultra-low power consumption, and are thin and flexible together with being much lighter compared to today’s screens. They [...]