OLPC: Negroponte getting USD100 laptop ready for delivery

Nicholas Negroponte’s OLPC project is taking up speed with selected manufacturer Quanta Computer now having started the test production of the low-cost laptop intended for students and children in developing countries. Initial test run outputs should be available next month. Quanta has earlier selected its new plant in Changshu, China to produce the computer [...]

Motionposter: Best advertising idea since years

When you recently looked out a subway train window in a tunnel and you’ve seen a runner or a blond girl taking over the train you were watching a new type of advertising displayed with MotionPoster’s new advertising system.

It works by installing 192 backlit poster images in the tunnel and turning them on with [...]

Transcend: New 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive

What not so long ago was the size of a standard portable hard disk you can now put into your pocket with Transcend’s new high capacity USB 2.0 flash drive (JetFlash 2A).
Transcend says that the device has read/write speeds up to 25/20 MB per second. It comes bundled with software applications (Auto Login, Data [...]

Marc Navarro: Great looking series of laptop cases

Finally a series of laptop cases that stand out from the black bags you get everywhere else. Spanish designer Marc Navarro has created a new line of stylish laptop cases that will become available in December through VAXbarcelona.
More information can be found on the ReadyforDesign web site.

Update:The VAX Gueell design has been created by Marc [...]

3D-Scanner: Handheld 3D scanning on the go

US 3D scanner and printer company Z Corporation has introduced a new portable 3D scanner the Z Scanner 700.
The system connects to computers via FireWire and creates scans of the object surface in almost real-time. The company claims that the scanner can capture virtually any object from any angle, anywhere.
As this scanner can be [...]

Packard Bell Sale: NEC exits European Markets

I don’t like to write obituaries but with this news I’m not completely sure what it might mean. After Packard Bell has pulled the plug in 1999 and exited the US retail market together with laying off almost 80% of its staff we now are hearing that NEC is getting rid off Packard Bell [...]

New MS Webcam: LifeCam NX-6000

The new LifeCam NX-6000 extends Microsoft’s existing series of webcams with a compact model designed specifically for notebook computers.
Key features:

High Definition video: 2.0 megapixel - (1280 × 1024 resolution)
Video effects
Still Image Resolution: 7.6 megapixel - (3200 × 2380 pixels, interpolated)
Wide-angle lens with 71 degree field of view
Automatic face tracking software
Built-in microphone
Digital Zoom: 3x
IM Compatibility: [...]

Neuros OSD: First Open Source Media Center

Neuros made available beta versions of their new expandable open source media center called OSD this week to developers and testers alike.
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 as cable or broadcast TV receivers, [...]