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Archive for the 'Gadgets' Category

Cute Micro Home Theater

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I would pet it all day long.

Micro Size Does Not Mean Micro Sound This system is for the home theater enthusiast who wants the sound to be heard and not seen. Sony has amazingly reduced the size of high-quality sound with these golf-ball size speakers, which handle only the highest frequencies. The mid-range and bass frequencies are provided by the 2-way subwoofer unit with its dual 100-watt amplifiers. This combination provides extremely good imaging, making viewers believe they are surrounded by full-range speakers.

Link: Sony BRAVIA Micro Home Theatre

Bargain Link: Best Deals on Plasma and LCD TVs

Motion Home Movie Seat

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With the help of Motion Code seats you won’t sit still while watching a movie. But be warned, you might get so addicted that you won’t be able to watch a film without it anymore.

D-BOX™ Motion controllers are the control center of the D-BOX™ Integrated Motion System (IMS). Through a simple-to-use connection to your DVD or Blu-ray player, and your choice of motion platform, you can enjoy the complete D-BOX™ experience in your home. As the motion controller identifies the movie in your DVD or Blu-ray player, it plays the corresponding D-BOX™ MOTION CODE™ to synchronize the action on your screen to the D-BOX™ seating actuators.

As the movie plays, the actuators respond to the commands providing 2- or 3-axis motion to your seat or platform. Each D-BOX™ motion controller can be used with up to four separate seating areas. Multiple motion controllers can be configured to a myriad of motion-activated seating options. The D-BOX™ MOTION CODE™ updates can be automatically downloaded from the web or installed from a CD or a DVD. Motion controllers are available in two configurations: the 340C Standalone controller and the PC3 motion controller interface.

Link: D-Box Seats

Criticker’s Google Gadget

We’ve just finished work on our newest creation — a Google Gadget!

You can add it to your iGoogle page, or to whatever website you wish. It will show, depending on what you want, your recently ranked films or a random recommendation from the users of Criticker.

To associate your Criticker account with it, make sure to edit the gadget’s settings and input your user name at Criticker. We don’t ask for your password, because you can’t do any data manipulation with the widget — it’s just for display.

Here are the links you’ll need to get started!
Add to iGoogle
Add to your webpage

What Comes Before a TV Dinner?

A “TV Snack”, of course!

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Enjoy a little snack without hauling out the big TV-Dinner Tray.

Nibbles is an accessory perfect for any dinner party environment, allowing you to hold your food and drink in one hand leaving the other spare to eat or drink. Holds a large variation of wine glasses and different types of foods such as nuts, fruit, cheese and sushi. If cutlery is necessary, knife, fork or chopsticks there is a slot specifically designed to hold them. Nibbles tray is hygienic and dishwasher safe, produced from recycled stainless steel.

Link: Nibbles Tray

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Flying Star Wars X-Wing Model

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Just found this awesome story on Gizmodo:

We decided to make the project to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first Star Wars movie. Our club members are making several Star Wars based projects to fly at Plaster Blaster VI, or Plaster Wars. We decided to make the project challenging in several ways. The first is just the massive size of the rocket. It is over 21’ long, with a wingspan of over 19’.

We opted to use a cluster of four motors to emulate the “real” X-wing, and positioned the motors in the wing pods. The real challenge was to make the wings move in flight, from the “attack” position, or extended to the “landing” position, or folded. This proved to be quite a mechanical feat. We started be laying out the rear fuselage section and wing root sections in CAD, then had RMS Laser and Routing Services CNC route all the fuselage and wing root components.

The fuselage ends and wing root sections are cut from 3/4″ Baltic Birch, while the internal stricture is cut from 3/8″ Baltic Birch. The “wing box” assembly, or center of the fuselage, contains the electrical motor and gear / chain drive system that moves the wings, along with the center supports for the wing panels.

Link: Full Story / More Images


DIY Matrix Goggles

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After watching the first Matrix I could not stop thinking about the co-existence of a virtual reality. Russian artists made these goggles, to help put you in the mood to consider life inside the Matrix. The video has more information:

Link: english/russia

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Transforming Star Wars

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Great mashup toy. I can’t wait for the inevitable fanboy reshoot featuring a transforming Vader to pop up on YouTube.

Darth Vader battles the Rebel Alliance fleet with weapons, warriors, and the power of the Force! The Sith Lord strikes with his lightsaber and blaster, then uses secret morphing technology to change into the Death Star battle station and launch a devastating attack on the heroic Rebels! Amazing Darth Vader figure converts from mech mode to awesome Death Star vehicle mode. With a launching projectile in Death Star mode, electronic lights and a lightsaber and blaster that activate different weapon sounds, this is one awesome figure for your collection! Included is Darth Vader pilot mini figure, 2 TIE Fighter mini vehicles and 3 Stormtrooper mini figures.

Link: Star Wars Transformer Deluxe Death Star