A few weeks back, I reported that Mattel was holding open votes to decide Barbie’s 126th career. Among the choices were News Anchor, Architect, and Computer Engineer. I’m happy to announce that the people have spoken and we now have Computer Engineer Barbie. According to Mattel’s site, the doll’s designers worked side by side with the Society of Women Engineers and the National Academy of Engineering to design realistic clothing and accessories.
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Barbie Gets Geeked
It’s not a magic mirror, but it’s still pretty cool. The Digital Cosmetic Mirror allows women to try on make up without having to go through the time consuming step of applying the makeup. Created by cosmetics company Shiseido, the interactive display allows users to check out new products using augmented reality. Users simply stand in front of the computer’s camera and let it scan your face.
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Cosmetic Mirror Lets You Try on Makeup Virtually
PdaNet allows your computer can access internet by connecting to your blackberry phone through the cable, Bluetooth or InfraRed. PdaNet provides you with direct and full Internet access so all your email, instant message programs will work without any setting changes. PdaNet requires BlackBerry OS 4.6 or above on the phone. If your phone runs an older OS please check for updates at your carrier’s website. Download Installer for 32-bit Windows 7/XP/Vista Installer for 64-bit Windows 7/Vista
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PdaNet for BlackBerry 1.30
The iPad may have taken the media by storm, but the JooJoo , formerly known as the CrunchPad, is back, and hot on Apple’s heels. The JooJoo’s starting off full production, that’s right and maker Fusion Garage has announced that the product is set to start shipping this month. Fusion Garage CEO Chandra revealed that they’ve teamed up with Malaysia’s largest OEM, CSL Group, to cover the tablet manufacturing costs; in return CSL will get a slice of the revenue pie. And read this, it’s confirmed that the tablet will feature full Flash support at launch, and even HD Flash content once Flash 10.1 is released. The other thing? A web app store is in the works, Chandra claiming “We have a bigger ‘app store’ than Apple because we have the full Internet,”. Apparently JooJoo means along the lines of “magical” in African – which is how Steve Jobs exactly described the iPad. And they cost the same at $499 each. The JooJoo may have a larger 12-inch screen compared to the iPad’s 9.7-incher, but who knows what Apple may concoct up – something larger, and even more “magical”? FUSION GARAGE MOVES INTO FULL PRODUCTION OF BREAKTHROUGH JOOJOO Tablet Innovative Manufacturing Agreement and Investment from CSL Group Helps Reinvent Consumer Electronics Business Model SINGAPORE, February 3, 2010 – Fusion Garage today announced that its category-creating JooJoo Internet tablet has moved into full production with initial shipments expected to reach consumers at the end of February. Helping fuel the JooJoo’s arrival and Fusion Garage’s next phase of corporate growth is an innovative manufacturing agreement and strategic investment from mobile device OEM and distribution giant CSL Group of Malaysia.
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JooJoo tablet shipping this month, full Flash support and app store at launch
Even though you don’t want to admit it, you probably still got a stash of floppy disks hidden around somewhere, just like you probably have a stash of cassette tapes hidden in a pile of old stuff. For some geeks, it’s hard to throw out old technology-related stuff, kind of like how some fashionistas have trouble throwing out old clothes. Heck, I probably have 4-6 old computers in storage at home. I don’t know why, but I still do.
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nick gentry’s floppy disk paintings offer recycled memories
That other tablet that was announced just a week ago sure doesn’t seem to be setting Fusion Garage’s Joojoo off course. Not only did it see an increase in orders after the iPad announcement, but Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishna just told us that production of the 12-inch tablet has kicked off and that the product is on target to start shipping this month
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Joojoo tablet now in production, will support full Flash at launch
Even though the iPad was just announced, there are already plenty of concepts emerging that could take advantage of the device. This one is somewhat interesting, but dubious. It’s basically a huge display made from a bunch of refurbished/recycled iPads. (Once there are refurbished/recycled iPads to be had.) This concept is by Clarke Hopkins Clarke from Melbourne Australia
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the great wall of ipads
This is potentially very exciting: Amazon has purchased a startup company specializing in touchscreen technology . It plans to merge it with the Kindle hardware division, which leads one to believe that maybe the next generation Kindle will have a touchscreen. The company claims its technology can distinguish between a finger and a stylus, as well as support simultaneous touch points (oooh . .
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Touchscreen Technology May Come to the Kindle
Wuh-oh! Considering its popularity and the number of handsets floating around out there compared to the number of security exploits discovered thus far, I’d say Apple has done a pretty good job of keeping things locked down. As this just-discovered flaw proves, however, nobody’s perfect. You can read the full technical details of the exploit here , but to make one hell of a long story short: the iPhone allows settings configuration files to be installed over-the-air through Safari, primarily to help enterprise businesses setup a bunch of iPhones as quickly as possible. We’ve known this for a while – it’s a crucial part of easily enabling tethering on jailbroken iPhones . The user must must confirm the installation manually, and the iPhone tells you who it’s from and whether or not it’s a trusted source – which (we hope) most would be smart enough not to do in standard cases.
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Potentially nasty new iPhone security flaw discovered
In today’s Remainders: Your noggin! It’s what chess champ Garry Kasparov used to defeat increasingly sophisticated computer opponents; it’s what the contestants on Jeopardy consult for answers (or questions); it’s the site of the next X-Prize challenge; and more. (more…)
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Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Use Your Head Edition
Let’s face it: it’s hard enough trying to stick to those resolutions without the threat of big heart-shaped boxes of chocolates throwing us off track in February. Banish the cocoa this Valentine’s Day and give your sweetheart a luscious red HP Mini 210 instead . Coming packed with Windows 7, 1GB of RAM, and up to 250GB hard drive, the netbook will allow your significant other to view tons of pictures, watch videos, and work on the go, all while enjoying the crisp 10.1 LED anti-glare widescreen display. There’s even a webcam, so if you’re far away from your loved one this Feb. 14, you can chat it up all night despite your distance.
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Skip the Chocolates, Get an HP Mini 210 For Your Valentine Instead
Section: Communications , Computers Several textbook publishers have secured deals to have their books digitally converted for devices like Apple’s iPad. ScrollMotion, Inc., has inked a deal with several publishers to develop textbooks, test-prep reading materials, and study guides for digital devices. Scroll Motion, which has already developed iPhone apps, will likely adapt the books to include a search function, dictionaries, glossaries, and quizzes
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Get ready to read textbooks on your iPad
Nokia C5 , one of the first phones to be included in Nokia’s new (and unannounced) Cseries family of devices, has reportedly appeared in some leaked photos for the first time. The C5 looks like a regular non-touch Symbian S60 candybar, which makes me wonder: what’s the deal with the new Cseries? Is Nokia launching a new series just for the sake of adding new names, or is there something that will differentiate the Cseries phones from the rest of Nokia’s non-touch Symbian handsets? Regardless of the answer, the Nokia C5 features a 2.2 inch QVGA display, Symbian S60, HSPA connectivity, A-GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, 3.2MP camera, FM radio, 50MB of internal memory, and MicroSD card support – so, yeah, it’s a mid to low-end phone that will probably have a low price
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Nokia C5 leaked; still not clear what the Cseries is all about
If you think there’s never enough computerized numerical control in your life perhaps the pizza plotter should be your next project. This is a large 2-axis machine that shoots pressurized sauce onto a pizza crust. It’s a food-grade RepStrap and appears to use a garden spraye r as a reservoir. They learned their lesson when a loose hose clamp sprayed sauce around the room
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Print your own pizza
Scosche Industries, an award-winning innovator of iPhone and iPod accessories, has announced its solBAT II – a solar-powered charger and battery backup. The solBAT II works with almost any handheld device that can be charged via a USB cable and feature’s a simple two light indicator that lets users know when the solBAT II it is charging from the sun or a USB cable (red), and when it is passing that stored energy to a handheld (green) like a Blackberry, iPhone, iPod, or PSP. The solBAT II’s lithium ion battery has a capacity of 1500mA and an output of 5V, allowing it to charge USB powered devices at the same rate as a wall charger. The solBAT II features a windshield mount and a universal carabineer mount making it easy to soak up the sun’s clean energy
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Portable Solar-Powered Charger and Battery Backup
I’ve never been a fan of the All-in-One concept, believing that it was at best a compromise between flexibility and footprint. I’ve also been increasingly frustrated with the money I’ve spent on ink cartridges for my Canon printer. The Kodak ESP3250 printer is advertised to address my concerns, and with this review we’ll find out if that’s true… … [ visit site to read more ] Filed in categories: Desktop Computer Gear , Reviews Tagged: Printer KODAK ESP3250 All in One Printer Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on February 3, 2010 at 11:39 am
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KODAK ESP3250 All in One Printer Review
This is a great FREE application from Logitech that I’ve had fun playing with! It turns your iPhone into a wireless trackpad mouse or keyboard for your computer. You do need to install a small piece of software on your Mac or PC then simply use the FREE application available from iTunes .
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Want to use your iPhone as a Keyboard or Mouse?
Each weekday morning we feature a different “special” from our GearSponsor LogicBuy . For a while, it has been the site I went to first when looking for deals on electronics. (In fact, it’s where I found deals on my mother-in-law’s GPS and her HP notebook!!) For the past few months I’ve been the one posting the daily GearDeal from LogicBUY. As a result, I have become increasingly familiar with their site=.
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LogicBUY Expands, Includes More Video News and Reviews
By Andrew Liszewski You won’t be able to get your hands on one until June or July, and presumably this mish-mash of a product shot isn’t what the final version will look like, but if you need a rugged, compact, professional-grade H.264 video encoder, the VideoTank HD should suit your needs. At just 3.3 x 3.3 x 1.6 inches in size it’s perfect for field work, with video being captured/saved to swappable compact flash cards, and capacities up to 32GB in size being supported which is enough for 2 hours of 1080i material. There’s a basic LCD display on board for adjusting settings, though the recorder can also be controlled via RS-485 or USB if you happen to have a laptop on hand, and other notable features include a headphone jack, mic inputs and even high-end outputs like HD-SDI, but the most important feature, the price, has yet to be revealed. [ DVEO VideoTank HD ] VIA [ Ubergizmo ]
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VideoTank HD Flash-Based Video Recorder
Spend any time in a audio or video editing suite of applications and you’ll find yourself overwhelmed by a selection of on-screen controls that have absolutely zero relevance to your on-desk controls — keyboard and mouse don’t really equate to slider and dial. FlexiKnobs bridge that gap, and allow collaborative work too. A project by researchers at the University of Applied Sciences, they’re little wooden mice of a decidedly non-ergonomic shape, but they allow you to move cursor (shown after the break) over on-screen control, then click in the wheel and spin it to adjust the value. The cursor changes depending on whether it’s locked on or floating free, and each bears the color of the FlexiKnob it is associated with. Up to 250 of the things can be paired with a computer at once, which sounds like heavenly pandemonium to us.
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FlexiKnob paddle controllers are perfect for playing your old Atari Breakout ROMs
Everybody grouses about the lack of multitasking for third-party apps on the iPhone (and iPad). But another limitation of the current platform is at l east as limiting: The data sandboxing files that hobbles third-party apps’ ability to move files on and off the iPhone or share them with other applications. Today, there’s both bad news and good news on this front. Bad news: Apple made e-book reader Stanza (owned by Amazon.com) remove a feature for transferring books via USB, on the grounds that it violated the iPhone developer agreement. Good news: Ars Technica is reporting that iPhone OS 3.2, the version on the iPad, has a shared-storage folder that’s accessible to third-party apps — including computer apps that can see the folder when the iPhone is attached via USB.
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Apple May Address iPhone File Frustrations