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Flavia Fusion Drink Center

2005-10-20T22:05:00.000-07:00

The Flavia Fusion ($100) is one of those rare kitchen products that is so cool and useful that you'll be herding everyone that comes over into the kitchen to show it to them. The Fusion makes more than 30 hot drinks, including cappucino and several coffees and teas, at the touch of a button. And since it brews direct from pack to cup, the Fusion requires no cleaning between cups and every drink is untainted by the previous brew.More Info

Colored LED Watch.

2005-10-06T09:33:00.000-07:00

Now, this thing has a 2003 timestamp, so you know, it’s not the newest kid on the block. But that’s not a problem around here. What’s important is to focus on the fact that it’s a moderately good looking watch, sporting
12 large LED lights that display the hours and 60 smaller LED lights that represent the minutes. It also lights up every minute in three groups of three lights in red, orange, and green. Made of IP-coated stainless steel with a mineral glass crystal.And you know, LEDs are the geek’s mana from Heaven and all that, so that makes this watch interesting enough to be covered here.
It’s $275 from the MoMA store. Uh huh… Ok, moving right along…

The Deinonychus, Yamaha’s Prototype Electric Bike

2005-10-06T09:14:00.000-07:00

Anything with an unpronounceable Greek name must be good. Like delicious Taramasalata, or Yamaha’s new prototype for a bike, the Deinonychus. It’s an electric vehicle, so that right there should perk the tree-sympathisers’ ears up. Each wheel features its own motor and the chassis is constructed with
“Stretch & Shrink” functions in the vertical and horizontal directions that brings a very Yamaha joy of riding.
In addition to the great driveability of the 2WD, it is possible to adjust not only the riding position but also the silhouette of the chassis to fit the rider’s body size, riding environment, road surface conditions and personal preference.And yeah, if you look close, those look like BMX pegs.
Sounds like a bike even I’d like to own, although I’m not sure it’ll ever even see production. Read the full press release here. Story VIA The Raw Feed.

2005-10-06T08:06:00.000-07:00

Another premium gift found in the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book is this limited edition Lexus GS 450h ($65,000). The hybrid luxury car is available in an exclusive exterior color, “Crystalline Ice,” and merges a 3.5-liter direct-injection V6 engine with high-output electric motor rear-wheel drive for more than 300 horsepower and great fuel economy. The interior has leather and wood details, Mark Levinson surround sound, voice-activated DVD Navigation System with Bluetooth, back-up camera, and a power meter that replaces the tachometer. Better hurry if you’re wanting one — only 75 will be made. More Info

Optoma MovieTime Projector/DVD Player.

2005-10-06T08:02:00.000-07:00

So you want a big screen, but you don’t want a huge TV taking up space? Well, the MovieTime Projector/DVD Player from Optoma ($1400) fits the bill nicely. With a native 16:9 aspect ratio and a built-in DVD player, it’s perfect for displaying a movie or the big game on an open wall, and the 1000 lumens of brightness with a 4000:1 contrast ratio make sure you’ll be able to see all the action — day or night. More Info

Dirty bomb detector.

2005-10-06T07:59:00.000-07:00

The Key Fob Dirty Bomb Detector. Simple but good people of earth, you can never be too safe, understand? Especially as we move gracefully out through DEFCON 21 and beyond. Just listen out for the distinctive short-short beep and finish the ice-cream as quickly as you can. $219.00.
Radioactive isotopes (used in dirty bombs) don’t emit anything that human receptors can detect. The Micro Bomb Detector was designed to locate missing radioactive isotopes and dirty bombs . The chance of locating a dirty bomb or suspicious radioactive isotope improves greatly as more Micro Bomb Detectors travel throughout our communities and highways. Experience Peace of Mind…

Garmin GPSMAP 60CS.

2005-10-06T00:35:00.000-07:00

When you love to hike, bike, or just explore the great outdoors in general, having a sense of direction like a drunken pirate who lost his compass is less than ideal. Luckily for us, we have a little thing called GPS, and the best handheld GPS device we’ve seen yet is the GPSMAP 60CS from Garmin ($400). It features a 256-color transreflective TFT, 20 hours of battery life, 56MB of internal memory, an electronic compass, and a barometric altimeter. It’s also waterproof, and is sure to help you locate that chest of buried treasure. More Info

Mouse manners.

2005-10-06T00:33:00.000-07:00

The Reversible Mouse. Oh it may look like an ordinary household wireless rodent, but this one reverses to become a handheld infrared thumbstick manipulator. How’s that for flexible? And apparently in Japan, young ladies do a lot of their computing lying down in some strange reclining pose for some reason. Yeah, beats us too. Around $35.00.

Musician’s friend.

2005-10-06T00:32:00.000-07:00

The Superscope PSD340 dual drive CD recorder for musicians. This is one cool tool for anyone who’s into creating music. For example, the dual CD lets you listen to an album, remove the vocals, tweak the tempo or pitch non destructively, and record yourself singing or playing along direct to CD-R or R/W. Great for practice or just composing. It accepts direct input balanced mics, guitars or whatever, and has way too many features to list. It’s also got to be a great way to lay down your own tracks onto a band’s CD demo if you’re living or working too far away to attend in person. Neato product. $999.00.
Designed especially for musicians and music educators who use music CDs for accompaniment, the PSD340 features both a CD recording drive and an innovative MP3 CD player drive capable of real-time changes of key, tempo, and voice reduction on any music CD or MP3 audio file. This rugged and reliable music rehearsal and recording tool from Superscope lets anyone make great sounding CD recordings, create custom practice CDs, and duplicate CDs on the spot.

VR Sk8trboy.

2005-10-06T00:29:00.000-07:00

The VR Skateboard. Dogtown & Z-Boys it most certainly ain’t, but one day they’re gonna get virtual reality right, and then we’ll see how it goes. For now, just cough up $59.95 and ignore the headaches.
Children steer by shifting their balance on the board base, while the virtual reality screen inside their headset translates their motions into daring maneuvers on a thrilling racecourse…The headset is wireless for complete mobility, and it delivers incredible sound effects and true-to-life, full-color, three-dimensional graphics.