Nov 28, 2010

Tuesday this week was a busy day, with no less than four different items on my schedule. With each of these expected to take over an hour, I was tempted to drop one item from my list, and this would have been the one to be dropped. Fortunately, I persevered. And was rewarded with seeing what I am sure will be the coolest toy to grace the bottom of many a...

Nov 28, 2010

Fancy a brand new Ferrari for only €21,499? Plus taxes. Pretty easy really. Just wander down to your local camera store and grab one of the new Ferrari styled Haselblad H4D cameras. A genuine limited edition, with only 499 being made, these are now shipping.

Nov 28, 2010

Air travel is becoming more and more difficult these days. What with booking systems going into meltdown, airplane engines blowing up mid-flight, the total arrogance of most airlines, and in the US, the intrusiveness of the TSA in wanting to feel your junk …. In Colorado, Rocky Flats Gear is selling x-ray proof underwear. To quote their website, they are...

Nov 28, 2010

While we’re discussing computer desks, what about a new desk for your laptop? One with an integrated sound card? And speakers? La Boite Concept is a French design studio. They have a particular focus on electronic accoustics, and they’ve put together a laptop sound desk with seven speakers, including a downwards facing sub-woofer, as well as a...

Nov 28, 2010

Forget the iPad. Forget the touchscreen monitor. Forget Microsoft’s Surface. Here comes the BendDesk: a curved, multitouch display that occupies your whole desk. Under development by The Media Computing Group, this concept uses three cameras and two projectors, plus a more than ample sufficiency of IR lights to allow it to track up to ten touch points....