Cool Gizmos – Gizmora

Gateway today brings tremendous value and style to budget-conscious customers with the debut of its new line of eMachines PCs, featuring a new design and Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(TM).
    The eMachines line of desktop PCs features a sleek case that will look stylish and contemporary in family rooms, dorm rooms and offices. In addition, the new case makes it easier for customers to access frequently-used ports and technology features.
    With the addition of Microsoft Windows Vista, the new eMachines PC line is equipped to provide an easier, safer and more efficient computing
experience. In order to take advantage of Microsoft Windows Vista, the eMachines line features advanced processors, ample memory, DirectX 9.0 graphics and the latest in extras that enhance digital media hobbies. Plus, the high-end model of the line, the eMachines T5224, comes equipped with an Intel Pentium dual core processor and the extra features that make it ready
to handle Vista Home Premium.

To celebrate the Year of the Pig, PQI released a Limited Fortune Pig Edition Card Drive U510. Using hairline treated surface and traditional Chinese New Year red and gold, symbolizing prosperity, joy, happiness, sincerity and all other good things to kick off the New Year. With two designs, a peony at the bottom right corner surrounded by fortune pigs (2GB) or a single spring (New Year) greeting fortune pig (1GB), it signifies a prosperous Chinese Pig New Year.
       Like its other siblings, Limited Fortune Pig Edition Card Drive U510 is only 3mm thin, offers large storage capacities and security countermeasures. The PQI patented Intelligent Stick interface (compatible with USB 2.0) and retractable cable is able to reach those tight angled and / or cornered USB ports. A carrying bag and personal file management software, USB Notebook Professional are included with every purchase. USB Notebook Professional allows you to take all your personal or work data with you everywhere and it is sure to keep your data safe from unauthorized access.

This is a picture-perfect reproduction of the Knight Industries 2000. Unfortunately, after all that money and man-hours, the gooey center is still an ’80s F-Body. Canadian seller zapper80 has done an awesome job putting this car together, and claims a cost of over $40,000 CDN. Zapper80 cites original molds as the source for some of the body parts, which leads us to believe that the car was put together from the wealth of parts and information available from the enthusiastic Knight Rider fans on the web.
      The amount of information, and lines of communication back to KITT designer Michael Scheffe are truly astounding. No matter where everything came from, it’s a hoot to see it all lit up, and even better, it all works. Well, maybe not the “Turbo Boost” function that’d send 3000 pounds of Trans-Am hurtling over bad guys. This car probably has more mojo under its hood than the original KITT the Hoff tooled around in while doing good for FLAG.

Lenovo today announced the new ThinkCentre A55 Small Form Factor (SFF) desktop PC featuring Intel Core 2 Duo processor and the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.
      Lenovo ThinkCentre A55 SFF is approximately 64 percent smaller than Lenovo’s traditional tower form factor and 25 percent smaller than its conventional small desktop. Its smaller footprint can free up desk space for other items, such as an extra monitor for dual-monitor work environments or a personal printer and scanner, the company’s press release says.
      The ThinkCentre A55 SFF, designed and priced for small business customers starting at $579..

Today Zap! has announced that the first product of their new collaboration with Lotus will be the ZAP-X, based on the APX. The ZAP-X will use in-hub electric motors in place of the V-6 gas engine. According the Zap! press release the combination of motors will provide 644hp in all wheel drive mode and potentially drive the aluminum-structured vehicle to 155 mph. The hub motors will also allow extra batteries and an auxiliary power unit to be mounted under hood. Zap! is estimating the range at 350 miles and a recharge time of 10 minutes, although that fast charge time would almost assuredly have to be via a 480V charging system.
      Presumably Zap! will using the new battery management system they licensed for this vehicle. Zap! will be displaying the APX at in North American Dealers Association (NADA) annual meeting and exhibition, February 3 to 6 in Las Vegas. So far there is no information on price or timing of the new vehicle.

Okoro Media Systems, manufacturer of digital entertainment systems for the high end audio video market, is pleased to announce the availability of the new GX300 for 2007. The new GX300 is based on the Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad core and Nvidia 8800 GTX technology. This model will deliver unprecedented 3-D gaming performance and will provide better performance for intense multimedia applications, streaming movies, and music.
       “Our customers continue to hunger for a system that can provide the greatest performance when they are playing the latest video games on their HDTV while recording and streaming multimedia content. With Quad Core technology and the NVIDIA 8800GTX video card, the GX300 will continue to be one of the fastest media centers available,” said Christopher Curry, VP of Sales & Operations.

Interact-TV(TM) (OTC: ITVI), a leading developer of Linux-based media servers, today unveils MyTellyHD(TM) a quiet, compact Linux Media Center that includes high-definiton 720p Component video output, Gigabit Ethernet and upscaling
of all video and DVDs to full HD resolution.
    Starting from $899, MyTellyHD delivers all the features and functionality consumers have come to expect from a media server including a subscription-free PVR, Video Library with save DVD capabilities as well as. Music and Photo Libraries. MyTellyHD incorporates many new features that
are critical to the expanding home theater market including 720p Component video output, Gigabit Ethernet, a high performance processor, and all new
MPEG2 video encoding.

It’s a significant issue for the blind community who fear losing mobility if they can’t hear a vehicle passing through an intersection or especially in a parking lot where motorists don’t always follow prescribed traffic patterns.
      Yoshio Takaoka has built a electric 2-seater vehicle called the Girasole that has a clip-clop sound of horse hooves hitting the pavement to alert pedestrians.
      The car costs about $18,000 and can travel nearly 75 miles on a full charge. Top speed is only 41 mph, meaning that if it came to the U.S. it would likely be limited to NEV status.

It’s true that Fujifilm is dependent on third parties like the Nikon D200 case, but the technology and everything else about this camera gives you that Fujifilm feeling. The Fujifilm feeling can best be described as the way in which Fujifilm approaches imaging. On one hand, there’s the technology of the hardware, and the way in which the image is formed internally within the camera, on the other hand there’s the feeling that they have looked at the picture in more depth.
   You can notice that technology and innovation from various divisions have come together to be included in the Fujifilm S5 Pro DSLR. Take the face detection or the way in which the character of the picture has been handled. Techniques and methods from the film, industry translated into a digital version. Techniques from a Fujifilm Frontier digital minilab integrated in a digital camera, etc.

GameDrift (whom we’ve never heard of) claims an anonymous Nintendo rep told them over the weekend that new Wii colors are coming this year. As you can imagine, details were sparse, but the tipster claims red and black are in the bag for sure and that we can expect those two — in addition to others — by the end of the year.
       New colors for Wii were never a question of “if,” only “when.” After all, Nintendo released the above promotional image the same day they unveiled what was then called the Revolution at E3 2005. But it’s unlikely such a small site has a mole deep within Kyoto or Redmond headquarters and their quick use of “confirmed” doesn’t help their credibility either. Still, one can hope for Puke Green later this year, right?