Elecom’s SDHC card is waterproof, dontcha know

December 2nd, 2008

Need an SDHC card? Need one in 4GB or 8GB?
Need one that’s waterproof? Unless you work for Magnum, my guess is “no,” but the option’s there, thanks to Elecom, if you want it.
She’s out later this month, but the Japanese firm hasn’t revealed an asking price. Considering you can buy an 8GB SDHC [...]

Tread: bags and cases made from recycled tires

November 11th, 2008

Tire rubber certainly is a “supermaterial.” Although I feel it’s more suited to resisting wear and providing grip to F1 cars, it’s also tough, waterproof, and flexible when correctly manipulated. Tread has a lot of faith in the stuff, and has been repurposing South American waste tires to make all sorts of laptop bags, camera [...]

Review: Seattle Sling Dry Bag

November 10th, 2008

It works! The Seattle Sling Dry Bag is waterproof thanks to a dry bag so I decided to put it to the test. Thankfully for the Hitachi Blu-ray camcorder within (love you, Hitachi) it works as advertised. There is more to this case than just a waterproof dry bag though, but simply put, I’m satisfied. 

Review: Epson Artisan 800 All-in-One

November 7th, 2008

When I took on the task of reviewing printers I worried that I’d be so bored that I’d fall asleep at the keyboard, leading to a review full of jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjllllllllllllllllllllmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm and a keyboard full of slobber. Luckily, the Epson Artisan 800 kept me awake and excited and, dare I say it, enthused about the state [...]

Review: Audio Bone 1.0 headphones

November 5th, 2008

Bone conduction is an odd beast and, frankly, it freaks me out, which is why I was hesitant to use the Audio Bone headphones for a few days. On the other hand, my hearing is pretty bad and I’ll do anything to keep earbuds from blowing out my eardrums. They may look funny, but the [...]

NTT Docomo floods Japan with 22 new cell phones

November 5th, 2008

Japan’s biggest telco NTT DoCoMo today announced 4 new cell phone series (STYLE, PRIME, SMART and PRO ), which are part of the company’s fall/winter product line-up. Docomo will offer a total of 22 new handsets.
As Japanese handset makers have recently vowed to internationalize more agressively, there is a good chance at least some of [...]

KDDI unveils winter/fall cell phone line-up (photo gallery)

October 28th, 2008

Japan’s second biggest mobile phone carrier KDDI au yesterday unveiled new cell phones for its year-end sales campaign. Priced between $400 and $550, the first handsets will be sold in early November.
Here is the complete line-up:

Hitachi Wooo 63H
(featuring a 3.1-inch OLED display)

Using corrugated signs to heat your house (Tip: Don’t burn them)

October 17th, 2008

This little experiment is fairly complex but it’s an interesting examination of forcing heat through corrugation in order to absorb head and blow it through your house this summer. Doable? Sure. Cheap? Sure. Kind of weird? Absolutely.

CrunchDeals: Pentax K20D DSLR gets a price cut and so does the W60 waterproof P&S

October 14th, 2008

Pentax’s flagship DSLR the K20D just got a price drop and is now available for $999.95.
The K20D is now equipped with a newly designed CMOS sensor with 14.6 effective megapixels. Other notable upgrades include a 2.7-inch LCD with adjustable brightness and Live View. The LCD is wide-view, which means you can view images approximately [...]

Freestyle Audio updates their waterproof MP3 player lineup with the Soundwave

October 9th, 2008

Look at what the cat dragged in. Freestyle Audio (you remember them, right?) has updated their product line with a more rugged MP3 player, the Soundwave. It’s waterproof up to 10 feet, which is perfect for most water sports like surfing except for diving and comes with 2GB built-in, which trumps the Sport’s 1GB of [...]

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