Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Have a Cow With Creative's Zen Moo Moo-sic Player [Zen Moo]

> Holy cow! Just in time for the upcoming Year of the Ox, Creative has released its Zen Moo line of mp3 players and speakers in China. Based on the Zen Stone, you can get either the Zen Moo or the Zen Moo Plus. Both come with 2GB storage, support for MP3 and WMA, a 20 hour lithium battery and a built-in speaker. The Plus adds a translucent blue OLED display, FM radio reception, MIC voice recording and an alarm clock. Prices weren't available on the site, but I bet it wouldn't be too hard to find if you hoof it to China. [iMP3.com via Epizenter]

Thursday, November 20, 2008

X-Fi goes to your car

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Sure you have seen X-Fi on Sound Cards, Portable Media Players, Speakers but X-Fi in a car? Marketed under the brand Runz by JC Hyun (a Korean company that specialises in Car A/V and navigation systems), the Creative Xtreme Fidelity technology is implemented in its CI-7100 Indash car stereo system.

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The CI-7100 has probably everything you need for entertainment in your car. It features a 7inch screen, with dedicated iPod control and bluetooth connectivity (which can be used to make calls on your handphone). You can play your DiVX and WMV movies on it via its SD/DVD/USB host, listen to MP3/WMA audio and even use it as a picture viewer. There's also a rear camera input and if multi-tasking isn't your thing, there's also a streeling wheel remote control for your safety and convenience. And if you can't navigate to save your life, the CI-7100 also has GPS navigation on board.

Watch the video demo for all the features of CI-7100:

[RUNZ CI-7100 PRODUCT PAGE]

Tomy xiao digital camera has built in Zink printer, the spirit of Polaroids



Like just about everyone else, we miss the Polaroid film format; maybe it's just nostalgia, but we enjoyed having something we could hold on to (and shake) after taking a picture. Polaroids may be dead, but the basic concept lives on -- remember Zink, that company whose technology prints digital photos on the spot without ink? It's joined forces with toy-maker Tomy to make the xiao TIP-521, a digital camera with a printer built in. The xiao has a modest five megapixel resolution, so we might wait and see how Polaroid's own Zink camera turns out, but in either case we're stoked the tactile experience is back.

[Via Market Watch]

Monday, November 10, 2008

Chimpanzee riding a Segway

Amazing chimpanzee performer Pan-kun is back! On last night’s episode of Shimura Zoo, he celebrated his 7th birthday by taking a ride on a Segway personal transporter:



Pan-kun impressively managed not to seriously injure himself, but he did have a few close calls!

Man uses electrodes to turn his face into a music visualizer

Japanese artist/programmer/designer Daito Manabe attached some electrodes to his face and succeeded in making his facial muscles twitch along with a song:


[via Makezine]