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Alesis ends electric envy with AcousticLink digital interface

Posted under Latest Technology News on Thursday, 28 July 2011 by admin
For a good while now, electric guitar and bass players have been able to interface their instruments with computers and mobile devices thanks to solutions like the JAM from Apogee and the iRig from IK Multimedia. Now, acoustic players are to get their chance to join the digital party with the...
Alesis ends electric envy with AcousticLink digital interface

Canon X Mark I combines mouse, keypad and calculator

Posted under Latest Technology News on Wednesday, 27 July 2011 by admin
Mobile number crunchers whose laptop keyboard is lacking in a useful separate keypad will no doubt be interested to discover that Canon is about to release a new slim laser mouse which includes its own keypad. The new X Mark I Mouse could also please trackpad haters looking to reduce the number of...
Canon X Mark I combines mouse, keypad and calculator

Low Drag Lightweight Jaguar E-Type Concept car makes public debut 47 years after it was built

Posted under Latest Technology News on Tuesday, 26 July 2011 by admin
It's not often that a car has its first public showing nearly fifty years after it was built, but that's what happened at the recent Cholmondely Pageant of power when the newly-restored, one and only factory-built Low Drag Lightweight Jaguar E-Type was seen. The original crashed at very high speed...
Low Drag Lightweight Jaguar E-Type Concept car makes public debut 47 years after it was built

Panasonic adds LUMIX DMC-FZ47 to superzoom range

Posted under Latest Technology News on Monday, 25 July 2011 by admin
Panasonic has added another superzoom to its FZ-series camera range. The LUMIX DMC-FZ47 features a 25 - 600 mm equivalent zoom lens with a special coating that's claimed to reduce ghost and flare, and a brand new sensor capable of recording 1080/60i high definition video. It also features a host of...
Panasonic adds LUMIX DMC-FZ47 to superzoom range

Your very own, portable, Tropical Island Paradise

Posted under Latest Technology News on Saturday, 23 July 2011 by admin
Owning one's own yacht must surely be one of man's greatest indulgences. The ability to take your own tailored environment anywhere you want. Yacht Island Design creates tailored environment like no other. Following on from its "Streets of Monaco" design is the "Tropical Island Paradise", a 90...
Your very own, portable, Tropical Island Paradise

BlueDrone Android-controlled RC car

Posted under Latest Technology News on Friday, 22 July 2011 by admin
The Parrot AR.Drone quadricopter was one of the first smartphone-controlled RC toys ... and it won't be the last. This example called BlueDrone (which isn't from Parrot) is an RC car in the form of Nissan GT-R 1:20 scale model, controlled by an Android-based device via Bluetooth connectivity. .....
BlueDrone Android-controlled RC car

MIT’s ‘backtalk’ project tracks discarded electronics

Posted under Latest Technology News on Thursday, 21 July 2011 by admin
Have you ever wondered what happens to obsolete electronics once they are discarded? How far do they travel and what are the 'second lives' of donated computers? MIT's backtalk project aims at answering those questions simply by tracing discarded devices with location trackers applied to a number...
MIT’s ‘backtalk’ project tracks discarded electronics

Shelby Supercar Tuatara aims for Bugatti Veyron 268 mph speed record for production cars

Posted under Latest Technology News on Wednesday, 20 July 2011 by admin
Shelby Super Cars has finally pulled the wraps off the car it has had under development for several years which is aiming for 280 mph. The aluminum and carbon fiber SSC Tuatara was styled by talented American designer Jason Castriota, and will run a mid-rear mounted, seven-litre, twin-turbo, Quad...
Shelby Supercar Tuatara aims for Bugatti Veyron 268 mph speed record for production cars

Porsche designs a Hookah Pipe

Posted under Latest Technology News on Tuesday, 19 July 2011 by admin
We have to admit being more than a little surprised that in this increasingly health-conscious world, Porsche Design has released a new luxury Shisha waterpipe. Also known as a hookah or narghile, Shisha is becoming increasingly trendy in Western countries by "social" tobacco smokers and is already...
Porsche designs a Hookah Pipe

Ideum introduces new MT55 Platform multitouch table

Posted under Latest Technology News on Monday, 18 July 2011 by admin
Ideum has unveiled a new addition to its series of 55-inch, high definition LCD multitouch tables. Billed as the thinnest commercially-available multitouch table top on the market, the new MT55 Platform sports an optical touch system capable of handling 32 touch points simultaneously and comes with...
Ideum introduces new MT55 Platform multitouch table