The USB SnakeCam features 7 bright LEDs to light up your surroundings (and keyboard), flexible neck, built-in microphone, adjustable lens, snap shot button and night vision through two IR-LEDs for your webcam sessions in.. uhm.. complete darkness.
USB Geek.com: USB SnakeCam ($22.00)
(Via EverythingUSB)
The Zonbu is something of a new take on home computing. The actual device is small, silent, Linux-based (KDE) and eco-friendly and instead of a regular hard drive it features 4 GB of Flash based storage.
The grand thought behind the Zonbu is to sign up for a subscription ranging from Zonbu lite ($12.95/month) to Zonbu premium ($19.95/month) for on-line storage space at their ‘disaster-proof’ servers ranging from 25 to 100 GB as well as automatic backups, application and OS maintenance, free upgrades, free device replacement and unlimited online support.
My take: Personally I’d love to see more mini computers running Linux on the market (both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments are quite mature nowadays) but please, give me local storage.
(Via Redferret)
Hanwang presented this two-in-one tablet mouse dubbed T&MOUSE at Chitec 2007. Apparently it offers both a (tiny) tablet area for handwriting and sketching along with the regular functions you’d expect of a mouse.
So, if you’re into miniature drawings, this might just be something for you.
Ransmeier & Floyd showcased this printer concept at ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) in New York and it struck me as pretty clever. If you’re going to have a printer, why not a flat (and wireless) one mounted on the wall?
The design could perhaps have been a little bit less IBM-ish, but I really like the idea.
Read more about it over at TheyShouldDoThat
Art. Lebedev Studio’s Optimus Maximus Keyboard featuring tiny, configurable OLED-displays on every key (yeah, it’s back to every key now and in color and with support for animations in 10 FPS, see more pictures here) was first announced to cost about $300. After sensing the bitter taste of reality (and noticing the huge demand) they’ve upped the price to about $1600 and actually put up 200 of them for pre-order.
Those 200 are - of course - long gone, but there’ll be 400 more of them shipping in January next year. My guess is that there’s probably more than 400 eager early-adopters waiting in line, so don’t get your hopes up on getting one from the next batch either.
Interesting to see what one of the first 200 would make on eBay though.
Art. Lebedev Studios: Optimus Maximus Keyboard ($1570 US, €1250)
Here’s Bamboo, Wacom’s newest consumer-level and USB-connected tablet featuring a new method for handwriting recognition and inking, high resolution (2540 dpi), touch-sensitive rings for zoom/scroll, four customizable ExpressKeys and a surface that supposedly feels like paper.
Wacom Bamboo is Mac OS X and Windows Vista/XP-friendly, the writing/doodling area is pressure sensitive and sized like a widescreen A6 paper and it’ll cost you about £69.99 / $138.00 when it starts shipping in May.
Looking for a stylish USB Flash drive? Check out the brand new SanDisk Cruzer Contour. Black, glossy, sliding connector (no easy-to-lose caps), U3 Smart enabled (lets you launch installed apps on any PC), enhanced for Windows Vista ReadyBoost™ and ships with 2/4/8 GB of storage depending on model.
SanDisk.com: Cruzer Contour 8GB Product Page
Amazon.com: SanDisk Cruzer Contour 8GB ($149.99)
Amazon.com: SanDisk Cruzer Contour 4GB ($79.99)
(Via EverythingUSB)
Victor System’s Rugged Mini Computer is actually a heavily modified and uglified Mac Mini designed for the military. The regular, stylish case has been upgraded to an aircraft grade aluminum alloy fastened and bonded using electrically conductive epoxy supposed to protect your machine from nastiness like bumps, scratches, moisture, dust and LAN-parties.
Besides the actual computer they have rugged keyboards, monitors, mice and speakers as well.
Victor Systems: Rugged Mini Computer System
(Via TUAW)
The USB Big Fan is probably the first USB-powered fan I’ve seen that actually looks like it can manage to cool someone off a really hot summer day. It’s seven inches tall, runs on either USB power or four AA batteries and can either stand on your desk or hang on the wall. The orange color is unnegotiable though.
usb.brando.com: USB Big Fan ($11.50)
(Via Gizmodo)
Let’s all thank whatever you’ve chosen to believe in for the USB ports and all the weird products they inspire companies to create each day. This is the Pill Shape 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive and well… The name says it all, doesn’t it? Just make sure you keep it out of reach from children and junkies.
Vavolo: Pill Shape 4GB Flash Drive ($70.00)
