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The ‘Cloud Cover’ Shower Head

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A shower is in many ways defined by its shower head. No matter what else a shower has going on, if the shower head fixture isn’t up to par there’s just something lacking. [...]

The ‘Cloud Cover’ Shower Head

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A shower is in many ways defined by its shower head. No matter what else a shower has going on, if the shower head fixture isn’t up to par there’s just something lacking. But everyone has their own ideas of what a “perfect shower” should be, so this [...]

DViCO’s TViX M-5100SH offers 1080p, HDMI, and H.264 decoding

Filed under: Industry, DVRs, Media streamers, Players, Recorders, Tuners, Others

Seems like only yesterday — ok, 4 days ago — we were telling you about the DViCO M-4000SA HD media player. Now they’re back with the M-5100SH which bests the former with 1080p support, HDMI output, and H.264 decoding. It still packs Ethernet for plenty of [...]

Exceptional Innovation gets in the Media Center PC business

Filed under: Media PCs

Exceptional Innovation; the company to first bring us home automation features for Windows Media Center Edition, is moving into the hardware business. The automated home has been a reality for those who can afford it for some time now, with companies like AMX and Crestron leading the way, but these systems are [...]

Funai to produce inexpensive Blu-ray players

Filed under: Blu-ray, Players, Magnavox
The key to success of any new technology in this country is to drive the price down so much that it becomes affordable for everyone to own, and while Blu-ray still has a long way to go to hit that level, it looks like they might be on their way. Recently [...]

Air crew training through distributed simulation enters experimental stage

May 22, 2007 A fascinating project to train military aircrews is currently entering the experimental phase in the UK, with front line Royal Air Force (RAF) aircrew now involved in the UK Mission Training through Distributed Simulation – Capability Concept Demonstrator (MTDS – CCD) programme. The experimental phase involves a series of events [...]

Making history – your vote decides the new seven wonders of the world

On the seventh of July – the seventh of the seventh, 2007 to be exact – it will be out with the old and in with the…old. Bernard Weber and the N7W committee have organised a ceremony in Lisbon to unveil the new seven wonders of the world. It will be a truly international event, [...]

Electronic glove ensures CPR is being done correctly

May 21, 2007 Only 6 months after learning life-saving CPR techniques, around 60 percent of first aiders - including doctors and nurses - forget how to do it correctly. As a result, survival rates from cardiac arrests remain low. The Canadian CPR Glove acts as a quick on-the-job refresher course, making sure the first aider [...]

13-year old CEO seeks $100k in venture capital.

May 21, 2007 Thought YOU were ambitious? How’s this from a 13-year-old: “Our goal is to achieve 1 million dollars in revenue by the end of middle school, which is next year.” The surprise hit of this year’s TiECON, the Elementeo chief has already booked 450 sales of his upcoming first product. His whole executive [...]

The 3D air-mouse you wear as a ring

May 21, 2007 The computer mouse and flat “desktop” themed operating systems have hardly evolved since their inception. But the recent creation of a genuine, working 3D mouse system that you wear as a ring on one finger could open the door to a new model of GUI display that lets the user explore an [...]