http://gizmohacker.com Up to the minute Gadget and Gizmo News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:51:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sharp will be exhibiting its latest range of environmentally friendly products during the Hokkaido Toyako Summit on July 7-9 that year. One of the more interesting items is a prototype of a 26V-inch Low capability Consumption LCD TV. In terms of energy efficiency, that prototype uses about a quarter of ... http://gizmohacker.com/sharp-low-power-lcd-tv-could-work-with-one-solar-panel/ Archos, the French consumer electronics company has announced in a joint statement with SFR that they will be teaming up to offer a 3G-enabled PMP by the end of 2008. The agreement Archos and SFR have signed is to integrate 3G+ HSDPA info modems into Archos players. With WIFI and ... http://gizmohacker.com/archos-generation-6-to-be-gsm-enabled/ The S41 is a mini-v which can handle full versions of Microsoft software applications such as Office. A mini-v is a new category of mobile device that is in amoung a large tablet PC and a small PDA. Since it can operate as both a tablet PC as well as ... http://gizmohacker.com/vye-s41-mini-pc-and-tablet-computer/ STARMAC is a multi vehicle tryout bed used to demonstrate new concepts in multi-agent control on a real-world platform. The fleet, consisting of six quadrotor vehicles that can fly indoors and outdoors as well as being able to carry computing and sensing resources sufficient for autonomous operations. Among the computing ... http://gizmohacker.com/starmac-quadcopters/ A ten person line has been spotted outside Apple's Fifth Avenue retail store as of that Friday afternoon. As ample supply is expected, it seems unnecessary to be waiting a full week outside the store. However, the lineup is acknowledged by both shield and Apple employees, some who have left ... http://gizmohacker.com/iphone-3g-line-forms-in-nyc/ The Brickhouse Child Locator by Brickhouse is a device that lets you keep a constant watch on your child in public areas. that device works by attaching a tag to your child's clothes or shoes to work as a homing device should your child leave the safety zone, the Brickhouse ... http://gizmohacker.com/wireless-child-locator/ Filed under: NetworkingSo here's a bit of brilliant statistics work for you: The Pew Net & American Life research project has determined after endless polling and number crunching that 62 percent of American dial-up users have no interest in upgrading their connections to something a bit more peppy. In fact, ... http://gizmohacker.com/most-dial-up-users-don-t-want-to-upgrade-their-connections/ Filed under: Home Entertainment Now that you've had a little by a month to cram down popcorn while enjoying your shiny matte new Roku Netflix Player, we're interested to find just how pleased (or displeased) you are with the $99 purchase. Has it lived up to your expectations? Is the quality ... http://gizmohacker.com/how-would-you-change-roku-s-netflix-player/ I believe I can safely say that the primary objective for users running OS X is to connect to the World Wide Web to read mail, check out web sites, chat with friends, download new apps or grab/share multi-media substance, etc. With bandwidth caps staring to become all the rage ... http://gizmohacker.com/tales-from-the-command-line-where-has-my-bandwidth-gone-iftop-surplusmeter/ Filed under: Misc. GadgetsSo we heard some really over-eager folks have decided to get a jump on the iPhone 3G line -- a really, really big jump. Obviously, we had to head down and see whether it was true... and it is. Right now, about ten citizens have started a ... http://gizmohacker.com/iphone-3g-lines-start-at-the-apple-cube-one-week-early/