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Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video

Curvy huh? Obvious now that the iPhone EDGE and the pasty iPhone 3G manufacturing mold can be setup side by side. Injection molded thermoplastic for the win!

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Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video

Curvy huh? Obvious now that the iPhone EDGE and the pasty iPhone 3G manufacturing mold can be setup side by side. Injection molded thermoplastic for the win!

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Wireless

We’ve already some efforts to tailor Bluetooth for use with medical devices, but it looks like a team of researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have now come up with another method of keeping devices connected, which they say is more efficient and better suited for implants. Their solution is effectively a “skin-tenna,” which makes use of a puck-like device worn on the outside of the body that allows wireless signals to “creep” along an individual’s skin. That, the researchers say, not only minimizes the “off-body signals,” but requires far less power than Bluetooth or other wireless technologies, which is obviously a plus when a battery change consists of a trip to the operating room.

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Wireless

We’ve already some efforts to tailor Bluetooth for use with medical devices, but it looks like a team of researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have now come up with another method of keeping devices connected, which they say is more efficient and better suited for implants. Their solution is effectively a “skin-tenna,” which makes use of a puck-like device worn on the outside of the body that allows wireless signals to “creep” along an individual’s skin. That, the researchers say, not only minimizes the “off-body signals,” but requires far less power than Bluetooth or other wireless technologies, which is obviously a plus when a battery change consists of a trip to the operating room.

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Filed under: Digital Cameras

Goodnight XT and XTi, hello EOS Rebel XS — we’ve been expecting you. Companion to the more recent XSi new DSLR has a larger 2.5-inch screen 10 megapixel sensor, live view display, 3fps burst shooting, DIGIC III image processor, seven point AF, and a bundled EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens. Unfortunately this is only going live in Japan today — we’ll be stuck waiting until next month for the US launch, which will supposedly place it in the $600-800 price range (we know, it’s wide, we’ve got very little to go by right now). One more shot of the rear after the break.

Continue reading Canon EOS Rebel XS lands, shoves XT aside

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Filed under: Digital Cameras

Goodnight XT and XTi, hello EOS Rebel XS — we’ve been expecting you. Companion to the more recent XSi new DSLR has a larger 2.5-inch screen 10 megapixel sensor, live view display, 3fps burst shooting, DIGIC III image processor, seven point AF, and a bundled EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens. Unfortunately this is only going live in Japan today — we’ll be stuck waiting until next month for the US launch, which will supposedly place it in the $600-800 price range (we know, it’s wide, we’ve got very little to go by right now). One more shot of the rear after the break.

Continue reading Canon EOS Rebel XS lands, shoves XT aside

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Filed under: Cellphones

Holy crap, that’s a lot of iPhone news. We’ve collected every meaningful detail below, and now we’re pretty stoked to have our site back. Game on!

iPhone 3G

• iPhone 3G is finally official, starts at $199, available July 11th
• iPhone 3G hands-on
• The Lucky 22: countries receiving iPhone 3G on July 11th
• Steve Jobs keynote live from WWDC 2008

iPhone service stuff and AT&T

• iPhone push notification service for devs announced
• Apple’s lucrative iPhone revenue sharing goes away, replaced with “traditional” model
• iPhone 3G purchase and activation will be in-store only

More after the break!

Continue reading WWDC 2008 coverage roundup: the iPhone 3G has landed

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Filed under: Cellphones

Oh sure, there’s a plethora of portable USB chargers out there to keep most every cellphone around juiced up for one last call, but those handling a Palm handset with the polarizing Multi-Connector have long been shut out cold — until now. Tech Center Labs has just come to the rescue with its Tiny Emergency FuelCell, which holds a single AA and enables power to be passed along to Centros and any other Palm / Treo device with the proprietary connector. Best of all, the pocket-friendly device is just $9.95 (or $10.95 with a bundled battery). Not a bad way to spend a Hamilton if you’re a Palm lover.

[Via Palm InfoCenter]

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Filed under: Robots

Traditional fish should definitely start keeping their guard up, as we’ve seen a noticeable influx of robotic alternatives flapping around here recently. Joining the school today is the Robofish, a robotic swimming creature developed at the University of Washington. Reportedly, a trio of the units have been built, and during a recent workshop, the bots were able to communicate with one another and successfully swim in either one direction or in different directions. Eventually, researchers hope that these mechanical animals could explore underwater caves, track moving targets or plunge beneath ice sheets, but there’s still work to be done before the creature’s coordination ability is up to the challenge. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming…

[Via Slashdot]

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Filed under: Robots

Traditional fish should definitely start keeping their guard up, as we’ve seen a noticeable influx of robotic alternatives flapping around here recently. Joining the school today is the Robofish, a robotic swimming creature developed at the University of Washington. Reportedly, a trio of the units have been built, and during a recent workshop, the bots were able to communicate with one another and successfully swim in either one direction or in different directions. Eventually, researchers hope that these mechanical animals could explore underwater caves, track moving targets or plunge beneath ice sheets, but there’s still work to be done before the creature’s coordination ability is up to the challenge. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming…

[Via Slashdot]

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