gadgets

Its on my wanted list: Optimus keyboard Every key of the Optimus keyboard is a stand-alone display showing exactly what it is controlling at this very moment. Talk about user friendly (not to mention flashy) keyboard. It is actually customizable to the application its used for. Unfortunately its just a design study right now – but the idea is so good and the technology should be there to start producing this. The only question in how soon it will come to market and how much it will cost. Me? I

This is creative. Probably not the most effective and fast RAID ever created but its probably one of the smallest. Wright This Way: iPod Shuffle RAID iPod Shuffle RAID So, what do you do when you and some friends are all getting iPod Shuffles? You make a RAID array out of them, of course!

Interesting choice to have to make. (Not that its a choice I have to make). A car or a Compact Flash card? Pretecs 12GB CompactFlash card costs more than a new Honda Civic – Engadget – www.engadget.com 12 GB is impressive for such a small card. Never mind I probably couldn’t use it with any of the gadgets that I have that use CF-cards. (Cameras and PDAs). But when it sells for ~15.000 dollars I just have to wonder who can afford it and what they might use it for.

What happens when you have a lot of old objects laying around in your drawers, a digital camera and a blog to spare? Apparently Heavy little objects is what happens. [Via Boing Boing]

If the rumours are true, sign me up for one of these. According to eHomeUpgrade the Archos AV500 is a “new all-in-one handheld device that combines a portable media player, digital video recorder (bundled with a remote and Electronic Program Guide software), and personal digital assistant (PDA). Furthermore, the device will support Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, and GSM connectivity via an add-on port. In other words it will connect to your cable-tv when you are home, record your favourite shows, and then let you watch them on the run. It will

Just a quick linkdump. Feel free to suggest good gadget sites I should visit. Gizmodo – probably one of the best known gadget sites around these days. Well worth a visit if you want to stay current on the latest gizmos Engadget – run by the guy that built up Gizmodo to its fame and fortune. Not at all a copy of Gizmodo. I4U – if you read the previous two, some of the news might be old to you when you get to I4U, but its a cool site

UC Berkeley researchers developing robotic exoskeleton that can enhance human strength and endurance

Well, that was fun. Or maybe not. Have been trying for close to an hour to install the cool little USB-Bluetooth-dongle MSI BToes, with no luck. That is to say, the installation went OK until I got this not so funny error message: The required section was not found in the INF. My initial thoughts was that there might be some problems with the driver files and Windows XP. But after trying to install the newest version of the MSI Bluetooth software (Currently at version 1.4.something) I got the same

Today Apple announced its new iPod mini – a mini version of its blockbusterselling iPod. The player comes with 4 GB hardrive, and the rechargeable battery lasts for 8 hours. The player will retail for $249 and will be available in stores from next month. (April in Europe). As some of you might know, several companies have come forth that offers to paint the dull iPods in various colours. And it seems Apple has kept its ears to the ground and picked up on that trend, because iPod Mini will