Think giant active-shutter glasses are a roadblock to 3D adoption? Wait until you get a load of this, the N-3D from Aircord Labs, a glass pyramid with semi-reflective sides that allows you to peer through while reflecting the image of a screen above.
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Aircord Lab’s N-3D concept turns an iPad into world’s second least practical 3D display (video)
It’s hard to say for certain what exactly this flyer means, but it sure looks as if at least some iPhone 4 owners will be able to snatch a free invisibleSHIELD 4fix (valued at $9.99 or so) from their local Best Buy. Based on a number of tips that we’ve received, we’re getting the impression that the yellow-tagged retailer could be handing out (and installing) completely free side coverings for any iPhone 4 owner that waltzes into a store, presumably as a proactive measure to fend off returns or to upsell consumers on an entire invisibleSHIELD / separate case. Nothing about this notice makes clear that you actually have to buy your iPhone 4 from Best Buy in order to take advantage, but we probably wouldn’t waste a lunch break giving this a go without a verbal confirmation from your local store manager.
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Best Buy to offer free invisibleSHIELD 4fix to aggravated iPhone 4 owners
She ain’t the first solid state drive to ship with a keen understanding of both SATA II and USB, but in the case of niche storage devices, the more the merrier, right? The newest member of the UltraDrive family (that’d be the UltraDrive MX, if you’re curious) has given Super Talent its first two-faced SSD, complete with a dual interface that enables it to be used as an internal or external drive
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Super Talent’s dual interface UltraDrive MX SSD does SATA II and mini-USB
If there’s one thing the world needs it’s a few more tablets , tablets with fancy multitouch screens, and that’s exactly what Synaptics is helping to spread.
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Synaptics shows off multitouch screens for multitouch tablets up to 10.1-inches
Make no mistake, this one’s no docking station — rather, it’s a l ocking station. Kensington , which has somehow managed to get a self-labeled lock slot embedded into nearly every modern Windows-based laptop, has just introduced a new duo meant to keep your lappie locked down and unavailable for thieves.
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Kensington’s Laptop Locking Station is a thief’s worst nightmare… maybe
Safari 5’s extension support just got a whole lot more useful this morning, as Apple’s just released Safari 5.0.1, which enables the feature for end users, and opened its official Extension Gallery. Extensions can be installed from anywhere, but you might think of the Gallery as the App Store for browser add-ons — and it seems decently stocked at launch, with notable entries from Amazon, eBay, Bing, MLB.com, the New York Times , and Twitter
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Apple releases Safari 5.0.1, Extensions Gallery now open
Look everyone, it’s the littlest handset come to deliver Android cheer. Last month we got word that Modu was working on a touchscreen device dubbed the T-Phone , featuring full 3G and microSD expansion, also referred to as the Modu 2 . Now we have video of what looks to be the same phone out in the wild, running an early version of Android (possibly 1.6) and looking rather fit next to an iPhone and an HTC G2
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Modu’s T-Phone captured in the wild chilling with Android? (video)
Oh sure, VoIP on the iPod touch is hardly breaking news these days, but what if you could actually slap on a regular SIM card and make calls on said device? That’s what Yosion’s appropriately named Apple Peel 520 claims to do. Powered by an Infineon baseband chip, this adapter not only offers voice calling and text messaging (presumably requiring a jailbroken iPod touch for the apps; GPRS not possible yet), but it also doubles up as an 800mAh battery and provides 4.5 hours of call time or 120 hours of standby juice.
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iPod touch becomes iPhone using Yosion’s Apple Peel 520?
Judging by the fact that our lovely planet is home to the Libretto W100 , the Kno , Onkyo DX and oodles of prototypes that utilize twin panels rather than a panel and a keyboard, Sharp’s newest microchip is likely to draw some serious industry attention.
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Sharp microchip enables dual-screen smartphones, e-readers and netbooks
General Electric may have a host of smart appliances in the works , but looks like one Indesit may beat it to the punch — at least on the washing machine front. The Italian home appliance firm just unveiled a ZigBee-compatible washer at the Freescale Technology Forum in Florida this week, capable of communicating with the smart grid and then timing its loads according to variable electricity cost. We can’t find a single detail beyond that, except that it uses one of Freescale’s ZigBee radio chips, and that this particular washer appears to be destined for Indesit’s Hotpoint-Ariston label with the company’s Aqualtis auto-detergent dosage technology built right in
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Indesit unveils smart-grid washer, thumbs nose at GE
