Browsing articles from "March, 2005"

Minute-charge battery

Mar 30, 2005   //   by Tuomas Artman   //  1 Comment

Tosh_1 While waiting for long-lasting batteries, Toshiba announced the next best thing: A battery capable of charing itself to 80% of full capacity in just 60 seconds. Also, the battery will lose only 1% of it’s capacity after 1000 charging cycles.

Great stuff, but I’m still waiting for wireless electricity

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Delicious USB Memory Sticks

Mar 23, 2005   //   by Tuomas Artman   //  No Comments

Item_184_5omkjzA Japanese company called Solid Alliance markets a range of USB memory sticks called FoodDisk. The idea is something that, I think, they can only invent in Japan: the memory sticks look like Japanese food items, like sushi rolls or fried shrimp. How about a shrimp with a 128 Mb memory? "Oh no, wait, that’s not real sushi… Damn it, you ate my documents! Spit it out!"

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The World’s First Intelligent Shoe

Mar 23, 2005   //   by Tuomas Artman   //  1 Comment

The Adidas-1 running-shoe features a microprocrssor capable of performing 5 million caluclations / second. The magnetic sensor monitors changes in weight, pace and surface type 1.000 times / sec and a tiny motor adjusts the heel cushion to an ideal level.

Beleieved to retailt at about 190€, this pair of shoes is a must for all sports-enthusiastic geeks (if there are any).

As usually technology has it’s drawbacks: Now you need to replace the batteries for your shoes every 100th running-hour.

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