Wired’s Gadget Lab blog has a story about how a group of about 250 Kindle owners are staging an online protest over Kindle e-books that cost more than $9.99. The weapon they’re using is Amazon’s own tagging system, as price offenders are getting hit with a …
Two Dutch universities have developed the latest ergonomic mouse, called the HandShoe Mouse. The idea is one that’s been around before: Instead of resting your hand on your desk and pushing the mouse with your fingers, you rest your whole hand on the HandShoe and maneuver from the elbow or shoulder. I’ve tried mice like these in the past, and while the average user won’t find them comfortable, they’re a good choice for people with repetitive strain injuries.
The mouse’s curve supports the hand’s natural shape when relaxed, so that the hand never tenses up. While the Web site doesn’t specify, most pictures show it having two buttons and a scroll wheel.
The HandShoe comes in multiple sizes for each hand and also includes a wireless version. The wireless mouse doesn’t use replaceable batteries; instead, you plug in the included USB cord and use it as a corded mouse while it charges. The HandShoe works with Windows and Macintosh computers and sells for $105.99 euros/$140 (wired) or 129.99 euros/$172 (wireless).
Last week, I asked all of you OCD readers to submit pictures of your awesome, over-the-top workspaces. And man, does my desk suck compared to a lot of yours.
How much do you think all of the gear in the below gallery is worth? More than I’ll ever have, that’s for sure. In any case, on to the winners:
First Place — Symon Chow
Second Place — Steve Price
Third Place — Eric Denman
[Via BoyGenius Report]
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Rumor mill says Sony Ericsson Idou might be coming this October originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It hasn’t been verified, but optimistic T-Mobile customers aching to get a little broadband on the beach might want to schedule their trips to Honolulu around Q4 — at least if you’re willing to believe this 3G rollout schedule that’s apparently being sent out this morning. Other notable cities on the list include Milwaukee, Tucson, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Nashville and Salt Lake City, as well as a wide swath of Texas. We’re poking around for confirmation — at the very least, this list doesn’t contradict anything T-Mo’s said in the past, but we’ll let you know.
[Via Boy Genius Report]
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T-Mobile’s 2009 3G rollout schedule leaked? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Samsung’s new media player (http://tinyurl.com/ckv8gz) looks like an iPod touch, but without Wi-Fi or an accelerometer, it doesn’t act like one.
Senseware is a project that teams up chemical and material manufacturers with designers of all walks to create new, compelling uses for synthetic materials. The most recent edition features major manufacturers like Asahi Kasei and Toray Industries alongside creative luminaries like architect Jun Aoki and industrial designer Nendo.
The results vary from practical structures to purely artist creations—and to fashion items. This year Japan Fashion Week design duo Mint Designs incorporated their Senseware contribution into their catwalk show. The “To be someone” mask project was created from an unwoven material using long polyester fibers called “Smash” by Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation. The highly thermo-dynamic material can be easily molded into 3D forms—here resulting in a pollen mask press-formed into the shape of a perfectly balanced face.
Photos courtesy of Japan Fashion Week
For the show, the masks were decorated with prints to match the clothes on display, giving the models an eerie mannequin-esque sameness. Except of course for the ones that got the contrasting chimpanzee version of the mask.
But joking (and social critique) aside, why not? Pollen masks are a common sight in Japan, especially now as hay fever hits its peak. We’ve looked at previous attempts to make the mask more fashionable, namely the Maskore (Mask-erade) campaign from fashion website GirlsGate.com that instructed women how to dress up their mask to suit their look. Why not one that is more than just tolerable, but actually enhances your appearance?
While Mint Designs created the masks purely as prototypes for the project, PR representative Naoko Jensen noted that a number of buyers and press expressed interest in them—suggesting that in this case Senseware has succeeded in pushing the discussion and potential of an average, accepted product to another level.
From Aprill 22-27 Senseware will travel to the Milan Triennial. This year marks the third edition of the annual series, Tokyo Fiber/Senseware.
It’s all coming together, folks. Merely hours after Gigabyte hosted up a product portal for its T1028 TouchNote, the same occurrence has just went down for the ThinNote S1024 and Booktop M1022. Both rigs were initially introduced last month at CeBIT, and now you can pretty much bank on ’em shipping stateside within the next little while. As for the M1022, you’ll find it bundled with a vertical docking station and packing an N270 or N280 processor, Windows XP Home, 1GB of RAM, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, WiFi, optional WiMAX / HSDPA and a 6-cell battery. The S1024 netbook contains most of the same hardware, but you’ll have to handcraft your own stand if that you’re thing.
[Via iTechNews]
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Gigabyte posts specs for ThinNote S1024 and Booktop M1022 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
It’s tax season, and I’m feeling extra cheap these days. Prepare for some really good deals.
1. The buyers have spoken–and they want video cameras that are compact yet offers great features. If you want more than a Flip camera can deliver, look to this Samsung SC-MX20 camcorder. Buy.com is offering it for $198.68, with free shipping. The SC-MX20 has a big 34X optical zoom, image stabilization, and face detection. And while it doesn’t have on-board storage, the camera takes up to 32GB storage cards for 30 hours of recording time.
2. If you’ve been looking for an HD radio, you’re not going to find a better deal than this. And it’s an iPod dock. And it plays CDs. Grab the LG Tabletop iPod Docking Station (PC12) from NewEgg.com for the crazy low price of $68.00 (with free shipping).
3. The Mac community has been buzzing about the amazing MacHeist 3 Bundle. For the next 13 hours (as of this writing) you can get 14 Mac applications with a total value of $980.70 for only $39.00. The reason for the deal is that 25 percent of the price goes to charity. Swing on over and see what’s being offered.
Bonus deal: Hotels.com just launched 24-hour sales, with more than 100 sales each week.
This whole global economic crisis, and its resulting massive loss of jobs got us thinking. We here at Engadget didn’t want to stand helplessly by, announcing every new round of misery without giving anything back — so we decided to take the opportunity to spread a little positivity. We’ll be handing out a new gadget every day (except for weekends) to lucky readers until we run out of stuff / companies stop sending things. Today we’ve got a THB Bury RC9060 Bluetooth car kit. Read the rules below (no skimming — we’re omniscient and can tell when you’ve skimmed) and get commenting! Hooray for free stuff!
Special thanks to eXpansys USA for providing the gear!
The rules:
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Engadget’s recession antidote: win a THB Bury RC9060 Bluetooth car kit! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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