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We did take a look at the Withings wireless scale in the past, and needless to say, living a wireless lifestyle is always worth looking into. After all, don’t you think that there are more than enough wires and cables going through your home at the moment? Not only that, most of these cables tend to have a life of their own, ending up in a tangled mess at the end of the day when you leave them alone long enough. With the Withings Wireless Scale WS-30, it is now available in the US, where it is connected to the Internet thanks to WiFi connectivity.

Just how does the WS-30 scale work? It will merge Bluetooth Smart technology and WiFi connectivity, delivering a seamless and computer-free experience straight from the install stage, all the way to everyday use. It is so simple, that even you might find it difficult to believe. Coupled with the most recent Withings technology, users will be able to enjoy an ultra-intuitive experience, where among them include Withings Position Control technology that delivers on-screen visuals so as to properly position a user’s body on the scale – resulting in high-accuracy weighing.

Once you step on the scale, the Wireless Scale will take note of your weight and body mass index (BMI), showing it off on a large backlit display. Once a weigh in is complete, the scale will rely on its built-in connectivity, automatically transmitting the data to the user’s Withings Health Companion App and personal Withings webpage. Not only that, as a user, you are able to decide just where else you would want such information to be sent to – including your physician, Twitter feed, and over 60 Withings compatible applications such as Lose It!, Runkeeper, MyFirnessPal, Daily Burn, Zeo, and Body Media.

The Wireless Scale WS-30 would set you back by $129.95 a pop.

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[ Withings Wireless Scale WS-30 arrives Stateside copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Google’s Project Glass is certainly one consumer electronics idea that might just take off in a big way – assuming that the price is right, of course, and the use of it resonates among the masses. Well, here we are with a pair of futuristic looking glasses to boot – I’m referring to the OLED glasses that hail from the Fraunhofer Center for Organics, Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden (COMEDD). Scientists at COMEDD have managed to successfully develop glasses which enable the wearer to virtually flip pages on a digital document – without the need for the actual movement of one’s hands. Yes sir, non-physical manipulation of a digital book does sound like a decent idea, especially for mechanics referring to a highly technical manual while ensuring their greasy hands do not stain anything else, concentrating instead on loosening or tightening that one particular bolt.

This particular pair of glasses, however, is not intended just for mechanics alone, but also targets technicians, surgeons, and basically anyone else who require a hands-free document navigation experience. Within the lenses lie a combination of photodiodes and OLED pixels, where the former will function as a camera, helping register the direction of the wearer’s eye movements, while the OLED pixels will work together in order to form a display which is overlaid on the view via the glasses.

While you are busy occupied with a particular task at hand, you will still be able to read up on the next step without any worries. Assuming you look up “as if at the horizon,” your eyes will be greeted by the document which is displayed as though it is being projected at a size of about one meter (3.3 feet) right in front of you. Just to turn pages, all you need to do is just glance at an arrow within the display itself. This is different compared to the Project Glass from Google that require you to tilt your head to control the display. Not only that, the chip inside the Fraunhofer glasses lets you send and receive information simultaneously, in a wireless manner to boot.

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[ OLED glasses are controlled by your eyes copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Well, well, what do we have here? A relic from the 1980s? Not quite, although it might look like it at first glance. After all, boomboxes were all the rage back then when I was a kid, and you had to match those sleek beats with jaw dropping moves of your own. Fast forward to today, and the humble cassette tape is no more, and the same goes for the CD player. It is all about digital files now stored on these things that have MP3 playback capability, so why not match modern day Gangnam-style tunes with the right kind of hardware? Enter the £44.99 Boombero Near Field Audio Speaker that comes in either black or white colors.

Boasting an all-new NearFA technology, the Boombero will make full use of Near Field Audio in order to wirelessly transmit and broadcast your music right out of the speakers, hence doing away with pesky wires or connections that tend to get all messed up whenever you stash it away. All you need to do to get started is place your device on top or into the slot and you’re good to go. Heck, rest your handset in landscape to watch movies and enjoy big sound with it. The three AA batteries boast up to 20 hours of continuous playtime, or you can always power it using USB connectivity.

[ Boombero Near Field Audio Speaker copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Cords and cables. Aren’t they great? Look next to your bed or under your desk. I think it has become standard protocol to have a rat’s nest wherever you charge devices.

Leave it to the experts at Energizer to come up with a stylish way to charge.  The Energizer 5W Premium USB Wall Charger gives you a USB ports on a device with a fold out (US) plug. The advantage is the cable management however. This charger lets you easily wind your cord around the device for easy cable management. And it can handle a thicker cable. Oh and if that is not enough it even comes with a micro USB cable. While charging the light turns blue then turns off when done. And for just $14.62 on Amazon.com why not? You know you will get a quality product from Energizer.

[ No Brainer USB Charger copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

LG Display is back in the news again, and we are pleased to say that it has nothing to do with the negative side of things, not that I am implying LG Display did flirt with such downside news in the past. The company recently announced that they have kickstarted the mass production of the world’s first 84-inch Ultra Definition (UD) LCD display which will see action in interactive whiteboards, and the kind of technological advancements introduced in this particular display will highlight the emerging trend integrating technology that has found its way into the classroom, with the objective of improving education for students worldwide.

Measuring 1.9m x 1.1m, LG Display’s latest 84” UD panel for interactive whiteboards would certainly place it as one of the largest LCD products of its kind, making it suitable for classroom installation as it measures the same size as conventional whiteboards that currently see action in schools. Not only that, the display itself boasts of a maximum brightness of 350 nits, which would rate it 3.5 times brighter compared to current projector-type interactive whiteboards; while it carries a UD resolution of 3840 x 2160 (approximately 8.3 million pixels), which makes it 8 times the image quality of current HD projectors.

Since it comes with superior brightness and clarity, you can be sure that the new whiteboard display will do away with weaknesses that were inherent in current projector-type whiteboards. No longer will teachers have to assign someone to turn off the lights or close multiple window blinds during the daytime when one is showing off educational content. Not only that, the new display does away with occurrences of images being blocked by silhouettes that are definitely disruptive to the class, as this has been discovered to be a major complaint among current projector-type interactive whiteboards.

LG Display has not forgotten on how touch sensitive our society has become as well, throwing in touch functionality so that users are able to annotate directly on the screen, doing so without having to rely on a separate touch-enabled whiteboard screen – something that projector-types require. There is no word on pricing, but LG Display will release their interactive whiteboards in South Korea and China before the year is over, sending it to North America and Europe in the first half of 2013.

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[ LG Display introduces first 84-inch Ultra Definition LCD Display for Interactive Whiteboards copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]