Hasta La Gadget!

Emo Labs didn’t stir up too much commotion while CES was going on, but apparently it did have a tiny presence in Vegas. The crew at Technologizer was able to listen to a sneak preview of the startup’s Edge Motion technology, and if the demo is indicative of the end result, we could be onto something special. Much like NXT’s SoundVu tech that seemed to fizzle out about as quickly as it hit the scene in 2005, this system creates a so-called invisible speaker by “using arrays of motors to wiggle the edges of a clear membrane.” Gurus at the company are hoping to have it integrated into panels of TVs by the end of this year, though it’ll be a bit longer before the same can happen on space-constrained laptops.

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Emo Labs concocts its own invisible speaker technology originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you like cute, puffy things, enjoy subjecting strangers to your obscure tastes in music, and have tons of excess cash to burn on nigh-useless gadgets, get a load of this! It’s the Yuen’To Music Ball, aka the Music Balloon, a rechargeable auxiliary mono speaker for any portable audio device. It offers a meager .7-watts of power, lasts a measly 2 hours on a charge, yet costs a massive $76.16. (Yorozu’s overpriced $80 mono speaker at least packed 2-watts.) It is, however, available in your choice of passion pink, mellow yellow, romantic red, bombastic blue, or boring black. Who can resist?

[Via Akihabara]

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Yuen’To’s Music Balloon speaker is fabulous, price tag is ferocious originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony, the debatable kind of proprietary formats, has finally caved. Well, at least in this one instance, anyway. In a presumed confession that Apple’s music players actually are somewhat popular, it is releasing the iPod / iPhone-friendly CMT- LX20i micro shelf system, CMT- LX20i clock radio and MHC-EC99i mini boombox (pictured above). Not a whole lot left to say other than they also play CDs, tell time and rattle windows, respectively. For pricing and release details — including a word or two on the new Muteki systems — hit up the read link.

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Sony bites the bullet, releases Made for iPod music systems originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not that this debut is anything shocking (thanks, FCC!), but we’re still stoked to see ASUS get all official with its AIR3 sound system. Sure, it’s not exactly treading on new ground, but for those looking for a touch more functionality in their iPod sound system, the internet radio inclusion is one that’s much appreciated. ASUS talks pretty big about the device’s audio prowess, noting that it utilizes a Texas Instruments Class-D amplifier and HDSS (High Definition Sound Standard) certified drivers. Also of note, the unit includes S-Video / composite video outs and supports UPnP sharing via 802.11b/g WiFi or Ethernet; if that’s not enough to catch your eye, there’s also a useful auxiliary input and built-in weather forecast display that pulls down updates from the world wide web. As ASUS always does, we’re left hangin’ sans a price or release date, but we suppose it’s teaching us a lesson in patience… or something.

[Via iPodNN]

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ASUS officially launches iPod-friendly AIR3 internet radio originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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