Art.Lebedev the Russian design studio well known for over delayed Optimus Maximus keyboard has announced the Optimus Tactus concept keyboard. It does not have tiny OLED screens for buttons but instead has one giant touchscreen OLED display which transforms into a keyboard. Not only can the keys change shapes and sizes but it would permit features previously impossible on keyboard like video / image playback etc. Two things before you get excited it is a concept and secondly it is...

This time it’s red Hello Kitty DC500 digital camera that is attracting all the attention. EXEMODE is bringing in its 5M CMOS Hello Kitty digital camera 'DC500' in Japan market. Sporting a bold Kitty on its front, a 5 megapixel CMOS sensor, a 4x digital zoom, a 2.0-inch TFT color liquid crystal display, a 32MB flash memory, a SD card slot (up to 1GB supported) and a USB 1.1 interface....

The coders at touchmods.net have been busy with readying a VoIP app for the iPod touch, the above video shows a successful VoIP call made using their software. The application will be available for public download on new year's day. Touchmods via Gizmodo...

LG.Philips is all set to hit CES with a big bang with five new panels. * 52-inch multi-touch LCD - full 1080p, two touch detection * 84-inch multi-touch LCD - 2 x 4 array of 42-inch panels, totaling full 1080p resolution, 500cd/m2 brightness * 47-inch triple-view LCD - full 1080p, 250cd/m2 brightness, shows three images depending on the viewing angle. (similar to Sharp's triple view) * 47-inch double sided LCD - 70mm thickness, 500cd/m2 brightness, displays images on both sides...

The new Toyota A-BAT Concept is no less compact then a fully loaded swiss army knife. It has every needed accessory you could think of; Toyota has already planned & tucked away neatly into the various compartments, nooks & crannies of this eco friendly beast. It has GPS navigation, Wifi, the usual. I actually think we should make a list of what this car doesn't have, like a toaster a bathroom, toilet seat, & a bed. OOPS!! That it...

If the new safety norms imposed by Washington are to be implied, flying into the capital could be difficult. A new mandate by the transportation Department bars the possession of a lithium battery in a plastic casing beginning Jan 1 2008. Yes the Department is surely headed to gift us with new safety norms this New Year. Apparently to help reduce the risk of fires, air travelers will no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked...

The i-station U43 from Digitalcube Korea looks like an ordinary PMP but it is not. To start with it includes HSDPA using which it connects to the local telecom network for downloading multimedia content at superhigh speeds of 3.6 mbps. Other than this it supports WLAN connectivity and runs on Windows Mobile CE 5.0. Apart from multimedia playback it has a dictionary, translator and subtitle functionalities. Digitalcube is working on a new model with similar functions but with enhanced connectivity...

The above picture was taken at a training exercise in Peurto Rico. The Iowa was decommissioned in 1990....

A few posts ago we saw a Chinese made Mercedes mobile phone we covered a few days ago. Well this time we have a genuine brand endorsed mobile phone by Motorola. Banking on its aspirations to be the next RAZR the Motorola Z8 Slider has now been christened by Ferrari, like its many other avatars from perfumes to Acer laptops the limited edition Ferrari moto slider will be catering to those of us who cannot afford the car nor...

The team from 1UP and Gametrailers head to Capcom headquarters in Tokyo Japan for an exclusive peek in to the much awaited Street Fighter IV. (The gameplay starts from 3:45)...

This tank isn't for the everyday hallway, or living room centre piece. What your looking at is 6 storey high, has water enough for a whale to live in maybe two even. This isn't a science experiment, it's a breathtaking centre piece for The Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin. Its 25meters (80feet) high 11metres in diameter , contains 1 million liters (260,000 gallons) of salt water, and is home to 2,500 fish (56 species in all). There's also a...

When we come across touch screen phones we cant help comparing it to the gorgoues interface of the iPhone it's hard not to. Samsung now has forayed into the 'in vogue' platform of touch interface. The first pictures aren't much different from the LG iPhone clone. However further trodding revealed that the phones aren't much different in dimensions nor in feel....

The Aviation industry has suffered many blows to its health in the recent past. The USAF's beast the F-15 -once the powerhorse of the fleet- has now been reduced to eat the dust. Several occasions have forced the USAF to ground some of the planes in its fleet for the safety of Pilot & crew. The Air Force's F-15A, F-15B, F-15C and F-15D air superiority fighters routinely patrolled the skies over the United States before the intentional grounding --...

Its unlikely that you will find googles name on a search result for windpower, the independent internet search engine will now generate its own electicity by harnessing windpower. BNIM Architects, a Kansas City, Mo.-based company, says that Google is considering the possibility of building a 20-megawatt wind-powered data center in Greensburg, Kan. Bob Berkebile , a partner with the company, told Greensburg residents and officials about BNIM's plan for helping to rebuild the city, which was destroyed by a...

Music makes the world go round, today the world is moving with the beats of the newest & the meanest MP3 players around. Its become such a phenomenon that imagining what life was before them will take some serious thinking back on. With the advancement in core players the numbers of supplementary accessories have grown tenfold. Designers Per Arlander, Madlene Linstrom and Ozgur Tasar have created the MPillow which uses both light and sound to create those moments of...