114th Gadgets and Technologies

Back in November 2009 we previewed Intel Cedarview still to come notebook / netbook platform. The first thing we liked over upcoming at that time Pineview chipset and Pine Trail Atom processors was DDR3 support. Waiting a for more than year to get hold of one looked like too long. And it still is.

So now there is a rumor saying Intel will add Atom-based N455, N475 and dual-core N500 processors with DDR3 support to its current lineup. This reportedly will happen in early June and already ASUS is preparing a netbook sporting dual-core Intel Atom N500 for under $600.

Another just in time Valentine’s Day gift comes this eye catching keyboard purse from Portuguese artist/designer Joao Sabino.  Constructed from 393 individual keyboard keys, Jessica Chobot would rock one of these with a passion.

Priced at $180, this ain’t nothing in comparison to what some women will spend on a purse/handbag.  Available in a variety of bright and attractive colors.

I’m not certain of an exact translation of the banner in this picture, but it probably reads: “1000km without a single charge on May 22nd and 23rd, 2010″.     The record was set for an electric vehicle by the Japan Electric Vehicle club, a civic group based in Tokyo. They managed to take their Mira EV 1003.184 kilometers without a single recharge. Yes, this is a record, and it beats a record previously set by the same Japan Electric Vehicle Club last month. Another electric vehicle drove from Tokyo to Osaka about 555.6km, which is only half the record set a day or so ago. This new over a thousand kilometer record was made at a driving course in Shimotsuma, Japan, which is the world’s longest. It took about 27.5 hours with an average speed of 40km per hour. The people that you see in the picture are probably the 17-person team that took turns driving the car. I mean, you don’t think that one driver did this?

It was powered by a Sanyo lithium-ion battery, and it is the power equivalent of about 8,320 cylindrical lithium-ion batteries. I suppose that this is a landmark for electronic vehicles. I once heard that one of the limitations for electronic vehicles was that they needed constant charging. If charges can be limited, then electronic vehicles could be more common.

flow wireless music station

His set of five speaker balls (house ever so elegantly in the green banana shaped seashell) may look like something out of The Fifth Element but they’re almost ready for your living room.  This is a concept of David Boyce’s flow speaker system and it has a decidedly Apple flavor to it.

The white and green simplistic colors and sleek design aren’t anything compared to the performance you’ll get for your pennies when this puppy hits the store shelves.  Each of the five speaker balls is portable, can be toted around the house with you, and maintain a high-fidelity connection to your iPod via wireless connection.

Not only that, but they each have their own accelerometers and gesture sensors.  What does that mean?  You know that shake to shuffle feature your iPod Touch just gained with the 3.1 software update?  You can shake your speakers and your Pod will switch to the next tune in your playlist.  Also, the volume will adjust depending on the speaker ball’s orientation.  Portable tunage and control at the flick of your hand.  What more could you want?

David Boyce has truly found a fresh way to revitalize the iPod accessory market and one that actually keys in on the Web 2.0 mentality of the iPod’s creators and its users.  Let’s hope we don’t have to wait too long to get our hands on one of these.

While not the fastest USB drive in existence (read 12MB/sec, write 7MB/sec is slow, actually) as of this writing it is one of only two USB drives in existence that actually transform. While there are 2GB and 4GB versions of this drive that have been around for some time, this is the only 8GB version we’ve seen. Full specs after the jump.