What? Light bulbs don't need to be screwed in any more? This picture of a mysteriously levitating light bulb is said to be an unaltered photo of an art piece to be demonstrated at an exhibition in Barcelona later this week. A new version of an earlier prototype, the scant info released thus far tells us it's an electromagnetically levitated lightbulb, and that it's wirelessly powered.
What else do we know about this seemingly supernatural feat?
Lisa Bufano is a dancer and performing artist who has gone through bilateral below knee and finger amputation. Here is a performance from "Five Open Mouths" in which she wears some extremely awesome prosthetic springing feet.
Hit the jump for a shot of her another one of her setups—a spider-like four-appendage extension.
The Mini God line of speakers are our new Powers of choice. Towering at a height of 16 inches, we will have a tough time genuflecting at their feet, but that won't stop us from trying.
Each unit features a functional speaker in its belly, while the rest are for decoration only. Powered by a 9v battery and armed with a minijack, these speakers may not prevent the theft of your unattended iPod, but they will ensure that the thief is scared shitless in the process.
Unfortunately, these beauties are a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive, with only 800 units available. Never before have I wanted speakers that most certain sound like crap. Two glorious bonus shots after the jump.
DivX is the format of choice for people wanting to compress big, fat DVD files, and makes it incredibly popular for those want to stream video files in the home.
There’s is a growing number of DivX compatible products out there, from regular DVD players to newer streaming devices. DivX has just shown off an interesting piece of hardware – it’s first - called the GejBox, designed for streaming various media formats. It has S/PDIF, and HDMI, and supports a wide array of home network video, picture and audio streaming. It also supports DivX Stage 6 – the new high-def Internet video streaming format and has a Google Video plug-in too.
Don’t expect to see this being on offer though since I can’t see DivX wanting to get into the very crowded, low-margin hardware streaming market. This seems to be a “Wow, look at the cool things you can build around our super software” product and will no doubt attract interest from many existing hardware makers.
Expect to similarly specified devices later in the year. We hope.-Martin Lynch
There are always compromises when you opt for any kind of laptop and top of the list, at least for gamers, is the fact that graphics performance on many laptops sucks.
There has been talk in the past about external graphics card solutions for laptops but the market is hardly swamped by this niche – although vital - offering. Graphics card vendor, MSI, has been showing off its first offering at Computex, in the shape of the Luxium.
This neat enclosure has been designed to house your favourite, screaming-hot desktop card - up to x16 PCI Express card - and then hooks up to your lappie via the ExpressCard interface. It needs to be connected to its own power source and sports USB and audio inputs.
While this is hardly pocket-friendly it does mean no more compromising on mobile gaming, and that’s all good. No price or launch date yet. -Martin Lynch
First off, this is ugly, even for an animal inspired MP3 player. This is the Disney-approved MPlayer and, as you may have noticed, it looks like everyone’s favourite [despised?], helium-voiced rodent. It cropped up at CES earlier this year, but now it looks as if unleashing in Asia is about to commence.
It’s screen-less – a trend I detest in MP3 players – and all the controlling is done via Mickey’s ears, which I’m sure will provide some perverse pleasure. There’s a mini-USB tucked under Mickey’s ass, headphone jack and an LED - somewhere.
No news on capacity, price or battery life. Just how long would those big old ears last in your pocket? Jump now to see a Mickey in the hand. -Martin Lynch
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