If an electric toothbrush isn't high-tech enough for you, then you could kick it up a notch with the Triumph with SmartGuide. The brush monitors how you are cleaning your teeth - time, area and pressure, and sends that information back to a base station. This base station, which can be stuck on a bathroom mirror, then tells you where and for how long you should be focusing in order to get a thorough and even brushing.
This gadgetry doesn't come cheap though. It will be available in the UK on these shores from next month. -Matthew Sparkes
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This Pac Man rug is on sale via a kids' website, but with a very adult price tag of $2,186. Made in Portugal and 100 per cent wool, there are only two of these 6'9" x 10' rugs in existence. So, rich kidults with a games room that needs carpeting, apply here.
-Addy Dugdale
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We bet Stormtroopers wouldn't mind crowding around Samsung's latest 1080p projector, the SP-A800B. It makes use of TI's newest DLP chip, delivering a 24fps film mode and a 10,000:1 contrast ratio. No price or street date, but since it's an "ultra high-end model targeted to the content creation industry and home theater," we're guessing the price will suit the audience. Two more snaps and full specs after the jump.
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Remember those 12in wide flares your dad [or you] wore, swaggering down the High St. in the 1970s thinking God had surely broken the mould when he created a creature as hip, sexy and cool as you? In hindsight, you may blush but if you still hark for a bit of the OTT 70s then check out the Grundig Audiorama spherical stereo speakers which, thanks to the 100th birthday of founder Max Grundig, are making a welcome comeback.
On show at the IFA 2007 Show in Berlin now, they will be reincarnated next year.
These were cult items back in the day and they are certainly a welcome departure from the typical boxy speaker. They can hang from the ceiling like some cute alien light fixture or stand on the floor like big, fat audio lollipops. The company says:
“In contrast to the original Audiorama the horizontal plane of the new model is more elliptical, for best positioning of the chassis units. As in the seventies, the 2008 Audiorama has four speakers per housing, variously angled for 360-degree sound distribution and an unparalleled audio experience. A special design protects the tweeters from sound pressure from the subwoofers.”
Expect to pay around £400 a pair next year.-Martin Lynch
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Creative Labs has finally launched its first music/video player to support Apple’s iTunes AAC format, although why the hell it took so long is a mystery.
Still, the new generation Zen is certainly pretty and skinny as a bulimic supermodel, boasting a fab 2.5in colour display. The ‘credit-card sized’ player measures 55-x-83-x-12mm and supports the AAC format for iTunes downloads – wicked DRM tunes and fluffy non-DRM ones too. Other music formats supported include MP3 and WMA while movie formats include WMV and DivX/XviD. Bundled software will covert other video formats.
There’s an in-built FM radio with 32 presets while battery life is rated at 25 hours for music and 5 hours for video.
The 4GB model costs £100 and the 8GB model comes in at £140. There’s also a 16GB version but no price yet. Jump now for a close-up-Martin Lynch
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If you have ever tried 3-D glasses for more an hour or two then you will know that they can sometimes have the same effects as the morning after 10 pints of Guinness and a doner kebab.
That’s right, you too can be the proud owner of a sore eyes, an ice-pick in your forehead and an urge to up-chuck in the nearest receptacle. A new US company however has launched – yes, not announced, but launched – the first 3-D monitor for gamers. The 22in 22Ó widescreen 3D monitor from Neurok Optics looks like you regular LCD monitor, if a little thicker, and comes with some funky 3-D glasses to help turn 2-D gore into 3-D in-yer-face carnage. Thomas Striegler, CEO of Neurok Optics, says:
“More content is being produced in 3-D. All popular games and many new movies are now created in 3-D - most viewers are unable to see the game or movie as it is meant to be seen in 3-D. Now you can add a new dimension to your home video entertainment with our 3-D monitor, the must have gift for the upcoming holiday season.”
The company says the polarised glasses will not result in the usual 3-D hang-ups and the monitor can be used as a regular 2-D monitor at the push of a button. At £500, it’s not that exorbitant for the first big 3-D gaming monitor. If it really works, that is. More here.-Martin Lynch
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