Gadget Fever

Iphone5 Prototype is Lost!?

2011-09-03T08:59:00.001-07:00

The bizarre saga involving a lost prototype of the iPhone 5 has taken another interesting turn. Contradicting past statements that no records exist of police involvement in the search for the lost prototype, San Francisco Police Department spokesman Lt. Troy Dangerfield now tells SF Weekly that "three or four" SFPD officers accompanied two Apple security officials in an unusual search of a Bernal Heights man's home.
I think this is the special plot release of apple as a Sales Gadget for the public. Why every time the Iphone is lost before it is launched. Lost in Foxconn, in a bar, this time again. Why The Prototype device is known to be very important would always be allowed to be taken out from the Apple Office?
HK snob

Zaffiro Iridium Razor

2011-08-14T03:02:00.000-07:00

Zafirro Iridium RazorThe Handle and the head are wrought from the rarest and most durable metal in Existent on Earth, Iridium, that is used only in certain application, like the tip of your fountain pen nib. This element is only produced 3 Tonnes a year.
The twin blades were crafted from super sharp white sapphire and are hypoallergenic and virtually imperious to oxidation and corrosion.
Available in Limited Production of 99 units, The Zaffiro Iridium was developed by Bright Light Ventures in Portland Oregon, The Company will service, clean and sharper the razor.
Price USD$100,000. I wonder who is the real buyers?

HK Snob

Development of Practical Rocketeer

2011-07-02T23:49:00.000-07:00

Since the beginning of time man has dreamed to fly as free as birds and escape gravity’s pull. Ancient Chinese Story describing that certain people can be trained with Kung Fu to reduce his weight in air that he can FLY…
There may attempts to caret flying machine for over 1000 years, and most of them did succeed to work. On 1 December 1783 La Charlière piloted by Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert made the first manned hydrogen balloon flight.. Since than man can go into the space up sky above flying… After
From the 1920s this dream has been refined in books and film, Particularly I am interested in the movie Rocketeer (1991), A drama love story that happened in 1938. A Rocket was designed by Howard Huges was stolen by mobster’s gang who are pursued by FBI and sooner later there was a lot of exciting flying, fighting between the bad guys and the beautiful romance between Jenny (Jennifer Connelly) and Cliff Secord (Billy Campbell).
The first serious attempts at building a jetpack produced the Bell Rocket Belt dated back to 1950. The Bell Rocket Belt is powered by an expensive and hazardous fuel, needs a light weight pilot, and is hard to control, after 50 years of development can only fly for less than 1 minute.
In 1981, as a New Zealand university student, Glenn Martin started his quest to a build a jetpack. With enthusiasm and commitment Glenn has been able to capture the support of a large network of experts who had the same dream of flying.
On 29 July 2008, the world’s first practical jetpack, was revealed to the world and became an international media sensation. It is the Martin Jetpack! It consists of a tailor made gasoline engine driving twin ducted fans which produce sufficient thrust to lift the aircraft and a pilot in vertical takeoff and landing, enabling sustained flight.
In 2003, the Martin Jetpack captured the interest and commitment of New Zealand’s Top Venture Capital Company; No 8 Ventures.
They are in the final stages of research and development to meet early interest from the defense and civil defense markets. They have conducted over 2,500 successful test flights amounting to more than 100 combined engine hours up the sky over 5,000 Metres...
The unmanned remote-controlled (UAV) version is well-advanced in its development with field trials expected to begin in the second of this year.
Recently, an Australian helicopter pilot Chris Malloy has designed and made a prototype at his backyard for two and half year. A Hoverbike that he claims can achieve speeds of 173 mph and altitudes in excess of 10,000 feet. Sounds like another horizontal version for Rocketeer. He took a BMW Engine, and two horizontal propellers, he can fly for 45 minutes with full tank of gasoline. If that is proven safe and approved by aviation authority, we can buy one to replace your vehicle commuter to between office and home. They will sell at a target price of USD$70,000.00 for the first batch.

In May 2011 A Jetman flew across Great Canyon..this is fast, easy and safe flying machine. after 5 years, I think we will see a lot of Jetman in the sky! Pictures from top; Jetman, Jetpack and Hoverbike.
Great Caynon Snob July 2011

Blot and Nut Wedding Rings

2011-01-15T05:05:00.000-08:00

There are numerous kinds of wedding rings, Single Diamond on bare Platinum ring, simple bare gold ring. There is a new found idea, brilliant idea of the wedding ring.
All you can see that is the blot and nut that matches perfectly.

We can create a new gadget say the Left hand Metric screw thread, of British Right hand thread… and there are different size of the screw thread M3, M4.. Only one pair can be found matches perfectly… that resembles the forever (I should not use this word as no one knows the future would be …) intimate love been your best found beloved and yourself!

HK Snob

iFAN

2010-12-26T20:21:00.000-08:00

I think the idea is good, but still need some breakthrough on the output of the Fan generator, it has to take up 6 hours to get your battery fully charged, and that is a bit too long.
That may be good for you bicycle tour in France for New Zealand!

May not be useful in the case of Hong Kong.

HK Snob

007 T shirt Spy Camera

2010-12-24T06:49:00.000-08:00

T-shirt with a built-in spy camera

Classic spy style artwork on a blue shirt

Click the control box in your pocket to take pictures

Stylish retro spy theme T-Shirt has a tiny color digital camera hidden in the chest

Use the pocket based remote to shoot color digital photos

Vibration feedback shutter lets you know when you've taken a new shot

Holds over 150 color digital photos, 640 x 480 resolution

Electronics are completely removable for washing (don't forget to remove for washing!)

Plug in with USB to download photos

Works with any OS including Mac, Linux and Windows

Requires 3x AAA batteries (not included)
Electronic Spy Camera Shirt Video:
Price HKD$315.00

HK Snob

LED Bikini

2010-12-06T06:14:00.000-08:00

If you are shy to show your readiness for a romance with your boy friend, say, this is one of the gadgets

Red LED indicates that you are in the periodical, or not in the mood to, or not happy with your boy friend.

Green LED indicates that you are ready, clean for, happy to, and not willing to reject for your boy friend and or visitors!?

Sorry, that is my interpretation and not meant to have any discrimination on the user of the LED Bikini. If you are being a man want to wear this...hmmm!

HK Snob...

iDropper Conceptaul Pen that Transfers file between devices with A simple Click

2010-12-04T19:06:00.000-08:00

The creative Yanko Design has really taken that idea to an extreme with the iDropper, which is essentially a real life color picker for data. But I do wonder how does it works to suck the brain of the file no matter iPad, Iphone4, Tablet PC or what., It may take some times for the product to go for production.

HK Snob

LED light up Clock Cube

2010-11-18T07:03:00.000-08:00

A Plastic translucent Cube that carry a Electronics Alarm Clock and Temperature.
It changes colour itself automatcially from Red, purple, Green, blue...white...
Powered by 4 pieces of AAA battery. Selling Just HKD$20.00 in Hong Kong.
HK Snob

Halloween Celebration

2010-11-16T08:03:00.000-08:00

HK Snob

Celebrate each year on October 31, a mix of ancient Celtic practices, Catholic and Roman religious rituals and European folk traditions that blended together over time to create the holiday we know today Halloween. Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and paucity and life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. This is a house in SF Bay area, happened to be found to be so serious about the Halloween! There we can see there is a coffin with a corpse inside...

A litter Bin in the Street

2010-11-16T07:50:00.000-08:00

Moonjoo Jo, being a Korean, University Graduate, Designed this Litter bin in the street,

A new idea for easy handling of the litters, but we need to handle of the rains.

HK Snob

Transparent Bar in The Air In Wei Hai

2010-11-15T06:03:00.000-08:00

This is a See-Through Bar Restaurant under construction in Wei Hai. It is an escalated building up vertically from Ground floor up to as many as 16 Floor. A Reversed "U" shape building, quite an Unique Building in Wei Hai, Shan Dong, China.

HK Snob

Will Sony offer a new PSP Hand Phone?

2010-11-02T08:10:00.000-07:00

When Nokia is losing his market share to other new comers RIMM and Apple, from Data of Q3 2010, Nokia market share is 32.4% shipping out 110.4M unit as world top One hand phone supplier, 2nd is Samsung with market share 21% and 71.4M sets shipped, followed by LG 8.3% with 28.4M sets, Motorola was surpassed by Apple with market share 4.1% with14.1 sets, then RIM 3.6% with 12.4M sets.
Nokia is doing all the way to reduce manufacturing cost, two weeks ago they had trimmed off some 1,200 jobs. Sony used to be the third rank but now dropped out of the Top Five. They had to do something, Well, not just smart phones, and tablets are going to use Android OS, gaming device PSP is also rumored to use the Android OS.how about converting their ever popular PSP into a hand phone.
Sony Ericsson, a popular brand that produces mobile phones, is reportedly preparing a new version of gaming devices with the Android OS 3.0 gingerbread. But there is still a handful of information on the can. According to some media, Sony Ericsson is developing a device similar to the PSP-Go. The device is rumored to have a gaming keypad slider form, with the D-Pad and buttons are the same as the PSP-go.
The display of the gaming device is said to be the size Android between 3.7 inches – 4.1 inches with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 1GHz processor that is used is also old enough to run a tough game though. Brand name “Xperia” reportedly will be the trademark of this gaming device. But some other sources also said another possible Sony Ericsson/Sony will use the PlayStation name. Though this is a romour in the internet but I am sure that Sony is doing a lot of new gadgets to attract more youngsters to use their phone and to keep their hand set to be competitive. I think that might be a way for this PSP to be converting to a hand phone. Especially those student whose embraces a PSP more than his books have to get alert, and start to keep money for this new Hand set for you!
HK Snob

James Bond's Invisible Ink: Semen!?

2010-09-23T01:02:00.000-07:00

A new book which documents the history of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) from 1909-1949. Author Professor Keith Jeffery was given unparalleled access to MI6 archives to research the book on the famously secretive organization.
One document from 1915 said Mansfield Cumming, the first chief of the SIS, had been trying to find a good invisible ink, before adding: "Heard from C that the best invisible ink is semen."
Come to think of it, this could explain why there is always beautiful women staying with James Bond as he might have to write reports to his boss the morning after using invisible ink... So I wonder why he needs also a special pen for that application!

HK Snob

A James Bond Gear you can afford to play Today

2010-09-19T09:08:00.000-07:00

First quadricopter that can be controlled by an iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad

Through the WiFi system, You can control the Parrot AR.Drone using an iPhone®, iPod Touch®, or an iPad®. It was initially designed for the Apple platforms and will be also available on other platforms in the next few months.

 93° wide-angle diagonal lens camera, CMOS sensor

 Encoding and live streaming of images on iPhone

 Camera resolution 640x480 pixels (VGA)

Other AR.Drone detection

- Validation of shots fired at enemy drones

- Estimate of distance

- Detection distance: 5 meters(16.4 ft)

3D tag detection by camera

- Positioning of virtual objects
- Calculation of markers of virtual objects
- Detection distance: 30 centimeters to 5 meters (1ft to 16.4 ft)

 Video feedback on the iPod touch /iPhone screen

 3 axis accelerometer

 2 axis gyrometer

 1 axis yaw precision gyrometer
This is only happened in Hi tech James Bond grea ten years ago. now it is your toy to day.
You can drive it to the backyard of your beloved girl through is special Quiet Spy Aircraft.. It is more than a game.

HK Snob

Funniest way to send your SMS

2010-09-12T08:03:00.000-07:00

Imagine that you can send the SMS onto the public urban facades through a Slingshot-like device. We can create our own augmented reality within the city, we can put our message on to the public guided by the built in laser at the wall via a projector. We blast the SMS through the Slingshot device. What a German Imagination.

Feverip

GPS on your glasses

2010-08-16T09:14:00.000-07:00

The University of Electro-Communications of Japan create a new way for your GPS system mounted not on your car, but your glasses. A set of LEDs would be used to indicate the direction for you to go front, or turn right to reach to your destination. It is still under development.That would be fun for use once it is ready in certain country you are visiting.

HK Snob

Left hand driving Car in HK

2010-06-22T07:45:00.000-07:00

HK is traitional a Right Hand Drive vehicle country. Look at this is a smart idea to run a car with out major modification, utb may not be able to get a proper License.

HK Snob

Green Gadget Power Hog

2010-04-24T04:08:00.000-07:00

This toy is a teaching aid for your kid to know what about the cost of the electricity.

She has to put in coin for power to be delivered to the electrical appliance for running of 30 Minutes.

A nice Gadget training aids for the kids in Hong Kong, who seems has no idea on how hard his her parents in earning money.

HK Snob

New British Standard

2010-02-05T18:49:00.000-08:00

The Royal College of Art's graduate show has opened, and this year, the show-stopper was actually -- a plug. Min-Kyu Choi impressed every passerby with his neat, apparently market-ready plug that folds down to the width of a thin mobile computer.

This innovation design would change the world using the UK standard power plugs in countries of Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia…

The New design saves a lot of space, material and cost, and would reduce of amount of CO2 emission as we use much lesser materials, The neat design could make some revolutional changes on our life… as least this would be an successful product in Hong Kong where we have limited space for those gigantic plugs that extends from the wall Mains!

What Trouble that I had to worry is the way the two Live and Neutral pin had to swivel 90 degrees, will that create a lot of reliability in the wires!?? and if that will damages the insulation of the wires that can carry 13A at a time!?

I think yet it has to be proved and tested before the good idea would come into real practical commodity!

Woman's Remote Control unit

2010-01-17T02:45:00.000-08:00

This is the ideal Woman's remote!

Robot that Can Fly like a Hummingbird

2010-01-15T06:59:00.000-08:00

Professor Hiroshi Ryu of Japan’s Chiba University displays his flying robot, which flaps its wings 30 times per second like a hummingbird, at his laboratory in Chiba city, suburban Tokyo, December 28. The robot, whose development cost has topped 200 million yen (2.1 million dollars), may be used to help rescue people trapped in destroyed buildings or search for criminals, Ryu

12 years ago this kind of remote electronics flying toys were all made in Japan. Keyenece is one of the major brands that had a lot of space ship, Flying UFO, wireless controlled Container Truck that can turn, flash its Hi Low beam head lamp with the size of your hand phone, all servo motor with proportional control It was selling HKD$3,200.00

Nowadays, we have a lot of mini electir powered bugs, dragon fly, helicopter toys that can fly in the air. They are controlled by Remote Control unit. We can buy at Shops ar Ap Liu Street at Sham Shui Po MTR station. Price from HKD$120 and onwards. They are all made in China, some of them really can catch your notice and fun... even for Adult... Don't miss it when you come to HK...

HK Snob

Power switch

2010-01-07T08:05:00.000-08:00

Default is at up position which is indicated as Power On, powered by Vigara.
Make sure you have to power off at night... to take a rest or the switch contact will burn out!

HK Snob

Rolltop Future Note Book PC

2009-11-18T08:46:00.001-08:00

This is future note book design, can be rolled up, all the necessary features of a note book is there. Build on a soft rollable display. Full sized display, handy and light!

Watch the illustration at http://manneli.com/movies/Laptop.html

No Blade, no buffet air FAN!

2009-11-17T06:27:00.000-08:00

Dyson's air multiplifier is a new Air ventillation system that has no blade, no buffet, no rotator chopping the air before it hits you!

Ideal application as a Safe Fan for domestic use!

An engineering innovative design!

Go web site www.dysonairmultiplifier.com/

Feverip

LED Flowers

2009-11-11T15:12:00.000-08:00

This high-tech plant life does away with such petty annoyances as dirt, water and sunlight, replacing them with an ongoing thirst for electricity. Each kit comes complete bendy branches, tipped off with bright and colorful LEDs.

While these particular ones are only available in Korea and come with a 220-volt power adapter, not long later, we should be able to get it in China and Hong Kong.

Design a dramatic and elegant atmosphere in any lobby or entryway, or create a garden of light with these beautiful illuminated L.E.D. Cherry Blossom Trees. They are safe, as they emit little heat and run off low voltage UL approved adapters.

Each LED is sealed by a PVC shell and can take some damp weather. They consume little power. Ideal for indoor use or covered outdoor use. These Trees are approximately 30" tall.

Please do not water it! It won’t grow with your water!

· Crafted by hand, this tree glows with 200 vivid LED blossoms
· Cannot be placed in water
· UL-approved
· 12" wide, 30" tall
· Cool to the touch

About $122

Feverip

GPS Maptor

2009-11-03T09:37:00.000-08:00

Introducing Maptor which means Map+Projector, a GPS Navigational gadget concept that seems really handy, portable and practical for every day use both for tourists and for locals crossing to unknown territory.

Maptor is a great new concept designed by Jin-Sun Park and Seon-keun Park which aims to make GPS navigation a practical and convenient thing for those that are also doing some Hiking and forest exploration. Instead of having it end up in a bulky GPS device, or a large screen LCD Display, the design places it within a miniature, lipstick-like gadget that could be very handy for everyone.

The maptor can be pointed onto a walk, ground, paper or palm to show the map in need, and that is design to include “ you are here” location, so that you can find your trail, way and direction immediately.

The next phase is how to sustain a power that can lit up the projector with enough light intensity for hours without charging. That is a key point for outing. And How to incorporate this concept on to the hand set such as Nokia Cellphone Projector and the portable Explay Handheld Projector.

This is still a concept design and will not be expected to be in the market 2010. Watch and see if some one can resolve the certain technical issue, well, that will have another hot product for the consumer market.

Feverip

A fly in the urinal basin

2009-10-13T08:02:00.001-07:00

Aiming at the fly reduces spillage by 80%, I also seen this ins Munich Airport!