Designer Shu-Chun Hsiao has designed the Memory Weights USB Stick which is crafted from cement. Each of their weight represent the storage size of the USB drive. For example 128grams = 128GB. More pictures after the break. Read more…

Google is getting better and better with their services. Last time they started the Gmail, and expanded its capacity greatly until other services had to follow suit. Later they enable SSL encryption on their products ranging from Gmail to Google Docs and others.

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) connections encrypt data that travels between your computer and that particular site. There would usually be a web address starting with “https” or a browser lock icon when surfing SSL encrypted sites, this technology is regularly used by online banking sites and e-commerce websites. Other sites may also implement SSL in a more limited fashion, for example, to help protect your passwords when you enter your login information.

“When you search on https://www.google.com, an encrypted connection is created between your browser and Google. This secured channel helps protect your search terms and your search results pages from being intercepted by a third party on your network. The service includes a modified logo to help indicate that you’re searching using SSL and that you may encounter a somewhat different Google search experience, but as always, remember to check the start of the address bar for “https” and your browser lock indicators. – Google Blog”

[via googleblog]

Another leaked shot of that rumored iPhone 4G? This time a fully white iPhone appears, they believe that Apple is going to released two versions of the phone later this year. Well, like 3G and 3GS, they have the white too, just that this white covers up the front panel too. Read more…

Pyramid Distribution is introducing their new Motz Tiny Wooden Emotion Speaker for iPods and MP3 players. This handmade speaker comes with an FM tuner with a channel auto-scan mode, a USB port and a standard audio jack. It is powered by a integrated rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery that provides you up to 5-hours of battery life. The Motz Tiny Wooden Emotion Speaker is available at $49.99. More pictures after the break. Read more…

Pioneer Computers Australia is releasing a new android tablet called the DreamBook ePad 7. This iPad-shaped device comes with a 7-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen display, a 533MHz processor, a 256MB RAM, a 2GB SSD, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), a 1.3-megapixel camera, a music/video player, WiFi, GPS (optional), Bluetooth (optional), 3G (optional), a USB 2.0 port, a 2400mAh battery and running on Android 1.6 OS. Priced at $199.

[via TechFresh]

iPhone fans will surely want the iCushion. It is a pillow shaped like giant iPhone with a hidden pocket to keep your iPhone. Available at 19,800 won. More pictures after the break. Read more…

Jaeger-LeCoultre’s AMVOX2 DBS Transponder watch has been market as “With this watch you won’t lost your car key anymore – it starts your Aston Martin DBS!”. Wonder what that means?

Well I’m not sure if all Aston Martin DBS owners are Bond series fans. But this watch can only fit them. This is because besides telling the time of their meeting, this special “ultimate watch” can start their DBS. But don’t you worry on others wearing this watch to unlock your car, as this watch is only sold in Aston Martin dealerships, and only they have the authority to “tell” that specific watch to “interact” with the supercar. Read more…

Charles Okeke is a guy that needs a heart transplant. But due to the 3000+ waiting list, he has been lying in the hospital for over 2 months, purely relying on a 400-lb machine.

But now, Charles can finally go home, thanks to a miracle backpack called the Freedom Driver. The Freedom Driver is a revolutionary machine with function of the 400-lb machine in the hospital, but shrinks into a backpack size.

Not that this thing does not comes with any down side, but people still doubt things regarding its power supply, and whether it will only maintain the heart and not the liver and kidney functions too. It has also become an additional item to maintain for the doctors. And the bills are sky high. Priced at USD 125,000 per pack, and USD18, 000 maintenance fees per year, not everyone in the 3000+ list would want to go home with it. I just hope the Reactor Arc version will eventually come. Video after the break. Read more…

Hey guys, check out this 30 seconds DIY iPad Stand by ohDisco! Cheap, easy to make, and looks simple to me. Some might find it ‘cheap’ though. Video after the break. Read more…

Back then when Tom Cruise was showing off how to use our fingers to access the computer screen, we all drooled over such a uber-cool technology. But now we have all lived long enough witness it as the technology starts to get uncovered.

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) researchers said that, by using a pair of very simple yet colorful Lycra gloves, with 20 irregularly shaped patches in 10 different colors, applied in front of a webcam, it can generate a unique pattern with every wave of the hand or flex of the finger. Combine that with a database full of gestures and translate that into commands, you can now interact with your computer like Tony Stark did it.

“This gets the 3-D configuration of your hand and your fingers,” says Robert Wang, a graduate student in the computer science and artificial intelligence lab at MIT. “We get how your fingers are flexing.” Wang developed the system with Jovan Popović, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT.

So, is Microsoft’s Natal and Sony’s Move based on this? Or they are using some million dollar research instead?

Video after the break. Read more…