Finger Friend for Your Tablet:

Just when we all got used to this darn mouse thing these darn tablets have to come along. And face it, they can do many of the daily tasks of a computer. I know many of you have migrated away from laptop where possible. Touchscreens are easy and intuitive. Yet there are still some minor actions and motions where touching still remains a challenge.

Welcome to better touchscreen control. Ringbow proves to make navigation on a touchscreen as smooth as possible.  There are two ways to use Ringbow. First, At-Distance control where you interact with the screen without touching, whether sitting near or far from the screen. This obviously leaves your fingers free. The other option, Touch Flavor as Ringbow calls it, is a combination of control via the device and the users touch, essentially doubling your capabilities. Swipe while using Ringbow to fire on a game. Or imagine editing a document on your pad. You need to back up and make a correction. Fat fingers sometimes make it challenging to pinpoint where you want to be. With Ringbow simply click back/forth. To use, just pair the gadget via Bluetooth – so any Bluetooth enabled device is compatible. Slip the unit on your index finger for ultimate mastery of the 9-directional controller. Just click or move in various directions to accomplish your goal. Check the video below to see Ringbow in action. First shipments deliver in December, so get your order in. Slate black runs $55, colors are $65 and the Multi-Player pack gives you two colored units for $118. Learn more or place your orders now at Ringbow.com. And learn a new way to navigate that tablet.

Blood pressure gadget

I am quite sure that most of us would have had our blood pressure readings taken at least once in our lives, and more often than not, all of those instances were probably marked by you rolling up the sleeve of the shirt you are wearing, in addition to having slip your entire arm through the cuff that is connected to the blood pressure meter. Someone will then start to press this balloon-like ball and the cuff will tighten itself around your arm like a boa constrictor – holding it in that position for a few seconds, before pressure is released and the cuff loosens like a dead snake. You feel blood rush back to the rest of your arm, as you peer over the doctor’s table, hoping to see some favorable readings. Well, this blood pressure meter blows all common convention and wisdom out of the water – as there is no cuff on it to begin with.
The Nihon University recently exhibited a blood pressure meter which allows someone’s blood pressure to be read simply by touching it with a finger. This is something new and unheard of, and if you were at Medica 2012 which happened in Dusseldorf, Germany, from November 14th to 17th, 2012, you would have seen it in action. The lack of a cuff means it is a whole lot easier to measure the blood pressures of babies as well as elderly folk without making them feel uncomfortable.
Just how is this achieved? Well, blood pressure is measured in the first place through the simple touch of a button-shaped area (which is rather small) on the meter itself. There will be LEDs as well as photo transistors which are embedded in the area, and the light that is emitted from the LEDs will be reflected on a finger, where the photo transistors will get to work, detecting it. Further details of the measurement method was not disclosed by the university, but it was based off a technology called “Phase Shift Method”, the brainchild of Sadao Omata, professor at the College of Engineering, Nihon University.

Wireless game controller

Do you have a penchant for all things retro, especially when it comes to video games? Those who are younger might think that 16-bit video games are retro, but if they were to really look back into the past, they would have realized that 8-bit gaming were the original glory days, of course this is if we were to discount other titles like Galaga and Pac-Man. Here we are with the £29.99 8-Bitty Wireless Game Controller
 that will be compatible with your smartphone or tablet device, and since the 8-Bitty Wireless Game Controller relies on an open interface system, it will also be compatible with hundreds of arcade games and emulators. Not only that, it is easily adaptable for future releases.
The 8-Bitty Wireless Game Controller is a fully wireless device, and it boasts of a full 8-button control including 4 face-buttons, select, start, and a couple of shoulder-buttons and a D-Pad for directional movement. Perhaps this will bring back memories of the special Konami Code, no? It will connect to modern day devices over Bluetooth, and is powered by a couple of AAA batteries.

Lifebook

Trade in all that tech cluttering
your desk, filling your pockets,
spilling out of your bag in an
unseemly scramble of silicon,
because Fujitsu's new concept
gives your gadgetry a group hug
in the form of a four-in-one
mega-laptop-tablet-camera-
phone-zord.
This latest Fujitsu Lifebook design
slots all four devices together
into one powerful planet-
defending piece of mega-tech, a
bit like Voltron. The idea is that
together they become greater
than the sum of their parts, by
integrating the technology. And of
course, all four devices would be
able to function separately.
The Yanko Design website, where
the concept features, airs the
principle of 'shared hardware',
which is behind the design. The
thinking is that too much of your
kit's potential is wasted. Because
we use separate devices, we
double-up on data -- such as our
music libraries on our phone,
tablet or laptop -- processor
power, memory or functions like
webcams.
"If I have a processor sitting in
my tablet, why can it not also
run/assist my laptop?" the site
asks. "If I have a fully functional
camera with its own memory and
image-processing power, why do I
need to have it repeated in my
laptop?"
Judging by the pics, the tablet
would slide into a 16-pin
connector in the base of the
laptop to act as a touch-screen
keyboard. There's a space for the
digital camera in the laptop lid.
And the phone integrates neatly
by slipping into the base. One
benefit is that it offers unified
charging, and another is you can
get rid of that tangle of wires you
carry around everywhere.
The Crazy Engineers website says
it's due for launch in 2013.
Fujitsu has yet to confirm
whether this incarnation of the
Lifebook will walk the Earth or if
it's an apparition dreamt up by
an eager designer , so check the
bottom of this story for updates.
In the meantime, the Asus
Padfone is another split
personality device expected to be
officially launched in February at
Mobile World Congress in
Barcelona. The Padfone is a sweet
4.3-inch slab of Ice Cream
Sandwich-fuelled smart phone
that slots into a tablet dock.
All this follows in the footsteps of
last year's likeable Motorola Atrix
-- a mobile that can be slid into
its own netbook dock, powering it
from the handset's processor.
That in turn may have taken its
inspiration from the Modu phone ,
a tiny handset that slid into
various 'jackets', all with different
features.

Nokia N10

 

 

Nokia N10 Specifications

Display

• Display Size
  3.2-inch

Memory

• External Memory
  32
• RAM
  256 MB
• Card Type
  T-Flash Card

Data

• USB
  Yes
• Infrared port

Camera

• flash
  Xenon Flash with quad-LED-flash
• Mega Pixel
  12

Features

• CPU
  CPU ARM Cortex AB @ 600 Mhz.
• OS
  Meego

Battery

• Battery type
  Lithium-ion

Additional Features

• HDMI port
  Yes