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Yesterday, DXG released their newest video camera, the DXG-567V HD, to the general market. This portable camcorder is designed to capture high definition video, and is very user-friendly.

The DXG-567 HD is apparently designed for everyone. In fact, the company claims that even an older person can do it. The company claims that the controls are “intuitive”, and the front bears a strong resemblance to an ipod. Younger people ought to be able to operate this camcorder with ease.

Another feature is the Rapid Blog Manager software, which allows videos to be easily uploaded to the Internet on sites like YouTube. All you need to do is connect it to a computer with the flip-out USB connector, and follow a simple, three-step process. This is very similar to the Casio EX-Z9 camera.

The user also has the option of connecting the DXG-567V to any plasma or HDTV so he or she can view his or her footage from anywhere.

The DXG-567V HD is available at stores like Best Buy and Wal-Mart for the price of just $179 in black, red, pink, and blue. I have heard that this is just one of many simple-to-use camcorders that will be available from DXG before the end of this year.

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Want to wow everyone with your next PowerPoint presentation?  Forget content, rent a fogscreen and you’ll be talked about for weeks.  A new YouTube video shows off the latest in fogscreen tech as FogScreen (the company) teamed up with GestureTek to create this really captivating display.

GestureTek brings the gesture recognition to the dry fog screen from FogScreen.  The result is a 3D interactive space that the companies call, “magical”.  I say cool.  Check this video:

Expect to see this everywhere, from trade shows to airports.  Go ahead and see if you can ignore it.

Company site: [FogScreen]

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The MSI Wind was officially announced back in mid-May and now it has turned up on the FCC website. Along with the traditional filing the user manual is up and available for download (PDF link), but the Wind was also opened up and showed off all of its internal glory. Hey, its always fun to see those internal images, especially when its not yours that you are messing with. Keep reading to check out a few more internal MSI Wind images.

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Aside from it’s rather weird name, this new ”Eee” like laptop is actually a pretty good one. The Mouse Computer U100 LuvBook comes with 1GB of RAM, an 80GB hard drive, a 10.2-inch WSVGA screen, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, a 1.6GHz Atom processor and runs Windows XP. Unfortunately, it is only slated for a Japanese launch at this time, with no word on whether if or when it will be available in other countries. Beginning in July, the U100 will be selling for 59,800 Yen, or around $439 US.

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It’s time for coolest gadget of the week. To be entered into the $50 Amazon voucher draw be sure to leave a comment explaining why you voted for whom. Thanks and good luck, now onto the entries.

Gevalia Stir Mug

The perfect cup for the lazy coffee drinker: you don’t have to find a teaspoon because it stirs itself, and even keeps your coffee warm!

The full post can be found at S2999.

Old School Dial Telephone Watch

The Zihotch Retro Phone Watch resembles an old school rotary telephone on your wrist. There are no numbers, hands, or screens to tell you the time. You have to dial 117 and a voice speaks the time to you. If you dial wrong it says that number is not in service. If you forget which number to dial, you end up with an expensive rotary telephone bracelet.

The full post can be found at Craziest gadgets.

VTS Camera Car: No Height Restrictions Required!

The VTS Camera Car is the ultimate remote control car giving the driver the ability to see from the perspective of the cockpit using a pair of LCD goggles. The goggles respond to the driver, turning their head left, right, up and down.

The full post can be found at Gaj-It.

Auto Remote Truck Starter

Now this is a very useful gadget for your truck, specially on those frozen days at winter. You can remotely start your car, turn on the air-conditioning, the radio, whatever!

The full post can be found at 4×4 Trucks and Trailers.

Scrolling Led License Plate Flash Frames

Pretty cool gadget for your car. With this frame you can add personalized texts to your car license plate so that the car behinds you reads it. Imagine the usefulness… saying “Hi” to that lovely lady behind you or even tell that ugly guy “horning” to get lost!

The full post can be found at Car Tuning Central.

Digital camera of the deep

If you’ve ever tried to take pictures underwater and failed miserably, this is the perfect gadget. This 5MP digital camera mask switches easily between photo and video mode and has a built-in memory and additional microSD slot.

The full post can be found at Decide What to Buy.

Concept Pool PC

The Pool PC, aka PC of the Swim-Rings, is a waterproof computer that has a small place so you can attach a swim ring. Then all you need to do is lay back in the ring, let your body float, and you are free to check email, surf the web, or anything else you want to do on your computer

The full post can be found at here.

Thanks to all the sites for their submissions now over to you guys for voting (don’t forget to leave a comment with your reason for a chance to win $50): What is this weeks coolest gadget?

• Gevalia Stir Mug
• Old School Dial Telephone Watch
• VTS Camera Car
• Auto Remote Truck Starter
• Scrolling Led License Plate
• Digital Camera Swim Mask
• Concept Pool PC

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In case you are wondering what the next step is for video game consoles, a British magazine known as T3 has some idea of where the future is headed. I believe that these visions are simply ideas, and nothing that is presently under development by the big video game developers.

The first concept is a different type of remote for the Nintendo Wii. This type of Wiimote is still a stick, but it only has one button. It is apparently hooked up to some sort of headset accessory that uses brainwaves to control, and has in-ear headphones. Brainwave technology has been under development for a while now, and if Nintendo gets the first mind interface, they could seriously corner the video game market.

The second concept is a version of the Xbox that is completely portable. Not only is it a game player with 64 GB of memory, but it has built-in Zune capability and can even act as a mobile phone.

Now all I need is to know what Sony is planning for the future of the playstation. So far, I can only see the number “4” in the future, but assuming that these concepts have some truth to them, Sony will have to come up with something very original in order to compete.

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With the population growing and the amount of trash piling up from it, we’ve started finding a need to reuse old items.  One new way to do so is to take old discarded plates and create something like this cute little lamp.  This particular design was done by Denis Belenko and Dmitriy Nkolaenko and posted on their site this month.  They created two different styles, one is extremely contemporary and the other much more childlike and playful.  Which just goes to show with these little lamps you can create any style you like.

I know plates are always the one thing at my local flea market that there is always an overabundance of.  Most people get tired of several plates breaking and then having mismatched sets, so they either toss them in the trash or take them to a flea market in hopes that someone will get some use out of them.  Although this is yet another design you can’t purchase, it is another one that wouldn’t be that difficult to remake.  I’m sure there are plenty of tutorials on how to drill a hole into fragile objects.

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by Darren Murph, posted Jun 27th 2008 at 12:06PM
Never mind those fancy BD-R critters, how’s about a 42GB DVD? Researchers with a good deal more intelligence than us over at Tohoku University have reportedly figured out a way to “multiply the amount of data that can be stored on a DVD or CD by 9.” Based on our best guess at translating a foreign language (we kid… sort of), the achievement was realized by shaping the pits on a DVD’s surface like Vs, essentially making the disc more capacious in the process. Unfortunately, said project will probably never see any mainstream attention, as existing DVD / CD players won’t recognize the malformed media, and worse still, the process can’t be applied to Blu-ray Discs.

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by Paul Miller, posted Jun 27th 2008 at 9:50AM
It’s not every day we get to glimpse a brand new experience from Dell, and while Studio might just be near-XPS laptops in everyman clothing, that certainly seems to be a good thing. The laptops appear to combine the power of XPS and the prices of Inspiron, with some new perks like HDMI out and slot-loading drives to keep things fresh. The laptops tend a little thicker than their XPS counterparts, and the fact that these are hitting just before Centrino 2 might be cause to hesitate, but otherwise we’re getting the feel from these reviews that the Studio line just might be the consumer lineup to beat if you can dig the design quirks and a little bit of bulk.

Read - NotebookReview, Studio 17 (”Hard pressed to find a better 17-inch notebook in the same price range”)
Read - CNET Reviews, Studio 15 (7.3 / 10, “We’d be tempted to save up a few extra dollars for a thinner, lighter XPS.”)
Read - PC Mag, Studio 15 (4.5 / 5, Editor’s Choice, “Retaining many of the XPS’s qualities while selling it for Inspiron prices.”)
Read - Laptop Mag, Studio 17 (3.5 / 5, “For $1,599, you’ll get plenty of multimedia muscle.”)

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by Paul Miller, posted Jun 27th 2008 at 11:35AM
Look, how many times to we have to explain this? Lasers + headbands = a very good time. We’re not sure what you don’t get about that, and frankly we’re a little disappointed. Alzheimer’s patients like laser headbands (laserbands, for short, artist’s rendition above) just fine, since the technology is providing a potential way to scan and diagnose brains for Alzheimer’s while the patient is still alive — doctors currently have to rely on symptoms for diagnosis, and a post-mortem look at the actual brain tissue to know for sure after the fact. There are still a few kinks to work out, but this could be a big breakthrough for the detection and treatment of Alzheimer’s, and the fashion ramifications are unimpeachable.

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