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i-Turtle – Sound Responsive Speaker

Ken Xu — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:21:24 +0000

Here it comes, another turtle family to our gadget database. Last time I’ve shown you the head shaking turtle with the real turtle shell and skin. Now, i-Turtle comes to the family as your “new buddy” and he is kinda entertaining than our previous turtle.

With the same feature attached, i-Turtle is also shaking his head and feet. But will some more features come along such as the built-in speaker as your iPod external speaker, and the sounds responsive features to reacts to the surrounding sounds.

I-TURTLE communicates his moods through musical riffs, movement and tons of blinking light patterns on his shell! He even whines when he’s hungry for more music or attention! I-TURTLE loves to move and groove to your music, but watch out – flick its tail, and it won’t be happy! He may have a little shell, but he has a big sound! Requires 3 x AAA batteries (Included)

I find it very interesting and if I have spare money to spend, I would get this shiny little white turtle for $20. However, it’s not something good for use on travel. Although it’s pretty small, the feet and head will break easily if not stored properly.

[via GeekAlerts]

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The Boynq Alibi Speaker Webcam

Ken Xu — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:59:48 +0000

I have no clue what’s Boynq Alibi is. But this Webcam looks very cool and will fit my desktop very well.

The head of the webcam is movable, rotatable, tilted like our PS3 analog controller.

But the fun is not stop here. Boynq Alibi Webcam also have a built-in PC Speaker, which make this little gadget more useful than any other webcam that you’ll find at the market.

Here is the basic specification of Boynq Alibi Webcam. Check the specs well before buying in case you are not suitable with this little cool webcam:

Webcam with 2 integrated PC gadgets: Speaker and Microphone!
Webcam Resolution: 640 x 480 with the 1.3MP Camera lens
The Webcam head can be tilted 25° and rotated 300°
Enhanced 5W RMS full range driver (2.5″) for optimal clarity and powerful distortion free sound in both speech and music
Make free internet calls to friends and family anywhere in the world with VoIP and Video calling software
Automation in white balancing and colour management
Soft touch rubber finishing
Magnetically shielded against High Frequency (mobile phone) interference
Subtle LED On/Off indication

Boynq Alibi Webcam on Desktop

One more worry-free is this Webcam is Vista ready. Well I guess most of gadgets nowadays is Vista Ready. So you can forgot the headaches you’ve had last period because of Vista incompatibility.

You will be able to find this cool webcam at Brando for $35 only.

Thanks to FatGadget at Geeky-Gadgets to bring up this nice desktop webcam gadget!

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Waterfall Audio: Expensive Niagara Loudspeaker

Ken Xu — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:12:02 +0000

What I mean expensive here, means very expensive. If it’s just about hundred bucks or even thousands, we can get it somehow after saving for months or years. But this Waterfall Audio which have a quality of Niagara-Like Loudspeaker will cost you $53,000! A silent killer for mid-earner like me!

It’s really an audio system for those who have some big pile of cash to burn. Waterfall Audio is produce by French Company. The thing that have made this Waterfall Audio With Niagara loudspeaker is the specially designed diamond glass and some part of the speaker even hand-stitched with Nappa Leather.

Some of the part also stitched with Aluminum by machine. Of course, the speaker system is also one of the factor that inflate the price.

Waterfall Audio’s Loudspeaker offers a good frequency response of 36 Hz to 28,000 Hz, and the glass horn tweeter is crossed over to the two 7-inch mid-range drivers, with the 8.26-inch woofer placed at the bottom of the loudspeaker.

The sound quality is the best and as powerful as the Niagara fall.

My 8-cents:
Eventhough the performance is God-like. $53,000 is just Waaay~ to high! You might need to sell your car, or even your home to get this set of Waterfall Audio. Except you have a big cash to spend, get a piece of hundreds dollar good quality headphones instead.

Headphones offers 2 irresistible benefits: ‘Personal’ enjoyment and society-friendly (won’t disturb others)

[source: Waterfall Audio via iTechNews]

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Funky Colorful Teddy Bear Speaker

Ken Xu — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:15:19 +0000

Here is a Teddy Bear remake into a cool yet funky stereo speaker. Using the both legs as the the audio source, this Teddy Speaker proved to be a good design without extra tidbits on the original Teddy Bear design.

Looks like the market of this little Teddy is the teens or for ladies instead of me. That’s flower pattern and ‘pink’ color explain everything. Teddy Speaker is a set of stereo enabled speaker which disguised in this Huggable Lovely pink teddy bear. You can freely hook up any MP3 player or PMP as long as they support the 3.5mm jack lead to the built-in jack port in Teddy Speaker.

Teddy Speaker size is around 22 cm height, totally huggable for any ages (3+ years old children is allowable) and it require 4 AAA size batteries to power up properly. Teddy Speaker is currently available at iWantOneofThose.com for £14.99 (About $23 USD)

[Teddy Bear Speaker via GeekAlerts]

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