Toothbrush with LED

 

Unbelievable gadget.

There all kinds of UV gadgets that will sanitize your toothbrush.  Oddly there aren’t many toothbrushes that have some sort of lighting within the brush itself in the US or UK.  Yet Japan has managed to take their toothbrushes to a whole new shiny level.  These new and improved versions have LED lights that are placed inside the brush itself.  Giving you a shining light to go directly into your mouth and shine on those pearly whites.

The LED light is said to somehow help with illness prevention.  It doesn’t explain that statement a whole lot, partially because it’s not always the best translation going from Japanese to English.  I’m sure if you could read Japanese, it might be a little more clear on that.  The design is supposed to be released at about the middle of May, so it should be fairly soon now.  It doesn’t give pricing information, but if you’re outside of Japan it’s going to be difficult to get your hands on this toothbrush anyway.

Star Trek Communicator USB Internet Phone

Star Trek The Final Frontier…calling on Mr Spock

Live out your planet saving fantasies with this Star Trek Communicator USB Internet Phone and who knows, maybe one day you’ll get to meet the real Mr Spock. You know, the one who actually lives in an igloo on Mars and eats plasma for breakfast. Either that or you’ll get to chat to your Auntie in Sao Paulo on Skype. $44.00.

Star Trek “The Original Series” Replica, USB Communicator internet phone which is plug and play and allows users to transfer audio signal with USB cable. With built-in microphone and earphone, works with Skype, MSN, AIM, Ichat, etc. And also with a built-in speaker with 21 sound effects.

Brando USB Notebook Cooler with HDD Dock and USB Port

Cool Stuff from Brando

Here is another combo gadget from the guys over at Brando, the USB Netbook Cooler with HDD Dock and USB Hub.

Not only does the USB Netbook Cooler with HDD Dock and USB Hub keep your netbook nice and cool, it also has a built in 3 port USB 2.0 hub, as well as a dock for a 2.5 inch SATA hard drive.

Here are the specifications.

• Slim and smart design of the cooling pad system with small
• High-performance and extra quiet 1 Fan built-in which absolutely helps to dissipate the heat-air away from underneath the notebook computer for cooling down the overall temperature of your system
• Extremely heavy-duty construction of the cooling pad to afford any weight or pressure put-on
• Power source supported easily by the plug-and-play USB connection as a self-power mode
• Convenient, reliable and comfortable of carry
• No need of any installation
• Compatible with any notebook computers
• Caution: 2.5″ HDD to be used in paralleled inserted!!!
• Hard Drive capacity support up to 250G
• USB 2.0 3-Port Hub
• Fan Size: 60 x 60 x 10mm (approx.)
• Dimension: 220 x 160 x 15mm (approx.)
• Weight: 225g

Super Tiny Spy Helicopter Is Ready for Actual Flying

A new gadget for the world of espionage.

Super small helicopter for spying and saving life has been developed. It is as small as a baseball –it just 10cm, including its wings. Proxdynamics already finished test flying and they expect that it is about to release. It is called ‘PD1200 Black Hornet’ and just 15g. It flies not only with little noise but 30km/h speed so it is easy to approach an object. You can have it in your pocket and operate it within just few seconds. Its price has not been decided yet and it will be only available for government.

Samsung Digital Photo Frame

Everything seems to go digital these days

Samsung will launch the SPF-87H and SPF-107H digital photo frames in Japan in late May and beginning of June 2009. For your info, the Samsung SPF-87H features a 8-inch LCD display with a resolution of 800×400, a 500:1 contrast ratio and 200cd/m2 brightness level. Meanwhile, the Samsung SPF-107H comes with a 10-inch LCD with 1024×600 resolution, a 500:1 contrast ratio and a 250cd/m2 brightness level. You can use these digital photo frames as secondary display for your laptop or PC

Scientists invent hi-tech gadgets to help elderly

Certainly a hi-tech gadget will be a helping hand for the elderly

PENSIONERS are to get hi-tech gadgets to negotiate shopping centres as part of a £12m investment in innovation for the elderly.

Experts at Newcastle University are being given the cash to develop new technology to help people stay confident and independent as they get older.

The sat-nav-style gadgets could be used to help the elderly find their way around unfamiliar neighbourhoods or large stores and supermarkets.

University researchers are also working on a hi-tech kitchen that will guide people through cooking processes as they use it.

The institution is one of three in the country to be awarded the £12m investment over the course of the next five years.

One of the products being worked on is the ‘Ambient Kitchen’, which monitors a person’s progress as they cook through a series of electronic tags and sensors built into the floor, utensils, appliances, cupboards and work surfaces.

The kitchen – which looks normal – is programmed to know every step involved in preparing a series of recipes. If the person departs from the correct process, advice is projected onto one of the kitchen walls.

It is thought the technology will give people with dementia more confidence when cooking for themselves.

The scientists will work with a group of 3,000 volunteers from across the North East.

Dr Patrick Olivier, a reader in human-computer interaction, said: “I think its one of the first times that the research councils have really engaged with people at a low level.