Archive for October 8th, 2009

Tech News for the Day, Thursday, October 8, 2009

Wacom is putting out some very classy tablet pads, and one of them is the Intuos4.

As a fan of Sharper Image, I found the Portable Speaker System to be quite a delight.

Here is something that you might like: an Emoticon T-Shirt.

Ever wanted to have a camera film as you drive? Honestly, I don’t consider my commute all that exciting. For those of you who want to try this, the Car Cam Voyager is for you.

Samsung has recently unveiled some kid-friendly phones with CorbyTXT and CorbyPRO phones.

The big gadget show at CEATAC Japan revealed a very cool flexible OLED from Sony.

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iBike Rider Case could easily be worn by non-bikers

500x_motobike-kit1-300x193Anyone remember that movie Wild Hogs when William H. Macy gets that “tat” on his arm with the Apple logo? I suppose that bikers like him are the target audience for the iBike Rider Case.

As you can see here, it is a case for the iPhone that fits on the wrist. This of course raises the question: why is this targeted to the Apple-loving biker crowd?

I mean, look at thing, it is a computer for your wrist! Is it just me, or don’t you think it would be cool if everyone had one of these on their wrist. This is one of those times where technology shocks me, because every once in a while, I discover that we have futuristic technology now.

Well, if you have $42 and whatever an iPhone costs, you can have the future in your hands, or close to it. By the way, there is also an optional helmet mounted headset for about $85.

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Foldable Bike has foldable wheels

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I have seen foldable bikes before, but the biggest problems that they have are the wheels. You see, they can’t really fold, because they are full of air.

Unless you want to inflate and re-inflate them, those wheels will usually take up the same amount of area and will refuse to be compacted.

Until Victor Aleman’s design, which allows the tires to be compacted in a very small radius. Check out the folded version after the jump.

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