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April 30, 2005
Blood Pressure Monitor
Offer: 80% Off - Sharper Image’s Portable Arm-Cuff Blood Pressure Monitor. Measures blood pressure and pulse rate in 30 seconds. - Only $19.95 at Amazon
Start Date: Current
End Date: May 13, 2005, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time
Features:
One-touch portable monitor. Measures your blood pressure in just 30 seconds.
Exceptionally accurate arm-cuff monitor uses clinically proven oscillometric measurement, with fully automatic inflation and deflation.
Automatically stores your last 30 readings with date and time stamp.
Large-digit LCD shows your systolic and diastolic reading, with time and date, at the touch of a button.
Measures 8" x 5 1/4" x 3" and weighs 1 lb. 7 oz. Runs on 4 AA batteries (order separately). 90-day warranty.
06:53 AM in Gadgets | Permalink
April 29, 2005
Breitling for Bentley: The Mulliner Tourbillon
The "Breitling for Bentley" collection welcomes an exceptional timepiece housing the most prestigious of complications: the Mulliner Tourbillon chronograph. Endowed with several exclusive technical features, this model offers countless possibilities for customization, directly inspired by those provided by the famous Bentley Mulliner workshops.
Each automobile that emerges from the Mulliner workshop is unique…and such is also true of each Mulliner Tourbillon, thus guaranteeing its owner the certainty that he will never see an identical watch. Never!
Each hour-marker on the dial is fashioned from natural hand-crafted mother-of-pearl.
Each Mulliner Tourbillon carries the hallmark of its owner, including his initials engraved on one of the movement bridges.
06:03 AM in Watches | Permalink
April 22, 2005
Intel expects to intro WiMax this week
They haven’t said when or where, but from the sounds of the wheels grinding in the Intel camp, we can apparently expect a formal introduction to WiMax this week—our very favorite not-yet-complete wireless standard in the making, which promises WiFi-like connectivity over very long distances. Of course, the point is less to roll out deployment of the technology (it isn’t complete, as Intel hopes you won’t recall) as it is to kickstart the huge marketing effort we’re about to see Intel break out on this.
April 21, 2005
LifeSize - High-def video conferencing over a 1Mbps connection
LifeSize, a new company which has created a line of video conferencing gear that combines some special software they’ve written with off-the-shelf components to deliver high-definition video conferencing over a 1Mbps connection. Apparently there will be some excellent non-porn uses for their high-def video conferencing system, and LifeSize are going after corporate customers looking for an alternative to Polycom.
06:34 AM in Gadgets, News | Permalink
April 20, 2005
Slooh brings star hunting to your basement
New York-based Slooh (who’s site seems totally hosed right now) has two Internet-connected telescopes on Mount Teide in the Canary Islands that they hope you’ll pay $50 a year to play around with. For that price you’ll be able to watch the telescopes when they’re pointed at pre-selected sites, or for the more adventerous, you can book one of the telescopes for five minutes at a time and point it anywhere you like. To help things along, the company will even give extra time to select amateur astronomers who say they’re using service to search for supernovae, asteroids and comets.
06:00 AM in News, Web/Tech | Permalink
April 19, 2005
Toshiba LH100 LCD TVs With Integrated DVR
“A little time face” is the name of Toshiba’s new line of LCD TVs with integrated 160GB hard drive for recording purposes. Available up to 37 inches wide, the panels all feature a resolution of 1366 x 768 and brightness of 500cd/m2 (we don’t really know how bright that is, either). The “little time” feature provides for TiVo-like recording functionality, where you can pause/resume live TV with a single button push. As a side note, these units also feature an Ethernet jack and have full browser/e-mail functionality. There’s even a USB port for your digital camera.
06:27 AM in HDTV, News | Permalink
April 18, 2005
Omisys 128MB USB MP3 Player for $34
PC Micro Store offers the Omisys 128MB USB MP3 Player for $34. With shipping starting at $1, that's the lowest total price we could find by $6. Features include a two-line LCD with ID3 tag support and both MP3 and WMA support.
06:21 AM in MP3 players | Permalink
EWT950 Wireless FM Transmitter for $10 shipped
Surplus Computers still offers the Emerson EWT950 Wireless FM Transmitter for $9.99. With free shipping, it's among the least expensive FM transmitters we've seen. Of note, the Griffin iTrip and iTrip mini FM Transmitters are still $24 each at Amazon.com.
06:19 AM in Apple iPod, Gadgets, MP3 players, Music | Permalink
April 15, 2005
Panasonic 42in Plasma $2099
Limited local stock. Circuit city has the Panasonic 42in Plasma 852x480 EDTV with ATSC Tuner, Cablecard slot (TH-42PD25U) for a low $2099.99. $39.99 delivery rebated.
06:11 AM | Permalink
April 14, 2005
iPod Mini 4GB $179 shipped free,
Amazon has the 4GB iPod Mini Generation 1 Pink for $179 shipped free. Tax in KS, ND, WA. Comes with earbud headphones, belt clip, AC adapter, FireWire cable, and USB 2.0 cable. New version drops AC Adapter and Firewire cable.
06:07 AM | Permalink