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Computer server rooms are the ecological equivalent of storing a bunch of blower heaters in a giant coolroom. But people need their MySecondFaceLifeBook pages and so servers will get hot. Iceotope on the other hand, have a great idea for keeping all those hot and busy machines cool, especially as server densities keep increasing.
The Iceotope system uses a triple circuit, liquid cooling system that completely eliminates air as a heat transfer medium. The system immerses each server motherboard in a bath of inert coolant which is circulated via a pump at the back of the server rack. The hot coolant is in turn cooled by water from the building supply. Because of the increased efficiency of the thermal transfer the cooling water doesn’t need to be as chilled as with air-based systems. Ordinary tap water temperatures should do and the system fits very nicely into the standard 19″ server rack.
Iceotope claim that server cooling costs can be decreased by 93%, or if you were cooling 1,000 servers, you’d save around $788,400 in three years. The increased thermal efficiency means you can also cram more servers into a smaller space. That’s got to be a good idea, can someone tell Google?
Iceotope has developed a patented approach that tackles the problems of cooling servers in data centres from the source of the heat – at the component level – to its final destination. The heat produced by the components inside each server is captured effectively by immersing the server motherboards in individually sealed baths of an inert synthetic liquid coolant. With the heat now locked in to a liquid, subsequent stages of liquid (water) cooling can be implemented to efficiently transport the heat from source to final destination in the air outside the data centre.
Tags: gadget, server+cooling, iceotope, iceotope+server+cooling
posted by Dan
Fri 20 Nov 2009 @ 9:53 am
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Oh Brando, you’re pushing the friendship here. You’ve gone and stocked a USB powered drink mixer and warmer and I was all ready to give it the boot … but you’ve gone and made it stylish, and I don’t think I’d mind too much if I had one on my desk.
The USB Whirl Wind Warmer Cup just does that. It heats your drink and makes it dizzy. It keeps it around 40°C using just the power of USB. Bung in your chemical experiments, hit the wizz button and consume. As the blurb says, it’s a Lifestyle Gadget . US$37 and you’ll need to pre order just in time for December.
The USB Whirl Wind Warmer Cup is a lifestyle gadget. It is a drink warmer that can keep the drink in around 40°C. It also be a Whirl Wind cup; built-in lid and rechargeable battery. Just press the button, the lid will swing and stir your coffee or tea. No stirrer any more!
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posted by Dan
@ 9:24 am
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The Olive 4HD is a Hi Fi media server for the CD-collecting generation and music connoisseur. The 4HD plugs straight into a stereo amplifier for playback but also rips CDs and 24bit CDs to its 2TB hard drive via the state-of-the-art DAC and CD drive. It can store 6,000 CDs or 20,000 24bit tracks which should keep the party going for a while.
It’s not just highbrow music though, it’ll connect to your 802.11b/g/n or Gigabit network, talk to your Mac or PC and stream music from anything on the network. It even has album art. All this fun will cost you US$1,999 but hey, it looks great! [Via]
As part of your home entertainment system the Olive 4HD connects directly to a stereo receiver. Music libraries are easy to navigate through the integrated touchscreen, or, using the unit’s built-in HDMI interface, on a TV. Olive also offers a free iPhone/iPod Touch application that allows users to control the HD Hi-Fi Music Server from anywhere within the home network
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posted by Dan
@ 9:15 am
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The XO2 Electric Scooter does what folks have dreamed about since we first saw the Jetsons cartoons – it folds in on itself.
Called the first “Urban Transformer” scooter, the XO2 is a series of lightweight, electrically-powered scooters with a low saddle, large backrest and are easy to use. Manufactured by French company XOR Motors, it folds into a quarter cubic meter luggage cart in seconds, small enough to drag onto a train or upstairs to the office for a recharge. Speaking of recharging, it’s a snap – just plug it into any outlet and the onboard charger does the rest. Come back in 2 hours and you’ll have 80 to 100% power.
Each of the three different XO2 models can travel at 70km (45 miles) per charge while the sportiest XO2 125 Urban has a top speed of 105km/h. They can carry two people, are equipped with hydraulic brakes, halogen headlights, a removable and swappable battery and a 3 year warranty that also covers the batteries. [Via Designboom]
XO2 is the first URBAN TRANSFORMER scooter – With its clean (electric) and powerful propulsion, its light weight, its blistering accelerations, its large flat deck, its low centre of gravity, its lowered saddle, its tight turning radius, its exceptional ease of use, the XO2 scooter is ideal for city commuting.
Tags: gadget, xo2+urban+transformer, xo2+electric+scooter, folding+electric+scooter
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How much boxing blurb can I squeeze into one article? Well, you’ll definitely wake up swinging with this Boxing Alarm Clock, ready to hook into the day, dance like a butterfly and knock naysayers to the ropes. When it’s time to wake up the announcer will sound, challenging you to get off the canvas and hit the clock 10 times before the bell. If not, all bell will break loose, right next to your ear.
If boxing’s not your thing, there’s also a Pro Wrestling Version which you only have to hit three times. Both are US$50 from GeekStuff4U
At the set time, the alarm plays the voice of a broadcaster and the gong will ring unless the user can hit the clock within three counts (wrestling version) or 10 counts (boxing version). The product tests the user’s reflex ability to rise in time before the round is over.
Tags: gadget, boxing+alarm+clock, pro+wrestling+alarm+clock, noisy+alarm+clock, alarm+clock
posted by Dan
@ 7:30 am
Thats awesome! LOL
Comment by boxing bags Fri 20 Nov 2009 @ 3:37 pm
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This USB VOIP Phone and Card Reader kills two USB gadgets with one plug. It’s a full-duplex plug-and-play VOIP phone, compatible with all the usual suspects and it has a built-in USB card reader for SD/MMC cards (doesn’t say anything about SDHC). If that’s not enough it will also act as an external speaker. Works with Windows ME to XP and has a 1m cable. US$12.69 from Uxsight.
Brand New VoIP USB Handset Full Duplex Internet Phone for Skype, GoogleTalk, MSN, Yahoo, … / Double as SD/MMC card reader / Also can act as your PC stand alone speaker / Full-duplex communication with crystal clear speech / Streamline and fashionable design
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posted by Dan
Thu 19 Nov 2009 @ 10:13 am
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The cutely named Cinemin Swivel is one of these new pico projectors. It’s a small DLP projector that can produce a 1.5m image from about 2m away or a floor-to-ceiling image across a typical room, whatever that is. This isn’t a big game projector, it’s more about showing pics to Grandma or plugging in your iPhone to share a movie with the bloke next to you on the plane. Its LED lightsource has a 1000:1 contrast ratio, pumps out 8 ANSI lumens at 480 x 320 and is rated to 20,000 hours.
It’s powered by an internal, replaceable rechargeable battery that will last a bit over 2 hours and fully recharges in 3, and it can run on AC. It’s designed for iPods but you can also plug in RCA video and audio via 3.5mm AV jack for playback via it’s internal mono speaker. It’s not available yet, but they’re taking preorders now. US$299 from WowWee.
The pocketsize multimedia pico projector that makes it amazingly simple to show and share your movies, videos, photos, games, and slides with friends anytime, anywhere. Perfect for small groups and small rooms – out and about – and where TVs can’t go.
Tags: gadget, usb, cinemin+swivel, pico+projector, phone+projector
posted by Dan
@ 9:15 am
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Christmas is, amazingly, around the corner, so what better to consider that a dog toy with a twist of humor? The Humunga Stache is one of the most whimsical dog chews I’ve seen yet. This non-toxic black rubber ball has a molded giant mustache attached. When your dog bites into the ball, he suddenly looks like a character out of a Victorian novel!
A word of caution. This is a fetch toy only – be sure to supervise your dog so nothing gets swallowed. Want a conversation starter? For around $17 , your dog will definitely attract a crowd – and have a ball doing it!
Add some low-cost laughs to your frequent frolics with Fido! This shiny black toy is a ball on one end, and a giant cartoon mustache on the other. Dogs naturally pick up the ball…which leaves the outrageously funny mustache sticking out! Dogs also love to hold the ball in their mouth, and shake the mustache back and forth!
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@ 7:50 am
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Brando call this Auto Domino Building Truck a toy. I reckon, in the ancient art of domino stacking it will soon be a controlled substance. Just load up the truck with some of the 200 multicoloured dominoes and away you go. Needs 2 AA batteries and US$24.90.
The Wonderful Auto DOMINO Building Truck!! When the Truck is start moving, you can adjust the Angle of the Truck path for Building up your Own patterns Dominos. It may be the Fastest and Easiest Way to Build Up Your Own Style Dominos!!
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@ 7:41 am
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The Taga Trike Baby Stroller combines the clunky utility of an urban tricycle with the darn useful convertibility of a baby buggy. So now mum can ride to the shops, get off, do a quickie conversion and push baby round the store without having to break stride. Almost.
The video makes it look almost too easy (note how they make a strategic cut during the switch) but there’s no doubt that it’s got a whole load of usefulness packed into the concept there. You can even stealth it onto a train or bus. The only thing missing is a funky basket for all the shopping. Priced at £1,495.00 and available in a variety of colours.
Taga is a multifunction urban vehicle, uniquely designed to suit the needs of today’s parents and children. Taga combines the benefits of a premium stroller and a carrier bicycle to create a new form of transport. Taga lets you both move around easily, turning a typical day into an exciting adventure. On arrival, Taga converts in seconds into a stroller, allowing parent and child to carry on their day. There’s no need to lock Taga outside and nothing is left behind.
posted by Nigel
@ 7:39 am
It is a cool design and all but it is hopelessly impractical as anything but a bike (and obviously expensive). It is hopelessly wide for an indoor stroller (not many stores have wide aisles and no other people around) and would mean knocking people out of the way if it was used on the sidewalk (maybe that is selling point for some). Also, everything has to be doable with one hand if you have a little one about and the conversions would be too time and attention consuming. Presumably to catch a bus you have to be near a road so you would have to hold the little one with one hand and fold up this contraption with the other. Good Luck! Then, of course, no one else could ride the bus or tube with you as you have some 3 foot wide monstrosity clogging up public transport.
Comment by floormaster squeeze Thu 19 Nov 2009 @ 3:04 pm
I've used it as both a bike and stroller in a busy shopping centre in London. It was fine, it would even fit in an elevator that I thought would be too small easily. It's actually only about 73cm (28 inches) wide. As for the conversion, the seat stands up on its own when taken off the chassis, which means your child can sit back and watch you transform from stroller to bike and vice versa. It will fit on a train no problem and on most buses outside of rush hour. Basically, floormaster, it works for me and is nowhere near as unwieldy or impractical as you think!
Comment by Jessame Thu 19 Nov 2009 @ 4:41 pm
Ah yes, a mobile baby impact attenuator.
Comment by Mac Thu 19 Nov 2009 @ 9:07 pm
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This Stylophone Beatbox is as ugly dull as its forbears, but we had to feature it because of one thing. The crazy face marketing video. It’s got to be one of the funniest product promos we’ve seen in a while. Awesome lads. (btw snark aside, it looks like a fun machine).
Like a stylus-operated mini drum with retro electro-attitude (try saying that after a few tinnies), the Stylophone Beatbox boasts three different sound modes: Drum Kit, Beatbox and Bass Stylophone. There’s also a scratch function that allows you to mix your sounds, record them and play them over your beats. You can even adjust pitch and tempo. Think of it as a portable beatbox with added irony.
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@ 7:37 am
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T.E.D. – Torrent Episode Downloader – is a free program for TV junkies who need to keep up to date with their favourite programs. Missed an episode? No problem, just fire up TED, add the show and it will automatically hunt out and download the Torrent file so you can play catch up viewer later on. Marvellous.
ted makes downloading TV shows easy! We are two TV addicts. The internet is great to provide us with our favorite TV shows free, early and watchable on demand. We always had to spend lots of time to keep up to date with the newest episodes. Until we created ted, our torrent episode downloader.
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@ 7:35 am
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2012: End of the World? The scientists and New Age folk square off in this cleverly done visual map of the arguments for and against a coming cataclysm. You may have your own view, you may not. This will do nothing to change your opinion, but you may find it interesting. Or not.
[PS: the new movie 2012? Paf! Not so much information, more like candy floss. Sugar sweet and instantly forgettable.]
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@ 7:33 am
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A short request to the PR folk out there. Please don’t send us any more press releases relating to:
a) Gadget cases. Have you any idea at all just how AWFUL these things are? What, they keep your handheld warm, cosy, safe and BORING??
b) iPhone stands. Who cares? No really.
c) Plastic screen protectors for cell phones. Mind numbingly dreary.
d) iPod docks. Ditto. Unless they’re nuclear powered and come with a signed copy of The Audacity of Pope.
e) Cutesy USB flash drives. Double Ditto. We’ll look at the ones with an integrated pancake maker, but that’s it.
f) Anything really boring that you’ve decided will sound better with Xmas in front of the name. Like The Xmas Furby. Or similar.
We know you’ve got a job to do, life is difficult and clients are demanding pigs. But do have a heart. Please.
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@ 7:33 am
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I’m detecting a hint of sarcasm from the Amazon reviewers for this Laptop Steering Wheel Desk. [Via That Will Buff Out]
This laptop steering desk is great! Cons: When I turn the corner, things fall off. Interferes with texting. Pro: I can fill out paperwork, watch YouTube on my Iphone, check the map to see where the next client is or read a book while stuck in Los Angeles traffic. I cut a hole in mine so it’ll hold my coffee close.
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@ 6:42 am
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Let’s face it, if you’re an Internet retailer there’s no way you’re going to lose out by selling a geeky toy for your pet kitten is there? Cue the Bolt Interactive Pet Laser Toy, a magnificently technical piece of…um…technology which guarantees to entrance your little furry friend for all of 10 minutes or until the sound of a can being opened occurs, whichever comes first. Bonus points for including an automatic mode. $19.99.
This little device a sophisticated piece of feline-laser technology that your cat will love. It dances a laser beam dot around the floor for your cat to chase but never catch. We suppose you could call it the lazy solution to playing with your cat, but we happen to think it’s just more advanced than manually shining a laser around the room.
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Wed 18 Nov 2009 @ 11:06 am
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The eBoard Neo is a new electric skateboard which accelerates from 0–20 mph in 4 seconds. Which is strange since it has a top speed of 14mph. Mmm…’K, whatever. Range is 13 miles and it’ll take you around 4 hours to recharge the thing. Dunno about you, but I’m not too sure I’d enjoy propelling myself around the planet at 14 miles every hour on a plank of wood. Especially on our infamously dodgy paved streets and walkways.
Xero’s 400w battery powered skateboard with an acceleration of 0 – 20 in 4 seconds having a contempory design in wood finish. Simply plug in to any mains socket and charge like a mobile phone. Can be Fully charged in 3 to 4 hours. Being fully electric, the eBoards are free from carbon emissions and CO2 gases.
posted by Nigel
@ 10:58 am
Wow, It's look very cool. Is it true that the e Board Neo is a new electric skateboard which accelerates from 0–20 mph in 4 seconds. I am looking forward to read the review of it when launched.
Comment by computer zubehör Wed 18 Nov 2009 @ 12:02 pm
And the electricity comes from . . . windmills? Solar? Nuclear power plants?
Hmmm, a throttle that looks like a snub nosed gun. Great thinking eBoard. Cause you know cops LUV sk8ters…
Comment by Ryan Thu 19 Nov 2009 @ 5:51 am
Great find! I can definitely see this thing causing some serious problems.
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LIFE has a great little pictorial expose on the Spy Tools of the Cold War. These aren’t your laser beam firing Omega watches, these are the real deal, including the infamous great seal bug and a very cute radio bug that fits into a martini olive. Now that would be a good one for good ol’ you-know-who.
Spying is a dangerous business. Whether “the operative” is an international man of mystery, a private dick, or a crack-shot G-man, the job often demands the most advanced data-gathering tools available.
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The ClimbStation is a computer controlled motorised climbing simulator, which provides custom flavoured climbing for all-comers. Not only does it offer various levels of difficulty (up to 12 levels), but the touchscreen interface also provides feedback on calories burned and toe-nails lost. Or something. The unit is priced from €29,900, which is probably cheaper than buying a mountain.
The simulator brings the hobby of genuine climbing closer to consumers in a way that is both safer and more economical than conventional solutions, because workouts with the equipment do not require a specific supervisor, booking or high-ceiling space. The simulator is capable of offering every user a suitable level of difficulty, and also enables aerobic climbing. Workouts efficiently improve physical fitness and strengthen the deep stomach and back muscles…
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@ 7:45 am
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SIM Book. Oh look, it’s a contact address book which is designed to look like a large SIM card. How clever. I guess that’s to make sure you remember it’s for your friend’s phone numbers, address and stuff rather than their hat sizes. Now if only the thing made phone calls too. Priced at £3.49.
Get all your phone data backed up in one of our funky iconic SIM style address books. Styled on the design of SIM cards from your mobile phone, these fashionable books are an excellent alternative to storing all of your personal contacts’ details.
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@ 7:43 am
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TV-Browser is a free web browser based Electric Program Guide (EPG) which comes with all the smarts you need to track and manage your television viewing from day to day and month to month. To say it’s chock full of features is an understatement, from reminders to favourites to ratings and multi-lingual support. The only slight problem is the interface which feels as if it was born back when 8–bit was the state of the art. You almost expect the thing to go beep every so often.
Anyhoo, design is a very subjective matter as we all know, and that aside, there’s no doubt that this is just about the best free EPG out there at the moment. It installs your local/national channels faultlessly, offers a lovely set of customisations and really comes across as very useful indeed. Oh and it supports plugins too as the icing on the cake. If you’re feeling the need to take more control of your PVR viewing experience, then this software is definitely something you should download.
TV-Browser is a digital TV guide. It enables you to load the current TV program from the internet and view it offline with a great visual style. There is no need for a continuous online connection…TV-Browser will run on all systems for which a Java Runtime Environment is available. Normally this is the case for all desktop systems.
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Here’s a selection of 7 Fun Games Which Are Also Good for the Brain. What, puzzle based casual games which are fun to play, and yet exercise the brain? Sounds too good to be true, don’t it? But actually it’s true, they are definitely cool games and they do make you think a bit. Which is Good!
Prior to the emerging of Sudoku as global phenomena in 2005, some of us have made the mistake in believing we can keep our minds sharp by merely doing crossword puzzles. By 2009 most of us realize true cognitive fitness stems from immersing your mind in a wide variety of challenges and puzzle types. Yet, no matter the particular type of brain activity each game is designed for, in order to succeed all brain games should comply with the very first rule of every gaming experience: being very fun.
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@ 7:39 am
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There’s no reason why maps should be boring, and Worldmapper proves it. The idea is to deliver a range of maps – over 700 in fact – which reflect interesting datasets, rather than just supplying bland generic information.
So for example there’s a map which focuses on population and has a bloated Asian section and a skinnier Europe and US to reflect the different population densities. It’s a clever way to grab a quick visual overview of a dataset. There are also animated maps on the site which are fascinating (click on the Income one for a bit of an eye-opener).
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are now nearly 700 maps. Maps 1-366 are also available as PDF posters. Use the menu above to find a map of interest.
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@ 7:37 am
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Hid.im turns your .torrent files into a ‘regular PNG image’. Why? So people can find and use your file but it’s hidden away from search engines and stuff. It’s a cool idea although there’s a file size limit of 250 KB currently, so you’re not going to be sharing anything multimedia that’s for sure. There’s also a Firefox extension to make the conversion process easy peasy. Fully open source and worth a look.
A Hidim turns a torrent into a regular PNG image You save the png yourself. You can post it anywhere. People can decode it, but it can’t be searched for… it won’t turn up in searches for those torrents, unless you provide text that matches.
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@ 7:35 am
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