Stimmmopped lets you tune your axe with LEDs
February 21, 2010
Look, that BOSS TU-2 has served you (and eleventy billion other guitarists) well, but isn’t it time for something a bit different in the pedal board mix Stimmmopped is that very thing, which is a darling little contraption that uses LEDs rather than a microphone in order to tell you if your strings are tuned as they should be. Put simply, the device illuminates a string with a pair of lights, both of which are flashing at the frequency that the string should be vibrating at if it’s in tune; if you’re off, the illuminated part of the string will appear to be moving (thanks, stroboscopic effect!), and if you’re on the money, the lights will appear fixed. Have a peek at the source link for more, but don’t go building one yourself without a steady hand and a few vacation days to spare.
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Stimmmopped lets you tune your axe with LEDs originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Stimmmopped lets you tune your axe with LEDs
February 20, 2010
Look, that BOSS TU-2 has served you (and eleventy billion other guitarists) well, but isn’t it time for something a bit different in the pedal board mix Stimmmopped is that very thing, which is a darling little contraption that uses LEDs rather than a microphone in order to tell you if your strings are tuned as they should be. Put simply, the device illuminates a string with a pair of lights, both of which are flashing at the frequency that the string should be vibrating at if it’s in tune; if you’re off, the illuminated part of the string will appear to be moving (thanks, stroboscopic effect!), and if you’re on the money, the lights will appear fixed. Have a peek at the source link for more, but don’t go building one yourself without a steady hand and a few vacation days to spare.
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Stimmmopped lets you tune your axe with LEDs originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Switched On: Where the Withings are
November 18, 2009
There’s a sleek new Wi-Fi tablet on the market that is only 0.9 inches thick, gets months of battery life from four AAA batteries and is so durable that its manufacturer encourages users to regularly step on it. After all, it’s a scale — the Withings WiFi Body Scale.
The market for Internet-connected fitness gadgets has come a long way since 2000, when SportBrain introduced a pedometer that used a modem-equipped docking base to upload physical activity records. The past few years have seen products for fitness enthusiasts such as the Garmin’s ForeRunner watches and the Nike+ system for iPod, but they are now migrating to more casual personal data nerds. Current tech products like the Fitbit (a modern-day reworking of the SportBrain) can measure your activity throughout the day and night and the Neo Personal Sleep Coach can provide detailed reports on your sleep patterns. But all these products digitally measure efforts at healthier living — few have digitally measured results.
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Switched On: Where the Withings are originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Leica M7 Edition Hermes drops this December at a price you can’t afford
November 17, 2009
Gallery: Leica M7 Edition Hermes
[Via Pocket-lint]
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Leica M7 Edition Hermes drops this December at a price you can’t afford originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Sony’s VAIO Bluetooth Laser Mouse pictured in the wild, nearly as ugly as last week’s OpenOfficeMouse
November 15, 2009
While it might not sport the same egregious number of buttons and blue and white aesthetics as last week’s affront to ergonomics, Sony’s VGP-BMS80 VAIO Bluetooth Laser Mouse certainly doesn’t offer much superior looks. It does, however, allow for wireless control of either a Computer or a PS3 and, with an optical sensor on top, can be used in the air like a trackpad or on a flat surface like a mouse — a place where that “bar of soap” design will surely not do your carpal tunnels any favors. It’s available now at various internet destinations and, if you’re still interested, about $80 will get you into this celebration.
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Sony’s VAIO Bluetooth Laser Mouse pictured in the wild, nearly as unsightly as last week’s OpenOfficeMouse originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Chumby One now on sale
November 12, 2009
Looks like the new Chumby One just snuck its way into the Chumby store, with a listed ship date of the 25th. The One might not be as cuddly and adorable as the OG model, but it’s got a slightly faster 454MHz processor, a battery for on-the-go use and a lower $100 price tag, so we’re not complaining — especially since you also get an FM tuner, a dedicated volume knob, and a 2GB microSD card in the package. On the other hand, the Classic still comes with a free set of Chumby Charms, so this could be a tough decision for you.
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Chumby One now on sale originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Entelligence: Heads I win, tails so do you
November 8, 2009
Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he’ll explore where our industry is and where it’s going — on both micro and macro levels — with the unique wit and insight only he has the ability to provide.
That’s a pretty sappy title. It nearly sounds like I’m speaking about summer camp. You know, where everyone who goes to camp gets to have a part and everyone gets an award for something.
I think competition is good. I think healthy competition forces people and companies to push themselves further, innovate greater and drive products to the next level. Competition gave us Windows 7, the iPhone, and a host of other technologies and products as vendors looked to up their game and compete. While I don’t think about myself a fanboy of anything except perhaps Aaron Sorkin or NYC bagels, I also think fanboys (and fangirls) are good. I like people who are really passionate about the technology they purchase and stand behind their passion. It’s good for people to be excited about tech. So if you’re a Windows 7, Snow Leopard or Ubuntu lover, I state. “Excellent!” Heck, if you’re a Newton, Amiga or Vectrex aficionado and hate anything created past 1995, that’s cool too. I’m speaking about something else. I’m talking about a philosophy that states, If I win, then you must lose.
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Entelligence: Heads I win, tails so do you originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Bandai unleashes beauty tool to detect the condition, mood of your skin
November 4, 2009
This is the kind of gadget we’d assume was a joke — if we didn’t know that it wasn’t. Bandai — makers of such useful time wasters as the Tamagotchi and the tiny doohickey that helps women “understand” men — has just unveiled a new device which should make you feel even less comfortable inside your own skin. Partnering up with Japanese cosmetics company FANCL, Bandai’s Skin Expert is a little device which you apparently hold up to your face to receive detailed information on its ‘quality’ and health. Now, all of the information we have the ability to find about this tiny guy is in Japanese, so excuse us for our mystification on how the doodad works, but we’ll tell you this: we’re definitely buying it if it shows up on Sephora. The Bandai Skin Expert will be unleashed in Japan on November 30th for 3,750 (about $40). There’s one more super informative shot after the break.
[Via Hobby Blog]
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Bandai unleashes beauty tool to detect the condition, mood of your skin originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Sears Black Friday ad revealed, we’ll be sleeping off our tryptophan hangovers
October 30, 2009
Woe betide the Black Friday bargain hunter; where once there were stellar deals on giant TVs and hard disk drives now there are slight discounts on underwear and handbags. Sears’ ad for this year has been unearthed and, while it naturally has an eclectic selection of goodies on sale ranging from power tools to KitchenAid mixers (and that’s just on the front page), from a gadgety perspective we’re not finding anything quite worth lining up at 3:00am in November for. There’s a 40-inch Samsung 1080p LCD for $599, about $50 cheaper than we have the ability to find it for online, and a similar Sony model for $664 — a whole $10 less than Amazon is asking for a comparable model with free shipping and no uncomfortable small speak with other half-frozen shopaholics. A raft of cheap but mediocre games and movies will be available, some soon to be obsolete GPS devices, and lots of other random things stuffed into the PDF scan linked below. Not into the whole hunting for deals thing The other link has everything listed out, making for simple text searching — and for guilt-free snoozing the day after Turkey Day.
- PDF scan of Sears 2009 Black Friday ad
- Listing of Sears 2009 Black Friday deals
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Sears Black Friday ad revealed, we’ll be sleeping off our tryptophan hangovers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Sony’s S-Frame DPP-F700 digiframe / printer hybrid hitting America in January for $200
October 26, 2009
Need a digital pic frame Need a printer Need them to happen within the same enclosure If you’re one of the oddballs who curiously answered yes — and you don’t actually need it until after the holiday shopping season — Sony’s got you covered. The DPP-F700 digital picture frame with one-touch printing that we saw pop up internationally just last month has finally been blessed with a US ship date and price, and if you’ve paid any attention whatsoever to the headline, you’re probably well aware of what those two data points are. The frame itself will boast a 7-inch display (800 x 480 resolution), 1GB of memory, a multicard reader and will print out “professional quality” 4- x 6-inch pics at 300 x 300 dpi. There’s also a nifty “screen capture” mode that prints out exactly what’s displayed during a slide show, though there’s literally no telling how expensive those refills will be.
[Via Slashgear]
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Sony’s S-Frame DPP-F700 digiframe / printer hybrid hitting America in January for $200 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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