Nokia’s 8800 Carbon Arte offering is definitely for the rich and luxurious. The rather stylish designed handset is made of premium materials found high end sports cars and airplanes — like leather, carbon fiber, titanium, stainless steel, and polished glass. And yes, you’ve probably already guessed it, the Nokia 8800 doesn’t come cheap. At 11,000 Euros (approximately $1,600 USD) you must either have money to burn or you must really like carbon fiber. Press release after the jump…
Are you tired of telling your kids to sit straight at the dinner table? Well, tire no more with the iPosture. Just attach the one-inch in diameter electronic device to your child’s body and it’ll remind your kid to sit straight by electrocution. Okay, I’m joking about the electrocution thing, but the iPosture does feature tiny nanosensors that are able to detect when one slouches and alerts the wearer to straighten up by intermittently vibrating. According to iPosture’s product page, improved posture makes you look more attractive…and we all want that, right?
The Sony S-Airplay (model AIR-SA20PK) is a wireless iPod docking system that can stream songs off of your iPod to one of Sony’s S-Air wireless speakers. The entire package includes the main base unit, the S-Airplay, and two wireless speakers, the S-Air speakers. The S-Airplay features a FM tuner, clock functions (sleep and alarm clock), and connectivity support to home theater systems. With a range of 164 feet (50 meters), you can connect multiple S-Air speakers for multi-room audio. Read the press release after the jump…
Want to know what it feels like to swim like a dolphin…err, Michael Phelps? Now you can with the Lunocet, a biomimetic high-speed swimming device. After seven years of researching dolphins swim, Ted Ciamillo (Ciamillo Components Inc) has enginneered the Lunocet featuring optimally pitched hydrofoils that strap to one’s feet, which supposedly provides “precise and efficient lift” capable of generating enough thrust to propel a human out of the water…just like a dolphin!
