Remember the Bonsai Gear Clock? Well, here’s another Bonsai-themed gadget that will surely decorate your space. Designed by French designer, Vivien Muller, the Bonsai Charging Tree has 54 tiny solar panels that collect sunlight and convert it into energy storing it in its internal battery. The tree comes with various power adapters to charge your miscellaneous gadgets.
18 year old Josef PruĊĦa and his brother of Czech Republic have managed to engineer a method to control a remote controlled car with the Apple iPhone 3G. Using an iPhone 3G (and its accelerometer), OSCemote, Max/Msp, and the Arduino microprocessor development kit, Josef was able to create an iPhone app that features “five buttons, four of them you can use for traditional driving, and when you press the last one, it unlocks the accelerometer” allowing the control of the R/C car by tilting the iPhone.
The second generation LG Prada looks similar to the original phone, except LG has opted to include a slide-out QWERTY keyboard to the Prada II. Apparently, the first gen Prada was a bit too difficult to type on. I wished Apple did the same with the new iPhone 3G, but that’s beside the point. With the addition of the keyboard, the Prada II now comes equipped with 3G connectivity, a 5 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, FM radio, and more. Check out the anticipated full specs after the jump.
