Multi-Tab concept elevates power strips to an art form

We have a tendency to suffer up from seen a enormous amount products both genuine plus imagined which promise to improve on the legal customary power strip, less than number of as elegantly engineered as about that so-called "Multi-Tab" concept from designer Soon Mo Kang. Now not purely could be it modular to pander to as lots of plugs because you want, but both module additionally possesses its own unleash mechanism to eject the plug while not pulling on it, and it would possibly return together allowing for a collection of stickers to allow you to label each plug for minimal confusion. Concerning the most effective disadvantage is that it would not be ready to do something about bigger plugs, but that could be nada a small bit fine-tuning can not fix -- optional brick modules, perhaps? Either way, you probably
have not seen a smarter video of an influence strip in comparison to the single after the
break.

Armatix pistol / wristwatch combo tells previous point... to keep put

Armatix possesses apparently been functioning though to its so-called "smartgun"
concept for kind up of a very long time, less than it has currently ultimately shown up at the
Shooting Hunting plus Outdoor Industry Display (SHOT, naturally) allowing for its
first precise product: a .22-caliber pistol which depends on a
wristwatch as a security. Because you may most likely figure out, the gun
is sufficient to solely unencumber itself once its in close proximity to the keep a look,
which sends a "wireless arming signal" that, after each one, also
activates a handful of inexperienced LEDs for brilliant measure. Previous incarnations
of the company's concept also depended on a fingerprint ID as an
further safety, but that appears to be forced been left off about that
production model, which is able to run €7,000 (or $9,700) when it starts
shipping next month.

Microsoft busts out SideWinder X4 anti-ghosting keyboard

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Apple's iPad keeping Adobe Flash away up of your couch?

Apple's freshly
announced iPad could be numerous factors to plenty from individuals, less than it
appears whichcould bet is now not likely to be the devwhichthat prothe the
appropriatenfroms of Adobe Flash for taking part in wealthy media device on a
mobile device. better good fortune next previous point, Adobe!



Developing... take a look at out our ongoing Apple keynote coveragethering the

liveblog!

Sony Ericsson 'Jalou' next in company's Symbian lineup? (Update: maybe, but this isn't it)

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We've yet to see a Satio or XPERIA
X2 or X3 at retail, but
it looks like Sony Ericsson have yet another full touch phone in
the works as it tries to revitalize and reinvent itself with a
renewed focus on Android, Symbian Foundation, and Windows Mobile
for its smartphone lineup. What we're looking at here is claimed to
be a spy shot of the Jalou -- that's a retail name, not a codename,
by the way -- which is said to run S60 5th Edition (just like the
Satio) with WiFi, GPS, and some form of HSDPA on board. The Sony
Ericsson fan base is pretty notorious for crafting beautiful, very
believable concept devices using nothing more than Illustrator and
an overactive imagination, so we'd urge caution here -- but other
than a display that seems to have been blacked out, it all seems
believable enough. The bigger question might be whether the world's
ready for two Symbian-based touchscreen smartphones from
Sony Ericsson in the next few months.



Update: Yep, sure enough, that "notorious fan
base" we just mentioned came out swinging with href="http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=177537&start=5385">
this one, a heavily-modified concept based on the W995. In other
words, if the Jalou exists, this isn't it. Thanks, synn!

• Foxconn claims employee who committed suicide had history of misplacing prototypes, does nothing for its case
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Sony Ericsson 'Jalou' next in company's Symbian lineup? (Update: maybe, but this isn't it)

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We've yet to see a Satio or XPERIA
X2 or X3 at retail, but
it looks like Sony Ericsson have yet another full touch phone in
the works as it tries to revitalize and reinvent itself with a
renewed focus on Android, Symbian Foundation, and Windows Mobile
for its smartphone lineup. What we're looking at here is claimed to
be a spy shot of the Jalou -- that's a retail name, not a codename,
by the way -- which is said to run S60 5th Edition (just like the
Satio) with WiFi, GPS, and some form of HSDPA on board. The Sony
Ericsson fan base is pretty notorious for crafting beautiful, very
believable concept devices using nothing more than Illustrator and
an overactive imagination, so we'd urge caution here -- but other
than a display that seems to have been blacked out, it all seems
believable enough. The bigger question might be whether the world's
ready for two Symbian-based touchscreen smartphones from
Sony Ericsson in the next few months.



Update: Yep, sure enough, that "notorious fan
base" we just mentioned came out swinging with href="http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=177537&start=5385">
this one, a heavily-modified concept based on the W995. In other
words, if the Jalou exists, this isn't it. Thanks, synn!

• Foxconn claims employee who committed suicide had history of misplacing prototypes, does nothing for its case
• Foxconn increases compensation to family of worker who committed suicide

Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X2 demoed on video

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You know what frustrates us? Someone with their hands on a totally
sweet piece of gadgetry who clearly doesn't know what to do with
it. Such is the case in the video below, which seems to depict a
gentlemen fondling sony Ericsson's next XPERIA installment,
the X2. While there's
not much to see of the device itself, the phone is apparently
running a fairly recent version of Windows Mobile
6.5, and the company has clearly taken its skinning team to
parts of the OS, as the user in the video manages to stumble past
some pretty magnificent looking UI trickery. It doesn't seem as
dressed up as the X1's Panel interface does, though this likely
isn't the final product. Truck on after the break to see the X2 in
action, and try to quell your anger as the phone is repeatedly put
to sleep during the demo.



[Thanks, David]

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