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Juice “ingenious portable charger”
Portable battery banks may be common these days, but the Juice charger deserves mention for being really pretty. Made by a Japanese company called Nobil, this product’s internal battery can be recharged through the wall socket prongs cleverly hidden in its body. It can then be used to charge any device that draws power from a USB port–just think of it as recharging using your home PC, less the PC. Furthermore, two AAA- or AA-sized batteries fit on its sides so those can be recharged on-the-go, too. The company describes it as an “ingenious portable charger”, which is a bit of a boast. We think it should play on the aesthetics instead as most similar products are really bulky and ugly compared to the Juice. Nobil’s Web site says it will go on sale in March 2010, though we’re not too sure if those plans include our region.
Stick Booster
Sanyo is introducing a portable USB recharger that can power mobile devices, such as the iPhone, that require a higher current for charging. The Eneloop Stick Booster, part of the same family of power products as the USB Solar Panels, comes with two rechargeable Eneloop AA NiMH batteries. The company says the batteries can be recharged some 1,500 times, and Eneloops are more effective than dry cells because they don’t meet the current requirement of some devices. The aluminum-construction Stick Booster weighs 76g and is 148mm long. When switched on, it can provide power for about 90 minutes on two fully charged Eneloop AA batteries.
Microsoft’s E3
The biggest thing to come out of Microsoft’s E3 keynote came last. Following much speculation about whether any motion-sensing technology would come to the Xbox 360, Microsoft did, in fact, announce such a system on Monday. Microsoft Xbox Senior Vice President Don Mattrick unveiled the company’s new full-body motion-sensitive controller, code-named Project Natal, which sits near the Xbox 360 console and allows users to control their games, movies, and other Xbox media without touching any hardware.
In its presentation, Microsoft showed off many different uses for Natal, including face recognition that automatically logs a user into his gaming profile, a game that allows a person to manipulate her avatar using her whole body, and a painting program in which a user can throw virtual buckets of paint on a canvas. In this part of the Natal demo, Microsoft showed off a project in the works with Lionhead Studios, in which a real person has a conversation with an animated boy named Milo.
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