Angle and devil earphone

Greenhouse released new cute earphone model and they named it angle and devil earphone. The earphone has different color and figure for each side, the differences represent an angle on one side and the devil on the other site. I think this earphone could be nice to replace the standard ipod earphone. The slightly drawback of this earphone is on further combination possibility, because you will only get one angle figure instead of five such as the devil figure. The earphone comes with 1 m cable with 3.5 mm audio jack and weigh just 17 g

Hitachi Makes Robot Good Listener

This cute robot will become a good friends for all of us. The EMIEW2 features (1) a light-weight (13kg) body, (2) the ability to move on wheels as well as on two legs and (3) the 14 microphones mounted in the head that enhance its voice recognition capabilities to the extent that it can distinguish voices even when three people are speaking at the same time.

(1) The weight of 13kg is much lighter than 70kg of the "EMIEW," which is the first version of the robot and was exhibited at the Aichi Expo in 2005.

"It was designed to be lighter than 15kg, which is considered to be the weight that any office worker can lift," Hitachi's spokesperson said.

The robot is 80cm tall, a height for looking over desk tops.

(2) The EMIEW2 has a wheel at the bottom of each leg and balances itself to move on flat floors just like the Segway, a two-wheeled vehicle ridden while standing. Basically, traveling on wheels is more efficient than walking. Therefore, the concept was based on "traveling on wheels" since the stage of developing the first version, Hitachi said.

However, the EMIEW2 features a walking function, which the EMIEW did not have, so that it can handle differences in floor level of a few centimeters, which wheels cannot.

(3) The voice recognition function is a combination of sound source separation and sound pattern recognition. In the sound source separation, sounds coming from directions other than the direction from which the voice of the person speaking to the robot comes from are ignored as noise. As a result, the robot can recognize voices spoken as far as 2m away, the company said.

In the sound pattern recognition, sound data is transmitted by using IEEE802.11a wireless LAN technology to a server machine, where the recognition processing is carried out. Then, the results are transmitted to the robot.

Karlsson LED and Wood Cube Clock

This clock combines two sophisticated looks of modern LED panel and rusty woods. The Karlsson LED Cube clock is both eye catching and and functional. Your friends will immediately attracted to the clock design and technology. With its built in alarm function you can either use it as a bedside clock or as a distinctive dining room or lounge clock.

The cube clock looks like a rather nice block of wood when it switched off and the internal battery will still keep the time. The LED Cube Clock will even reduce in brightness by 50% between the house of 18:00 and 07:00 so your beauty sleep should remain relatively undisturbed until the alarm goes off.

Showing date, time and day with alarm and snooze function. Powered by mains adaptor, included. Size: 13 x 13 x 13 cm

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