Engadget China are claiming that this is Logitech’s new G18 gaming keyboard, which would make sense as a name except for the fact that by convention Logitech’s gaming peripherals have always had odd numbers. So, I am going against Engadget China and siding with Crunchgear’s Devin Coldewey on this one. It is probably the G19 and it most certainly looks hot.
note the full-color LCD screen top-center and the large complement of macro keys on the left. It does look like they have shrunk the sides a little, which is nice because the G15 was a touch too bulky for my tastes. Look for an official announcement at CES.
While the SpyFire R/C Blaster might look like a cheap knockoff of a superior Nerf product, it has a cool trick up its sleeve, it can be fired remotely. It is battery powered, can fire 25 feet and will make the truly infuriating sound effects that you will hear in the video after the jump. (more…)
Momoyo Torimitsu is the Japanese performance artist who created “Salaryman” a crawling salary man robot. She states that the crawling action is representative of a soldier’s action, which makes “Salaryman” something of a corporate or business soldier. And here I was thinking it was just some form of extreme obeisance. The people in the crowd do look suitably freaked out though, don’t they? [Crunch Gear via Gadget Spy]
Mouse pads are a funny thing, they are pretty much useless, but they do save you messing up your desk surface with your mouse. At home I use a large Razer eXactMat with a wrist rest, but at work; where I use my mouse less, I make do with whatever is around. Invariably it ends up being a slim textbook or notepad; which is sort of like the The Information Central Mouse Pad; except that is a note pad designed as a mouse pad; cool idea.
I don’t know about this one, an underwater MP3 player. Sure, I can see that it has a place in providing entertainment for decompression divers, but the regular recreational SCUBA diving crowd represents a much larger market. You have to ask yourself if you really need to have MP3s playing while you are underwater. I know that for me, part of the joy of SCUBA diving has always been the sounds of underwater life. Your ears can also alert you to potential danger when you hear boats race overhead. In addition, I don’t want ear buds in my ears, I want to keep them completely clear to let them equalize as easily as possible.
Now for professional divers, I think there is a place for this. Decompression stops can be painstakingly long, so long in fact that some trimix capable diving computers feature simple games that can be played while decompressing. If you have to kill forty or fifty minutes at a set depth, then a few tunes will help the time pass more quickly.
Price: It is only $99 and is good to 200 feet which is quite deep.
