The Griffin Twenty bring new life to old speakers
The Griffin Twenty audio amplifier for the Airport Express is named such because it is offers a speaker output of twenty watts per channel. But it could be named that because the Griffin Twenty can bring new life to your twenty-year-old speakers.
You know the sort of unpowered speakers ...
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LG introduces the Blast Chiller
Where was this when we were in college? A refrigerator that can chill a can of beer from room temperature to ice cold in about four-and-a-half minutes. The 'fridge is the Ultra-Capacity French Door Refrigerator from LG. Its fast cooling drawer is called the "Blast Chiller."
And the refrigerator ...
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The Tosy mRobo unveiled in surreal fashion
The most surreal moment at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show—and the competition for that honor is stiff—is surely Justin Bieber introducing the mRobo, a toy robot from the Vietnam based company Tosy.
So what does the teen pop idol have to do with Vietnamese robots?
Very little, so far as ...
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A first look at the Huawei Ascend P1 S
"Thinner and Brighter" could be the unofficial moto of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. One tech company taking that to an extreme is China-based Huawei (pronounced "Wah-Way"). At CES, they unveiled the Ascend P1 S, the world's thinnest smartphone.
The Huawei Ascend P1 S is 6.68mm (0.26 inches) thick. ...
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Powerbag bags feature a built-in battery
A handful of companies have been working on bags with built-in batteries capable of charging gadgets on-the-go. Most of those efforts have relied on slow and fussy solar panels to charge the bag. A few others are either very expensive or don't work well. One very promising battery ...
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A preview of the Consumer Electronics Show
All this week, Spot Cool Stuff will be at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. In addition to being the largest trade show of any sort in the world, CES is a harbinger for the year ahead in technology. It's where many electronics companies and gadget manufactures ...
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