Archive of posts tagged macworld

Episode 1021

PowerGenix
Nickel Zinc Rechargeable Battery
Link: PowerGenix
 
PowerGenix batteries are Nickel Zinc rechargeable AA batteries with an output of 1.6V (other AA batteries give 1.2V).  Shorter recharge time and 1000 recharges.  They’ve been included in Popular Science’s Best of What’s New 2009.
MacWorld Live
Leo will be hosting MacWorld Live this Friday.  The line-up will include Heather Gold, Roger McGuinn, [...]

Episode 752

Chia Obama
Chia Collectible
Link: Chia Obama
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Leo got a heads-up from listener John "Sumo" Riopel (siouxmoux on TWiT Army, and geeklinks on Vox) about the ultimate Obama collectible.  From the makers of Chia Pets comes Chia Obama, a terracotta bust of Barack Obama with Chia leaves sprouting from his head.  You can read John Riopel's blog post.  [...]

Episode 743

Hottips All-In-One Charger
Cellphone Charger
Link: hottips-eco
 
From CES 2009, this All-In-One Charger from Hottips is designed for charging your cellphone, with a car charger, an AC wall charger, a removable USB cord, and even an emergency charger for connecting to a 9V battery.  You can order the hot tip for your own model of cellphone, available for [...]

Episode 741

iHearSafe Earbuds
Earphones with Volume Limit
Link: iHearSafe

 

Parents who are worried about their children's earphones getting too loud can get these iHearSafe Earbuds with an upper limit of 85dB.  No more tinnitus.  Also available are iHearSafe Headphones and Earclips.
 
The Secret to ComedyFoot, thigh and chicken stock lead Leo to ask Dick what the secret to comedy is.  [...]

Episode 739

Coby MP305
MP3 Player
Link: Coby USA
 
The Coby MP305 is what an MP3 player used to be: on a USB stick with a simple LCD display with backlight.  USB2, plays MP3 and WMA files (and DRM support for WMDRM10), FM Tuner.  Uses one AAA battery, 8 hours of play time.  7 colours of backlighting to pick from.  [...]