Into Tech

pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”Infocus X9.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/Infocus%20X9.jpg” width=”399″ height=”290″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”" //span/p pIf you want a big screen in your home but for whatever reason aren’t keen on shelling out for a massive plasma TV, a projector is your next best bet./p pModels designed for home use have been around for yonks and high definition projectors have been doing the rounds over the last year or so, but many are prohibitively expensive. /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1e85474/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/17/bargainpriced_hd_projector_bri.htmllink=Bargain HD Projector Brings Big-Screen To The Home” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/17/bargainpriced_hd_projector_bri.htmllink=Bargain HD Projector Brings Big-Screen To The Home” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19258727207/f/9581/c/552/s/32003188/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19258727207/f/9581/c/552/s/32003188/a2.img” border=”0″//a

pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”kodak oled.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/kodak%20oled.jpg” width=”587″ height=”591″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”" //span/p pWe’ve seen a lot of prototype, anorexic OLED TVs and even an a href=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/07/30/sonys_oled_tvs_coming_to_the_u.html”11in production model /awith a heart stopping price tag but the fact is that OLED TVs are still a way off when it comes to them becoming mainstream. /p pKodak, however, has found a better jumping off point for the technology with the first OLED wireless picture frame. /p pThe 7.6in OLED Wireless Frame is slinky indeed, sporting a very thin widescreen panel [5.3mm] with 800 x 600 pixel resolution and a whopping contrast ratio of 30,000:1. /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1e83561/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/17/kodak_first_with_consumer_oled.htmllink=Kodak First With Consumer OLED Photo Frame” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/17/kodak_first_with_consumer_oled.htmllink=Kodak First With Consumer OLED Photo Frame” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19258723683/f/9581/c/552/s/31995233/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19258723683/f/9581/c/552/s/31995233/a2.img” border=”0″//a

pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”sanyo lp-z3000.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/sanyo%20lp-z3000.jpg” width=”587″ height=”372″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”" //span/p pIt ain’t pretty and it’s as big as a 1980’s VCR but, if the specs on the new Sanyo LP-Z3000 HD projector are anything to go on, then you won’t really care because everyone watching the movie will be too busy drooling with amazement and envy to notice. /p pIt’s a Full HD beamer with 1980 x 1080 resolution, features 120Hz processing and the industry’s first ‘5:5 pull-down’ which will make 24fps [frames per second] content run smoother and more accurately than most other projectors out there in its class. /p pThe contrast ratio is a claimed 65,000:1 which is very high indeed and well above the LP-Z2000’s 15,000:1 [in itself quite impressive]. /p pIt can project movies from as small as 40in up to a whopping 300in, has a bright 1,200 Lumens lamp and boasts a super quiet 19dB fan noise which means it’s just above breathing and well below popcorn munching. /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1e8108a/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/17/sanyo_lpz3000_hd_projector_is.htmllink=Sanyo LP-Z3000 HD Projector Is Ugly, But Beautiful Where It Counts” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/17/sanyo_lpz3000_hd_projector_is.htmllink=Sanyo LP-Z3000 HD Projector Is Ugly, But Beautiful Where It Counts” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19258720061/f/9581/c/552/s/31985802/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19258720061/f/9581/c/552/s/31985802/a2.img” border=”0″//a

pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”corpus clock.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/corpus%20clock.jpg” width=”300″ height=”515″ class=”mt-image-left” style=”float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;” //spanMy last clock came from Argos, all shiny white plastic, illuminated hands, annoying alarm and it cost less than a fiver./p pAt the end of this week though, Corpus Christi College Cambridge will be taking delivery of a fantastic and unique clock, combining old and new technology, and worth more than £1 million. I’m in the wrong job. /p pThis is the Corpus Clock, which has been designed and invented by Dr John Taylor, who spent 5 years and £1 million of his own cash bringing it to fruition. The clock is a tribute to one of the world’s most famous clockmakers, John Harrison, the pioneer of longitude. /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1e7f2f9/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/17/stephen_hawking_to_show_off_1.htmllink=Stephen Hawking To Show Off £1 Million Clock” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/17/stephen_hawking_to_show_off_1.htmllink=Stephen Hawking To Show Off £1 Million Clock” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19258716537/f/9581/c/552/s/31978233/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19258716537/f/9581/c/552/s/31978233/a2.img” border=”0″//a

pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”trekstor.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/trekstor.jpg” width=”369″ height=”328″ class=”mt-image-left” style=”float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;” //spanI’d like to argue that there’s some great storage/technological reason for planning to buy the forthcoming TrekStor USB CO stick but there isn’t. /p pIn fact, I’d have to say that I’d mostly be buying it for the bottle opener on one end. TrekStor obviously knows its market and I’d be a liar if I didn’t admit to spending copious amounts of time trying to find bottle openers or my elusive Swiiss Army knife. /p pSince I always seem to have a USB stick in my pockets though, it makes sense that my next one has a tool for the beer in-built. /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1e77a96/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/17/trekstor_combines_beer_storage.htmllink=TrekStor Combines Beer Storage: Genius *hic*” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/17/trekstor_combines_beer_storage.htmllink=TrekStor Combines Beer Storage: Genius *hic*” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19215384990/f/9581/c/552/s/31947414/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19215384990/f/9581/c/552/s/31947414/a2.img” border=”0″//a

pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”sigur ros.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/sigur%20ros.jpg” width=”300″ height=”400″ class=”mt-image-right” style=”float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;” //span In another welcome kick in the nads for DRM copyright, 7digital has announced that its 4 million-song catalogue is now available as high-quality DRM-free MP3 downloads. /p p7digital carries the largest UK catalogue of tunes from the big four music publishers: Sony BMG, Universal Music, Warner Music and EMI Records. Even better, those of you who paid for nasty WMA downloads will be able to get the DRM-free MP3 versions for free. Downloaded songs will be high-quality 320Kbps versions too. /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1e7522b/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/17/7digital_goes_100_drmfree.htmllink=7digital Goes 100% DRM-Free” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/17/7digital_goes_100_drmfree.htmllink=7digital Goes 100% DRM-Free” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19215379140/f/9581/c/552/s/31937067/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/19215379140/f/9581/c/552/s/31937067/a2.img” border=”0″//a

pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”remote chopper.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/remote%20chopper.jpg” width=”397″ height=”397″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”" //span/p pWe’ve been hearing quite a bit about futuristic remote controlled flying machines recently, ranging from those a href=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/08/18/uk_military_enlists_the_creati.html”controlled by humans from the ground/a to a href=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/06/16/brits_aid_in_first_stage_of_ro.html”pilotless drones/a. /p pNow we have what’s kind of a mix between the two. It’s a four foot long helicopter, uses artificial intelligence instead of weak pathetic humans to fly and recently did a circuit over Stanford University in California./p pbr / /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1e5f115/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/16/more_power_to_the_robot_army_a.htmllink=More Power To The Robot Army: AI-Controlled ‘Copter Takes Test Flight” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/16/more_power_to_the_robot_army_a.htmllink=More Power To The Robot Army: AI-Controlled ‘Copter Takes Test Flight” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/18827526578/f/9581/c/552/s/31846677/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/18827526578/f/9581/c/552/s/31846677/a2.img” border=”0″//a

pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”Bond 4.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/Bond%204.jpg” width=”590″ height=”393″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”" //span/p pLike all self-respecting members of the British public we’d imagine most Gizmodo readers are waiting with bated breath for the premier of the new Bond movie in October. /p pFamous for their range of gadgets and deeds of daring do, the latest movie in the series will also feature the biggest product placement deal of all time./p pLuxury private jet company Ocean Sky has provided $190 million worth of aircraft for Quantum Of Solace and a total of eight will be shown on screen during the movie, along with actors wearing Ocean Sky uniforms. br / /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1e5dfcf/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/16/ocean_sky_agrees_biggest_produ.htmllink=Ocean Sky Agrees Biggest Product Placement Deal Of All Time For Bond Movie” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/16/ocean_sky_agrees_biggest_produ.htmllink=Ocean Sky Agrees Biggest Product Placement Deal Of All Time For Bond Movie” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/18827524091/f/9581/c/552/s/31842255/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/18827524091/f/9581/c/552/s/31842255/a2.img” border=”0″//a

pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”iRiver M.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/iRiver%20M.jpg” width=”403″ height=”403″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”" //span/p pLong-term Gizmodo fans may remember the Mickey Mouse inspired MP3 player a href=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/2007/06/11/iriver_taking_the_mickey.html”announced last year/a. Well, if you ever wondered what happened to this little number you’ll be pleased to hear it’s now available in the UK./p piRiver does enjoy coming up with funky new ways to control MP3 players, but it has never come up with anything quite like this before./pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/1e5d37e/mf.gif’ border=’0′/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0′trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/16/iriver_takes_the_mickey_with_n.htmllink=Brits Can Now Enjoy iRiver’s Mickey Music” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/09/16/iriver_takes_the_mickey_with_n.htmllink=Brits Can Now Enjoy iRiver’s Mickey Music” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/18827522271/f/9581/c/552/s/31839102/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/18827522271/f/9581/c/552/s/31839102/a2.img” border=”0″//a

We’re not sure what the UK dates are for the sexy and hush-hush Blackberry Storm but we can share with you the first official video sent out to Verizon employees in the US.

The quality is indeed rubbish, since it’s a Verizon video captured from a display, but you get the idea and it’s certainly looking like RIM is onto a winner.