Apple unveiled the new G5 at Apple Expo 2004 in Paris today.
The Apple iMac G5 is the world’s thinnest desktop PC at a mere 2 inches thick. The 20-inch model can display 1680×1050, and has a 1.8GHz PowerPC G5 processor and goes for $1,899.
More details are available here.
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PLAY research studio in Sweden has developed some Wi-Fi connected pillows that glow.
When one of a pair of pillows is leaned on or touched, the pattern on the other pillow activates and glows … thanks to electroluminescent wiring.
Why? you may ask. Well, the studio puts it this way: “Expand the vocabulary for remote communications through tangible and aesthetic interaction”. I don’t know what that means either.
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Toshiba’s soon to be announced PDA, described earlier in this forum as the e830, may be re-branded as the “Genio e830″. This VGA PDA will be based on Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition and provides both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The following unconfirmed images are probably of this new model in operation:
The Genio is expected to be released next month, and will join a small circle of PDAs that support full VGA resolution (640×480), such as the Asus A730, HP HX705 and the Loox 720.
I’m holding out for 800×600 native resolution.
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Akimbo Systems Inc. will launch their new Internet Video-On-Demand service in October. 
Subscribers will be able to select programming to be downloaded via a broadband Internet connection onto the Akimbo Player’s 80-gigabyte hard drive, which Akimbo says will hold about 200 hours of video. The player costs $229.99 and requires a monthly subscription fee of $9.99.
Akimbo will provide a library of 20,000 hours of video from 50 content providers, including CinemaNow a film library said to contain over 4,000 films.
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A new model play-only MiniDisc player, the JVC “XM-C31″ claims to have a battery life of 318 hours in LP4 mode.
If this battery life number is true, then it seems that JVC has managed to aproximately double ‘normal’ battery life via their new power conservation technology…whatever that is. However, I’m not sure that I would want to listen to 318 hours of 66kb/s music, though..
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Star38.com will offer the first commercial Caller I.D. spoofing system, starting next week.
Users of the service will be able to make it appear that they are calling from any number they choose, such as 987.654.3210.
The charge will be a 25 cent connection fee, plus 7-14 cents per minute.
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The world’s first laser mouse is the new MX1000. It tracks by laser, instead of optically, giving it a resolution of 800 dots per inch (dpi).
Also has a tilt wheel, Lithium-ion battery and LED readout for battery life.
Logitech MX1000 Laser Cordless Mouse - product website
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The Samsung x460 is a new GSM 900/1800MHz dual band cellphone. It supports Java MIDP 2.0 & has an 8MB memory.
Availability expected to be 4Q2004.
Pacific Saury is a saltwater fish that is popular in Japan. Saury is typically salt-broiled and served whole, usually with grated daikon oroshi garnish.
And now, also available as an ice cream flavor…
The next time you’re in Japan, look for Sanma Aisu (”Fish Ice Cream “) by Kimura Shoten Ltd.
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A newly-developed atomic clock, which is the size of a grain of rice, is accurate to within one second every 300 years. If it is ever commercialized, it should find many applications, and not just in your watch.
This new miniature atomic clock from NIST is an outstanding feat of engineering, mainly because of its very small size, but also because of its extremely low power consumption of less than 75 thousandths of a watt.
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