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RCA has sent in images of their latest project, the Airnergy Charger. It is dubbed as a ‘Wi-Fi Hotspot Power Harvester’, which directly shows us how the device works. Yep, you’ve guessed right, Airnergy Charger ‘harvests’ Wi-Fi signals in the air, converts them into electricity and stores the energy in its own lithium battery. Moreover, even though the users are not on line, the device could also harvest Wi-Fi energy as long as they’re within the signal area. And you could never imagine what a huge amount of energy the Airnergy Charger could produce, as claimed by the company, the energy converted from merely one strong signal could charge a Blackberry from 30% to full in less than 2 hours. Surprisingly powerful! [Read the rest of this entry...]

It is the most portable PC we’ve ever seen. Shaped like a headphone, the new computer is built with a 2-inch screen which creates an excellent visual effect as that of a 15-inch one. Wanna learn more about it? Well, then you mustn’t neglect its powerful function of page transition, simply controlled by your head’s motion. Still, the wearable PC could act to voice commands like “zoom out” or “zoom in”. It runs Windows CE 6.0, supporting both Bluetooth and WIFI.

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We can do better than mere Cuckoo clocks and the world’s first bungee-jumping clock tells you time with a cute mint boy. At the time you set, the mint boy will open the door to say “It’s ten o’clock!” and then jump out. Still equipped with a Wi-Fi module, it also allows you to watch on your household activities.

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To promote their newest vehicles, Toyota recently installed these solar-energy generating flowers on streets to supply tourists with free 110V power energy through the outlets on molded plastic benches. Wi-Fi service is also available! All these are both supported by the solar panels on the flower petals.

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This is the first cellphone from Sony Ericsson. It is a pretty good gadget, which comes with a 3-inch touchscreen display, 3.2-megapixel camera, 400MB of built-in memory, a microSD card slot, and Wi-Fi. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This gadget from Audi looks like a cellphone with touch screen. However, its function is much more beyond dialing. With its built-in Wi-Fi and 3G chip, you could remote control all the function of your audi car such as air controller and audio system. Plus, you could also know the position of your car via GPS. It could also make you enjoy music and movie anywhere. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Wanna know whether there is Wi-Fi signal? You don’t need to start your laptop, just check it out from your T-shirt. [Read the rest of this entry...]