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The next generation of capsule camera is already here: a little cam developed by scientists from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, which can work by receiving magnetic instructions from the MRI that steers a rudder like motor. As the device is wirelessly guided, it will then eliminate the need for an invasive tether guidance system and also reduce the discomfort of patients. It hasn’t been tested yet in the human body, but it has been tested in water, so we believe the human trials shouldn’t be far behind, and the day to use it will come soon.

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The world’s first cloud-based LED lighting system was recently launched by Japan-based Net LED Technology Company. It’s called NetLED system, composed of LED tube with built-in Wi-Fi as well as a free NetLed app. After installing the NetLed app on your smartphone, tablets or other devices and replaced your lights with the NetLED tubes, you can then control individual, multiple, or a set of lights via the app: to dim the lights (each tube has 10 different dimming levels), to turn them on or off, or to track energy usage in real-time. Net LED says that when a company, for instance, installs 200 of these lights, its power consumption can be reduced down by up to 50%.

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Belkin’s Wemo home automation system is a smart device that allows you to control the electrical outlets of your home via your smartphones or a motion sensor modular. The system is all based on Wi-Fi technology, comprising of a Home Control Switch and a Motion Sensor module, which function in different ways in fact. The Home Control Switch is a plug, which sits between the wall socket and plug from any electric device, to provide a programmable on / off switch that can be controlled by a smartphone or triggered by the company’s Motion Sensor. And the Motion Sensor, just as you may have guessed, is a wireless motion-sensitive switch that can sit anywhere to ensure the users an instant control of the electricity outlets.

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Announced to debut at CES 2012, the iShower is a Bluetooth-enabled shower speaker that can connect to iPad, iPhone, iPod or Android devices within a 200 feet radius so that the users can still enjoy beautiful music while taking a shower. It is completely water-proof, and can work for up to 15 hours continuously. To allow the users an easy control of their devices, the iShower features play/pause/forward/rewind & volume keys too.

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Coming from Genius, the Ring Presenter is a sleek version of the company’s Ring Mouse that adds PowerPoint functionality, making it extremely ideal for corporate meetings. Built with a touch-sensitive cursor pad surrounded by four buttons, the Ring Presenter gives the users a better control of both their remote PCs and the slide shows. When not in presentation mode, the device can serve as a miniature mouse too, with touch sensitive scrolling and right, middle, and left buttons.

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Why are designers so innovative? Almost every time I met some new designs I would ask myself that question. So you know, that question emerged again, after I accidentally saw the AudioBulb, Wireless Speaker Light Bulbs that bring both light and music to your home. It’s easy to use: simply replace ordinary bulbs with the AudioBulb, insert you iPod into the included dock, and then you’ll hear beautiful music coming from any places of your house. With warm light filled with your rooms, the AudioBulb is certainly the best thing related to the word “romantic”.

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Wish you iPhone, iPod, or iPad more powerful than they are now? Get the chance to change them into a medical device or magnification apparatus with the aids of the AirMicro Model A1then. It’s a portable wireless microscope that can magnify something to 50 or even 400 times the original image. Via a free application downloaded onto your iPhone, you may get a clear view of what you’re magnifying, even including your skin conditions.

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Welcome the Penclic Mouse to America and Canada. As a pen-shaped mouse that ensures the users a comfortable working experience, this Swedish-designed mouse will finally come to the North America where it would be available at Best Buy, Walmart and other major retailers. Till now its price is not yet confirmed, but it is quite sure that the device will be sold in both wired and wireless versions, just as in Europe.

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Even though the Apple Inc. has issued no keyboards for iPad or iPad 2, there’re actually many companies designing and launching wireless keyboards for iPad users. The Levitatr Keyboard is just one among them. It is merely 12mm high, with a smooth black surface when not in use. But once you switch it on, its keys then raise out and the backlighting turns on. Currently it’s a Kickstarter project, so we can only check out the video now to see how it works.

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Cideko’s Air Keyboard would bring us a new experience with wireless keyboards. It is embedded with a 3D motion sensing mouse, which will detect the keyboard’s motion to control the cursor on computer screen. Thus the users merely need to move the keyboard up and down/left and right in the air, they can then use the device as a wireless mouse too. It is also integrated with an earphone and a microphone, allowing the users to enjoy music or chat online from a long distance. The wireless keyboard is rechargeable, and compatible with both PCs, Macs and Linux computers. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Epson’s new photo printer comes with a retro appearance design which seems to have drawn its inspiration from old computers once popular in 1970s or 1990s, but actually also features some modern technology as it is built with a wireless keyboard and a remote controller. However, the real element that makes the printer special is that the device prints out photos and postcards without needing to be connected to a computer. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The world’s leading manufacturer of digital interface solutions “Wacom” have recently issued its Inkling, a magic pen set that transforms paintings or writings finished on paper into digital ones. With such an amazing function, the device would soon change the way we paint and write. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Such a good idea should have been introduced to us much earlier… Put forward by Roni Margolin, the new gadget is an iPad protective case that doubles as wirelessly-controlled keyboard. When you take your tablet with the Hilo, you’re actually taking around a desktop! Cool. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Although we haven’t met a best device for emergency usage till now, we’re truly receiving better and better designs from all over the world. The ONE PASS Wireless Emergency Call System is rightly one of those amazing ideas. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Evatran’s Plugless Power Electric Vehicle Charging System is a new challenge to normal products, and meanwhile it indicates the age of “smaller is smarter”. Comparatively the new charge block is merely bit of larger than an average hubcap while it boasts a 97 percent charging efficiency. Really fantastic and we’ll soon use the Plugless Power around the end the 2012. [Read the rest of this entry...]

It’ a pity that our brain cannot work as effectively as a computer while good news is that we could become much smarter than we’re expected to with the help of some devices. Here you’ll see SK Telecom’s new cart that offers personalized shopping service. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Long before, common mouse for computers was named so mainly because the device has a long wire that looks like mouse’s tails. And now, Elecom Nendo Oppopet’s wireless mouse has “real” animal’s tail, so cute! [Read the rest of this entry...]

The future of cameras now sees its possible prints with Artefact Group’s Camera Futura. It is a wireless viewfinder with an interchangeable lens, so that the users can place the lens of the camera in a needed location before they take some pictures from a distance far away. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The multifunctional remote wireless system, or more exactly the Remote Wireless Meat Thermometer with LED Flashlight, is a clever and smart gadget especially designed for BBQ fanciers. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Wireless chargers which were developed years ago have recently appeared in the market. And the one we show here weighs merely 300g but can charge up to 6 devices at one time. To wirelessly charge your phone you need a unique protective coat which is put onto the device to “receive” electricity energy. [Read the rest of this entry...]

For years turn signals have been protecting cars and car drivers, but now Lee Myung Su is making headway in creating a clever solution for cyclists’ safety. The SEIL (Safe Enjoy Interact Light) bag concept features an LED-equipped backpack that is controlled by a detachable wireless remote to let others on the road know when you’d like to make a turn or brakes, so as to reduce the possibility of crashes. Really a nice idea and I just wonder if the concept can also be used for pedestrians so that more and more people can be kept from the accidents. [Read the rest of this entry...]

What could also control your cellphones except for you fingers and sound? Right here the XWave headset gives us an exciting answer: your mind. After having picked up tiny electrical signals that change along with your thoughts, the XWave then turns them into signals that can control your phone. But will you be able to control others’ iPhones when wearing the headset? I am much more concerned to know that. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Also known as “Geometric Romance”, the lamp from Tommaso Gecchelin aims to bring you back to the romantic summer nights when the fireflies were flying around you. Yaps, romance. That’s the most important point you may find with the lamp, and another feature the device has is high tech. It is filled with electronic fluid that is moved by a pump, and powered by a wireless system located in the base. Moreover, you can touch the lamp to change the color of the light! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Charm your buddies with the “flOw” Interactive Wireless Speakers. How does it work?! Well, you’ll get the answer if you move or shake these little balls. Actually, the “flOw” system is equipped with accelerometers to interpret the users’ movements. Therefore, the speakers can interact with the users, allowing them to by shaking one of the speakers, for example. But before that, you firstly need to squeeze the speaker to activate the gesture controls. The system is developed to be used in conjunction with Apple iPod, and I reckon it’s a guaranteed conversation starter on parties. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Even if your lover is in someplace far away, you’ll no longer feel lonely any more, because you have the Pillow Talk! It is an innovative project that aims to connect long distance lovers. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Stylish, smart and elegant, the 12″ x 6″ wireless keyboard is a latest product of Microsoft. It features some arched keys to ensure you an easier typing. The Arc Keyboard uses the 2.4GHz wireless band instead of Bluetooth, and therefore allows the users to control their computers within a long distance of up to 30 feet. It is expected to be on the market next month for $59.95. [Read the rest of this entry...]

We’ve been used to seeing through the windows from time to time, because in that way, we could learn clearly what is happening outside. And maybe that’s why windows are made of translucent glass. But this piece of glass not only tells us what is happening outside, but also what will happen in the future. Powered by solar energy, the cute gadget will show you any needed information when it is wirelessly connected to your computer. So next time you need weather reports, dates and flight information, check them out on your windows. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Planning to enjoy ‘Transformers’ at home while bothered by the small screen of your PC? Hey, man, you can easily solve that problem, only if you have the Warpia Wireless USB Audio & Video Display Adapter Set. Using a wireless USB, it will connect your computer to your TV or projector in quite a simple way. Hooray, it’s the cinema time! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Logitech is rather well-know for wireless mouse, not only because of its first-rate quality, but also due to the stylish shape. Perhaps next time we talking about Logitech’s product, we should also refer to its funny design. Inspired by wind-up toys, Logitech has come up with Sustail, a new wireless mouse that relies on the mechanical energy, which is produced when you wind it up. So just wind the mouse with the key, and then Sustail will be ready to work. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Measuring as tiny as a computer mouse, PrintBrush is actually the smallest printer device all over the world, and of course it’s a real product expected to be sold in 2010. Powered by rechargeable batteries, PrintBrush is wirelessly connected via Bluetooth and could be used on any surface. It also features a super accurate optical sensor that helps to ensure a high image quality. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Embedded with a LCD screen and a camera, this T-shirt can capture, transmit images and therefore allows the wearers to share the same images with others. The camera in one T-shirt can transmit the video to the other one via wireless technology. For example, as shown in the picture, the blue T-shirt can show the video captured by the orange one. As a result, you may have to buy these T-shirts in pairs. Lovers, get them!

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Computer, firstly invented for military application, now has become an indispensable article to almost everyone like you and me. But, we gradually find notebooks not that convenient as we couldn’t use it freely with the embedded mouse after years of using a mobile mouse. So what about a detachable mouse? That’s just the main concept of the so-called free mouse. Wirelessly and effectively, the new product can be used as either a mobile mouse or an embedded one, all depending on your choice. Besides, when you turn on the shortcut key on side, the mouse then works as a remote controller that allows you to check emails or open the browsers. No extra charger, the free mouse could be charged automatically when you put it onto the computer.

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The music cage, a new product from Japan, is a wireless speaker system that simulates the shape of a delicate cage. No matter you hang it on a shelf or put it on a table, the music cage is always an excellent speaker that streams music through a Wi-Fi network or a Bluetooth system.

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Interior light, healing light, and flashlight, the appealing fancy lamp designed by Sanyo Electric Co. is a cordless device with three versatile uses. When you position it at a 90 degree angle in hand, the LED lamp on bottom will then brighten up as a flashlight.

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Thanks to a new energy efficient, adhesive bulb from JML, you can get light in the cabinet or the corner without any electrical wiring. Just stick the base on the wall and put the bulb in it, that’s it.

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You may want to save energy and need some devices to help you to do so. But the problem is that you have to add some ugly electrical wirings onto your beautiful wall. Even though you can choose the wireless equipments, they still need power which seems to act against your original energy-saving intention.

Therefore, you said, just forget about it. What a pity！ So, I bet you need a series of sensors and switches like these ones from Enocean, a Germany based company. You wanna know why? Just check out the video by yourself.

This wireless mouse is apparently very thin. However, thinness is not the best advantage of it. It could directly be slipped into the PC Card slot of your laptop for hiding and recharging. [Read the rest of this entry...]

VOIP is a good alternative low cost communication way in this Internet era. However, in order to use this new service, you have to sit beside the computer. This unique frame phone from Thomson would make you communicate freely via wireless connection. Plus, the internet radio and RSS reader will provide more information. [Read the rest of this entry...]

If someone is winking at you, you might think some dirty thing. However, in Japan, you should first check out if this blinking person wearing a iPod.

Researchers from Japan have developed a new system which could control iPod by monitoring the movement of the temple. So that blinking probably means that this person is controlling her/his iPod rather than communicating.

Asus’ MS71 is actually a flash drive with mini wireless mouse. The USB plug could be separated to function as a wireless transmitter so that you could use the flash drive as a normal mouse. [Read the rest of this entry...]