What: Nike+ SportWatch GPS
Made By: Nike
What It Does: Keeps track of every possible thing a runner could need to maximize his/her performance.
Price: $199
As the weather heats up, people who have been putting off running all winter are finally making their way back out and working up a sweat. Nike has come up with the perfect accessory for every runner out there. Their Nike+ SportWatch GPS has finally been released nationwide and is flying off of the shelves. The difference between the Nike+ SportWatch GPS and Nike’s current Nike+ sportbands is that in addition to it monitoring your distance, pace, speed and run history, once uploaded, it can give you GPS based information such as distance, elevation and location. That’s because this updated watch is powered by the navigation system TomTom. This allows runners to map out their runs based on geographical area and maximize their performance. Not bad for a company who stopped making watches.
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Nike+ SportWatch GPS
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What: MT55 HD Multitouch Table
Made By: Ideum
What it Does: Gives users a literal “hands on” approach to viewing works in the museum.
Price: Not for sale to the public.
The table, originally announced late last month, has an amazing 55-inch LCD display, which beams LED-backlit graphics in 1920×1080 HD resolution. It comes coated with a 5-mm layer of sturdy, tempered glass and sits atop a pedestal made of aluminum and steel. Within that pedestal is an Intel Quad Core i7 CPU, with 4GB of RAM, a pair of 250GB SATA hard drives, and an NVIDIA Quadro 600 video card. The system runs Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and comes with GestureWorks multitouch software for both Flash and Flex. The MT55 also features an integrated Bose Audio system and can support up to 32 simultaneous touch points, which is definitely enough to hold the attention of any class of grade schoolers on a field trip to the museum. Welcome to the future.
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Ideum MT55 HD Multitouch Table
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What: iPhone Radiation dock
Made By: RDTN
What it Does: Measures radiation in a particular area.
Price: Still in the prototype stage.
With the radiation issues brought on by the earthquake in Japan, many Japanese residents are worried about the levels of radiation in their day-to-day lives. To help ease their nerves, one collective has come up with a portable Geiger counter that docks with an iPhone. By calling your iPhone, you can listen to the familiar clicks that tell just how much radiation is present in a particular area. Its Glass Geiger Tube can detect beta and gamma radiation and then the accompanying iGeiger computes Counts Per Minute (CMP) in order to calculate the amount of radiation in a given area.
