Lightmate gives you something to snuggle with

Some of you may remember when we reported on the 2D Girlfriend, also

known as the INBED, a projector that affixes to the ceiling an

d projects an image of a sleeping body

in your bed. Of course, some of you might want an artificial sleeping partner that is a bit more three-dimensional, and that’s why the LightMate was invented.

The LightMate is basically a large pillow with a few warming lamps which are presumably there for the user to feel that he or she is snuggling with a warm body.

Judging from the comments that were posted on the INBED article, there will no doubt be comments on this article saying that the LightMate is “creepy”. My only response to that is this: if you are actively pretending that some inanimate object is a sleeping partner, then yes, that is creepy. However, I know a lot of people who sleep with a body pillow, and nobody thinks that is disturbing, but a simple channeling of our snuggling instinct.

Unfortunately, what designer Francesca Lanzavecchia was attempting with the LightMate was that she wanted to create “soft anthropomorphic pillows”. For those of you who don’t know what anthropomorphic means, it is “the attribution of human form, human characteristics, or human behavior to nonhuman things”.

In this case, it applies to act of pretending a pillow is a sleeping mate. Of course, this is what designer Lanzavecchia was trying to do by creating “a mate to hug or a huge companion you can lay on”. Okay, that’s a little creepy, and I think I’m going to quit now.

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Cellphone Code

This phone uses haptic technology to provide physical feedback for making a call. To turn it on…twist a section, to dial a number…twist a bunch of sections, to make an international call…break your wrist!

CD Boom Box with AM/FM radio

I wondered if this goes with the DVD player the other day, as both has about the same pinky floral design. It is a Pink & white CD Boom box with soft-touch carry handles. It plays CD, CD-R and CD-RW and theirs input for MP3, digital audio and personal CD players. You can get one for $30.

…the one on the right is the DVD player I’m talking about, they are similar, aren’t they?

[via Gizmodiva]

eBay: 1000hp Twin Turbo Lamborghini Gallardo

A seller is selling his $225,000 twin-turbo Lamborghini Gallardo in eBay. This Gallardo generates 1000hp-plus and comes with electronic boost controller, upgraded fuel system components and required EMS calibration. Additional upgrades include custom suspension with hydraulic lift, remote oil filter, drive line components, Motec EMS, custom mufflers, billet intake and carbon fiber accessories. Video---

[via Techeblog]

WowWee’s Wrex the Dawg Available in the U.S.

Wrex The Dawg, WowWee’s cool robot junkyard dog (previously featured here at GeekAlerts), has finally popped up in online stores in the USA for ordering.

Amazon.com has it available for about $140. Hammacher Schlemmer has it with an expected ship date of 9/26/2008 and a price of $130. Buy.com has a free shipping offer, but lists it as “Temporarily Out Of Stock” at a price of $150.

About WowWee’s Wrex the Dawg

Wrex the Dawgs behavior depends on his moods and desires. His three moods Happy, Angry and Crazy and three desires Exercise, Call of Nature and Hunger are expressed in Wrex the Dawgs crazy slot machine eyes. You will always know what he is thinking and feeling.

Lift up his back panel to reveal the re programming buttons. You can program him to behave like a cat, perform wild actions or even dare to disobey your commands. Wrex the Dawg scampers around on his hind wheels. Take him for a stroll or let him roam around freely and he will change his moods and desires, just like a real dog.

Features

• Wrex the Dawg robotic dog/ 9 motors/ IR sensors/ speakers
• 16 eye icon combinations/ 4 icons for each eye
• The three moods and three desires are expressed in lucky crazy slot machine eye
• In guard mode he becomes a mean junkyard dog and warns when strangers approach
• Scampers around on his hind wheels/ slot machine eyes and ears that twitch/ remote controller requires 3 x AA size batteries/ not included

Head over to Robots Rule for a detailed WowWee Wrex The Dawg review with video.

Zune Phone concept by Adam Huffman

Designer Adam Huffman has come out with the Zune Phone concept. So this is his imaginary of Zune Phone, a revamped interface, slim body, 5.0-megapixel camera, and full touchscreen.

“…that big white button at the bottom is really a soft cushy thumb rest”

[via Yanko Design]

iPhone to Control R/C Car (Video)

Tow guys from the Czech Republic, 18 year old Josef Průša and his brother, has come up with a cool way to control an R/C car using the iPhone and its built-in accelerometer.

It has five buttons, four of them you can use for traditional driving and when you press the last one, it unlocks the accelerometer control in the same way as in many driving games available on AppStore.

Here’s a video showing the iPhone-controlled car in action:

Read more about the iPhone R/C Car Project at the DJ Josef Průša blog.

(The iPhone Blog via Apple iPhone Apps)

LG Prada and Viewty refurbished version

Do you love LG Prada or LG Viewty? Now you can get them cheaper for the refurbished version. The LG Prada and LG Viewty refurbished are priced at $238.00 and $263.86 respectively.

“This is your life” on the Experience Recorder

Some day, we will have a device implanted onto our minds that will automatically record everything that we experience. All of these memories will be instantly uploaded onto bigger computers, and we can edit out all the unsavory parts for some quick blogging. That way, when we die, our life experience will remain online somewhere.

I know that sounds like a plot of a science fiction novel that takes place in either a utopian or dystopian society, but the Experience Recorder is a conceptual device that could easily make this concept a reality.

The Experience Recorder fits snugly onto a user’s hand, and then will record sounds, take pictures, and somehow file away touch sensations. All of this is just on the automatic setting. On the manual setting, the user can hold up the gloved hand and take video footage, using their own fingers as a sight guide.

Everything recorded can be uploaded to social networking sites, and this is truly ideal for Twitter, the site that wants to know exactly “what you’re doing now”. Perhaps future developments will allow you to play your experience back on some Total Recall virtual reality machine for someone else to experience.

Unfortunately, this is all in the concept stage, but I have included a YouTube video if you want to see more on the Experience Recorder.

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Di Vapor Cosmo luxury TV bath

I know that some of us relax by watching the TV, so why not kill two birds with one stone while lounging about in the Di Vapor Cosmo luxury TV bath?

Di Vapor now provide this single person luxury TV bath that will make you the envy of all your friends! The unit enjoys adjustable air and water massage jets along with a 17 inch touch-sensitive LCD TV with video input meaning you can watch anything from a DVD to Sky or cable while soaking away stress and aches in the comfort of your own home.

Of course, what’s the point of relaxing in this without soothing extras such as aromatherapy oils? A pack of six will set you back by another Only £49.95 in addition to the £2,495 you have to fork out for the Cosmo.