DigitalLife Summer Press Preview 2008

DigitalLife’s Summer Press Preview 2008 is later this week in NYC.  Expect a horde of bloggers flashing cameras and scooping up freebies while pushing through an overcrowded Roosevelt Hotel lobby in search of that one cocktail that makes it all worthwhile.  Sound like a nightmare?  Well it’s not,  the number of new gizmos and exhibitors is supposed to be way up this year,  meaning more gadget-gropes and seductive promoter girls/boys than ever.   This Thursday evening at the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown New York,  Press Only.

Of course the main DigitalLife Expo 2008 is in the fall (Sept 25-2 at the Jacob Javits Center on the west side and is open to the public.

Link goes to DigitalLife

Harder Bodies Faster Stronger!

Philips Dynamic Daylight Window

Control the amount of light, the color, and effects coming through your futuristic home’s windows with Philips new Dynamic Daylight Window. A simple wave of the hand is the interface. Amazing.

Boynq’s sexy new WakeUp iPod system

This has got to be the new de-facto ultimate-in-cool from the crowded iPod dock arena.  The design pros at Boynq have unleashed their new WakeUp iPod system which not only looks amazing, but packs some serious features too.  A 20-watt speaker system has plenty of power for your tunes;  there’s video-out for connecting to TVs; a removeable wireless remote that charges itself when you’re iPod’s away; an FM radio tuner; and oh yeah- it’s an alarm clock too.

Should be shipping stateside before the holidays, but it’s already in the hands of discerning eurotrash for about $185.

Boynq.com  via Technabob

Live at the Halo 3 Launch Party in NYC

This sexy G4 TV announcer girl is fending off screams from hundreds of greasy teenage gamers in Midtown Manhattan right now for the Halo 3 Countdown at the Fifth Avenue Best Buy store.   We all know what a sucker I am for product launches;  but I’m actually here to pick up Metroid Prime Corruption for my Wii.  I think these sort of corporate hype machines are stalking me.

Sent from my iPhone

Journey - Don’t Stop Believing video (from The Sopranos Finale)

This song will be stuck in my head for a good 48 hours after the extended play it got just now in the cliffhanger that was The Sopranos finale.

Pandora Internet Radio goes mobile - coming to Samsung UpStage

Pandora, everyones favorite Internet radio site, is coming to your mobile music phone. With the future of net radio hanging on the brink in Congress, it’s good to see Pandora forging ties with the mobile industry to ensure its survival. Sprint is taking the lead by announcing support for several phones, including the Samsung UpStage, which I’ve had the pleasure of testing / lusting over for the past two weeks.

I really love this phone- it’s super slim, stores 2gigs of mp3s and videos, plays about 20 live TV stations on its big back screen, and even manages to make great phone calls. The leather case it comes with is actually an extended battery too, a big bonus when you’re jamming out to its built-in stereo speakers for extended periods of time.

How did I get to TEST out this sexy lil number you ask? No, I’m sadly not David Pogue or another one of those fancy New York Times technology writers. I am simply playing Sprint by their own marketing drivel. They now offer a full 30 day return policy for new customers. So I just picked up the phone at a RadioShack for $99 (signing up for a two year indentured-servitude in the process) and have every intention of returning the phone, getting my money back, and canceling the contract. Sure I’ll have to pay for the 4-5 music tracks I downloaded over the airwaves using the Sprint Music Store and a few minutes of talk time, but it’s been well worth it.

1,000,000 Free Efficient Light bulbs for Earth Day!

Home Depot is giving away 1,000,000 compact flourescent light bulbs (CFLs) today for Earth Day. Just show up at any Home Depot nationwide for your free one (they usually cost up to $10 a pack).

CFL’s consume 75% less electricity and last 10,000 hours to incandescant’s 1500. The company says the energy savings from its giveaway equate to the removal of 70,000 cars from US roads. They’re not as efficient as the new swanky LED bulbs on the market, but still many times better than ye olde Edison bulbs we use now.

Light bulb comparison (Excel Sheet)

Happy Earth Day!

Now Quick! Go drive your CO2 farting SUV to to the mega-mart to puchase yet another electrical device encased in petro-plastic packaging; add another plastic shopping bag; then throw everything (don’t forget the obsolete light bulbs) into a landfill; a.k.a the future site of your children’s elementary school. eLle. Oh. eLle.

Free Tonight: Paper Mag Beautiful People Issue Party

Just forwarding this along to my Monday hungover readers: That weekend bender isn’t over betches-

Paper Magazine Beautiful People Issue After-Party
with special guest DJ sets by Amanda Lepore and Cazwell
Hiro Ballroom - Tuesday March 27

The question is, are YOU beautiful enough??? We think you are, which is why we are inviting you to join us and some other beautiful people to hang out, being beautiful and listen to Amanda Lepore DJing at the after-party for the Paper Magazine Beautiful People Issue Release.
For those of you who are wondering, Amanda has deejayed for us before, and she rocked it!.

Complementary admission on the GBH guest list.
Email disko@gbh.tv with your name and number of guests you are bringing. Tell the doorperson you are on the GBH list when you arrive at the door.

Hiro Ballroom: 371 W16th St. at 9th Ave. 21+ w/ID. Doors Open 10pm.

Nightmare on Broome Street! Saturday October 28, 2006

This Saturday I’ll be manning the decks at our big hedonistic Halloween destructo-con celebration in SoHo. It’s going to be one big, nasty, unforgiving orgy of electro-pop, booze, sweat and later…. shame.

These pics are from our last party, but the inevitably present hipster-paparazzi will no doubt dish out a slew of shots from this event by the time your buzz is wearing off.

If you still need an invite hit me up in the comments and include your email.

PepperPad 3 and ME!

Santa, please bring me a pepperpad for xmas!

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These Linux powered touchscreen wifi media playin’ remote controllin bad boys are available NOW. Check it out via Pepper.com

S14 PC-Bot autonomous servent!

I stumbled upon this little guy scurrying around the show floor at DigitalLife and had to stop and interact. It’s basically a high powered PC on motorized wheels with infrared, optic, and audio sensors that help it intreprete and navigate its surroundings. Here’s a picture of what he looks like naked without that itchy Hummer exoskeleton on:

The CEO and father of the PC-Bot was on the scene and told me his company White Box Robotics had just been acquired by an unnamed military contractor. Does this mean we’ll see waves of these little autobots plowing through the streets of Baghdad soon?

Read more via WhiteBoxRobotics.com

Windows Vista and the motorized mouse wheel

I’m watching a Microsoft demo on Vista and they’re showing off a new VX Revolution notebook mouse. The scroll wheel engages and disengages single/multi-scroll mouse wheel depending on how you need to use it. Very cool!
Here’s the Vista-enabled VX Revolution mouse from Logitech:

And here’s the MicroGear technology:

Logitech’s ’spin’ on the new mouse wheel:

A new concept in PC navigation, the MicroGear™ Precision Scroll Wheel operates in two distinct modes, allowing you to scroll faster and with more precision than ever before:

Free-spin mode for hyper-fast, nearly frictionless scrolling. With a single flick, the machined alloy wheel spins for up to seven seconds, scrolling hundreds of pages or thousands of rows. Fly through long documents, and instantly stop wherever you want.

Click-to-click mode for detailed navigation. An ultra-precise ratchet-scrolling mechanism allows users to move line-by-line through complex spreadsheets, step through slideshows, or travel small vertical distances in documents or Web pages.

More via Logitech.com

SonyEricsson Bluetooth Watches

SonyEricsson had a slew of brand spankin’ new Bluetooth enabled wristwatches on display today.  Suprisingly not just the ugly, huge, dorkware variety either! I really liked the white sport model. All these watches connect to your mobile phone wirelessly to display caller ID information as well as other programmable data such as todo lists or appointments. Pretty sweet!

The Elumenati 3D immersion inflatable room!!

This is absolutely insane. A giant 15 foot tall inflatable dome room with 360 degree live video surrounding you. They had it set up running Second Life. The immersive experience is like no other. Awesome!

The ELUMENATI.com