Stealth Acoustics has developed a flat panel in-wall loudspeaker, when installed, becomes invisible to the eye. The 228 speaker can handle power up to 80 watts and houses two NTX 25mm exciters and a single 8" driver. I personally like seeing my speakers, but if you are designing a room and the standard in-wall speakers are catching your wondering eye, Stealth Acoustics Invisible Speakers are worth checking out.
The wait is almost over, Buy.com has the Star Wars Trilogy on DVD for pre-order. The product features doesn't specify anything extra special... it doesn't seem like George Lucas is updating them in this release (which may be a good thing). The movies will be featured in the standard widescreen aspect ratio of 2.35:1 with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. Of course, the 4 discs will be THX Mastered. I still have a LaserDisc player and my prized boxed trilogy set... I'm interested to see how better of a picture the DVD release will be. Release date is scheduled for September 21, 2004.
A couple weeks ago at Microsoft's annual TechFest, Microsoft unveiled a new technology their Research Division is developing, it's called the SenseCam. It's a device that keeps a record of your life and is designed to be worn around the neck and automatically takes up to 2,000 images a day, producing a visual diary of your life. Think photoblogging to the extreme.
Microsoft thinks that it can be used with other technologies such as face-recognition software so it can possibly link faces to names someday.
The folks over at Xantech are always coming up with some very cool devices, remember the Dinky Link™. They've out done themselves once again with the SmartPad LCD. The LCD panel can comes in 4 sizes and can be customized using their intuitive and easy to use Dragon Drop-IR™ programming software using either the RS232 or USB ports located behind the detachable faceplate. My only complaint, they're a little too pricey. About $750 to $2200 a pop.
