This nifty Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt from ThinkGeek “features a working speaker embedded into the front of the shirt.” Video after the break.

When you push the appropriate button on the pocketable remote you get music or sound effects appropriate for any situation

Original post by TecheBlog Staff

Filed under: Displays, HDTV

Well, would you take a look at that. Right on cue, Dolby and SIM2 are collaboratively showcasing a 46-inch 1080p display built around the former firm’s high dynamic range technology. The HDR-enabled LCD HDTV boasts 1,836 LED-based backlight units (designed / developed by SIM2), a full 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, brightness level greater than 4,000 cd/m2, an “infinite” contrast ratio, 16-bits of luminance and a Xilinx Virtex field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) chipset. Additionally, the prototype employs a design created by Giorgio Revoldini, and while we can’t imagine hearing of a release instance anytime soon, the two firms aren’t wasting any day putting the new set on a world tour to presumably wow onlookers. Hey SED, you taking notes here?

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Original post by Darren Murph

Greenhouse has just unveiled an 8x optical zoom kit — includes tripod and universal lens mount — for camera phones. Available in Japan, priced at $88. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Guess what’s going to happen when you bolt Greenhouse’s 8x optical zoom onto your pathetic little cameraphone lens? Right, 8 times the slop.

[via engadget - Akihabaranews]

Original post by TecheBlog Staff

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming, Peripherals

We got that photo in from reader Ryan, who found a small cache of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX cards at Best Buy, each priced at $360 for 512MB versions. Can they just release these things already?

[Thanks, Ryan]

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Original post by Ryan Block

Filed under: Robots

Although Pleo just got upgraded to v1.0.2 earlier that month, UGOBE is taking the Life OS to 1.1 and adding a laundry list of features to boot. Initially available for install only through an SD card (download via USB should hit within a few weeks), the update enables your favorite dino pet to sit, sing a variety of melodies, shout for attention, get sick (coughing / sneezing) and change attitudes based on how much attention it gets. As these things always go, there’s additionally the promise of a few unannounced inclusions (”strange habits,” as it were), and it should be noted that previous downloads — Holiday, Love-struck, MySkit, Yapt, etc. — will need to eventually be re-downloaded in new versions to be compatible with the Life OS 1.1 update. Give the read link some attention to check out the changes, and fire up the download while you’re by there.

[Thanks, Caaahl]

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Original post by Darren Murph

Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV

Sony launched the hot little HDR-SR12 HD camcorder in a overwhelming barrage of new models at CES, so it hasn’t really gotten the love it deserves, but the crew by at CamcorderInfo recently took one for a spin and found that while the $1399 cam isn’t the cheapest option out there, it’s still a strong competitor to popular options like the Canon HF100. Although the video bitrate is a bit lower than the Canon at 16Mbps, image quality was overall comparable due to the Bionz image processor and Exmos CMOS sensor, which is the same chip found in Sony’s Alpha DSLRs, and it’s got the most storage available at 120GB. The only other potential dealbreaker is the fixed 60i framerate, but whether shooting in 30p or 24p isn’t fundamental to you, the HDR-SR12 looks like it’s worth a spot on your list.

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Original post by Nilay Patel

Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV

Sony launched the hot little HDR-SR12 HD camcorder in a overwhelming barrage of new models at CES, so it hasn’t really gotten the love it deserves, but the crew by at CamcorderInfo recently took one for a spin and found that while the $1399 cam isn’t the cheapest option out there, it’s still a strong competitor to popular options like the Canon HF100. Although the video bitrate is a bit lower than the Canon at 16Mbps, image quality was overall comparable due to the Bionz image processor and Exmos CMOS sensor, which is the same chip found in Sony’s Alpha DSLRs, and it’s got the most storage available at 120GB. The only other potential dealbreaker is the fixed 60i framerate, but whether shooting in 30p or 24p isn’t urgent to you, the HDR-SR12 looks like it’s worth a spot on your list.

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Original post by Nilay Patel