Naked Gord's Electronics wishlist.

I have no idea where to buy these products. They are just listed by distributors on this website to try to find resellers.

1st place:

Specifications:

1) Functions:
  a) All in 1, DVD / MPEG4 / TV / FM / USB / Game
  b) Plays MPEG4 disc or file on USB disc
  c) Analog TV receiver (World TV system)
  d) FM receiver
  e) Reads USB flash disc or USB mini fix disc
  f) NES 8 bit game with two handle
  g) AV output / input function
2) FM output (88MHz - 108MHz) to transmit audio signal to car radio (optional
  by customer), you don't need to connect the signal cable
3) TV system includes almost all system in the world, PAL B/G, PAL D/K, PAL I,
  SECAM B/G, SECAM D/K, SECAM L, NTSC M
4) 8.4 inches sharp TFT (4:3), resolution (640 x 480 x RGB pixels)
5) Dimensions (L x W x H): 225 x 165 x 46mm
6) Weight: 0.93kg

Portable DVD/Game/FM/Divx Tablet w/ joystick
Identical product seems to be listed here
and here
and here
and here
and here (how many people are selling this fucking thing!)

2nd place: (close tie with first)

Specifications:
*brand new 7-inch 16:9 color tft-lcd panel.
*super strong electronic anti-shock(dvd 3 seconds, CD/VCD 10 seconds, MP3 90 seconds anti-shock).
*compatible with DVD/VCD/CD/svcd/MP3 discs. Nes 8 bit game disc
*inside super strong li battery, may play for 2.5 hours continuously(when playing discs). And card remote controller.
*free forward/backward search, free choose at 2-20 times speed
*built-in dolby decoder to decode mpegii audio and video
*may connect to TV, tft-lcd, could enjoy av entertainment with high quality image, either at home or outdoors
*switching power adapts to ac100-240v
*tv receiving function(pal or ntsc system)
*auto system av monitor.
Accessories
Audio cord, video cord, remote controller(include battery), switching power adapter, car power adapter, svideo video cord, external antenna converter

Portable DVD With Game

also here
and here (I smell a trend)


This one looks better (including having an LG TFT screen in it) however the picture and text show no existance of a joystick being included. More details here

3rd:




VCD/CD/MP3/NES/Karaoke/FM

Of all the products here this is the one I could see never being for sale in N.America/Europe w/o DVD support but what a combination of featues!

Honorable mentions:






TV/DVD/Divx

No game but does have a wireless FM transmitter as well as acts as a DVD-Rom

Region Free DVD Players in Canada

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Disposable Camcorder

The camcorder weighs less than 150 grams and holds 20 minutes of digital video and sound. It features a 3.6 centimetre colour playback screen and an ability to delete video, and it saves video on a memory chip instead of tapes.

After shooting, customers have to return the recyclable camcorder to their local CVS store and its contents would then be transferred onto a DVD disc to view and share for a $12.99 processing fee.

Source: Globe and Mail

I'm torn. More landfill crap (but parts of it are recyclable) however..wow - It makes me happy to be alive.

Hopefully soon enough tech peeps will find a way to mod/hack this to be reusable at the consumer level w/o the $13 USD price tag.

Zaurus used as cow collar

The title seems a joke, but is not. This guy has used a Zaurus PDA, a GPS, WiFi network card and a loudspeaker to create a virtual fence for cows.

That works like that: when the cow goes nearby the virtual perimeter the PDA emits a loud noise, like a lion or a snake was nearby. The point is that the cow should be scared enough to run away.

Read more here.

The original New Scientist article.

Posting source: LinuxPDA