Gadgets

Do new gadgets make you drool?

Let’s face it – most of you visiting this site probably love your gadgets. Laptops, computer accessories, electronic games, blackberries and high tech mobile phones. I know I do!

I enjoy hearing about new gadgets and trying to keep up with all the changes that are constantly going on. Some gadgets make me drool like my dog does when I offer her a treat … even if there’s no way I can afford any new electronic toys – at least not when they first come out. Better to wait until the prices come down and I can justify the need – or at least that’s what I tell myself.

Here’s some interesting videos about the latest gadgets coming out on the market. I’m sure you’ll find some of them pretty interesting and maybe one or two will even make you drool too.

The CD is 25 years old

by Tricia

Did you realize that the CD turned 25 on August 17th?

I didn’t realize that they’d been around that long, but then again it also feels like they’ve been around forever.

I remember when they first came out. It seemed like an alien idea and I’m sure that many people thought they wouldn’t last. Well they did. I just wonder if they’ll continue to be around now that iPods and other forms of portable multimedia players have become so popular.

The CD gave us higher quality sound. CD’s are smaller than records so they took up less space in our homes.

All we had to do was figure out what to do with our record players. Do you still have a record player? I do.

The New DocuPen Pen Scanner

by Tricia

Pen scanners have been around for a while, but there’s a new one on the market that’s a true technological advancement.

Planon’s latest pen scanner is called the DocuPen. It’s both a scanner and high tech pen at once. It’s battery operated for full portability and it can store up to 100 pages in it’s memory scanning each in four to eight seconds.

Many of the previous pen scanners were slower and did not have the ability to scan graphics. The DocuPen does it all.

The current price of this high tech gadget is $270. The DocuPen has a USB interface, scans at a max of 200 x 200, weighs 2 oz, has an 8 MB flash memory, and works with Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP.

All you need to do is place the DocuPen on a piece of paper parallel to the text and move the pen downward over the page. When you want to see what you’ve scanned just connect the pen scanner to a computer using the USB interface.

I could see sales people and those who are frequently out of the office at meetings finding this new DocuPen quite handy.

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