NEOLUX announced the release of its portable e-book reader ‘NUUT’ in Korea market, which is designed to read 6-inch E-Ink electronic paper. The NUUT supports up to 1,000 e-books, and users can read 7,500 pages continuously with one charging.

Dell had a press event with the launch of its 12.1-inch tablet pc and Vostro notebook pc in Korea, which target mobile pc market.

Dell introduced 12.1-inch tablet pc ‘Latitude XT’ that features Intel Core 2 Duo ULV processor, 12.1-inch WXGA LCD screen, ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 graphic card, 802.11n, and Bluetooth 2.0. While it supports up to 120GB 5400 rpm HDD, you could still choose 64GB SSD.

Dell also presented its 12.1-inch notebook pc ‘Vostro 1200’ targeting business men or travelers. Adopting 1280 x 800 WXGA screen, it supports up to 4GB memory and up to 160GB 5400 rpm SATA drive.

Piezo electric technology originally developed for use in space and employed on the Rosetta satellite produces sufficient electricity to power a novel wristwatch type insulin pump for people with type 1 diabetes.

The “COR” has been devised by Nicole Schmiedel, an industrial student at the Braunschweig University of Arts in Germany, and the prototype recently won one of the three Design and Technology Student Awards at this year’s Materialica trade fair in Munich.

The insulin pump is powered by “DuraAct” transducers made by the German company Invent. One would in theory be sufficient to produce the 50 to 100mW required by the pump, but by having four to five transducers round the wristband, it can be powered by movement in any direction. The pump is attached to the user via a thin tube and a needle inserted under the skin to allow the insulin to flow continuously into the body, as an alternative to conventional syringe injections.

BenQ have announced the latest in their digital compact camera range, the stylish DC X-835, which, according to the product page is ‘exquisitely designed to flatter and complement absolutely any outfit in vixen-red and midnight black’ and ‘slips effortlessly between your fingers, letting you concentrate on capturing that once-in-a-lifetime moment’ – and with steamy descriptions like this, who could accuse BenQ of anything other than abject passion for their products.

The DC X-835 8MP, which is a mere 12.5mm in thickness, offers 8MP resolution (230,000 pixels) and a SMC Pentax lens ensuring vivid colour reproduction supplemented by x3 optical magnification capabilities (x30 digital magnification) allowing you to hone in on your subjects. And if your subjects happen to be people then you’ll no doubt be pleased to know that the DC X-835 also comes with face tracking functionality capable of locking on to up to nine faces ensuring that focus is spot on even in group shots. Nothing new, of course, but a welcome addition none the less.

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The just released (at the time of writing) the official product page of the Dosugus Cushion, in true Art Lebedev form, offers little by way of detail hence we cannot detail the materials of manufacture but , what interested us is the directories listed on the cushion itself which include such gems as ‘trojan.exe’ listed under Autoexec.bat and a Jpeg file named ‘Optimus.jpg’ – what could that possibly refer to (could it possibly be this other Art Lebedev product)?

The decidedly geeky Art Lebedev Dosugus Cushion retails for around $28 / €23.

Pinar Yar & Tugrul Govsa have designed a newer version of the hammock. With inspiration from the earth and nature, “Leaf” is the new luxury in hammock design. This hammock is made out of plastic material used for support, and a woven area to help support the body. This allows for total relaxation and creates a sense of confidence as you lay down to get into the hammock-the fear of falling out is no more. The beauty of the design allows for “Leaf” to be used outside as well as inside the home.