by Donald Melanson, posted Aug 1st 2008 at 12:18PM We’ve already seen the Eee Box out and about getting demoed and ripped apart, but if you’ve been waiting for a taste of the full box to Box experience that may be in your future, you can now hit up PC Authority for a suitably thorough gallery of pics. That helpfully not only includes the usual pictures of the always-fascinating unboxing process, but some comparison shots with an Eee PC 901, which is about the same size, and a playstation 3, which could crush the Eee Box without so much as breaking a sweat. (Read the full post about ‘ASUS Eee Box gets… unboxed!’…)

Things get even hotter with the Helios BBQ Grill, for one reason - it is solar powered. The idea isn’t new, but at least it presents the concept in a much more professional manner. The Helios Grill, in essence, will amplify the sun’s rays just enough so that you will be able to feed an army of hungry kids. I’d slap a healthy dose of sunblock on myself first before manning the grill though, since I’ll most probably have to stand there, flipping beef patties and burger buns all day long under the unforgiving scorching sun. Another thing you don’t have to worry about would be leaving a larger carbon footprint behind at each summer cookout. (Read the full post about ‘Helios Solar-Powered BBQ Grill’…)

Every day, millions of people take to the roads as solitary drivers in their automobiles. This seems to be a complete waste of energy as most cars have room for at least three other passengers. Assuming the solitary driver can’t find an convenient carpool, why not switch to a speedy, energy-efficient vehicle that can hold just one driver? This is the concept behind the Bricycle, a three-wheeled wonder designed by someone named Brian. Yes, he named it after himself, but see the name as a descriptor, and not as a reflection of ego. After all, this isn’t any normal bicycle or tricycle, but a motorized trike that is like no other. This Bricycle is made of plywood, epoxy, and fiberglass cloth. (Read the full post about ‘Bricycle: Saving the Planet, one driver at a time’…)

Some of you may remember when we covered the Hasselblad H3DII-50 camera, and I believed that I referred to Hasselblad’s products as “the gourmet of cameras”.  For those who long for more gourmet cameras, there is some new cuisine to sample as Leaf has introduced the AFi 10 camera system.  The AFi 10 has a whopping 56-megapixels, which is six more than the aforementioned Hasselblad model.  The features of this camera include a 56×36 true wide frame sensor with great resolution across the entire width of the 6×6 sensor area. (Read the full post about ‘Leaf AFi 10 is a 56-megapixel wonder’…)

If you, like me, had problems remembering where the periods go when heading over to del.icio.us in your browser to check your bookmarks, you’ll be happy to know that Delicious.com is the new permanent address (typing http://del.icio.us redirects you there too). The relaunched site also features greater speed, a new search engine (it is owned by Yahoo! after all), and a new user interface design. (Read the full post about ‘del.icio.us becomes Delicious.com and gets a makeover’…)

If you work in an office setting, then you probably use a lot of highlighters and USB Flash drives. As with all great inventions, someone eventually gets smart and decides to combine two great things together, and the result in this case is the High Dexx USB Flash Drive. Three highlighters in blue, yellow, and green combine with an orange one that is actually a USB Flash Drive. The orange guy can plug into the stand, and this stand plugs right into the computer. You might ask yourself why the stand needs to plug into the computer when USB flash drives like the one in the picture can do that anyway. I have only one thing to say to that: that is a very good question. (Read the full post about ‘Highlighters and USB Drives: A match made in heaven’…)

Do you happen to migrate all of your data to the microSD format? Well, most older memory card readers won’t support microSD/SDHC cards natively but require you to have an adapter instead, but PQI aims to ease that hassle with the PQI M722 two-in-one memory card reader that does microSD, microSDHC and M2 memory cards. It is tiny enough to double up as a cell phone dongle, and with many handsets these days relying on the microSD format, it is a no brainer to get one for yourself. No idea on the pricing, but it will come in black and red colors. (Read the full post about ‘PQI M722 Memory Card Reader’…)

NewsNomad is a new mobile phone friendly news aggregator that has two interesting features. First, its news links lead to other mobile friendly (easily read on mobile phones) pages from major news sites such as Reuters, CNN, and Time Magazine. This means that you won’t be thrown to a huge web page with lots of images that may be difficult and slow to render on your phone. Second, it has a Digg-like voting scheme that lets you vote news items up (but not down).

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LG Electronics is making good on it’s promise to bring Netflix streaming to your TV.  LG’s new Blu-Ray player, the LG BD3000, that will release this fall will have the service integrated automatically.  Those with Netflix accounts can stream videos from their queue as well as browse the full library of titles without having to go to a computer. The player will of course also play Blu-Ray discs, and DVDs, up-converting the DVDs to 1080p if your TV can handle it.  This may edge out the playstation 3 as the Blu-Ray player to get if you don’t like playing video games.  Netflix streaming movies aren’t quite HD quality as of right now, most are actually around or just about DVD quality, so Blu-Ray discs will be more desirable for movies you’ll want to watch over and over again, but it’s a great for an On Demand type of service, with more the 12,000 titles available when the machine launches. (Read the full post about ‘LG to release Netflix streaming Blu-Ray player’…)

If you think that your company’s color projector is small, think again. Nippon Signal Co Ltd. recently paraded a SVGA (800 x 600 pixels) compact color projector which measures roughly the size of a standard cigarette box. Despite the diminutive size, it is still able to throw some respectable images and does not compromise on quality. There is not much detail concerning the contrast level and brightness, but it ought to be enough for a presentation in a small, dark room. I wonder what’s the battery life like on something so tiny - must it be powered by an adapter at all times, or is there an internal rechargeable battery? (Read the full post about ‘Extremely Compact Color Projector’…)