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Innovative new cloud storage service: Put.io
Thursday, October 15th, 2009Until now, there’s been a lot of chatter about Put.io in the Turkish tech scene – but no-one had seen it. Today they’ve let us in to have a look at the service.
So imagine a service that downloads files from Rapidshare for you, then saves them on your 50GB Put.io account. Or forget about Rapidshare, maybe it collects files from Bittorrent automatically. Here’s an another example. Put.io lets you watch a DivX video online, without downloading it to your computer, in high quality, and listen to your music files inside your browser.
Put.io will be launched as a paid service. The service is in private beta right now, but they soon plan to accept beta users.
And what if I told you that the service will automatically follow RSS feeds that you give it and save the torrents, MP3 and AVI files included in those feeds automatically? The service works totally on the server side, so its download performance is higher than home connections. Put.io downloads 700 MB files in a few minutes and lets you watch them online.
We tried this. So for instance you can paste a link like this into the servie and store the file
http://rapidshare.com/files/140596948/HD.Wallpaper.Huge.Pack-iAPULA.Tahir.part01.rar
A divx fetch test:
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.avi/bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/revision3/web/diggnation/0224/diggnation–0224–darkside–large.xvid.avi
A torrent:
http://www.legaltorrents.com/get/91-elephants-dream-1024.torrent
Or some RSS feeds:
http://www.legaltorrents.com/feeds/cat/music.rss
http://revision3.com/diggnation/feed/Xvid-Large
You can reach your files on put.io via iPhone, iPod Touch, all kinds of smart phones, PSP and PlayStation 3, and even convert video files into MP4 format automatically and watch them with your iPhone if you like.
It’s also social in that it lets you share your files on put.io.
As far as I know the closest other product would be Wuala. But, they’ll probably be competing with box.net, BitTorrent and even P2P clients.
Light Bulb USB Flash Drive
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Here’s another bright idea for a gadget that allows you to carry around your most precious files in a fun and handy manner – a USB flash drive that looks like a light bulb.
Features:
- Bulb shape design
- USB 2.0
- Portable and easy operation
- Plug and Play
- Support Window XP/Vista, Linux 2.4, MAC OSX or latest version
- Dimension: 65 x 28 x 28mm (approx.)
- Weight: 26g
The USB Bulb Flash Drive is available over at the USB Brando website in three different sizes: 2GB ($19), 4GB ($22) and 8GB ($32).
Flower Webcam with 12 LEDs
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Yes, believe it or not, it’s yet another flower inspired gadget. This time it’s a lotus USB 2.0 web camera that will look great together with the daisy flower baby camera monitor.
This Lotus-Shaped USB Webcam will give you a 640×480 resolution at 30 frames per second. It comes with a built-in microphone and 12 bright white LED lights. This allows you to use the web camera without any problems in low light conditions.
Features:
- Built-in 12 LED lamp and microphone.
- Large Window Capture Size: 640 x 480
- Frame Rate: VGA, 30 frame/second
- White Balance: Automatic
- Exposal Control: Automatic
- Flash Control: Automatic
- Interface: USB 2.0
- Microphone Plug: 3.5mm
- Flexible metal neck for any angle adjustment.
- Separated switch for LED light and bottom suction cup.
- System Requirements: Windows XP, VISTA.
- Cable Length: ~124cm
- Dimension: ~7.6(D) x 20.1(H)cm
- Weight: 260g
The Flower Webcam with 12 LEDs is available over at the Uxsight.com website for $24.69.
Multicolor USB Jellyfish Aquarium
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Here’s a new version of those popular jellyfish aquariums. This latest “moody light” model is equipped with multicolor LED lights that lets you circle though five soft lights.
Watching the lifelike Jellyfishes swimming, let your stress fading away and gives you sensation of relaxation.
It is so simple in the operation! Just add water into the tank, connect the USB cable to the USB port. A small motor generates a current in the water, encouraging the jellyfish to swim gently and freely.
The jellyfishes won’t starve or make a mess, they just swim and sleep whenever you want.
Features:
- USB-powered desktop aquarium
- Swimming jellyfish and life-like motion
- 5 bright LEDs – cycle through colors or select your favorite one
- On/Off Switch
- Plug and play
- No batteries required
- Dimension: 175 x 122 x 255mm (approx.)
- Weight: 750g
The USB Jellyfish Mini Aquarium with Moody Light is yours for $49 from USB Brando.
Batman Cufflinks
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
We have already featured a bunch of superhero cufflinks here at GeekAlerts, like Captain America, Wolverine Spiderman and Superman, so let’s throw in a nice Batman pair as well.
Each pair is made of finely polished platinum/rhodium alloy to ensure optimum smoothness of surface. Comes with a free gift box.
Dimensions approximately: 1.1 cm x 2.0 cm.
The Batman Cufflinks are available from the Cufflinks2Wear website for $84.15.
Gadgets Solar Charger Vest
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
This vest, described as a “fusion of fashion and technology”, allows you to make sure that all of your precious gadgets are fully charge when you are on the move.
The CVFR-S09 Solar Vest is designed for your comfort and convenience. It comes with big storage pockets for holding tools or camera equipment and includes a battery pack + cables and connectors for all of today’s popular portable electronics. The vest’s canvas is soft but durable and the stitching is second to none.
The vest’s 4 solar panels are laminated to be truly weatherproof, so you don’t have to change this vest just because the weather is bad. You can also detach the solar panels and place them in sunlight while you are working inside a cave or shaded terrain.
While you walk outside, the four solar panels on the back of the vest absorb solar energy and store it in a high-capacity battery located in the front left pocket. When your cell phone or other gadget needs power, just plug it into the battery and let it charge. Simple as that!
Features:
- Primary Function: Solar Battery + Charger Vest for Portable Electronics
- Four Solar Panels (Capacity: 8,800mAh, Solar panel: 6W, Voltage: 3.7V)
- Inputs and Ports: AC Input Port, USB Power Input, DC Output 1, DC Output 2
- Switches: On/Off, Voltage Adjust
- Light Indicators: Green: Power more than 80%; Orange: Power between 30% and 70%; Red: Power less than 30%
- Connectors: 8 Power Connectors & 7 Device Connectors
- Color: Black and brown
- Pockets: 8 front pockets, 1 back pocket
- Zipper and Velcro fastener
- Portable Battery Charger Dimensions: L:120 x W:70 x D:22 (mm)
- Solar Panel Dimensions: L:135 x W:60 (mm)
- Vest Dimensions: L:600 x W:600 (mm)
The Solar Vest – Solar Battery + Charger for Portable Electronics is available over at the Chinavasion website. The price has been set to $140 USD.
Nintendo DS Chocolate Case
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Yes, you have probably seen them before; the chocolate inspired cases – like this one for iPod Shuffle or this one for iPhones and iPods. The latest addition to this yummy line of cases is one for the Nintendo DS Lite handheld game console.
A hard plastic case is designed in sweet chocolate shape. It turns your NDS into a bar of chocolate.
Product Specifications:
- Special chocolate design
- Best fit size
- Weight: 50g
The NDS Lite Chocolate Case is available from the gadget4all.com website for $10.
Illuminated USB Audio Tube
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
This illuminated tube is actually an external and portable sound card. Simply hook it up to your PC via USB and you can then plugin your headphones, speakers or microphone.
It is the best entertainment for games, DVD and music, etc. In addition, it looks like a transparent vacuum tube appearance.
Features:
- Transparent Vacuum Tube appearance
- Portable USB Audio
- Plug and Play, use standard USB driver
- A Fade-In-Out Blue LED for Power-On & Idle
- Comply with USB 2.0 Full Speed
- Stereo Microphone-In (also could be used as Line-In by turning off Mic AGC in Mic Control Window)
- Stereo Headphone-Out
- Support Window 2000/XP/Vista, Mac, Linux
- Dimension: 23 x 23 x 45mm (approx.)
- Weight: 12g
Specifications:
- Comply with USB Audio device Class 1.0
- Comply with USB Device Firmware Upgrade 1.1
- Support Stereo Earphone Output by 3.5Φ Phone Jack
- Support Stereo Microphone-In by 3.5Φ Phone Jack
- Support 16Bit 16KHz / 32KHz / 48KHz Playback, THD+N -73dB, SNR 85dB
- Support 16Bit 16KHz / 32KHz / 48KHz Recording, THD+N -73dB, SNR 85dB
- Interface: USB Mini-B receptacle
The USB Tube Delight Audio is yours for $32 from the USB Brando website.
USB Hub with Card Reader and Thermometer
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
This 3-in-1 USB gadget features a 3-port USB 2.0 compliant hub, a card reader that supports most of the latest memory cards, and a Fahrenheit thermometer.
Features:
- 3 Port Rotary USB Hub
- USB 2.0
- Card Reader: MS/M2/SD/SDHC/MicroSD
- Temperature Meter
- Dimension: 7.2 cm x 7 cm x 3.3 cm
- Weight: 111
The USB Hub with Card Reader and Thermometer is available over at the GizFever.com website for $11.99. There are three different colors to choose from: blue, green and black.
