This is the prototype of the propeller clock which is made of 33 rotating LEDs via a Hard Disk Drive motor. You can also watch the video put below the animation.

If you are unhappy about your iPhone speakers, here is cool passive amplifier for you. It is based on a thin wooden frame that allows the object to float off the table. This in order to increase the vibration of the object and to optimize the emission of sound. Designed for the iPhone, it is perfect for listening music without headphones, for audio conference to hear the person on the phone as live voice.

Seriously I find this very cool and useful. I should think of making one for myself.

Apple’s operating system is iOS; in the recent years Android, an OS built by Google, has increasingly challenged the dominance of iOS in the smartphone/tablet market. This funny poster reflect the rivalry between the two. I bet Android fans are going to love it as much as Apple fans would find it erm… annoying perhaps.

Why? Because Brookstone offers two weeks of charging in your pocket in the form of a portable fuel cell USB charger.

Fuel cell maker Lilliputian Systems today announced that Brookstone will be the first retailer to sell this fuel cell which is about the size of a thick smartphone, and the lighter fluid-filled cartridges are about the same size as a cigarette lighter.The new fuel cell will charge any device that has a USB cable.

Pricing for the device is not disclosed but the cartridges will cost a few dollars. The product will be tested with users this year and the company expects to announce specific dates on availability later this year.

Sony’s Xperia series now has a new entry: Xperia Sola which comes with an unusual feature dubbed as ‘floating touch’. Floating touch means less finger touching on the screen because now you can hover your finger over the items and if you really need to click something then you lightly tap the screen. Is it something good or users might find it a wasted effort.

The phone itself is a lot slimmer than its predecessors and weighs only 107 grams. The screen, completely dominating the front panel, is a 3.7-inch Reality Display Bravia touchscreen with an 854 x 480 pixel resolution. It’s camera is 5-megapixel one with auto-focus and video light.

Xperia Solo comes with a 1Ghz NovaThor processor. Solo has also an additional feature: NFC connectivity, plus a couple of Sony’s Xperia NFC SmartTags.
The only downside at the moment is that the Xperia Sola has Android 2.3 Gingerbread installed from the factory, but Sony says that an Ice Cream Sandwich update will be coming during the summer months.

The Xperia Sola will be launching around the world sometime between the end of this month and the end of June, when it’ll be available in black, white or red. Pricing has yet to be confirmed.

via digitaltrends