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If you have been an ardent Beatles fan, and have been stalking the band through the years then you will well remember this one time when the manager of the band, Brian Epstein gifted each member a cool, trippy Mini Cooper. Well, the remake of this car has just been put under the hammer. Unlike other Cooper’s, this one has some cool artwork done on its outsides that take you back to the 60s. The original version also got its share of fame like its illustrious owner. This car starred in the... Read Full Story

The TidalForce M-750 x2.0 Electric Bike ($4495) was originally developed for military and law enforcement applications and used the DARPA approved Montague Paratrooper folding frame. The Limited Edition x2.0 is built on the last batch of 240 of these original, new M-750 frames. These are being made available to US customers by MATRA in collaboration with EMS. In a Limited Edition of just 240 units, each with the E+ 1000 watt advanced electric propulsion system and upgraded components... Read Full Story

Here’s a British manufacturer that thinks it can be one of the big boys in a very quick time. Armed with a 3.2-inch touchscreen and a pretty decent video codec support–Xvid, H263, AVI, MPEG-4, MP4–and a price tag of just under $160 (£104.99) for the 16GB and $136 for the 8GB, the Sonix7 Media Pro should be a more pragmatic purchase than the iPod Nano. Well, theoretically. Interestingly, the makers says the Sonix7 can play videos for 20 hours and only an additional 10 hours on battery life... Read Full Story

Jack Wong, Meizu CEO, has recently revealed in a Chinese forum some features of the Meizu M8 successor, to be called the Meizu M9. It appears that Chinese 3G support is going to make it to the Meizu phone iteration. In addition, the Meizu M9 will sport a 5 megapixel camera with LED and built-in GPS will undoubtedly excite travellers. But, really, the most important question for Meizu: will it be available nefore 2011? [via meizume , engadget ] Read Full Story

Extech has unveiled a Digital Mini Microscope ($300), this mini Microscope weighs only 2.5oz (70g) and more compact than a typical wireless phone, which packed a 1.8″ TFT Color LCD Screen and offers a 7x to 27x optical zoom lens with a 4x digital zoom for a total of 108x magnification. It also integrated four LEDs to light objects, and with 2MB Memory to save 60 320 x 240 pixel images. - 1.8 TFT Color LCD Screen with 2MB Memory - 7x to 108x magnification range: Optical zoom: 7x to 27x... Read Full Story

Award-winning architects Ben van Berkel (UNStudio) and Zaha Hadid have recently disclosed their designs for a couple of eco-pavilions that will be on everyone’s attention in the celebrations of Burnham Plan Centennial this summer in Chicago. The main goal of both pavilion’s design is to realize the importance of imagining a superior future for all. The Curvilinear pavilion designed by Hadid will be developed with stretched fabric over a frame made of aluminum. The tent-like shape has been... Read Full Story

Small in size just enough for one the Peugeot clear is a classy model that creates a divine beauty and permeates an aroma of excellent design in its features. Suitable for incredible speed it has an electric motor that heightens the electrical systems to work fluidly and almost effortlessly. The hydrogen and oxygen cylinders are well placed to improve the engine function on a car that uses little fuel. Heat in the sleek car is a thing of the past with the tunnel cooling radiators owned by the... Read Full Story

The new Yashica DVC575 HD camcorder from Exemode is now available in the Japanese market. There is nothing special in this camcorder, since it only features a 5MP CMOS sensor with a 720/30p video recording capabilities, a 128MB of internal memory, a 3x Digital Zoom and a 2.5-inch LCD display. The Yashica DVC575 HD camcorder retails for 14800 Yen or around $154. [ Akihabara ] Read Full Story

Look at LG, trying to make it all easy for iPod owners to get into home theater. This LG HB954TBW Blu-ray 5.1 Home Theater Combo features a unique slide-out iPod dock. It accommodates all iPods, but whether it’s iPhone-friendly or plays back its video is still up in the air. What if the new iPhone 3.0 could handle HD video, and this dock could play it back in non-up-rezzed, native 720p on your HDTV with full 5.1 sound? Now that would really be something special. But we’re just dreaming now... Read Full Story

UMID comes back with their new multimedia e-dictionaries in South Korea. Dubbed as the mbook M1D, the gadget is powered by a 1.1GHz Intel Atom processor with a 4.8-inch touchscreen display, Microsoft Windows XP OS, a 512MB RAM, a 16GB SSD, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity and a microSD memory card slot. No word on pricing at this time. [ Pocketables ] Read Full Story