IO-Jacket with MP3, mobile phone and GPS

 

Several gadgets in the market can only be used manually but this gadget will not only give the facility to enjoy but also user can wear it. Lodenfrey, a famous traditional clothing designer from Germany recently introduced a new school IO-Jacket during the CeBIT last month. The IO-Jacket includes mobile phone, MP3player plus an inbuilt GPS. The jacket is based on Interactive-wear’s ‘Know-Where Concept Jacket’ with the integrated MP3 player and a Bluetooth mobile phone interface which is operated with the sensitive touch control pads. This is the standard configuration for a decent wearable Electronic Jacket.

The IO-Jacket has hybrid GPS technology called GPSoverIP developed by a German company with the same name. This technology allows you to access every people who are wearing this jacket even they all are inside any building where normal GPS does not work.  The person wearing the jacket will also see those people that are wearing the IO-jacket via the touch control pads and will be able to get the location of those people too. Wearer can upload the real time data through their mobile phone to a website. 10 jackets have been produced by the company so far but only one was sold at the auction of eBay and others have been made for commercial purpose.

If you buy the IO-jacket then you will get an additional bonus from Vodafone. Vodafone is sponsoring the GPS locating and uploading free service for 2 years. According to the Lodenfrey, the production cost of this dashing good look jacket is 3,700 Euro and the retail price would be even more.  The fully featured jacket offers various advantages like tracking the person, trap the location of someone and plot the adventure ride on Google earth but it could be little risky in the wrong hands. No doubt, it is most unique gadget across the world.

As loud as it gets

I am sure you would love to have your mp3 player to have an extended speaker. Not just any crappy speaker but a speaker which sounds good and big!! Well, this is what you would love to listen.

Simian scientist have found a speaker that is melodious to listen and its sounds huge!! The sound is incredible and crystal clear. Its easily portable and rechargeable via a usb. Once fully charged, the speaker can work for eight hours so you can easily play wherever you want a big boost of sound. You are also provided with an option to increase the bass response. Just open the capsule and extend the speaker and you can see the effect never seen in any other speaker of size as small as this. So go ahead and let the sound begin!!

Specifications:

• 52mm in diameter
• 2.4W output
• 52 grams
• Playback time – 4 to 8 hours
• Matte black finish
• Included USB charging cable, felt bag

TapeWriter – Convert Cassette Tapes to Digital MP3

 

Many people reading this blog will not know what a cassette tape is, nevertheless for the oldies amongst us here is a gadget which will convert your music on cassette tapes onto a computer in MP3 format. Saving old cassette tapes to a digital format means that all your old music is stored more safely and securely. For the youngsters, let’s just say that cassette tapes are not the most reliable of music storage devices.

To use the TapeWriter simply plug it into your computer via the USB port, then place the tape in the deck and press play. The music can be played via the internal speaker of the TapeWriter indicating what you are listening is actually what is being recorded and stored on the computer as an MP3.

Price: $119.95

Available: firstSTREET