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You may remember the slightly odd Thanko Hot Cooler USB Keyboard which warmed/cooled your hands whilst you typed, which could be in some circumstances quite good.  Well, undeterred they have moved to mouses (yes, that is the plural of a computer mouse) and mouse mats with the “USB Warm mouse” and “USB Warm Mousemat.“  Unfortunately, it would appear that they still haven’t sacked the guy who names these things, as they are as unimaginative as ever.

However the awful naming does make my life a little easier: it is fairly obvious what they do.  The mouse version is a basic optical mouse that connects to your PC through USB and comes in a range of colors such as black, black, black or black (seriously, I’ve seen paving slabs more imaginative than this company).  The only clever thing about this mouse is the heater inside it, operated by a little switch about 10cm up the wire which can reach temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius.

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Everybody loves a challenge, but when it takes 10 minutes to work out the time you probably have the wrong watch.  However for the sake of geeky-ness and pure novelty value I will continue and introduce the “Fire,“ the new watch from Tokyoflash.

And flash it most definitely is.  It has a sleek, modern and almost minimalistic design, or at least it is until you press the buttons and the concealed red, blue and yellow LEDs spring to life.  This is where your problems begin as the lights arrange themselves in a way in which it is possible to tell the time, just not easy.  Continued after the break.

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The humble cylindrical shape of the soda can has for many years ‘done what is says on the tin’ (excuse the pun). But fortunately some smart people at Neux Corp have decided that it can now be used to contain the wonder of portable audio. The NXMP324 supports MP3, WMA, WMV, WAV and ASF file formats with ID3 tags and lyrics display.

Other, perhaps unexpected features, as any “feature” would be expected from a tin can, include an FM radio, voice recorder, OLED screen and 7 EQ settings. The device comes with either 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB or 4GB of memory and is available in your choice of blue or red.

Via [PMP Today]

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