31Aug

Cremated Records Bring A New Meaning To Death Metal

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By Chris Scott Barr

These days it seems like there are countless options of what to do with yourself once you’ve decided to stop breathing. You can be fired into space, turned into a pencil, fashioned into a diamond or even put into an urn shaped just like your head. But what about being transformed into a vinyl record? Yes, you can do that too.

When you bite the dust, you can spend around $3,000 to have your remains pressed into a set of 30 records, each containing 24 minutes of audio (12 minutes per side). Each will come with a cover that lists your name, date of birth, and date of death. You can supply whatever music you like, but company does not accept responsibility for copyright violations from the music you supply. (And what do you care? You’ll be dead!)

What’s even more amusing is that you can even have this done if you lose a limb. That’s right, you can put that arm to use again, as an instrument for rocking! What’s that, Fluffy passed away? He would have wanted you to re-purpose him as a set of records. These guys have a lot of different options for custom artwork and music, so if you’re actually interested in becoming a part of the music in death, you should check them out.

[ andvinyly ] VIA [ Gearlog ]



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31Aug

Pantech new IM-U680L to target active your women.

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Pantech added a new phone to its line-up with the IM-U680L. Made primarily for women aged between 25 to 35 years old, the IM-U680L comes with a simply yet elegant design, a 3” WQVGA screen, a 3Mpix AF Camera, LED Message display, DMB TV tuner, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microSD Card 100MB of internal memory and support DRM Free MP3 files. Available in White, Navy Blue and PINK the IM-U680L will be available via LG U+ in Korea.




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31Aug

PocketCPR Uses An Accelerometer To Ensure You’re Doing It Right (Yep, There’s An App For That Too)

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PocketCPR (Images courtesy Zoll)
By Andrew Liszewski

In the event of an emergency would you be prepared to properly perform CPR on someone? The answer from most people would probably be a guilty “no” even if they’ve had training in the past. No one wants to be responsible for someone losing their life because they didn’t perform CPR properly, so first and foremost the PocketCPR provides confidence when it comes to administering the life saving act. Using audio and visual instructions, the device walks a user through the preliminary stages including checking responsiveness and calling for help, and while performing CPR it uses an accelerometer to measure the rate and depth of chest compressions to ensure they’re being done properly and at the correct intervals (using an audible metronome) for optimal effectiveness.

The PocketCPR device is approved by the FDA and is available now as an ‘over-the-counter’ rescue device for $149. However, a lot of us already carry an accelerometer-equipped device every day in the form of our iPhones, so an app version of PocketCPR is now available for just $3.99. It’s not approved by the FDA just yet for use in an actual emergency, which is why the on-screen instructions bear the ‘TRAINING USE ONLY’ warning, but it seems to provide the exact same functionality as the dedicated device turning your iPhone into an effective tool for learning the life saving procedure.

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31Aug

Droid Incredible Froyo update now rolling out to the masses. For real.

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Now I know that the Froyo update for the Incredible was released on the 27th of this month, but that was just one of those limited-release roll-outs used to weed out any major faux pas before making it available to the great unwashed.

If you weren’t lucky enough to get that joyous notification this past week, well, hold onto your hats, coz word on the web/streets is that the Froyo update is now being pushed out to all users.

If this is the first you’ve heard of the Froyo update, and you’re peachy-keen (and you should be) to get it onto your device ASAP, then Android Central have a how-to on manually updating your phone. Go check it; Froyo is pretty much the best thing to happen to me, like, ever.

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31Aug

LG to introduce “Smart TV” concept at IFA

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LG’s SMART TV is LG approach to mix both Internet Content and TV. The obvious application will be for you to access to basic internet services like YouTube, Picasa, Yahoo! Yahoo! News, AccuWeather.com, but also SNS services like FaceBook, Twitter and many other widgets or games (Shopping, Yoga, Horoscope) from the comfort of you Sofa.
This “SMART TV” will also feature a new “Magic Motion Remote” some kind of Hybrid WiiMote, in order to let you easily access to any data and even play games with …



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