Lets Get FLAT And Turn Them Speakers UP BABY !
OOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh,, AAAAAAHHHHhhhhhhh…
we love gadget rss feeds, and this came from one of our monthly checked lists - Coolest Gadgets. They are exactly That – Cool.
so today we were looking for something amusing to post for our techie visitors and Booyah ! here we go again with another fabu device. check it out. this lil less than 100.00 device can give you instant soundsystem.
when and wherever you plug it into your player. yes your mp3 player.
We Can All Use REAL Speakers, Where we Want -
This is most certainly on my list of things to get this year.
Next comes a USB Turntable.. Ahhhh Yeah Baby !
How About You ?
Turn any Flat surface into a speaker with K-Box
July 20th, 2009 by Mark R in Audio/Video Gadgets, iPod gadgets
Some of you might remember last January at CES when we covered the Tunebug, an interesting little MP3 Player that could turn any flat surface into a speaker. It would appear that this technology is being imitated (hopefully not stolen) with the K-Box.
The K-Box (not to be confused with K-Pax, a Kevin Spacey movie where he plays a guy who thinks he’s an alien) is about the size of a mobile phone, and is designed to connect with devices like mobile phones or iPods to give your sound one dynamic boost.
If you watch the YouTube video after the jump, you will see that it connects quite effortlessly (and out of the box, if I might add) to the headphones jack and then turns any flat surface like a tabletop into a booming resonator.
Apparently, this technology is possible with patented gel audio technology. I believe that the Tunebug used NXT, but I’m not certain how long the Tunebug could last on a single charge. The K-Box says it can last for about 20 hours, but I would personally like to try that out for myself.
The K-box is created by a social networking site call Kerchoonz, and it is planned to retail for about $65.
And this is of course The Tunebug – from an earlier story on Coolest Gadgets, check it out.
Some of you may remember when I reported on Teac’s new iPod Docking Station that uses the NXT flat speaker system. Ever since then, I just keep running into NXT products. Last night, I opened the Soundbag that I received from the Sharper Image party, and the NXT logo was there.
This morning, I attended the NXT breakfast at CES and I discovered another nifty product that uses NXT’s Surface Surround Sound technology. The Tunebug, designed by Silicon Valley Global, has the unique ability to turn any flat surface into a speaker.
In order to prove this, Dick Brown, president of Silicon Valley Global, placed the Tunebug on an ordinary piece of cardboard. He held the cardboard out like a tiny diving board, and I could hear clear sound as the flat surface became a speaker.
The Tunebug has a Micro SD Card that can store up to 500 music files for up to five hours of playing time. The company also showed me how the Tunebug can be attached magnetically to a motorcyclist’s helmet, so he or she can hear music as he or she is riding on the road. Not only can it play music independently, but it can be hooked up to an iPod and act as a speaker.
Unfortunately, Silicon Valley Global was not able to give me a release date for this product. The only thing they say in their Press Kit is “Stay Tuned”.
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