Palm-sized Bloom Energy solid oxide fuel cells, sufficient to power an entire house

Bloom Energy has readied its palm-sized Solid Oxide fuel cells which pack sufficient power to power an entire home, despite their tiny sizes. These small power devices have been used by Google and eBay to provide part of their power used on their campuses. Bloom Energy’s CEO, KR Sridha first created the technology meant for producing oxygen to allow people to live on Mars. But unfortunately, the project was scrapped by NASA, therefore the brainy CEO reversed the technology, allowing it to pull Oxygen for the fuel cells instead of pushing it out.

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HP shows off the Fossil Metal Watch, which works as a hub for other mobile devices

HP thinks that you need a little handier device to be aware of almost everything including incoming calls, text messages and social networking activities of your friends etc. Finally, HP has decided to team up with Fossil to come up with a watch called the Metal Watch. And of course, it’s meant to be worn on your wrist which serves as a hub for other mobile devices.

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Evernote iPhone app gets version 4.0 with redesigned UI

If you’re an existing Evernote app user on your iPhone or iPod Touch, you should now pop over to Apple iTunes as the Evernote has been released with its latest version 4.0 which comes with a redesigned user interface. The new version 4.0 Evernote is even described as the “biggest iPhone and iPod Touch interface update ever”.

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Ear Machine Ears app turns the iPhone into a hearing aid

Ear Machine has announced a new application called EARS, which is able to turn an iPhone or iPod Touch into an easy-to-use hearing aid. The app allows user to easily manipulate the tone of sounds by simply dragging a single dot around the screen.

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Secusmart’s microSD card encrypts calls, SMS and data for $2,700

If you’re paranoid about the poor security that you may get with any cellular networks, Secusmart has the solution for you. Secusmart offers a microSD card that claims to protect all your calls, SMS, email, contacts and calendar with strong hardware encryption, but for a whopping price of $2,700.

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dB case naturally amplifies sound for the iPhone

Most iPhone cases are meant for protection only or some for solving the antenna gap. But the dB case is exceptional, it offers protection and doubles up as an amplifier for your iPhone. The dB case is an acoustic case that amplifies the sound of your iPhone by 3-4 dB by redirecting the sound towards you.

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Japan Goggles – a point and shoot translation iPhone app

There are a number of translation applications available for the iPhone, but nothing has come as simple as the Japan Goggles, which works simply like a point and shoot, allowing you to translate texts on the move.

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Twelvesouth MagicWand combines Magic trackpad and Apple keyboard into one device

Twelvesouth has rolled out its MagicWand, which is want you need to have both the Magic trackpad and an Apple keyboard on one device. The MagicWand is composed of a few components that need some simple assembly work to stick a Magic trackpad to an Apple keyboard.

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FlexT9 offers 4-in-1 keyboard interface for Android – Speak, Trace, Write and Tap

If you want more than one way to interact with your Android device, the FlexT9 app is what you need. The FlexT9 for Android offers a 4-in-1 keyboard interface, allowing you to have up to 4 different types of input modes on an Android device, which are Speak, Trace, Write and Tap.

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MIT creates Recompose, an actuated surface offers 3D gesture controls

MIT has created an actuated surface called the Recompose which offers 3D gesture controls. The Recompose actuated surface works like an interactive 3D display that has images projected in a 3D manner but allowing you to interact with those 3D images using gestural inputs.

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