There’s a new home theater system from Sony, dubbed Bravia BDV-IT1000. But it’s not just any home theater, it’s a Blu-ray home theater system that manages to output 700 W of total power from it’s tall and slim speakers that use a brand new finger-sized full-range speaker drive unit to be able to boast that much.

Other than the output, the Blu-ray player and receiver seems quite capable, featuring BD-Live readiness, a couple of HDMI inputs, optical digital and analog stereo audio inputs, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD support, and Sony’s trademark Digital Media Port to accommodate a range of add-on devices.

There isn’t anything official yet, so we don’t have a price to tell, but we’re pretty sure Sony is going to do it soon. We can’t wait.

via Sony Insider

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When you read such a title you usually expect a lake and a boat, or something in that niche. But no. The German guys from Volkswagen got their brains storming to come up with a very innovative solution for the recreational vehicle show that will soon start in Dusseldorf. Though not able to drive on or under water their Caddy version features a sailboat style deck on the roof that can be modified for relaxation and sunbathing.

But they didn’t stop here. Apparently, to make things look as close to reality as possible they also installed a wooden ladder built into the glass for easy access to the roof. Just how cool is this? Though it’s still a concept I can see this one going mainstream with people leaving for a quick barbecue and some quality tan.

via Jalopnik

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Architecture is a main point in Dubai or most of the big Arab cities, with stunning buildings that win medals at all the design contests worldwide. That’s why these guys need a Museum of Modern Arab Art.

Located in Doha, Qatar, it looks like an enormous artificial sand dune but it’s actually a two-level  air-conditioned 350,000-square-foot building, shelter for over 10,000 works of art. The project designed by architect Rafael Viñoly in New York City, should be ready by 2010 and should contain nothing less than 5,000 paintings, 700 antiques, sculptures, metalwork and ceramics, a calligraphy section, photography and applied art.

There aren’t any price figures so far but that’s certainly going to be the most expensive sand dune ever, and that is going to be the main reason why more and more tourists will gladly pay a visit to the desert to see modern Arab art.

I have a question though. Why isn’t the Museum of Modern Arab Art, in Dubai? They seem to be the first when it comes to modern architecture, right?

via Dezeen

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USB toys are not really the way I have fun, but these wooden animal USB drives have really made it for me. Why? Just take a look at them. I’m not going to call those that built these, perverts or anything, but it’s weird that they had to stick the technology right into the arses of these cute little figurines. Who’s in charge? The Japanese.

Designers from Monodo made sure that we get the little schnauzer, the elephant, the swan, the hippo and the little piggy, all with 1GB of memory located “behind”.

Everything will be official in a couple of weeks and if you want to make sure your friends will laugh when you’re copying a movie or some documents from one computer to another, make sure you have $70 to spare for these hand-carved wooden animal flash drives.

via Fareastgizmos

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There are already professional voices on the market talking about the new Canon EOS 50D specs which sure are impressive, but we managed to snap some images of the precious DSLR. And boy they’re precious. Actually the guys at Photography Bay managed to get the official pictures and one 1600 ISO image sample that features the 18-200mm lens kit option.

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But back to the specs of the new Canon EOS 50D:

• it’s a 15.1-megapixel with a standard 1.6x CMOS sensor
• a 9-segment AF/AE sensor array
• 14-bit image processing thanks to the Digic 4 processor
• shoots from ISO 100 to ISO 3200, with “expansion” to 6400 and 12800
• face recognition auto focus
• 6.3 frames-per-second high-speed shooting
• HDMI output
• 95% view viewfinder

We don’t know the exact date we’ll get to see the precious on the streets or what the retail price is going to be, but we do know that a lot of pros are waiting for it. Canon, we’re in line! Move a little bit faster, please!

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