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Minebea, a Japanese company has unveiled its latest keyboard known as COOL LEAF. This latest input device has no physical button like the typical input device like keyboard, calculator etc. This is said to be cool and water-resistant keyboard. The cool leaf is a low maintenance and easy to clean device. This film is actually an electrostatic capacity type touch panel containing force sensors beneath, plus a backlight which serves as the lower layer. When the keyboard is switched off, the surface appears like a plain mirror.

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Codeact, a Korean manufacturer has announced its latest technology known as Greditor Pro GR100 video-editing keyboard. This new keyboard features a built-in jog/shuttle wheel to help find the specific movie track you are after, an inner dial that offers precession control to find the exact movie frame,  a set of buttons which are placed around the dial that offer shortcut keys to some of the more popular video editing functions, and supports the most popular video editing technology like Adobe’s Premiere software. This latest keyboard is available in the market with a retail price of $275.

Wacom has introduced its new tablet, but now its latest handheld device is already wireless unlike the previous one. Introducing the new Intuos4 Wireless graphic pen tablet, the first cord-free professional tablet ever produced that features a 9.4-inch pro-grade graphic and has a stylus with 2,048 levels of pressure and 60 degrees of tilt recognition. Intuos4 Wireless connects to Bluetooth-enabled computers (Macs or PCs) including some devices that have Bluetooth USB adapters. It conveniently charges through USB and continues to work while charging. Its Bluetooth technology allows you to work at distances of up to 10 meters from the computer. Other features includes eight customizable ExpressKeys with illuminated displays that provide easy reference for assigned functions, a finger-sensitive touch ring that controls up to four different functions per application, and best-in-class integration with popular software applications. The Intuos4 Wireless graphic pen tablet is now available at a price of $399.

Razer has unleashed its newest gaming mouse pad, the new Razer Vespula mat. This latest technology from Razer is a lightweight gaming mouse pad boasting two sides that can be used; it really depends on what you need it for as one side is used as a Speed Surface for faster mouse movements while the other is a Control Surface which can pick up even the most precise of mouse movements. The techie-named Vespula is the company’s first dual-sided gaming surface, complete with “speed” and “control” sides that supposedly give you the best of both worlds when switching from one genre to the next. Razer Vespula will retail for 34.99 in your local currency (that would be $34.99 or €34.99).

Iomega has unveiled its latest technology, the new Iomega StorCenter ix2-200. This new storage device is proven to be one of the best innovations in network-storage devices for home or small businesses. The StorCenter ix2-200 features two 3.5-inch 2TB drives and can be configured to a RAID 1 mirrored alignment or a streamlined 4TB RAID 0 setup. It has a powerful Marvell processor of 1GHz clockspeed with 256MB DRAM on board. This device has a dimension of 3.7in W, 7.9in D and 5.6in H whilst Wt is 5.1 lbs where French, German, English, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (simplified) are the localization. It supports hard drive and Disk array (RAID) as storage devices and the Data Transfer Rate 300 MBps where RAID level JBOD, RAID 1. The Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 4GB is available in the market with a retail price around $700.

If you’re looking for a portable projector, then this little techie gadget is what you need, the 3M’s MPro 120 mini projector. This latest technology features a VGA resolution, 12 lumens, 4:3 aspect ratio and image quality suitable for presentations alone. Its battery life can last up to 4 hours and comes along with cables and adapters to make it usable as soon as the battery gets charged. This gadget weighs just 5.3 ounces, and it includes a sturdy little flexi-tripod that was extremely handy in positioning the projector. It has a little flip-down foot at the front, but that only elevates it by half an inch, so the tripod stays on for the most part. The 3M’s MPro 120 mini projector cost $319.50.

LG has unveiled its latest retro-styled TV in the form of a 14-inch Series 1 Retro Classic CRT TV. I know you’re wondering why LG has designed this kind of TV, but for me this unusual move by LG is really cool. Creating an old designed TV with the latest technology inside is really Techie IMHO. This new CRT model has a remote control, two dials for channel and volume adjustment, a built-in digital tuner, 4:3 aspect ratio, rabbit-ears antenna, detachable chrome legs, and has the option for you to choose what mode to watch whether colored or in black and white. I want to know what are your thoughts on this latest technology?

Corsair has announced their latest ultra-high performance DDR3 memory module, the CMGTX1 Dominator GTX. This latest technology from Corsair has passed the Intel’s certification process. Intel’s engineers awarded the XMP-Ready certification to 2 x 2GB Corsair CMGTX1 modules running at the frequency of 2333MHz using low timings of 9-11-9-27 at a voltage of just 1.65V.   That’s the reason why the Dominator GTX is the fastest Intel XMP-certified 2GB memory modules in the world. This newest technology is now available for purchase via Corsair’s online store for $200.

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Another latest technology has been released, introducing the new Kensington Wall Ultra Compact Notebook Power Adapter. This power adapter has some neat features, one of its techie features is that it supports most types of notebooks, and it has additional adapters for mini and micro USB. Really cool isn’t? One more thing which is good with this gadget is that it is very compact in the sense that it only weighs 7.1 ounces with a dimensions of 4.5 x 2.2 x 0.8 inches.There are two models available, the $99 K38066US and the $119 K38067US, which also includes an adapter for use in suitably equipped airline seats.

Wacom has added its latest technology to it’s family of Bamboo tablets, the new Multi-Touch tablet. As the name implies this latest Multi-Touch technology device can detect more than one finger, in short it is now possible for the user to use several fingers wherein it can track all of the motions at the same time. With the help of this latest technology, simple hand gestures can now be detected and finger taps for navigation is now available, as well as browsing documents, zooming in and out of images, and many other functions.The nine gestures that prove to be useful with your tablet are click, right click, double click, forward & back, navigate, scroll, rotate, zoom, as well as select and drag.