The Dastardly Report snags one of the October issues of Esquire that features E Ink technology. Video below of the magazine in action. Thanks, Ryan.

Weekly Geek shows off their idea for a charging station with instructions on how to build your own. Very nice.

Apple has filed a patent titled “Gestures for touch sensitive input devices”. That in itself isn’t all that interesting, but the accompanying drawings appear to be some sort of tablet device. Make of it what you want.

The Archos Internet Media Tablets are available for order. The devices come in 60 GB, 120 GB, 160 GB, 250 GB, and even 320 GB capacities. The tablets come in 4.8-inch or 7-inch size touchscreens, and have both WiFi and 3G connectivity options. Optional accessories include a DVR dock and a camcorder.

Buy:
Archos Internet Media Tablets at Amazon.com

Just a thought…

…if you are having a difficult time keeping your teen off the cell phone during bedtime hours, and services like AT&T’s Smart Limits don’t work for you, then you might try mounting a 12-meter radius cell phone jammer above the ceiling in your teen’s room and plug it into a lamp timer. Now you have control over when your teen uses the phone. Note that this will also prevent you from using your cell phone while within range.

Here are some other cell phone blockers with varying ranges.

Of course, it’s always best if your teen simply obeys a few simple rules.

The Chumby is such a cool gadget. At first glance it’s just a cute alarm clock, but upon further inspection it’s so much more.

Read more about the Chumby.

The new Studio Hybrid is Dell’s new space-saving and environmentally friendly desktop computer. It starts at $499 and is available in six different colors plus a bamboo design.

Dell is touting the Studio Hybrid as being 80% smaller than the typical desktop computer as well as consuming 70% less power. With the Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 Penryn-based processor, the Studio Hybrid has enough processing power for most tasks. Memory capacity tops out at 4GB of Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz (2 DIMM), and for storage, the Hybrid can be ordered with up to a 320GB 5400rpm hard drive. Video is processed by the Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 chip, so graphics heavy games may suffer a bit.

The Hybrid can be ordered with either a 8X Slot Load CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive) or a 6X Slot Load Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD+/-RW & BD-ROM).

External ports include:
Five USB 2.0 compliant ports
IEEE1394a port (4-pin)
HDMI video connector
DVI video connector
Integrated network connector 10/100/1000 LAN (RJ45)
AC adapter connector
Digital Audio: S/P DIF Out
Analog Audio: Headphone (front); Line-in / Line-out (back)

Buy the Studio Hybrid Desktop from Dell.

I used to think the OpenMoko phone looked like a cool open-source phone, but after watching this video by Dave Fayram with the Neo FreeRunner, I’m no longer convinced. Check it out. Very slow interface, unresponsive touchscreen, unusable keyboard…

Mvix has a pretty cool device called the Mvix MV-2500 Pocket-Size HD Media Center. With a 2.5″ Internal IDE (PATA) (not included) installed and loaded, you can connect the MV-2500 to your hi-definition (or standard-def) television and play high quality video up to 1080i resolution while controlling the Mvix with its included remote control. The MV-2500 is capable of playing Video MPEG1/2, Div3.11, Div4.0, Div5.0, Divx, Xvid, DVD(IFO, VOB),VCD(DAT), M2V, ISO, with a variety of audio formats (AC3, MP2, MP3, DTS pass through, Ogg, WMA, MPGA, MPA) as well as JPEG photos.

Once you install the 2.5″ IDE drive, connect the MV-2500 to your Mac or PC with the included USB cable and transfer your videos to the Mvix.

Buy the Mvix MV-2500:
Mvix MV-2500 Pocket-Size HD Media Center from Newegg
Mvix MV-2500 Pocket-Size HD Media Center from ThinkGeek

My wonderful wife gave me a Wi-Fi Detector shirt for Father’s Day, and of course I am wearing it today. Very cool. It’s quite the conversation piece.

Click here to get your own Wi-Fi detector shirt.