This new DVD player can be taken into the bathroom with no worries. I am not totally sure though if it is soakproof but my highly educated guess is that it isn't. Splash proof is fine for today because why would you want to watch a movie underwater when it could be played much clearer above. For me it's the fact for security and safety. What happens if you do accidently drop it in the water while playing a movie? Would it explode or electrute you? The statistics though is it can play from an SD card or a DVD and can support mp3 and mpeg4 formats. It has an LCD monitor, weighs only 1.3kg, and has a screeen size of 290x180x62mm. Don't even try going to Twinbirds website because it doesn't even list this product on it. I just thought I'd mention it because it is pretty cool and doesn't look plasticy, bulky, or splashproof for that matter.
This is an interesting gadget because it isn't really major as many other machines do the same thing but the key difference is the USB part. I don't personally like to keep beverages near my laptop or computer but it would be nice on the go in the summer. I do hate it though when my beverage becomes warm when it once was cool so it would serve as an added bonus in a hotel room or an airport where I don't have the luxuries I do at home. This gadget however doesn't have the power to cool a warm beverage but it does have the power to keep it chilled which is fine by me because when you get a beverage you know if you're going to want it cold or not.
Imagining surfing the web on a rainy day while using your umbrella. Imagine somebody tapping you on the shoulder on a rainy day and asking to borrow your umbrella to check his e-mail. This is the vision that two Japanese entrepreneurs have in mind. The reason they chose this object was because in Japan it is an everyday object and so they wanted to make it more precious by equipping it with Internet. Now by no means is it ready for production but the Japanese move fast just as much as the rest of the Asians. The umbrella comes equipped with a projector and a camera with the camera being then able to post all pictures taken from it onto Flickr with the help of the internet. Right now the way to access the internet on it is through a laptop which taps into cell phone towers which is unreliable at the moment, but in time, it will be able to access the internet just as well as the cell phone. As well it comes equipped with a GPS system so Google Earth will be able to show the user where they are relative to landmarks.
A cool thing about the umbrella is that the way you scroll through the screen is with a wrist snap of the shaft. I myself find that being able to ‘tag’ photos with places like restaurants and towns, you’d be able to get recommended places that would pop up on the screen when you are near there. So far though, no business or individual has stepped up to help develop and run with the product, so don’t be expecting to see it on the streets of Tokyo any time soon.