Finally a practical portable keyboard for the Palm PDA’s, this makes working on the PDA much easier and faster. The larger keys make for easier typing and better control, features include -

Package Contents

Smart Keyboard
2 AAA Batteries
Zippered vinyl carrying case
CD with drivers
Quick Install Guide

Hardware Specifications

QWERTY keyboard layout with dedicated number keys. (5 rows of keys)
10 dedicated programmable hot keys.
Lock open for stability.
Dimensions folded : 140 x 95 x 19 mm
Dimensions Open : 280 x 95 x 9.5 mm
Weight : 205gm

Manufacturer: Brando

Price: $99.00

Pros:

* Wireless
* Small, compact size
* Dedicated numeric / punctuation key row

Cons:

* Smaller keys
* Slightly unstable to use on lap

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Check out this cool electric skateboard these guys made. Thanks Frank for letting me get on it. I was about to take off with it to my house…
It’s an electric skateboard that goes forwards and backwards by simply putting your weight towards where you want to go. It seems to be using some kind of accelerometer. If they start selling these to kids, these would be way more cool than any Segways for sure.

Check out MetroMotive.com for more information. (Although it’s not updated right now, there’s an email contact)

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Here’s a hilarious “Thanks for watching Zedomax Maker Faire 2007 Coverage from Garrett. Jed’s ALAVs and Hubberbots were right next to our booth so he suggested we help him deflate his cool balloons while trying to pack everything and leave the faire.  Great job Garrett!

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Here’s a simple flying saucer oven that uses a single light bulb yet heats up to 425 degrees fahrenheit!

They won the Dorkbake competition. This is really simple but great idea!

Eric and Jodi Kurland Eric is an award-winning filmmaker and digital artist whose films have played in festivals around the world. Jodi is a physical therapist and self-published photographer and author known to dabble in crafts.

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Avis have pushed the boat out and will now offer their customers Wi-Fi in the rental cars, hotel rooms and just about anywhere else that takes their fancy.

Call Avis connect, it will cost around $10.95 per day to use the Wi-Fi signal on multiple laptops, and other mobile devices such cell phones and PDA’s all at the same time, this service has been developed by Autonet Mobile, which uses a cell phone network to connect to the internet, but which network is unknown at this moment.

The system will debut today in San Francisco International Airport, followed by the Bay area and onto LA, by the end of the year it is expected to be in every major city in the US.

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I was having too much fun at the Maker Faire just checkin’ out everything. (While Garrett was at our workshop table booth)
Anyway, here’s a fun little clip while I was having too much fun running around.

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Here’s video from yesterday before it got crowded. Today, it’s pretty crowded as you can tell on the live webcam.

Cool.

Yes, Phil was going around at the end of the show yesterday so we persuaded him to take a picture with us.
This week is amazing. My brain is about to expload from having the opportunity to see so much cool stuff.

Also check out photos and videos from Make Faire at Make Blog!

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Check out these Cool ALAVs (Autonomous Light Vessels) by Jed Berk! Tight! It uses Sun Microsystems SunSpot microcontroller, which can be programmed in Java. I like this idea since there’s a lot of Java embedded processors out there but this ones from the creators. Jed tells me that all the pieces were 3D designed on the computer and laser-cut, kinda cool~

Jed says, Make Store will have these cool DIY ALAV kits soon!

Internet is kinda slow here at the Maker Faire. (That’s why our posts are slow too.) We even switched to a Sprint Broadband but with live video streaming, it’s still too slow but we will keep postin’~

You can come and join us to chat here to while watching our live video.

You can also check out our Flickr photos from Maker Faire Day 1 and Jed’s Flickr for more ALAVs.