A PC Plug? Better believe it. Home appliances are getting above their station today: first we saw a washing machine that shows your clothes in 3D, and now Marvell has unveiled a PC that’s a plug. It may sound daft, but the Marvell PC Plug could be the green solution for home computing – find out why, after the jump.
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Read that headline again. Bonkers, isn’t it? But that’s what Panasonic’s promising from its first ever washing machine: a clothes-cleaner that’ll recognise what you’ve got inside it, and spin it “in 3D.”
A new type of eco-friendly sugar paper has launched, giving recycled paper a whole new meaning: it’s made from sugar cane, looks gorgeous, and you can print photo quality images on it!
An Asus laptop made out of bamboo seemed barmy enough, but we’ve heard from an inside source that Asus is testing out even more absurd materials – including Blue Peter favourite, papier mache.
Sky is preparing an update to its set-top box software, bringing auto standby to daytime viewing as well as night time telly sessions, and making the Sky box one of the most eco-friendly devices around.
This year’s CES was a real eco fest, but one of the smallest firms with a green message was GreenPeak. Don’t be mislead though, it’s battery-saving remote control tech is astounding.
This is creative product naming at its finest. LG’s just dished up details of its “Digital Photo TV”. It’s either the world’s largest digital photo frame, or the silliest name possible for a telly.
Of course, there’s a bit of logic in marketing its photo-displaying capabilities. Where most TVs tend to save on power by turning the screen off when you don’t want to watch it, you can now grab a screenshot from your favourite show and have it displayed on standby instead.