TechBlog editors have compiled a
list of the ten strangest miniature gadgets. The wonders of Asian technical thought cause admiration and bewilderment at the same time.
In tenth place - a new MP3-player Evergreen
DN-CLMP128 , made in the form of clips (
photo ). It is difficult to figure out immediately where you can attach such a 20-gram “clothespin”.
Ninth place is a flash drive the size of a coin (
photo ). The 8-gram Petito device is the smallest USB dongle in the world.
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Who is tired of carrying the mouse around the table, can experiment with the number eight in the charts - this is a mouse thimble (
photo ). It has two buttons, a scroll wheel and a USB port.
For lovers of watching movies on a miniature screen, a multimedia player TakaraTomy
TDG-101 with a thickness of only 8 mm was created (
photo ). On the screen with a diagonal of 3 cm is difficult to see something, but the "pocket cinema" will not pull the pocket.
Citizen engineers made a robot from their own production of watches. The miniature robot is powered by a standard battery and can drive around the table, receiving commands via infrared (
photo ). The speed, frankly, is not impressive - the wristwatches are not very powerful motor.
If you want to make a presentation, but are worried about the safety of the projector, then here is the ideal option: the world's smallest projector with a volume of only 62 cubic meters. see (
photo ). They will definitely not steal it because they will not be able to find it.
In fourth place is a miniature (
8-cylinder engine , fully operational (
video )). This is a self-made device, the manufacturing process of which at home lasted for several years. The result was a real masterpiece.
The third place was taken by the new Toshiba hard disk the size of a postage stamp (
photo ). Soon such “brands” will breathe new life into cell phones, players, digital cameras and handheld computers.
In second place is the smallest
Picoflyer helicopter in the world with a screw diameter of 60 mm and a weight of only 3.3 g. It is difficult to believe but these three grams contained both screws, a motor, a 30 mAh battery and a receiver at a frequency of 900 MHz, through which helicopter receives commands. Energy is enough for a minute of summer (if without a break, then 30 seconds).
And finally, the winner: a full-fledged personal computer
Space Cube . This is a cute yellow cube measuring 5 x 5 x 5.5 cm. Somehow miraculously contained a 300 MHz processor, 64 MB SDRAM, a video card, as well as all the necessary expansion connectors: a connector for flash memory, for a monitor, USB, Ethernet and serial COM port. The yellow die is controlled by the Atom Linux OS and is sold for three hundred dollars.