The race for the thinnest LCD TV seems incessant. Sony has now bagged the prize for the world’s slimmest LCD HDTV, which measures just 9.9mm across its torso. The KDL-40ZX1 has a 40-inch display and can give anorexic models a run for their money, weighing just 26 pounds. Although the product incorporates just 1 HDMI port, an external HD wireless base station can push the roof up to 3 HDMI, 2 component, s-video, VGA, USB, mouse and LAN ports.

Crystal ball gazers from the industry are predicting that the station uses WHDM, with a range of 20 meters. With assistance from the wireless box, the KDL-40ZX1 achieves 1080p in display and also includes 120hz MotionFlow for better images. We would only be following the customary revelations by stating other features like 3,000:1 contrast ratio, 178 degree viewing angle and four color options. The TV is anyway worth an investment just for its elitist characteristics.

Sony’s KDL-40ZX1 LCD HDTV 9.9 mm thick: [via]

This computer looks like a normal book on the outside, but when you open it you are about to find a complete PC that includes everything a normal laptop would. It’s still just a concept but it would surely make a good impression, but also a statement about the society’s virtualization – something that not everyone would agree wit. But still it’s an interesting product. The Laptop Book, has a CD-Rom drive complete with CD, a keyboard that can be removed so as to access the battery, and a switch that turns off the screen light once the book is closed.

Immagine a thief breaking into your library looking for a hidden safe, and when he finds this susspicious book he realises it’s nothing but a PC… that would surely surprise him .

Laptop Book – Open to reveal a Computer: [Via] – [Yankodesign]

Capable of accessing thousands of internet radio stations via your existing Wi-Fi network, the stylish Blik automatically uploads the latest station listings every time you switch it on. You can then search for your favourites by country or genre. You get easy access to over 8,000 internet radio stations.

It has alot of fancy features like the large black LCD screen with icons, stereo RCA line-oout connectors and includes compact remote control. The BLIK Wi-Fi Radio has a very complexe alarm clock that contains Internet radio, FM radio or buzzer, two separate alarm memories, user-definable snooze and a customisable sleep function between 15 – 90 minutes. So you shouldn’t have to worry about setting up your alarm every day.

You don’t need a computer for this to work, all you need is a Wireless router and a Broadband internet connection. If you love listening to the internet radio stations and you dont have a PC available or you’re tired and you’re not in the mood to access it, this seems to be the perfect choice for you.

Blik WiFi Radio and Alarm Clock: [Via] – [FireBox]

This is the chronograph that tracks the phases of the moon, moonrise, moonset, sunrise, sunset, and more, allowing amateur astronomers to plan for the best viewing conditions for observations. The watchface employs a unique LCD consisting of 96 separate sections arranged in a ray pattern originating at the center of the watchface. Each section accounts for 15 minutes of time and matches to the watchs 12-hour bezel, covering a full 24-hour day. Once you select your location from 583 pre-programmed cities, these sections are shaded to depict sunset and hours of darkness and left bright to depict sunrise and hours of daylight (an adjacent circular display tracks moonrise and moonset). A 24-hour hand moves precisely around the 12-hour bezel to cunningly depict the current time. The top of the watchface displays the digital time and the bottom has a lunar display that depicts all eight phases of the moon (New Moon shown). A 24-hour bezel allows you to keep track of time in another time zone. Its quartz oscillator provides accurate time keeping, and its stainless steel case employs double O-rings for the pushers and crown for a 10 ATM rating. Battery included. 1 3/4″ Diam. (6 1/2 oz.)

This stylish chronograph is designed to allow amateur astronomers to “plan for the best viewing conditions for observations”. It tracks the phases of the moon, moonrise, moonset, sunrise, sunset, and more.

The Astronomer’s Chronograph: [Via] – [Hammacher]

Featuring a “14-inch screen, AMD Athlon XP 1700+ processor, 20 GB HDD and 512 MB RAM.”

It takes a special sort of someone to look at an old clunker of a Windows laptop and think, “I’ll turn that into a Mac,” but Phyro-Mane of the Case-Modder forums is apparently just that sort of person, and while his results certainly won’t be fooling any Mac faithful, they’re definitely admirable.

Phyro even went so far as to add a sheet of plexiglass to simulate a glossy screen and, naturally, turned to a Mac OS X theme for Windows XP as a finishing touch. If you want to give it a shot yourself, you can find all the details (in German) plus plenty of pics of the entire transformation process by hitting up the read link below.

Windows Laptop Turned “iMac Mini”: [Via]

I played paintball for a couple of times and let me tell you for those who did not play, it really hurts to be hit by a paint ball. This paintball turret will keep your enemies aways from your lawn , theres no doubt.

Optional extras include a 2.4ghz 2 mile wireless link, higher resolution video with zoom lenses, video goggles, night vision, thermal vision, LED spotlights, hopper upgrades, water proofing, winter proofing and the list goes on.. . Of-course the part with the lawn was a joke, you do realize that its illegal to shoot at someone with this gadget. A gadget like this could fit nicely into a paintball course.

Remote Control Paintball Turret: [EMT]

Straddling the line between PDA and UMPC — and ending up looking something like an Atari Lynx — the just-announced Willcom D4, co-created with Sharp, is an Intel Atom-powered computer capable of running Windows Vista. It has a five-inch touchscreen (roughly the size of a whole iPhone or iPod Touch, to give you some idea) and includes to my delight a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. A keyboard that will likely be unusable for long form text input, of course, but one that is essential all the same.

Sharp/Willcom D4 UMPC runns Vista: [Via BoingBoing]

We’ve all seen some cool looking watchphone’s over the years, but they were all just concepts. The WM2 on the other hand is real, and will be available for a retail price of $475. The phone itself has average specs (quad band GSM, stereo Bluetooth, 260k color touchscreen display, 1gb storage, and 240 hours / 300 mins of standby / talk time), but what looks so cool is the numberpad integrated in the wristband. Sure you can find some reasons not to ware this watch like its big and bulky, but i think it really diserves a chance as a new gadget.

Van Der Led WM2 Watchphone Complete With Numberpad: [VanDerLed]

This is a re-make of a previous model from Philips, and they did it again(in the good way). This nifty 9 inch dvd player keeps your ipod safe inside a special storing area, and only pop-s it out when you need it. To its usual DVD or iPod playback a SD/MMC card support was added, so now you can play your favorite media from a memory card. The video supported playback formats include DVD, DVD+/-R and DVD+/-RW, (S)VCD, DivX & MPEG4. The player also comes packed with a re-chargeable battery, so its just a matter of charging it and taking it with you wherever you need it.

Philips dvd player features 9 inch screen and ipod dock: [Via Technabob] – [Philips]

Fujitsu Ltd. is a natural to adopt the concept of a notebook PC model, which will be held in Milan, Italy Design Exhibition “-JAPAN DESIGN INNOVATION-2008″ exhibition. Will be held on April 16 to 20 (local time) for five days.
JANAP DESIGN 2008 Salone Internazionale del MobileJANAP DESIGN 2008, and the interior design fair, “Salone Internazionale del Mobile” will be held as part of the Design Exhibition. 15 Cars and appliances, information-related equipment, such as Japan’s major industries from 15 companies participated.

This looks like the perfect laptop for those who are tired of the usual models and want to try something new, even thou I think it’s more of a “business man” model since it’s covered in wood. I don’t see many teenagers prefering this instead of the other types.

Fujitsu WoodShell Laptop: [Impress] – [Via]