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Shure is sure (forgive the pun) that they’re pretty much at the top of the pecking order when it comes to developing headphones that target professionals, and this time round they’re proud to bring a trio of models for the masses - and they are the SRH840, SRH440 and SRH240 which are touted to offer unparalleled audio quality, ergonomics, and durability. While tradition dictates that professional headphones are more often than not limited to recording studios and production houses, Shure’s latest releases ensures that they will also work superbly with a wide range of other portable listening devices, user-generated content and home recording studios. These three headphones are able to achieve a masterful balance between comfort, durability, and rich lows, warm mids, and crisp highs, where individual models boast their very own sound signature, making them useful be it active listening or critical monitoring.

According to Scott Sullivan, Shure’s Senior Director of Global Product Management, “Recording engineers need three critical things: flat, natural audio reproduction, comfort during extended wear, and gear that can stand up to the rigors of everyday use. To perfect those attributes, we combined Shure’s legacy of working with sound engineers and recording artists with the depth of experience we gained with our consumer line of Sound Isolating(TM) Earphones. Our new Professional Headphones represent the next step in Shure’s recording story - one that engages professional and amateur recordists.”

The SRH840 Professional Monitoring Headphones was specially optimized for studio recording and critical listening, where it comes with reference-quality frequency response, rich bass, clear mid-range and extended highs. The headphones feature an ergonomic fit and collapsible construction for unprecedented comfort and portability. As for the SRH440 Professional Studio Headphones, this pair was tuned to deliver accurate audio reproduction, making it suitable for professional audio equipment such as DJ mixers, mixing consoles and headphone amplifiers. It too, will come with an adjustable headband and collapsible construction. Last but not least is the SRH240 Professional Quality Headphones that target the average consumer who wants to get more out of their iPods, portable media players and mixing consoles without missing out on full bass with detailed highs. The SRH840, SRH440 and SRH240 will retail for $199.99, $99.99 and $59.99, respectively.

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Have you been working extra hard on the computer during the past months so that you can complete whatever project your boss has thrown at you? Unless the office is kind enough to get ergonomically correct hardware (keyboard and mouse), chances are your arms (and the entire body, to boot) will require some form of massage to soothe its protests of aches and pains. Why not do it with the Forearm Pain Relief Massager?

Invented by a licensed massage therapist, this is the forearm massager that can relieve pain associated with carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive stress injuries in the forearm without medication. The device replicates the Swedish arm massage technique to soothe the inflamed, stiff extensor and flexor muscles that cause forearm pain. Simply place your arm between the compression spring-loaded rollers, turn the dial to your preferred level of tension, and slide your arm back and forth through the cushioned rollers. Two ridges on the upper roller provide a penetrating massage that eases nerve compression and relieves tension in the muscles responsible for hand and wrist movement. The bottom roller’s rubber nodules grip and stretch sore, overworked muscles and tendons. The massager sets up unobtrusively on a desk or table.

Hammacher is carrying the Forearm Pain Relief Massager for $49.95.

While you’re out traveling, especially if it’s in the great outdoors, your gadgets don’t always get the charge they really need.  Which makes having a solar panel around extremely helpful.  Well with this, not only would you have a way to charge your gadgets, but something to store them in as well.  Be it while you’re out camping or just going from work to home, this would make things a little more convenient and not to mention eco-friendly.

The solar panel has overcharge, discharge and short circuit protection, so it will last a bit longer.  It will charge your typical cellphone in under 5 hours, that of course depends on the battery capacity though.  It will also charge things such as your MP3 player, portable game consoles and various other small gadgets.  The bag comes with a USB adaptor as well as 3 mobile phone adaptors for Nokia phones, Samsung and Sony-Ericsson.  As far as solar bags go this isn’t actually priced too badly.  You can purchase it for £14.99 or about $25 from Maplin.

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When you’re on the go, having the right portable electronics can always make life a whole lot easier.  Part of that is just taking into account what you need and finding what fits you.  The same portable electronics don’t work for everyone.  Thankfully, there’s a lot of variety out there.  Well if you need a mouse for your laptop but don’t want a cordless one, this would make for a great gadget to pick up.  It has the cord, but it is able to store the cord away, which means less of a tangled mess at the bottom of your laptop bag.

It has a rubber portion that flips up and underneath that is where the USB cord can be conveniently wrapped up.  The mouse comes in several different color choices that vary from the overly feminine to being nice and gender neutral.  As of now this isn’t out just yet, but they’re saying it will be out at the end of July.  Which means you won’t have long to wait.  You can pre-order it now though for Â¥ 3,900.00 or about $42 from Geek Stuff 4U.

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Have you ever seen a concept device of some gadget, and wished that all gadgets of its type were like it? Okay, that was a little bit of a confusing opening, but this is what I was feeling when I saw designer Ryan McGinley’s Amur Leopard. I wished that all bikes were like it.

Of course, not all bikes have to be electric, but this one is. The electricity is needed for the navigational and communication unit that you can barely detect just below the handlebars.

The big selling point for me was that it opens up like it does. I’m told that space is wide enough to accommodate a laptop, briefcase, or a six-pack. It doesn’t look like it can keep the beverages cold, though.

Well, this is definitely the bike you want to have in countries where every citizen has a bike instead of a car. Also, the Amur Leopard could be the latest for those bike messengers that you see on the road in big cities.

It is something that I would like to be riding. Let us hope that Mr. McGinley finds a manufacturer and marketer of this fine product, as I will be smiling when I see the first Amur Leopard puttering down the road.

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This next device is, without question, still a concept. However, it is not one that I want to see made into a reality, unless motorists want to increase the number of accidents.

The IPSE (my source does not tell me what this is an acronym for, or if it is an acronym at all) is sort of a “virtual windshield” that can scan outside objects, and then “translates [them] into virtual objects and living things”. You will note that the setting in the photo is “Underwater World”.

A driver in Underwater World will see other vehicles as sea creatures. I wonder what they will see for the road, a channel? I believe there is a setting for “Natural Forest” so the driver doesn’t see cars or asphalt, but beautiful natural surroundings.

Surely this technology is just plain unsafe. You think your car has a blind spot now, just wait until all of your car is completely cut off from the real world. This technology does remind me of an episode of Sliders where Quinn and his alternate reality gang go to an Earth that has perfected its virtual technology. On that episode, everyone wore VR goggles and would see what he or she wanted to see.

I do give designers Jeongche Yoon and Hoyoung Kihl points for originality and trying to make something mundane like driving a bit more fun. Still, I think that IPSE technology best belongs in amusement parks rather than the real world.

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