I have a perfectly good flashlight somewhere in one of my cabinets- not only have I never used it; I have never found it at the right time. Right when I need it, I fumble around, hit my big toe on the side of the couch and give up- needing a band aid more than the flashlight at the end of it all! The last time I did find my flashlight, it was not working from lack of usage!

From Sanyo’s energy efficient brand, Eneloop (better known for its line of rechargeable batteries) comes a flashlight that promises to solve my problem. This flashlight doubles up as an elegant and sleek mood lamp for the house. This rechargeable lamp cum flashlight can provide white light for the room for three hours, dim night light for 45 hours, or blue, romantic ambient light for 16 hours. A built-in accelerometer senses when you pick it up and automatically switches on the flashlight which can last up to 6 hours. A small circular stand acts as a charger.

The lamp cum flashlight is a great gift idea. It is supposed to be available from 11^th September and the price has not been fixed yet.

Via mocoloco

The fruition of Sanyo Xacti HDTV tapeless camcorders compensates from intellectual design and appeal with the DMX-HD800, whose manufacturer believes it seizes a “huge leap in image quality” over its precursor that got unveiled last October. You may find it as an exaggeration at our end but being fans of Sanyo’s Xacti 720p camcorders, we can’t help adoring its quality-performance and expedient flash memory-based HDTV execution for a realistic price. The featured above model sports 5x zoom, 8-megapixel imager, face tracking plus a 2.7-inch LCD view screen. Planned to be shipped in Japan on 22 August, it can be seen as a budgeted deal for $468.

Point is it would bring a revolution in the mindset and performance of all random camera companies that believe that an HD camcorder should cost twofold and will be constrained to pursue suit.

Via Gizmodo / Impress