This week's "looks like a spaceship" award goes to the "iRoamer". ILoveRadio says:
In a couple of weeks, Australian company Torian will unveil launch its "iRoamer" radio technology. Their InFusion Radio will use this technology -- it tunes into Internet radio stations using the same kind of wireless Internet as in people's homes and offices.
"People can now take their favourite radio stations with them wherever they go," a company official said. "Whether they are sitting in a café in Paris, or dining out in New York, the Infusion brings their home town radio with them."
The picture looks like it came from 1979 1982 and is the size of a city block. Maybe it doubles as a DDR-interface or BopIt.
How does it work? We don't know. I don't think cellular coverage is solid enough to reliably stream live high-quality audio, so hopefully the iRoamer uses some new unfathomed mobile-net-access technology. I guess we won't find out until it is unveil launched.
If it is cheap (<$50) and small (like altoids-sized) and actually works, it could RULE THE WORLD.
