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The Olympus E-600 is a new entry-level DSLR camera.

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New Leica cameras will be unveiled in a live webcast on Wednesday September 9th.

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Bogen Imaging is holding a free webinar called “Capturing the Brilliance of Fall: Roundtable with Adam Barker.”

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The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 is a super-zoom camera with some rather unique features up its proverbial sleeve. These include a 20x zoom lens and 9 megapixel CMOS sensor, both of which utilise Sony's DSLR technology, 3 inch tiltable LCD screen, and fast 10fps burst shooting mode. Going up against the likes of the Canon Powershot SX20 IS, Panasonic FZ38 and Olympus SP-590UZ, we find out if the £480 / $500 Sony HX1 hits the right spot...

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A big Gigapan photo shoot is taking place tomorrow on London’s Southbank.

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I’d much rather wear sweatbands than a watch on my wrist while playing a sport; hence this concept watch by Max Germano makes perfect sense. It fits across the back-of-the-palm and its selling points are easy access to the dial, and a clear view to the heart-rate, stats etc. The flip-side is that it could compromise the grip of the racket or whatever it is that you are holding as the straps may interfere. However, since the watchband is made from super-soft elastomer, it just may-be comfy….I’m on the fence.

Designer: Max Germano

It’s called the “Kilobike” and it’s totally magical. You can tell em I told you so. It’s designed to “expand the identity and usage of today’s kids bikes.” Made for Seed, designers at Kilo Design made this a bike to remember. If you’re from a bike family, even if you were the only one in your family to own a bike, you remember having to upgrade to a big-kid bike. It was a sad day, but no more!

This bike has the capability to expand along the years 6 to 12 years, multiple settings. Made to provide ergonomically correct conditions and “good outlook at all stages.” Goodness!

I love the blue tires the most. I had a bike with big fat red tires, it was called “The Wave.” I missed it so much that I got a BMX bike, and that’s all I ride.

Designer: Kilo Design

Here’s the “Here Hook!” It’s an arrow, basically just pointing to the general area of itself. It’s a coat hook. It knows exactly where you’d be precisely in the area of cool if you want to hang up your jacket. Or hat! This thang is designed by the very well-spoken Richard Shed whom we’ve also got a knicked short interview of - come on and take a look right here!

Just a bit of cleverness made in the key of timelessness. Lacquered medium-density fibreboard Wall mounted hook for any sort of medium-weight object made of a material that hangs well.

Take a peek at the video of Richard Shed below. It’s not brand new, (it’s a month old,) but due to the simplicity of the question and the answer, it could just as well have been filmed today!

Designer: Richard Shed

Yes, the form of the camcorders has certainly toned down, but the Pioneer Hi-def seen here takes the cake. It’s palm-sized, high-def, has a lens that pivots up and down with a display that is fixed at an ideal angle. What’s nice is that the form is symmetrical, so that both lefties and right-handers can use it conveniently. And since most of the controls are accessed via the touchscreen, they come alive only when required.

Designers: Dan Harden, Sam Benavidez & Hiro Teranishi for Whipsaw Inc.

My goodness! Welcome to the future! Electrolux Design Lab 2009! Each of these designs is made to work in the world for the next 90 years. *OH my mistake, one is made to work outside the world. The brief stated that each item be able to prepare and store food, wash clothes, and/or do dishes over the next nine decades. Behold this limited list of robotics and flying things!

For those of you wondering about the 90 year time span: this year marks the first 90 year lifespan of Electrolux itself. Here’s to 90 more, is what they’re basically up on.

1. Cocoon by Rickard Hederstierna, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden Genetically engineered, prepackaged meat and fish dishes at your fingertips. This heating device prepares each packaged item according to the RFID tag attached. Like going to the McFly’s household in 2015!

2. Naturewash by Zhenpeng Li, Zhejiang University, China A waching machine with no water. All of your nano-coated fabrics will now be washed with negative ions aka the grasstastic Naturewash. OH and it has three settings, happy day! They are: clean clothes (I should hope so,) grass scent, and flower scent.

I’m hoping for lilacs.

3. Renew by Louis Filosa, Purdue University, USA It is a steamer. For the home. Home steamer. Again with the RFID tags placed in the clothing, the steamer uses two steam blades to blast the shirts and the pants and the underclothings so super clean.

4. Teleport Fridge by Dulyawat Wongnawa, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand You guessed it. Star Trek. As simple as it gets, Wongnawa has rendered out a fridge with the capability to accept transported foods to any of its several compartments.

5. Water Catcher by Penghao Shan, Zhejiang Sci-tech University, China Batteries Not Included! These little guys are sent out into the world to catch the raindrops. Literally. When it rains, these little flying robots go outside, catch their capacity in rain water, come back, and deposit. They then, based on the person they are serving, bring pure water, or water with healthy additives), and fill you up a glass. Fun!

NOW what you’ve gotta do, if you’re cool, is to go to the Electrolux Design Lab 2009 website and vote for these or others so they can win hecka money and design a better world!

Designer: Various Electrotastic Designers