The designer of this cool radio Spotify prototype Jordi Parra. You might remember this dude as the man who had a hand in making those cool piggy bank last month. The latest designs you see here is all Parra, and he would even take to Kickstarter to get the funds to make a reality.

The Spotify radio would connect your PC to stream music from the music site. The fun part is that you can take small disks and they sit on the front of the radio as an old school record and the radio will automatically play the online playlist associated with the wooden disk.

With these you can distribute virtual mix tapes to your friends, just like 80 years. The radio part would have WiFi connectivity and the drives would use RFID to identify themselves. Buttons on the radio would let users skip tracks and more. As it stands, the device would connect to a computer, but Parra hopes Arduino and an ARM processor to use to eventually make the current situation only.

The Japanese electronics maker, Casio has updated its G-series Aviation analog-digital quartz watches. The new watch is called GW3500B-1A, powered by 5064 Caliber quartz movement and features of Self-Adjusting Multi-Band Timekeeping 6, Self-Loading, Tough Solar Power Tough Movement.

It also enriched with Shock, 48 City World Time + UTC, Full Auto LED light, 1 / 100 second chronograph, timer, 200 Water Resistance, large buttons on the sides for greater interoperability and 4 Daily Alarms and 1 snooze alarm unparalleled functionality. The Casio G-Shock G-Aviation GW3500B-1A is available nationwide since early March at $ 260.

I stopped listening to radio when I was actually a radio DJ and frankly, I’ve never gone back to listen to the radio. It helps that I no longer have a car, but I love the new retro boom boxes and radios we’ve seen. They just make a device more attractive.

This retro radio is the XDR S16DBP and it looks pretty funky, thanks to its nicely rounded corners and wood. It does not have much power at 0.8W/channel, but it will get the job done in the cabin or in the garden to get. If I still need a radio, I would probably opt for something like this or a Logitech Squeezebox. Keep in mind that a DAB / DAB + radio, digital transmissions so only work in certain countries. It makes FM tune well, though. There is no word on whether or not Sony is working on a version for the U.S. or other markets.

Design is not the only retro thing about this radio – it’s a one-trick pony. It can not be used as a dock, and has no additional inputs. It’s just a radio, which is a bit limited in this day and age. But if you want to listen only to over-the-air broadcasts, you have served.

Two different companies have announced new high-end earbud headphones, an excellent sound quality at a reasonable price to offer. Audio-Technica are now shipping their in-ear ATH ANC23 active noise-canceling headphones that claim to 90% noise-canceling performance of 20-20,000 Hz while maintaining performance while Brainwavz have been dual-balanced armature earphones they call their highest-not the end, the Brainwavz B2 which will be shipping end of April.

The Audio-Technica earphones feature Comply “memory-foam-style” foam tips for extra comfort and an in-line volume control. The ATH-ANC23 uses quiet point technology with miniature microphones to sample the ambient noise and deliver a customized, equivalent noise-canceling signal that works even when no music is heard, and the headphones continue to work as normal headphones, even if the batteries run out (they are suitable for up to 60 hours on a single AAA alkaline battery). The company says the foam tips are 30 times softer than standard earbuds, and the kit comes with three sets of large, medium and small ears. They retail for $ 100

B2 Brainwavz headphones ($ 170) do not have noise cancellation technology, instead preferring to focus on sound. They are due to strong reviews and very convenient for the Ultimate Ears’ UE-700 headphones. They are also assessed 20-20,000 Hz with a higher impedance than the Audio Technicas (40 versus 32 ohms) and a higher sensitivity (110dB vs 105dB). The dual armature design keeps highs and lows neatly separated, and the company is proud of their twisted Cu-Ag alloy wire that is built for durability.

The ATH-ANC23s are now available directly from Audio-Technica and their various resellers. The headset Brainwavz B2 ship late next month, and can be ordered from the company or on Amazon.com (and Amazon.co.uk), among other places.

I think there’s nothing wrong with a little background music while cooking, and nobody likes a unitasker in the kitchen, so Frieling, the makers of some clever kitchen scale we set, which recently introduced the joy of their lineup.

Such as kitchen scales go it’s pretty run of the mill with the ability to weight in grams or grams to display, but in terms of design scores a number of high points. The weighing surface is made of stylish, transparent safety glass, which is a fairly large speaker is exposed below. I am a little worried about food dripping down already, or iPod / iPhone docking port, and it seems like your eating a bit of counter space when not in use. But if your kitchen is the center of high-techery in your home, you can one from Amazon for $ 99.99.

Amazon in the night unveiled its rumored media locker and hit Apple and Google in the process. Cloud Drive gives users a way to get a minimum of 5 GB of files to store on the internet and access them from any Mac or PC. The company has a unique match Amazon MP3: all songs purchased from the music store are stored in the Cloud Drive and available for either backup or remote streaming without counting towards the quota.

The company has therefore both a Cloud player for the Web and an updated version of Amazon MP3 for Android (free market). Both can play music stored on the player without a third party app or other raw access.

The retailer rush to operate without a complete service to get music licenses is clearly a lack of proper synchronization. Music uploads are only possible by computers and not Android will let users back up their purchases Amazon MP3 player to work independently from a computer. It would not explain why and said it was simply “not possible at this time.” Leaks have hinted that the labels are pushing for a second charge in the media uploads to allow, under certain conditions.

AppleInsider reports that Sony and other parties involved in the negotiations have been disturbed by the fact that the service went “live” without licensing in place, with some viewing the move as illegal. A spokesman for Sony said the company was “keeping its legal options open,” but expressed hope that the two companies could soon come to an agreement.

American Amazon customers can get 5 GB of space for free, but get an incentive to upgrade early. Anyone who buys an album in 2011, Amazon MP3 will automatically be upgraded to 20GB of space for the year of the sale. The extra capacity would otherwise cost $ 20 per year. Tiers include 50GB, 100GB, 200GB, 500GB and 1TB, all of which cost $ 1 per year for each gigabyte of storage. Using the Cloud player on the Internet needs Chrome, Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer or Safari 8; Amazon MP3 Android has at least 1.6.

The move is a little surprise. Amazon’s S3 storage service was all business, but Apple and Google were both aware that the longer negotiations. Apple is believed to be tied into the media closet with MobileMe and has hinted it could come as soon as spring, when the North Carolina data center goes live. Google, meanwhile, is still negotiating Google Music after nearly one year, probably due to the same licensing limits faced by Amazon.

The new Casio G-Shock watch will come with Bluetooth connectivity, so it’s time to adjust around the world by connecting your smartphone to its time constant in sync, including time zone changes. That’s kind of interesting because you do not have to watch not to forward or backward.

However, what happens if your iPhone is the wrong time, like what happened over New Year’s and when the summer was over? I do not know, but hopefully it will be able to watch themselves accordingly. By using a new variant of the name Bluetooth Bluetooth Low Energy, the single-cell ion battery is supposed to last two years.

On an unrelated note, also showed their new Casio Baby-G women (not the Bluetooth function). I do not know whether the new Neon Illuminator is actually really great or really crappy. The kind of reminds me of Miami Vice and all that plastic from the ’80s glam. These models will use a special fluorescent ink that will be glowing under black light LED own watch.