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CES 2007 Video: Garmin Astro 220 Dog Tracking GPS Unit
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: CES, CES 2007, Features, GPS, Handhelds, Misc. Tech, Videocasts, Videos,
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Wireless Speaker Mousepad Replaces Earbuds
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Music, PC / Laptop, Peripherals, Wireless / WiFi,
The solution to getting tangled up in your iPod while ‘putering may be in the form of this Wireless Speaker Mousepad. Offered by Comfort House, you can receive almost any audio source as it uses wireless technology with its transmitter. With a range of up to 50 feet, and powered by 3 AAA batteries, it features a gel pad wrist rest, an audio line-in cable, and a solar-powered calculator. At a size of 8 x 11, you can be humming along to tunes for $29.95 if you don’t mind your music in mono and have a fairly small hand.
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CES 2007 Video: Emtrace Widgetstation
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, CES, CES 2007, Design, Features, Misc. Tech, Software, Videocasts, Videos,
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CES 2007 Video: Who Are You Wearing?
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, CES, CES 2007, Features, Misc. Tech, Videocasts, Videos,
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FlexiSnake Clears Clogged Drains Simply and Cheaply
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smart Home, Misc. Tech,
Take that, Drano. Research tells us that the average human loses up to 100 hairs per day. Much of that literally goes down the drain. With the newly devised patent pending FlexiSnake, you can retrieve it and some of the other mucky stuff down there that you previously had to use a drain cleaner, conventional snake, or plumber to accomplish. What the company claims “snags drain hair like magic,” is in fact a 26-inch tube with a piece of velcro attached. With apologies to Andru, the FlexiSnake is a bargain online for the rest of us, with its price of only $2.95.
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Wave Bubble Protects Against RF Jamming
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, GPS, Misc. Tech, Portable Audio / Video, Science, Wireless / WiFi,
We know that jamming is illegal, still we have to give kudos to hacker/researcher “Lady Ada” at MIT’s Media Lab for allowing us to defend our personal spaces with what appears to be a pack of cigarettes. The Wave Bubble features a rechargeable internal lithium-battery for up to 2 hours of jamming two bands in a cell phone or 4 hours in a single band such as a GPS, cordless phone, or WiFi. Three AAA batteries can also be utilized. The Bubble’s range is about a 20 ft. radius, if you have a decent antenna, and its output is .1W to .3W.
Lady Ada claims that neither the RF jammer nor its specs will ever be available due to FCC regs, and doesn’t recommend that build your own if you are an amateur technology geek. Thanks for the info, Lady Ada. We can take it from here.
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This is surely the time of the military bot. We can now add the Red Owl to our “don’t send any more troops” iRobot collection. Developed by Glenn Thoren, a director at New Hampshire’s Insight Technology, the robot can be set up in a battlefield and can detect snipers’ hiding spaces by their report up to a mile away. Guided by a modified Xbox controller, the operator’s camera follows the bot movements and infrared lasers track targets while calculating the position by GPS. Unfortunately, it can’t command them to go away or go home. The Red Owl is slated to be available this spring at the life-saving price of $150,000.
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CES 2007 Video: Oticon Noise Cancelling Tiny Hearing Aids
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London based Spinvox is about to take the giant leap to the States. The service converts voicemail to text and sends them via e-mail and/or SMS to read on your cell phone. The Quick-Link takes you to a specific message so that you don’t have to hassle with your voicemail menu and will display the caller’s number. If you are out and about and have an urge to share, Spinvox also features Speak-a-Blog. The company will assign you a personal number, convert it, and post it on your blog.
Although they are still in the negotiation phase with U.S. carriers, you can test its service by calling the site’s phone number, leaving a message, and it will post it on their blog in a couple of moments. Spinvox charges by number of calls, ranging from £3.00 (~$4.00) for 10 conversions to £27.99 (~$36.00) for 200 and is currently offering a 1 week (50 message) free trial.
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Bravia Cell Phone Flip Flops
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cameras, Smartphones, Misc. Tech, Portable Audio / Video, Wireless / WiFi,
Sony Ericsson has come up with a new concept in phones, the Bravia W44S, which opens both vertically and horizontally. It can handle digital audio on its dual 16mm stereo speakers, video reception on a 240 x 432mm screen, CDMA EVDO, a 3.2 MP camera with auto-focus, a 128 voice polyphonic ringtone, and a MS pro duo slot built-in for 115 Mb flash.
We admit that the W44S looks pretty nifty with its moon phases calendar/clock, but since it’s only available in Japan for now, we’ll just consider it another teaser from Sony Ericsson and hang on to our merely vertical cell phones.
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