You know how you were like as a kid, clamoring for the latest and greatest toys while throwing envious glances at your friends who seemed to have much cooler Legos and Game Boys while all you had was a paper to doodle with? Well now that you’re working and earning your keep, why not let the little boy in you surface once in a while with the SRV-1 Blackfin Mobile Surveillance Robot
? Explore the dangerous terrain of your home or office with the SRV-1 Mobile Robot. This palm sized bot packs tank-like treads a 1000MIPS 500MHz Blackfin BF537 processor and a mini video camera. Using 802.11b/g wi-fi the SRV-1 interfaces wirelessly with a remote PC. The Java-based console software includes a built-in web server to monitor and control the SRV-1 via a web browser from anywhere in the world, as well as archive video feeds on demand or on a scheduled basis.
Get programming with fully open-source software for robot and host computer. While the Mobile Robot already comes fully assembled and ready to use out-of-the-box, you are required to possess some technical knowledge of Java, networking and the command line in order to set-up the software. Folks who have experienced configuring a basic web server ought to do just fine.
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If you somehow happen to live within the blind spot where cellphone signal coverage is concerned, or have certain parts of your home “blacked out” for no apparent reason, might we suggest the USB Cellphone Booster from ThinkGeek? The USB Cell Phone Signal Booster
plugs into your USB port and improves incoming and outgoing cellphone voice and data within a 5 foot radius. Simply place the wired antenna up to 15 feet away from the USB base unit in an area of marginal coverage.
You’ll be the hero of those impromptu Starbucks meetings as your co-workers enjoy improved voice and data coverage. Needless to say, (more…)
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Gadget mavens at Brando are at it again, and they now bring us the next iteration of the MP4 Watch. Simply known as the MP4 Watch II, this timepiece not only lets you know what hour of the day it is, it also provides entertainment on the go just in case your iPod Video or other portable media player runs out of juice during a long road trip. As you will see, this watch is essentially the best watch on steroids that you will find, but will not distract you from all of the fun features your cell phone will offer. It does look rather huge at first glance - definitely much larger than the standard wristwatch. After all, you have to cram in a 1.8″ LCD display, 2GB or 4GB flash memory, MP4 Player + Music Player + FM Radio + Digital Watch + Voice Recorder + Photo Album + E-book reader, all in one featured product, MP4 watch, support MP4(AVI) video with up to 8 hrs of music playback, and it supports all MP3, WMA, MP4, and JPEG formats as well. Outside of phone usage, which is what your cell phone is for, there is little this watch can’t do.
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The Amazon Kindle Reader 2
is supposed to be the device that delivers the soul of the e-reader by coming in the form of a highly portable electronic device which is able to store thousands of reading materials, all the while retaining the pleasures of reading from a printed book. It has already been available from the online retailer since February 23 this year, retailing for $359 a pop alongside a power adapter, USB 2.0 cable and rechargeable battery. As with any other device worth its salt, you can always opt to fork out more dough for additional accessories including a leather book cover and protective skin. In this day and age, extended warranties are always a good thing to purchase just in case the unexpected happens - the optional 2 year warranty can be picked up by throwing in another $65.
As expected with a newer release of any gizmo worth its salt, there will be a bunch of improvements to greet you, and the same goes with the Kindle 2. It beats out on the original by being lighter at 10.2 ounces as well as having gone to the fat house, slimming down to just 0.36″ thin. This makes it easy to move it around, while packing is a snap although we’d recommend against doing that in your huge luggage as the pressure might just cause the screen to give way. Design-wise has also improved - you get page turn buttons, a 5-way controller and a paper-like display that boasts higher image and text resolution.
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Just in case you didn’t know, Panasonic does digital cameras as well, and their latest model to be announced is the LUMIX GH1 Micro Four Thirds digital camera that boasts something most standard digital cameras don’t - HD recording capability. This will surely go a long way in blurring the lines between a High Definition camcorder and a digital camera, and could these new breed of devices eventually see the HD camcorder being pushed out of the window? We can’t really provide any answer to that, but one thing we do know - the Panasonic Lumix
DMC-GH1 is a creative HD hybrid device that is more than capable of capturing professional-level still photos as well as HD video performance without the complicated controls to scare away entry-level DSLR consumers.
What are some of the functions which the LUMIX GH1 delivers? For starters, it is compatible with the Micro Four Thirds System standard, and will be able to record High Definition AVCHD 1080p/24p video. Not only that, users will be able to benefit from a newly developed long-zoom interchangeable lens known as the LUMIX G VARIO HD 14-140mm/F4.0-5.8 ASPH./MEGA O.I.S. This lens is special as it was born out of the necessity to support HD movie recording, and it comes with a silent motor and continuous auto focusing (AF) capability to further help distinguish itself from DSLRs that offer HD video recording capabilities.
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