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While it is called a “multimedia photo viewer”, think of the Epson P-7000 as a miniature quality control system for in-the-field photography. If you’ve ever taken shots in a hard-to-reach location and tried to asses the quality of those shots in the field by squinting at your camera’s LCD screen, you can certainly appreciate the […]
A Cool Tool for a Cool Job – Epson P-7000x Read More
Here’s another entry in my series of expensive, astronomy-related clocks. The Tellarium clock from Edmund’s Scientifics is made of cherrywood and brass. It has an 8-day wound movement and Westminster chime. Under the glass dome on top, a gear-driven earth orbits around the sun, taking a full year to complete the trip. A polished brass disk
Tellarium Clock – A Solar System for Your Desk Read More
Verizon and Skype just announced an agreement to provide free global calls to Verizon customers on their 3G smartphones. Starting in March, users who have data plans can call Skype to Skype for free. Here are some of the details: make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls to any Skype user around the globe; call international
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Sony is announcing a number of new products at the PMA 2010 conference. What caught my eye were the new Alpha concepts. These are compact cameras with interchangeable lenses directed squarely at the Micro Four Thirds segment pioneered by Panasonic and Olympus. According to the announcement, they are planning to release them this year, but are still fine-tuning the cameras.
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Since the release of the first DS back in 2005, Nintendo have sold more than 100 million handheld games consoles worldwide. And now they’re back with a bigger and better version, the Nintendo DSi XL. With a choice of three colours, Dark Brown, Wine Red and Natural White, the XL will still incorporate all the
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Hello BlackBerry fans! We are giving away a nice collection of accessories for one lucky person. We have a pair of colorful Urbanears Tanto earphones to keep your ears happy, a Joby Gorillamobile tripod to keep your phone steady and an iSkin case to keep your phone protected. This contest is an easy one, so
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A company named Positioning Animals Worldwide, Inc. (PAW), partnered with The American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery program, already has a method of tracking the location of your cat or dog. You purchase a small GPS location unit that attaches to your animal’s collar, and a paid monthly service lets you see where your dog (or
Find Your Lost Pet with PAW and the Spotlight GPS Pet Locator App for iPhone Read More
With all this talk of Kindles and iPads, netbooks and notebooks, does anyone still read real books anymore? ‘Sure,’ you say, ‘But I’ve got no room to store ’em!’ Feast your skeptical eyes on the Conceal Bookshelf from Umbra.
Dude, where’s my bookshelf? Read More
This Universal Network Cable from ThinkGeek.com would be great for all the IT people out there that are constantly in need of different network cables. The Universal Network Cable has a selector to convert it to 5 different cable types. Cable options include rolled, crossover, straight-through, loopback, and T1. Priced at $24.99, it seems reasonable
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It’s not uncommon to keep yourself up at night as you race through the mounting “to-do” lists in your mind…but why lose sleep over it? The Voice Interactive Personal Assistant from Hammacher Schlemmer lets you rest easy by recording and replaying up to six commands at the time of your choosing. This voice-activated alarm clock
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I saw one of these gorgeous clocks years ago in a strange, little map store in Greensboro. Trust me when I tell you the picture doesn’t do it justice. The Geochron was invented by Jim Kilburg, a mechanical engineer, in the early 1960’s. Since 1965, Geochron clocks have been handmade in America – the gears are even hand-cut. The
Geochron World Clock Read More
My sister and I used to be birdwatchers when we were kids. We even kept notebooks where we would write down the birds we saw and the times we saw them. We didn’t take pictures of birds back then, but the Brinno BirdWatchCam has me thinking about getting back into the hobby. It’s a motion
Photograph your feathered friends with the Brinno BirdWatchCam Read More
M-Edge has announced the Guardian, a waterproof, floating case for all Kindles with 6″ displays. The case is made of molded, transparent polycarbonate. The navigation buttons and keyboard are available through flexible, sealed cutouts, and there is an anti-reflective film over the screen to allow reading in bright sunlight. Gaskets and a dual-hinge, 4-closure system
A Floating, Waterproof Case for all 6″ Kindles Read More
Lemur Vehicle Monitors offers 3 different wireless modules for your car that look pretty useful. EconoDriver will display cost per trip, current gas mileage and the Green rating of your driving performance (hmmm, not sure exactly what that means…). The SafeDriver module displays the maximum speed, miles traveled and number of sudden stops since the
Plug and Play Wireless Vehicle Monitors Read More
Sure, your iPhone can transform into a flute, locate your favorite Gadgeteer posts, and even file your taxes… But can it really accept payments via debit/credit card? Thanks to the creative cats behind the concept of Square, mobile transactions are now a reality. Square is exactly what the title implies, a small, square dongle that
Does Your Mobile Device Accept Credit/Debit? It Does Now. Read More