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FAA Promises a “Fresh Look” at Gadget Use on Flights
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The FAA cleared the iPad and other devices for use in cockpits of commercial aircraft by pilots late last year. The approval was made to reduce the load on pilot by allowing them to have digital copies of charts and flight manuals rather than roughly 30 pounds of books with… |
March 19th, 2012
ANDI-ONE Android-Powered Remote: Everything But the Kitchen Sink
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If the Smart Qwerty remote wasn’t hardcore enough for you, Conspin’s got one more remote control that you should check out, the ANDI-ONE. Actually calling it a remote control is like calling any modern smartphone a “phone”. For starters, it can control up to 50 devices at once, and is… |
April 14th, 2011
Conspin Smart Qwerty Universal Remote: Fun in Front, Business in Back
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Looking for a nifty remote for your home theater? This remote from Korean tech firm Conspin just might fill the bill. The Smart Qwerty CRU 200TQ has a rather silly name, but the remote itself looks like a really nice bit of industrial design.… |
April 13th, 2011
Elan Smart Remote Offers a Multitude of Multitouch Interactions
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This interesting new device isn’t just any ordinary remote control. It’s actually a multifunctional RF remote that can be used as a mouse, a joystick, or a remote for your HTPC. And it’s got multitouch support too! The Elan Smart Remote (model ESR-8020) features a pair of capacitive touch pads,… |
December 26th, 2009
Mini Wireless Text Pad: Like a Blackberry for Your Pc
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I for one like my computer keyboards to be big enough for my fat fingers to maneuver without typos. But if you’re adept with using your thumbs to type on your Blackberry, you might enjoy this new accessory for your Windows PC. This compact wireless handheld keyboard feature a tiny… |
November 23rd, 2009
Rubber Duckie Gets Remote Control
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Who says you can’t take your electronic gadgets in the bathtub with you? The latest in rubber duckie technology lets you steer your fine feathered friend around the tub from afar. Using a wireless RF transmitter, you can make the yellow aquatic bird tool around as you splish-splash in your… |
March 19th, 2008
Ambient Puts Baseball Scores on Any Desktop
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With Spring training just a couple of months away, here’s a great gift idea for the baseball fan in your life. This new wireless device sits anywhere in your home or office, and provides baseball scores without a computer. The new Ambient Devices Baseball ScoreCast receives a digital radio-frequency broadcast… |
January 5th, 2008
Remote Control Cars Send Passengers Flying
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What fun are toy cars if you can’t smash them together and cause little car crashes? These new r/c cars encourage reckless driving by sending their occupants into the sky when they hit. No airbags here, just flying little men, spiraling through the air to an untimely demise. Buttons on… |
November 17th, 2007
Remote Controlled Water Cannon Lets You Soak Your Friends
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Just in time for those Summer swimming pool excursions comes this great way to add a little life to your aquatic activities. The water cannon floats around your swimming pool, and can remotely fire 20-foot blasts of water at unsuspecting victims from up to 40-feet away. The cannon is propelled… |
July 9th, 2007
Zmotion Space Presenter Controls Like a Wii-Mote
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This wireless presentation controller lets you remotely operate your Windows computer using a similar interaction to that of the Nintendo Wii-mote controller. The ZMotion Wireless Space Presenter looks like a super-slim remote control, but does a lot more than just flip pages in a PowerPoint deck. Using internal sensors it… |
June 27th, 2007
