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Nike+ FuelBand: A Jawbone UP That Actually Works?

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I was pretty happy that I held off purchasing a Jawbone UP wristband because users have reported massive failures. Since then, Jawbone has had to offer full refunds to anyone who made a claim. The Nike FuelBand reminds me of the UP, but unlike the UP it might actually work.…

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January 20th, 2012 by: Range

NORAD and OnStar Help Track Santa Again

I really feel bad for the people that are working at OnStar answering phones Christmas Eve. OnStar and NORAD have announced that they are again teaming up to help owners of GM vehicles and the OnStar FMV mirror track Santa’s whereabouts on his trip around the world. Last year my…

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December 22nd, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Malls Track Users by Their Mobile Phones

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I don’t like the idea of anyone tracking my whereabouts. I’m not militant about it like some folks, but I don’t like the idea of people knowing where I am if it’s none of their business. Two malls operated by Forest City Commercial Management – Promenade Temecula in Southern California…

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November 25th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Garmin Astro 320 Dog Tracker Keeps 10 Dogs on a 9-Mile Leash

I used to watch a lot of the Jetsons… as a kid mostly because there was nothing else on after school. I remember their dog Astro and his walks on the treadmill behind the house. Garmin has named its latest GPS dog tracking system after that cartoon pooch. The system

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June 2nd, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Super Eyeball Mario Bros.

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Well here’s a different way to play Super Mario Bros 2…… with your eyeballs.

The guys at Waterloo Labs rigged up an eye-tracking contraption using electrodes placed around each eye, then mapped through a custom circuit and a Single-Board RIO system to convert eye movements into joystick movements on

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August 3rd, 2010 by: Technabob

Trashed iPad and iPhone Found Using Mobileme

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It’s every geek’s nightmare: mistakenly putting your precious gadgets into a bag and accidentally having them thrown out! This happened to Eric Boehs and he managed to use MobileMe to track down his lost iPad and iPhone. Incredibly, he actually found them again – a little worse for wear.…

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June 22nd, 2010 by: Range

Zoombak’S iPhone App: Where’S the Heck is My Stuff?

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The guys over at Zoombak make these nifty little GPS trackers that you can place on cars, bicycles, suitcases or other items that you want to make sure you don’t lose track of. Now they’ve launched an iPhone app that lets you keep track of the precise locations of all…

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November 13th, 2009 by: Technabob

Selfic Cube 7100: Like a Tiny Black Box Recorder for Your Car

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Nobody wants to get in a car crash. But if you have the misfortune of ending up in a fender-bender – or worse, wouldn’t you like to have a video documenting the entire thing for insurance or legal purposes?

Well now you can, thanks to this little bit of modern…

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August 12th, 2009 by: Technabob

Faceapi: 3d Head Tracking With Any Webcam

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Here’s some pretty cool news which could provide entirely new ways to interact with your computer or game console. This new technology will enable automated 3-dimensional tracking of heads and faces using a webcam along with some very special tracking software.

Seeing Machines faceAPI is a developers’ toolkit which provides…

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March 19th, 2008 by: Technabob

Gps Goes Postal: Could Help Solve Usps Delivery Woes

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This new device was commissioned by the United States Postal Service in order to hunt down some of the inefficiencies in their mail delivery process. Developed by California’s TrackingTheWorld, the gadget is slipped inside of a letter, and tracks the precise journey of an individual piece of mail.

The LetterLogger…

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November 24th, 2007 by: Technabob

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