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joker racer: drive r/c cars with your web browser or iphone

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Joker Racer is a new service which lets you race remote-control cars from across the internet.

The system uses a custom wireless computer that receives digital information via a Wi-Fi connection and translates your maneuvers into servo control signals for R/C cars. There’s also a USB jack for a compact webcam. Joker Racer lets you…

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November 8th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys gadgets mobile tech technology

twitterpeek can only send and receive tweets: fail whale?

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I’m not a Twitter addict – although I do have an account – so I might be wrong on this one, but will a device that only sends and receives tweets be worth buying? That’s what Peek is counting on as is launches the TwitterPeek. Much like their one-trick ponies Peek & Peek Pronto, which…

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November 4th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets mobile tech strange + wonderful technology

coke can spy cams: i’d like to teach the world to snoop

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As digital video cameras keep getting smaller and smaller, you never know where one might be hiding. Next time you walk into a room and there’s a Coke can sitting on the table, you might want to check that it’s not a spy cam.

These Coke can spy cams each have a tiny little video…

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October 30th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets technology video

hp dreamscreen 100 and 130: digital picture frames on steroids

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HP’s new DreamScreen devices straddle the fine line between computer and digital picture frame. Like other digi-frames, you can view pictures without a computer. But with the DreamScreen, you can also wirelessly stream music, videos and photos from your PC or the Internet.

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October 26th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio gadgets home entertainment media players technology video

barnes & noble nook price and release date announced

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Look out Kindle, there’s a new e-Book reader in town and it’s about to rain all over your electronic paper parade. Old-school bookseller Barnes & Noble is set to release a serious shot across the bow of Amazon’s Kindle with their new e-Reader, the nook.

The Nook sets itself apart from the pack with an…

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October 22nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets mobile tech technology

music cage doesn’t need a bird to chirp tunes

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In movies, cartoons and RPGs, nothing says “Good Morning!” like a couple of birds chirping. Except of course someone actually saying “Good Morning!” But I’d rather not have birds as pets if it means locking them up in a cage. Plus I’d have to clean up their poop. So I’d rather have nendo’s music-cage –…

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August 26th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio design gadgets media players strange + wonderful technology

remote controlled spider climbs walls, ceilings

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If I saw this giant creepy spider scurrying across my ceiling in the middle of the night, I’d be on the phone to Orkin faster than you can say “spiderpig”.

Now you too can freak the hell out of your significant other with this oversize remote-controlled spider with glowing LED eyeballs. No Boundaries’ infrared R/C…

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August 25th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys just plain fun

chocolate mouse: neither edible nor a rodent

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The Chocolate Mouse belongs to a rare class of objects, with seemingly sensible names that turn out to be doubly stupid. Like the English sparrow, which is neither a sparrow nor English, but merely an Average Bird. Or jellyfish, which any halfwit can tell are not made of jelly and are no fish; they’re obviously…

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August 10th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing gadgets just plain fun

logitech unifying receiver: one receiver to rule the wireless usb airwaves

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Logitech makes perfect use of wireless USB technology with their Unifying technology, which connects up to 6 compatible mice and keyboards (made by Logitech of course) to a computer using only a single, tiny receiver. It’s an awesome way to free up USB ports on your laptop, but obviously desktop users can also save space…

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August 7th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing gadgets mobile tech strange + wonderful technology

wireless xbox 360 arcade joysticks for pulling off your ultimate combo moves

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These arcade joysticks don’t just look gorgeous, they’re actually only one of two wireless arcade sticks I’ve ever seen for the Xbox 360 (the only other one I’m aware of is Dream Arcade’s new Dream Stick).

Handmade by Mekishiko916 of GangsterGamer, each controller features American HAPP arcade hardware, including a hefty joystick, and the 6-button…

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August 3rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft retro technology video games

war on wires update: witricity developing wireless power using magnetic resonance

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Wouldn’t it be neat to be able to have WiFi-like access to electricity? While wireless power is by no means a novel concept – Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla already explored the possibility of wireless power -  US-based company WiTricity claim that they have one of the most feasible methods of making the world a…

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July 25th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: future tech gadgets mobile tech strange + wonderful technology

bose soundlink lets you send your music to a… considerable distance

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Bose, makers of tiny speakers with big sounds and equally large price tags, recently introduced the SoundLink speaker system, which uses a USB device to wirelessly send music stored on your computer to a speaker. No Wi-Fi needed. The speaker has a built-in Lithium ion battery that can play your music at full volume for…

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July 20th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio gadgets home entertainment media players technology

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