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One of the more interesting items at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show is a .22-caliber pistol with a high-tech safety feature. Made by German company Armatix, the pistol will only fire if it is within a few inches of a special wristwatch, which sends a “wireless arming…
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January 31st, 2010 by: Lambert Varias
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Belkin’s Home Base marries two of the most useful technologies ever invented – wireless networking and USB – and gives users a simple and convenient way of sharing up to 4 USB-enabled devices in a central location. If you have an external hard drive (or hard drives) connected to the…
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January 26th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias
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While I was buzzing about over on the FCC website today, I came across this mysterious new device from France’s Thomson and Technicolor called the PoMMeS. The funny thing is that the word “pomme” is the French word for “apple”, so in a way, you are looking at the first…
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January 25th, 2010 by: Technabob
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Hot off the heels of the CES show, the market is flush with countless set-top media player boxes – my personal favorite being the upcoming Boxee Box. But even the Boxee Box doesn’t have tons of local storage. The Sarotech abigs T6 & D7 media players have room for an…
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January 21st, 2010 by: Technabob
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I have to say that I have always wanted to pilot a radio-controlled helicopter, though I’ve learned that doing so isn’t as easy as I initially had thought. Experienced R/C pilots have told me that helicopters are really hard to pilot. This is why I love these new Blade ‘copters,…
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January 18th, 2010 by: Range
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This new toy is so cool that I’m almost speechless. It’s a quadricopter… and it’s got a camera on board!
The AR.Drone from Parrot is one amazing toy. It can be controlled via iPhone or iPod Touch thanks to WiFi and it will provide a live video stream of what
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January 8th, 2010 by: Range
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I was strolling down the aisles at the CES show today, when what did I see but a wondrous remote-controlled aircraft hovering in the sky. What was it that I spied?
Nope, as much as I want to believe this airborne beauty is an X-Wing Fighter, it’s actually an RCX…
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January 8th, 2010 by: Technabob
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When you think of the word “Taser”, you probably think of ne’er-do-well criminals on COPS… being taken down to the ground in a heap of high-voltage. But the guys at Taser have a new trick up their sleeves, one that’s designed to let parents keep a watchful eye on their
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January 7th, 2010 by: Technabob
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Set to be unveiled at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010, the Wireless Media Stick from Home Server Technologies Inc. (HSTi) is a neat gizmo. If you have a wireless network, you can use the stick to stream your media files to any media player with a USB port.…
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January 4th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias
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It’s not even 2010 but I already know what I want for next year’s Christmas. Modder/genius/my new Santa Claus techknott – a disciple of no other than master modician Ben Heck – recently unveiled one of the most awesome pieces of hardware I have ever seen: a PS3 wireless visual…
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December 31st, 2009 by: Lambert Varias