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Entries from January 2008

Remote controlled lawn mower

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

The remote-controlled GOAT lawn mower,  cuts your lawn by using a powerful hybrid petrol/electric motor.   The GOAT carries a prize tag of $5299, but may be well worth it if you have a big enough lawn and don’t want to promote child labor.

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Tags: Home and Garden

Cool your coffee one sip at a time - Brugo

January 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Isn’t it frustrating to have your coffee cold by the time you are about half way through. Your worries are over. Here’s a cool idea from Brugo. Brugo mug is a temperature controlled mug that only adjusts the temperature of one sip.
The patented, thermodynamic science of BRUGO gives you the power to enjoy your drink […]

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Get Fit the Wii Way

January 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Wii Fit  & Wii Balance Board, available in Japan for approx. $75 and in the US in late 2008,  is Wii’s way of giving you a whole body work out.  When you step onto the Balance Board, Wii will input your body weight into its system and then allows you to do everything from aerobics to hula-hooping, and the […]

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Tags: Sports

Amazon Kindle

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Amazon Kindle is a revolutionary portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, newspapers, magazines and blogs to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight.
Kindle customers, no matter where they are in the U.S., can wirelessly shop the Kindle Store and download new content — all […]

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MacBook Air - 0.76inches and 3lbs

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

MacBook Air is currently the world’s thinnest notebook in the market, measuring a mere 0.76-inch and 3lbs. 
It has a 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of memory, 80GB PATA hard disk drive, 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display, keyboard with backlighting, iPhone-like multi-touch trackpad, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1+, and a 5-hours battery life on Wi-Fi.
However, it has some drawbacks.  No […]

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Tags: Computers

Video Store in a Box

January 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Vudu is a set-top box that plays movies delivered via Internet, on your TV;  Movie selection includes major Hollywood studio titles in the same week they hit DVD;  good quality of video and audio; no monthly fees; no waiting–movies start immediately; very good onscreen interface; simple setup and configuration.
However,  there are a few limitations:  only 24 […]

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Tags: Electronics

Water proof jacket for your camera

January 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Raise your hand if you dropped your camera in the water and was never able to use it again.  Well, your problems are over.  The DiCAPac’s pouches are not only waterproof, but are inexpensive as well. The pouch is clear plastic, and the polycarbonate lens opening lets you take pictures even when the camera is in the […]

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Tags: Electronics

Blue Ray vs HD DVD

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Is it Toshiba’s HD DVD or Sony Corp’s Blu Ray? Which of the two formats will rule the world of high-definition content carriers?AFP repots that a major study of 2,300 electronic stores across Japan found that more and more consumers were going for the next-generation DVD recorders.
By far, it seems like Blu-Ray is […]

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Tags: Electronics · Uncategorized

First Wireless Memory Card for Digital Cameras

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Eye-Fi is a terrific idea.  Wireless capability from the camera to any one of 17 social networks or photo-sharing sites including Facebook, blogging sites like TypePad, photo-sharing sites like Flickr and Snapfish, or your PC or Mac. The price of $99.99 with 2GB of storage (about 1,000 photos) is not bad either.

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Tags: Electronics

Wi-Fire for 3X WiFi signal strength

January 12th, 2008 · No Comments

hField Technologies’ Wi-Fire gives you a Wi-Fi range of greater than 1000 feet.  It works for Mac and PC and is a compact high-performance USB Wi-Fi Adapter.  Despite all the well publicized hot spots, unfortunately, we have an equal number of dead spots as well.  Wi-Fire triples the power of the internal receptor, virtually eliminating all dead spots. 

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