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midbot makes your notebook into a robot controlled online
Sep 3rd
I like robots, but I won’t really be interested in one for my house until they can clean for me or mow the lawn. Once that milestone is hit, I will get out the credit card and buy one. I will admit that the though of a remote-controlled laptop computer robot is very cool and has me ready to reach for my wallet
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midbot makes your notebook into a robot controlled online
Lenovo ThinkCentre A70z Giveaway!
Jun 29th
If there’s one thing we love, it’s giving away free stuff to SlashGear readers, and Lenovo have stepped in to help us do just that. They’ve given us a Lenovo ThinkCentre A70z all-in-one desktop PC to give away, the 19-inch slimline computer we reviewed back in April , and we’ve come up with a super-simple way for you to stand a chance of putting it on your desk. Lenovo reckon the ThinkCentre A70z takes up around a third of the space of a regular desktop computer, by squeezing display, processor, hard-drive and the rest into one compact chassis
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Toshiba announces Libretto concept PC, dual-displays in tow
Jun 21st
Today, Toshiba announced the release of their new concept PC called the Libretto.
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Toshiba announces Libretto concept PC, dual-displays in tow
iPad webcam accessory spotted in the wild
Jun 7th
I have never heard of a company called PhotoFast but it has an interesting accessory for the iPad that is the first of its kind I have seen. The accessory is called the PhotoFast Webcam for iPad and it looks like any other webcam you would connect to a computer.
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MIT unveils colorful solution for cheap, accessible gesture-based computing
May 27th
They’re not a failed attempt at Belgian jigsaw camouflage or a trophy from clown school, these colorful lycra gloves are the vital component in a new gestural user input system developed by researchers at MIT. When used with a standard webcam and some clever software, the wearer’s hand movements are instantaneously translated into on-screen commands or control gestures
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Latest Invention: System that Turns Real Hand Movements into Virtual
May 21st
The latest invention of Robert Wang, MIT grad student, is a system that requires a Webcam and a pair of rather weird colorful gloves to turn real hand motions into a 3D image.
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Panasonic launches Skype for 2010 VIERA Cast TVs
May 18th
We managed to get an early look at Panasonic’s TV-friendly implementation of Skype back at CES in January, but the company has just now finally activated the app on all of its 2010 VIERA Cast-enabled TVs (including the VT25, VT20, G25, and G20 Series). To take advantage of it, however, you’ll also have to shell out $170 for Panasonic’s TY-CC10W webcam, which supports both VGA and 720p video, and packs four unidirectional microphones, an echo canceling system, and some beam-forming technology that promises to deliver clear audio over a typical TV viewing distance of three to four meters. Head on past the break for the complete press release, as well as Panasonic’s requisite old-people-don’t-get-technology ad for the TVs.
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Panasonic VIERA HDTV Skype arrives in US with $170 webcam
May 18th
Panasonic ’s Skype camera for the company’s VIERA HDTVs has crossed over from Japan and arrived in the US. Activated today on select VIERA CAST enabled Panasonic 2010 HDTVs, the Skype functionality allows for voice and video calls to be made direct from the TV itself, including SkypeOut and SkypeIn support and voicemail
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Report blames IT for bad procedures in school "spying" case
May 6th
An “independent” investigation into the Lower Merion School District laptop scandal has concluded that there’s no evidence that students were being spied on. This is despite the existence of 58,000 photos surreptitiously taken of students on or around their computers and e-mails between district IT people commenting on the entertainment value of the photos. The 72-page report (PDF) from law firm Ballard Spahr claims, however, that most of the photos were not seen by anyone and that the district merely failed to implement proper. . .
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TinyChat Offers Chat Sessions Controlled by Twitter Usernames [Chat]
May 6th
We dig how easy it is to create one-off, disposable chat rooms with TinyChat , including multi-user video, audio, and plain ol’ IRC-style text.
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TinyChat Offers Chat Sessions Controlled by Twitter Usernames [Chat]
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