Monday, May 21, 2007
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WiLife Pro Turnkey IP-Based Video Security System
11:35PM Seamus Byrne | If you’re a paranoid playboy, you can’t be too rich, too thin or have too many security cameras. Now you can fill your McMansion with these WiLife Pro cameras, hook them up via Ethernet and watch their output on your cellphone or from anywhere in the world you can get online. These are smart IP video cameras, and when you link up a WiLife Pro turnkey configuration of cameras with WiLife’s Command Center software via your existing Ethernet network, you can play security guard, watching and recording every angle. Looks like everything’s included except the dorky security guard uniform and all the donuts you can eat. Who would use such a system? galleryPost('wilife', 4, 'WiLife Pro'); More »
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Robotic Vanity Mirror Concept Follows Your Mug Around the Room
11:18PM Seamus Byrne | Face-tracking webcams are a dime a dozen, but this is the first time we’ve seen a mirror that zeros in on your face, following our ugly mug regardless of whether we duck or tilt. The mirror was created by Marie Sester and although it’s only a concept, it works just like you’d imagine. The only downside is that it goes bonkers when too many people are in front of it. You can see it at the Eyebeam gallery in New York City. – Louis Ramirez with video by Richard Blakeley Eyebeam [Marie Sester] More »
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 Packs 12.2MP and 8fps Shooting
11:03PM Seamus Byrne | Panasonic rolled out its highest-end point-and-shoot digital camera, the Lumix DMC-FX100, and managed to pack 12.2 megapixels into its diminutive form factor. This one’s built for speed, able to snap eight frames per second through its unusually wide 28mm f/2.8 lens with 3.6x optical zoom. And hey, the camera itself doesn’t look half bad, either, and gives you 2.5 inch viewscreen out back but lacks an optical viewfinder. Of course, it has Panasonic’s tricked-out optical image stabilization, and it’s also touted to be able to shoot HD photos, that is, you can set the same resolution in the camera that a 1080p TV set can do, 1920×1080. The thing even makes an effort at shooting HD video, giving you the option of laying down 720p video, but unfortunately it’s only at 15 frames per second. As usual, Panasonic was coy about pricing, but did mention we’d be seeing the FX100 shipping in July. – Charlie White galleryPost('fx100', 8, 'Panasonic FX100'); Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 [LetsGoDigital] More »
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LJDAM Adds GPS and Laser Guidance to Bombs
10:45PM Seamus Byrne | This is a B-2 plane dropping a bomb equipped with the Joint Direct Attack Munition guidance kit. The kit adds inertial navigation and global positioning systems to the tail of traditional warheads. Unlike the more expensive traditional TV or laser guidance systems, which only work well in good weather, these bombs use the same GPS that you have in your car to hit targets like Osama Bin Laden, Ronald McDonald and Paris Hilton under any meteorological conditions. If you know where they are hiding, that is. And if they are not moving. There’s also a version that uses laser (called LJDAM) to further increment precision, 600 of which have just been ordered by the US military citing “compelling and urgent operational needs.” No kidding. The LJDAM comes at two price points: $48,000 apiece for people who want to mount them on planes, and free for people receiving them on the ground, delivery included. – Jesus Diaz galleryPost('ljdam', 8, 'ljdam'); JDAM: A GPS-INS Add-on Adds Accuracy to Airstrikes [Defense Industry Daily] More »
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LG Wine Phone: But You Can Call It The CV300
9:57PM Seamus Byrne | Hello, Gizmodo readers. I’m a beautiful lay-dee and I’d like to take some time to tell you about my skincare routine. To keep my epidermis soft and fresh and kissable-schmissable, I stroke my face with LG’s new phone, the CV300. Developed by LG’s resident dermatologists, specialists in cell (phone) regeneration technology, the CV300 boasts a 1.3 Megapixel digicam, MP3 player, 2.2-inch screen and comes in red and black. Do you want to see some more pictures of me getting creamy with it? Thought so – they, and the price, are after the jump. More »
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PC World Names its 100 Best Products of the Year While The World Yawns
8:17PM Seamus Byrne | The PC World Top 100 products of 2007 have been announced, before we are even halfway through 2007. Don’t ask me why, but this means they have had to leave out stuff like the iPhone, which they awarded top spot to in the Most Anticipated Product category. So what did hit the top spot for actual products? Well, it’s not what I would have chosen (that came in at #3, but then I’ve always aspired towards being part of the leisure class.) Hit the gallery to see PC World’s Top Ten products and then the jump to find out where they came in. galleryPost('pcworld100best', 10, 'pcworld100best'); More »
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Asuka Tripper V Photo Storage Viewer
7:51PM Seamus Byrne | This is the Asuka Tripper V Photo Storage Viewer, hot off the production line in Japan. It’s got an 800 x 480-pixel screen and is JPEG, RAW, MPEG-4, MP3 and AAC compatible, as well as MP4s, so it’s not just a gizmo for serious photographers. We’ve featured both the Canon and the Epson P-5000 before but, at around $660 for 160GB storage, the Asuka is cheaper and roomier (with the Epson, you get half the storage for the same price.) There are also 120GB ($570) and 80GB ($400) models to chose from. These are Japanese prices, so expect to pay a tad more over here. – Ad Dugdale galleryPost('asukatripper', 9, 'asukatripper'); Asuka Tripper V [PC Watch via Google Translate] More »
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11:59AM Seamus Byrne | We reviewed the XtremeMac Luna late last week, and liked it a lot. So it’s very happy making for us to give the news that we will be giving one of these puppies away to a lucky reader. What do you have to do? Be a clever commenter!
The competition is open from now until end of Sunday week (3rd June), and the prize will go to the best comment posted between today and that date. So pull out the thinking caps, cut out the lurking, and show us how insightful you can be with your gadget know how.
And because it is all about the best comment, you can enter as many times as you like! Official competition mumbo jumbo can be found here.
Thanks to the folks at Powermove, local XtremeMac distributors, for offering up the Luna for your iPod alarm clock pleasure. -Seamus Byrne
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Win a wake up call: Our first competition, the XtremeMac Luna
11:59AM Seamus Byrne | We reviewed the XtremeMac Luna late last week, and liked it a lot. So it’s very happy making for us to give the news that we will be giving one of these puppies away to a lucky reader. What do you have to do? Be a clever commenter!
The competition is open from now until end of Sunday week (3rd June), and the prize will go to the best comment posted between today and that date. So pull out the thinking caps, cut out the lurking, and show us how insightful you can be with your gadget know how.
And because it is all about the best comment, you can enter as many times as you like! Official competition mumbo jumbo can be found here.
Thanks to the folks at Powermove, local XtremeMac distributors, for offering up the Luna for your iPod alarm clock pleasure. -Seamus Byrne
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11:28AM Seamus Byrne | There are some very nerdy cufflinks out there — keyboard keys spring to mind — that are just a bit too uncultured for mine, but these spirit levels cufflinks are all geek chic. This same site has more spirit level jewellery too, necklaces to earrings, as well as other nice pieces like Philips head screw links, Scrabble tile links, and, yes, those keyboard keys some people think look good.
But the spirit levels have that Macgyver edge. If something needed leveling, like a Mercury anti-tamper switch in a bomb, you could whip one off and save the day. -Seamus Byrne
Level Cufflinks [via Nerd Approved (they liked the necklace best)]
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Keep spirits high, or level, with these cuffs
11:28AM Seamus Byrne | There are some very nerdy cufflinks out there — keyboard keys spring to mind — that are just a bit too uncultured for mine, but these spirit levels cufflinks are all geek chic. This same site has more spirit level jewellery too, necklaces to earrings, as well as other nice pieces like Philips head screw links, Scrabble tile links, and, yes, those keyboard keys some people think look good.
But the spirit levels have that Macgyver edge. If something needed leveling, like a Mercury anti-tamper switch in a bomb, you could whip one off and save the day. -Seamus Byrne
Level Cufflinks [via Nerd Approved (they liked the necklace best)]
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10:30AM Seamus Byrne | Now you can really keep an eye on your stress levels, with this wrist watch style blood pressure monitor. You get a pulse reading and your pressure, with the capacity to store 30 readings for each of two users. Windows software is included to chart your pressure results.
It even tells the time. Like a real watch. So now you can watch the seconds tick by as that deadline approaches, and watch the pressure shoot through the roof as said deadlines whooshes by. -Seamus Byrne
Best Blood Pressure Monitor [via Gizmo Dude]
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Wrist watch blood pressure monitor
10:30AM Seamus Byrne | Now you can really keep an eye on your stress levels, with this wrist watch style blood pressure monitor. You get a pulse reading and your pressure, with the capacity to store 30 readings for each of two users. Windows software is included to chart your pressure results.
It even tells the time. Like a real watch. So now you can watch the seconds tick by as that deadline approaches, and watch the pressure shoot through the roof as said deadlines whooshes by. -Seamus Byrne
Best Blood Pressure Monitor [via Gizmo Dude]
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