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Peripherals
Logitech Vid Easy Videoconferencing Comes To Seven New Webcams
1:00PM Jason Chen | Logitech’s Vid system is hitting these seven new webcams, and signals that they really want the Vid system to be ubiquitous with Logitech webcams. More »
Music
Amazing Music Video Is An International Webcam Collage
3:30PM Dan Nosowitz | Well, isn’t this heartwarming and adorable. Japanese band Sour had fans use webcams in intricate and unexpected ways to create this lo-fi music video for their song “Hibi no Neiro.” We promise you’ll crack a small, satisfied smile. [Vimeo, thanks Jack!] More »
Gadgets
Doritos’ Late Night Augmented Reality Bags Like A Party At Taco Bell
8:00AM Jason Chen | These new bags of Doritos Late Night Taco-flavored chips (I just ate 50) are special not just because of what’s inside, but what’s on the bag. If you have a webcam, you can simulate a concert in a bag. More »
Press
Security Camera System Busts Homeless Woman Who Lived Undetected in a Man’s Closet For a Year
10:00AM Sean Fallon | A homeless woman in Japan was recently busted by the police for trespassing after the man who had been unknowingly harboring her began to notice that food was disappearing from his kitchen. To discover the source of the problem, he had security cameras installed that transmitted images to his mobile phone. It wasn’t long before the cameras captured someone moving in his home, so he called the police who proceeded to thoroughly search the premises. They eventually found a woman cowering in the closet who later revealed that she had been living there for a year. More »
Computers
Asus R50 to Be Reincarnated With Keyboard Later This Year
1:00AM Addy Dugdale | The Asus R50 UMPC is already being updated—even though Mark 1 has yet to be released. Digitimes reports that the handheld with GPS and 3.5G connectivity, due out in June, will be sporting a keyboard come November of this year. As well as running Linux and Vista, the R50 has a webcam and TV tuner and is expected to sell for US$500-plus. [DigiTimes via JKK Mobile] More »
Games
Oral Hygiene Game Maps Mouth, Makes Kids Brush Better
9:30AM Jason Chen | As a guy with pretty horrible teeth, I can only wish that this computerised toothbrush was invented decades ago when I was a kid. When children brush using the system, the toothbrush’s LEDs get mapped via webcam onto a representation of a mouth, which then shows kids which teeth have already been brushed and which teeth need more cleaning. The kids using the system were “twice as effective at cleaning their teeth following the trial.” If only they could turn flossing into a game as well, I wouldn’t have to go get a root canal in about a month. [New Scientist] More »
Toys
USB Missile Launcher Comes With Webcam For Optimal Accuracy
4:50AM Jason Chen | USB Missile Launchers have been around for years and years and years, but why did it take this long for someone to stick a webcam on it? Seriously, what could be better for aiming a foam dart at that punk Bob from accounting than being able to see where you’re aiming in first person view? If I had one of these instead of a standard Missile Launcher, I could have nailed Dvorak through the heart and recorded the thing at the same time. Oh technology, why are you never here when we need you? [IWOOT via Shiny Shiny] More »
Peripherals
Ping Pong-Themed Webcam Hopefully First and Last Homage to Balls Of Fury
11:10PM Addy Dugdale | Oh Brando, not only do you not heed my pleas for a USB trouser press, but you also continue putting products that are, quite frankly, strange and reprehensible. Who in their right mind would be interested in buying a webcam that looks like a ping-pong bat? Don’t you know that we computer-fixed weirdies have no interest whatsoever in exercise? Some of us, however, do appreciate the box of tissues in one of the press shots. Ping-Pong and webcam aficionados may want to jump for the full specs, anyone with a dirty mind just head straight to the gallery. More »
Peripherals
iPatch Blocks iSights on MacBook, MacBook Pros For Your Prurient Needs
5:09AM Jason Chen | You already know why you need this iPatch to cover up your iMac’s iSight—because you do dirty, dirty things in front of your computer—but now the small, molded piece of plastic is form-fitted for your MacBook and MacBook Pro. It works exactly the same as the old version. Just slide it over your iSight when you’re about to get naughty, then slide it off when done. They even have a MacBook Air version coming later this week. On the other hand, the light comes on when the iSight is active, but unless you really stare at the thing you won’t notice the light. [The iPatch] More »
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