Road Mice - The Most Toys Wins
This Christmas, we managed to get our hands on a hot new gift item for any age or flavor of automotive enthusiast. "Road Mice" are American Muscle cars made to fit in the palm of your hand and serve as your mouse when you cruise the web. They are fast (800 dpi) and fun, and are officially licensed for the hottest new cars, the Mustang GT, Camaro, Corvette, and more.
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Japanese Firm Introduces the World Camera
Sometimes, when you see the future, it really hits you, and today at TechCrunch50, we witnessed a vision of real world tagging that I hadn't yet thought about or even dreamt about. From a Japanese company called Tonchidot, the "World Camera," demonstrates how the world might look someday through mobile-colored glasses.
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How to "Bling" Product Photographs
In a snap, anyone can remove a background from a photograph and pop the foreground object onto a new background, and even add shadows and hazing effects. With Bling! It, creating professional looking product photos for an online store or an eBay listing no longer requires knowledge of advanced photo editing software.
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HAVA Compared to Slingbox
When one product totally dominates a niche market, and an upstart comes out with a competiting product, even if you can save a few dollars, the first question that always comes to mind is, "What can they really do that I can't do now?" Simply put, while both products can transmit video to internet-connected devices with some limitations, HAVA appears to be best for distributing and recording HD quality video inside of a home network and to Media Center PCs.
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Swype Introduces Tap-Free Typing
At TechCrunch50, the entire audience was delighted to see something innovative in the area of text entry for mobile devices, or actually all touch-screen-oriented devices. From the person who designed the Virtual keyboard now found on more than 500 million smart phones came the ability to type by dragging rather than lifting and tapping the keys, resulting in a doubling of typing speeds.
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UGOBE Pleo Redux
In early 2006, we saw our first Pleo from UGOBE, and we were certain that this adorable robot was going to be a hit for Christmas 2006. Unfortunately, not only did the product fail to hit the shelves that year, but it looks like battery problems in v2 may negatively impact the release of the new version this Christmas. So, as we begin to prepare our Gadget Gurus Christmas lists, it looks like one of our favorite "hopefuls" will be missing the list again.
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Fitbit 24 Hour Health and Fitness Monitoring
One of the highlights of the 2008 TechCrunch50 event was a small gadget called the FitBit Tracker, a very small health and fitness monitoring device designed to track your fitness and health activities 24 hours a day. The device, designed to clamp over a belt or purse or to any piece of clothing, was created for 24-hour a day, 7 day a week wear, and includes interesting daytime and nighttime monitoring features.
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Black and Decker Power Monitor
In a greener more energy-conscious political enviroment, the Black and Decker EM100B Power Monitor is one of the hottest new home improvement gadgets of 2008, introduced just in time for the holidays, this device provides real-time data on how much electricity your home is using, predicts your end-of-month electricity bill, plus it can isolate the cost of appliances and fixtures.
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Mint.com Manages Bank and Credit Cards
Unveiled at TechCrunch in San Francisco, Mint.com tops our list of favorite FREE website services for 2007. Mint not only integrates all of your credit cards and bank accounts into one online overview, but allows you drill down, and even makes some recommendations. If you are paying too much in fees or not making enough in interest, Mint knows, and will suggest some alternatives, which is how the folks at mint.com make their money, by referring you to "special deals" on credit cards and banking accounts.
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A Safer Christmas with Zibra Open It
Every Christmas morning, I am horrified watching family members wrestle open those plastic security packages that virtually everything at Costco and Walmart are packaged in these days. Ducking every manner of sharp implement pointing and flinging in every direction, I am reminded of the famous Christmas Story movie warning, "You'll shoot your eye out, kid!"
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TECH2 LAKE HOUSE to be Completed Spring 2009
DEC 2008 UPDATE - Ron Rosberg's current project home, the Technology Lake House, is currently under construction on the shores of Clearlake in Northern California. The new high-tech dock is complete, and the roofline is beginning to take shape. So far, more than a dozen technology vendors have stepped up to sponsor this project, which has been simmering in Ron's head since he attended the first CES show in New York in 1967. The 7,500 square foot project (plus two existing rustic cabin guest houses) is being built on a six-acre Honeymoon Cove resort with 500 feet of beach directly across from Konocti Harbor Resort. This summer retreat will host two technology gatherings annually, inviting Western states home builders, contractors, and technology consultants for a live open house. There is room to park up to twelve boats in the main dock and the guest dock, so plan on coming up for some lake fun after the project is complete. For more info, send email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or call 650-342-5642. To see the latest photos, visit Ron's Flickr gallery.
We are currently looking for products to evaluate in these areas:
- Home automation: lighting, security, HVAC and entertainment
- A/V technology for the 500 SF home theater media demo room
- Remote video (needed ASAP for monitoring construction live)
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