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    iPevo Point 2 View USB: The Webcam Who Thinks It's a Luxo Lamp

    Astak Mole Webcam Sends Your Shame To YouTube and Talks About You On Twitter

    World's First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams Uncompressed 1080p Video

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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/04/09

    In reply to iPevo Point 2 View USB: The Webcam Who Thinks It's a Luxo Lamp
    Time for a death match between Luxo and Luxo's evil twin the iPevo. That said, shouldn't iPevo really be a device for chopping up apple's into pieces or creating apple sauce? Or maybe that was not the definition of "pevo" I was considering.

    I admit I have had many web cams over the years (my first in 1998, I believe), and I use them maybe twice a year. You have to have it to be an "official" geek, but it is not the most useful computing device I have ever had. But, this design is so damn cute, I might use it more often. Four times a year, maybe. #ipevop2vusbwebcam
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    11/04/09

    @Monty: I think the usefulness of the webcam increases with the amount of out of town family or close friends you have. I have a lot of family in south africa and my webcam definitely makes them feel a little bit closer. However if all my family and friends were local... or at least close family and friends I wouldn't see me using it much at all. #ipevop2vusbwebcam
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    11/04/09

    @Sunburn_summer: Good points. Most of my family lives in places where broadband is not an option (out in the sticks, or above the arctic circle -- truly), so that could limit my personal use. But, even in the work setting I have found seeing the face of the person on the other side to not be particularly useful. Though, that could be because every day is a bad hair day for me.

    One of my main complaints about this technology is how little we have taken this into conferences. Why are we not attending various conferences through WebEx or similar systems where can can train folks while they can see us, and anyone could see any of the other participants? I had a long discussion about that with WebEx and they didn't have a good answer for me.

    Still, this is a nice computer camera design, regardless. #ipevop2vusbwebcam
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    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    11/04/09

    @Monty: Into conferences? Is a college class a good example? All of my MS classes were streamed live along side overhead notes (powerpoint slides) for people who were not on-campus. Otherwise, I use mine pretty often, 1-2 times per week and I like seeing the face. It beats holding a phone to my ear, and I don't walk around the house with my bluetooth in (often).

    Unrelated, "pevo" sounds like the Polish word for beer, "piwo". So hence forth, this product will be known as iBeer. Beer goggle? Beer monocle? Any of these half-ass jokes doin' it for ya? #ipevop2vusbwebcam
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    Image of Sunburn_summer Sunburn_summer
    11/04/09

    @Monty: I know what you mean. A few years ago even though we had webcams and good systems on both sides video chat between here and south africa was barely useable. Partly due to the tech, partly due to South Africa's awful internet speeds. Often we would start with video, but turn it off because it would make the call quality so unbearable. It's only been about the last 3 years that the speeds in SA have picked up and made video chat great. Now I very rarely get a dropped call, and there is no noticeable lag. Couldn't imagine not using video chat now. #ipevop2vusbwebcam
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/04/09

    @valkilmerisawful: I am ashamed to admit I have not been in a college campus setting since 1993, and that certainly sounds excellent. My apologies about being out of touch on that front.

    What I was referring to was national conferences involving thousands of people. In this day and age, why should I have to fly to Florida to meet and chat with new people when a web camera (and a well programmed web site) could do the job? Of course, the Gaylord hotels might not like this concept, but it seems like an easy answer. But, I am dreaming.

    I think your jokes were "full"-ass, and I enjoyed them thoroughly! #ipevop2vusbwebcam
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    11/04/09

    @Monty: Hahaha "full"-ass... I just lol'ed or lulz'ed or whatever the kids think is cool these days. I agree with you, though, that that is seems like traveling can be wasteful and that webconferencing might help. But I suppose it doesn't replace the presence of a real human being, and it's got a long way to go to simulate the grandiose experience of a national conference, I'm sure. Until then, at the very least it makes me feel like I'm not just drinking alone in my apartment when I have a friend on the screen :)
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    Edited by valkilmerisawful at 11/04/09 3:40 PM valkilmerisawful was starred valkilmerisawful was unstarred
    Image of Xagest Xagest
    11/04/09

    In reply to iPevo Point 2 View USB: The Webcam Who Thinks It's a Luxo Lamp
    Hmm, how every incognito... #ipevop2vusbwebcam
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    Image of otko otko
    10/28/09

    In reply to Astak Mole Webcam Sends Your Shame To YouTube and Talks About You On Twitter
    Kid tested, Hans Moleman approved. #astakmole
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    GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks promoted this comment otko was starred otko was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    10/28/09


    @otko: Hello, this is Moleman in the morning. Good Moleman to you. Today part four of our series of the agonizing pain in which I live every daaaay. #astakmole
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    10/28/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Right: 1 Wrong: ∞: Every single Simpsons fan on Giz has the EXACT same torrented episodes with the little Fox 13 watermark in the corner. That's about the 5th time I've seen it and it cracks me up every time! #astakmole
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    10/28/09

    @otko: No, thanks to me, most know where to find these images. I try to keep it quiet so they don't overburden their servers. #astakmole
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    10/28/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks: My mistake. I assumed you just took a screenshot of part of that episode. That watermark sure gets around though. I think it used to come free in the mail years ago with samples of Tide and Frampton Comes Alive. #astakmole
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    10/28/09


    @GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks: #astakmole
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    10/28/09

    @otko: Mines bigger! #astakmole
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    10/28/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks: But mine has the FORCE. #astakmole
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    10/28/09


    @GitEmSteveDave_ThatChickRockingKicks: #astakmole
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    10/28/09

    In reply to Astak Mole Webcam Sends Your Shame To YouTube and Talks About You On Twitter

    Well. There goes the ceiling cat. How should I put it down? Remind me to delete its Twitter account as well.
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    Edited by Pessimippopotamus at 10/28/09 2:03 PM Pessimippopotamus was starred Pessimippopotamus was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    10/28/09

    In reply to Astak Mole Webcam Sends Your Shame To YouTube and Talks About You On Twitter
    Damn, if it was cheaper, or if I had any sort of sponsorship, I would love to have these at my house. Especially love the PTZ part, and wondering if it will auto-face track.

    As of right now, I only have one cam up that PTZ's, the ComputerCam ( [mysite.verizon.net] ), but would love more. #
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/28/09

    In reply to Astak Mole Webcam Sends Your Shame To YouTube and Talks About You On Twitter
    Vader may have used something like this to finally find out who was snatching his bantha crackers from the pantry.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 10/28/09 1:59 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    09/23/09

    In reply to World's First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams Uncompressed 1080p Video
    I must issue a warning. If this is what you can experience with 720p, can you picture what he would look like in 1080p?
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    09/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyRequired:

    VURRRP!
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    GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyRequired promoted this comment DustyButt™ was starred DustyButt™ was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    09/23/09

    @DustyButt™: For fun, count how many times he says "folks" and "720p". I won't know if anyone is correct, BTW, because I have never made it all the way through this video.
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    Image of Knowitallguytherevenge Knowitallguytherevenge
    09/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyRequired: All that work to develop internet 2.0. And this is our reward. I'm beginning to think 2012 really is the end of all existence.
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    GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyRequired promoted this comment Edited by Knowitallguytherevenge at 09/23/09 8:39 AM Knowitallguytherevenge was starred Knowitallguytherevenge was unstarred
    Image of Ain't gettin a star Ain't gettin a star
    09/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyRequired: My one and only question is how did you find this video to post so quickly?
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    GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyRequired promoted this comment Ain't gettin a star was starred Ain't gettin a star was unstarred
    Image of Jessehayes Jessehayes
    09/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyRequired: Look out Facebook...
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    GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyRequired promoted this comment Jessehayes was starred Jessehayes was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    09/23/09

    @Mess Yo Self!: A podcast I listen to, Distorted View, plays audio from the Fat Man occasionally, and this was one of the videos. He apparently is trying to lose weight, again, but he hit a stumbling block when he realized the nutritional value listed on a Marie Callender pot pie was for one serving, not the two servings the pie is. So he was eating double the calories he thought he was.
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    09/23/09

    In reply to World's First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams Uncompressed 1080p Video
    I would totally install 4 of these to replace the current generation of JerseyCam's I have set up in my house currently, which can be viewed at [GitEmSteveDave.com] .
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    09/23/09

    In reply to World's First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams Uncompressed 1080p Video
    All this impressive technology and we only got a 6 second clip and only half of it was in focus? Were you not allowed to film it or something?
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    Image of Hack Handyman Hack Handyman
    09/23/09

    @macpatrick: so you expect you'd be impressed with a 1920x1080 uncompressed video stream at 60fps... shown in a scaled down heavily compressed youtube flash video?

    Assuming you were to download the actual video, assume 1920 x 1080 x 3 bytes per pixel x 60 fps x 6 seconds = 2.2GB.
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    macpatrick promoted this comment Hack Handyman was starred Hack Handyman was unstarred
    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    09/23/09

    @Hack Handyman: Yes. I am extremely impressed with this technology. But this video isn't even long enough to even get an idea of whats going. And yes, it sounds ridiculous, but you can judge image quality from a youtube video.
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    Image of (Starman) Bastille (Starman) Bastille
    09/23/09

    In reply to World's First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams Uncompressed 1080p Video
    And thus, FireWire has become dead in the water.... :'(

    WAAAAAAHH!!!! /≥__≤\
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    Image of (Starman) Bastille (Starman) Bastille
    09/23/09

    @(Starman) AnalysisDialysis: Though I do have to say, the speed at which this records won't make a damn difference if the internet DL speed on the other end is as slow as molasses...
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    AOClaus promoted this comment (Starman) Bastille was starred (Starman) Bastille was unstarred
    Image of bennymatthew bennymatthew
    09/22/09

    In reply to World's First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams Uncompressed 1080p Video
    Nice. I'd hit it.
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    SegamanXero promoted this comment CustomFirmware approved this comment bennymatthew was starred bennymatthew was unstarred
    Image of ithyphallus, bonks morrigan ithyphallus, bonks morrigan
    09/22/09

    In reply to World's First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams Uncompressed 1080p Video
    the porn industry is immediately intrigued
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    CustomFirmware promoted this comment ithyphallus, bonks morrigan was starred ithyphallus, bonks morrigan was unstarred
    Image of halopower67 halopower67
    09/22/09

    @ithyphallus, lazy beareaucrat: you are a smart man sir.
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    CustomFirmware promoted this comment halopower67 was starred halopower67 was unstarred
    Image of TheGuinnessTooth TheGuinnessTooth
    09/22/09

    @ithyphallus, lazy beareaucrat: These should be distributed complimentarily to teenage girls in dorm rooms that like to dance in their underwear and then share the video of said act on the internet.
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    Image of Plan303e Plan303e
    09/23/09

    @ithyphallus, lazy beareaucrat: On the contrary: the porn industry has shy'd away from HD content because it details every little imperfections in their "actors", which is off-putting to market. Stuff like scars, giant pores, etc.
    And yes, I read this somewhere off of Gizmodo [NSFW], if I'm not mistaken.
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    Edited by Plan303e at 09/23/09 12:51 AM Plan303e was starred Plan303e was unstarred
    Image of quantumbits quantumbits
    09/23/09

    @Plan303e: I find that hard to believe given some of the camera angles that I've seen. Honestly, you haven't lived until you've had the image of Ron Jeremy's taint taking up the entire real estate of your 52" plasma tv screen.
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    Sticks Calhoun promoted this comment quantumbits was starred quantumbits was unstarred
    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    09/16/09

    In reply to Affective Interfaces' Webcam Software Reads Emotions
    Dystopic future detected!
    Not legitimately happy with the current dictatorship?
    Not legitimately enraged with Emmanuel Goldstein's face?
    Just wait for a friendly thought police visit...
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    Image of Curves Curves
    09/15/09

    In reply to Affective Interfaces' Webcam Software Reads Emotions
    Yeah. Like anyone ever points a webcam at their face.
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    09/15/09

    @Curves: Uhhhhh....
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    09/15/09

    In reply to Affective Interfaces' Webcam Software Reads Emotions
    This tool could be very useful to husbands when they call home to tell their wives they are going out for drinks after work with the boys. When she says "Fine then" and the man takes that to mean that she gave her approval… the red lights flash on his smart phone and tell him what she is really thinking…
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    Edited by Software_Goddess at 09/15/09 5:39 PM Software_Goddess was starred Software_Goddess was unstarred
    Image of anon anon
    09/15/09

    @Software_Goddess: we already know what "fine then" means. ;-)
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    Software_Goddess promoted this comment anon was starred anon was unstarred
    Image of The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist
    09/15/09

    @Software_Goddess: Ask you say WOMAN I'm go'in out and gettin drunk and you better have the house clean and a chick'in potpie ready when I get home.
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    Software_Goddess promoted this comment The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist was starred The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist was unstarred
    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    09/15/09

    @The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist: I have just e-mailed this to your wife. If you can’t find red roses, I recommend a 5 foot tall stuffed animal.
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