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King Jim QR Code Timeclock

I didn’t quite understand what was up with this King Jim QR Code Clock until I read the description on Dottocomu, but I should have known to go with my gut instinct: that it had some use in entwining the otherwise free-floating souls of contract workers. QR codes are those fancy bar codes that are…

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Turtle Beach Video Advantage USB

Turtle Beach has a new video capture device that’s not only small, but has such a low draw that it works off USB bus power alone. The $130 Video Advantage USB isn’t fancy, exactly, but it can capture DV-quality video, which is a big step up from the old school USB 1.0 devices. If you’re…

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Shuttle SB83G5C: Home Theater XPC

Shuttle’s new XPC, the SB83G5C, is designed to pull home theater duty for build-your-own types, but I have a feeling its integrated front-panel LCD screen will appeal to quite a few show-off gamers, as well—especially since it has a 16x PCI-Express slot for video card upgrades. In addition, there’s a built-in TV tuner, customer Shuttle-designed…

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Predator’s Robot Pool Player

Learning is always better with robots. They even make golf fun, or at least automated, which is about ten times better than having to play it. To test the Z Shaft, a pool cue designed to help players eliminate cue deflection for truer shots, the folks at Predator enlisted the aid of Iron Willie, a…

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EarLove Earplugs

EarLove are earplugs designed for (and by) people who love live, loud music, but just can’t hang with losing their ability to hear. Using the same technology that’s in the high-end, custom-fitted Etymotic Musician’s Earplugs (which go for about $150 a pop), the EarLoves reduce sound across all frequencies by about 20 decibels, which means…

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Sony’s Hi-MD Photo

Sony’s tries at gaining serious ground in the portable media game is starting to remind me of a very special Hallmark movie about crippled children, only without the winning against the odds part at the end. Their new Hi-MD Photo player gets a few things right: it’s small, which is always nice. The display is…

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IOdata EasyDisk Platinum ED-S

IOdata’s latest USB flash memory key is the EasyDisk Platinum, which in addition to the standard password protection for its encrypted content, also uses ‘VOLATILE DATA’ technology to create a temporary folder on your PC that is cryptomagically hosed after usage. That should prevent, in theory, data recovery tools from accessing the content, presuming you…

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Airfoil: Stream Any Audio Over Airport Express

Rogue Amoeba software, the folks who produce the excellent Audio Hijack Pro, have just announced ‘Airfoil,’ software for the Apple Airport Express that allows you to stream any sound source over Wi-Fi, not just iTunes. While it still isn’t a perfect solution for something like movie playback (where the audio will lag a couple of…

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Robot Arm Wrestling

The Electroactive Polymer and Devices conference in San Diego on March 7th will play host to a number of projects that could literally change the way we live and abuse robots. On display will be artificial muscles and robotic mechanisms inspired by human organs, windows that change colors, an android head that can imitate human…

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Mac mini Lexus

In the glove box of this new Lexus sits a Mac Mini, USB 2.0 hub, and an easy bundle of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support. On the dash is a Pioneer in-dash receiver with touch screen displaying the mini’s OSX output. Gin and juice, money on your mind optional. Hopefully within a couple of months this…

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iPod shuffle Gel Shield

Pacific Rim Technologies is releasing a silicone cover of their own for the iPod shuffle, called the Gel Shield. Available in 5 colors, including this ‘Juicy Pink,’ the cases will ship next Tuesday in 3-packs for $25, or a single for $11. I’m waiting for a case that looks like a pack of Juicy Fruit.…

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Project CFFA: CompactFlash for Apple II

R&D Automation is selling the Project: CFFA interface card, which allows users of the Apple II computers to use CompactFlash cards for storage. Since most Apple II software is stored on floppy disks—far from the most robust long-term storage medium—many users are using the $109 cards to backup their old timey favorites to something a…

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Super Trainer Bicycle Treadmill

My brain goes all crunchy with potential Jetsons-type disaster of the Super Trainer Bicycle Treadmill. At about twelve feet long, three feet wide, and something like twenty-five hundred pounds, the Super Trainer simulates a patch of road with far more clarity than the so-called streets here in New York. With no restraints to hold the…

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Robosapien Dance Machine

Robert Oschler has devoted at least a small portion of his ample talents towards the development of the Robosapien Dance Machine. A complete and simple-to-use script editor allows you to create robust Robosapien command scripts that wow those who have the pleasure of witnessing the fruits of your ladder-logic labors. Completely free as open source…

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Segway Diversifies, Stays Crazy

The day all six of you have been waiting for is finally here: the new line of Segways has been announced! At any rate, it seems the good folks behind the Segway have made up for the short comings of the original model by adding that consumer favorite “practicality.” Take the XT for instance, with…

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HP DJammer

Create Digital Music has somewhat shocking information that HP might actually be doing something cool, as the electronics giants shows off the “DJammer.” The device is more than just a digital music player, as it can also hold and scratch tracks via motion sensors, and can stream to other devices for collaboration. HP has been…

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Alpine to Offer HD Radio Receiver

IBiquity Digital has converted another Electronics giant to the idea of HD Radio with Alpine announcing plans to offer the new DVA-9965 receiver this August. Which is good, as the quality of digital radio stomps all over the analog variety and more people selling receivers for it means more support for the format. But don’t…

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SMS With the ISS Crew

Try to stay with me on this one. FCC specialists want mobile phone users on the ground to be able to send SMS messages to the crew of the International Space Station. To ask them about the weather. On other planets. I can see some scientific purpose for this, as the ISS crew will have…

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Almost Morning Bits

Product Highlights • New Game Boy this year? [CNN] • Why does PC support stink? Ask Symantec [CNet] I’m still unsure if this sort of rant actually changes anything (not that it stops me, either). Business • TiVo records new DVR patents [CNet] • My Interview With Microsoft s Media Center Bloggers [ThomasHawk] Culture •…

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Creative Updates Zen Micro to 4GB, 5GB, and 6GB

Creative responds to the Apple iPod mini update with a bump in the Zen Micro line, which now offers not only $200 4GB and $250 6GB models, but a new 5GB model in between for just $230. I don’t know that people really need that much granularity in their Zen choices, but whatever works, I…

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King Jim QR Code Timeclock

Turtle Beach Video Advantage USB

Shuttle SB83G5C: Home Theater XPC

Predator’s Robot Pool Player

EarLove Earplugs

Sony’s Hi-MD Photo

IOdata EasyDisk Platinum ED-S

Airfoil: Stream Any Audio Over Airport Express

Robot Arm Wrestling

Mac mini Lexus

iPod shuffle Gel Shield

Project CFFA: CompactFlash for Apple II

Super Trainer Bicycle Treadmill

Robosapien Dance Machine

Segway Diversifies, Stays Crazy

HP DJammer

Alpine to Offer HD Radio Receiver

SMS With the ISS Crew

Almost Morning Bits

Creative Updates Zen Micro to 4GB, 5GB, and 6GB

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