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Saturday, February 20, 2010

WoWee Rovio WiFi Surveillance Robot

Wowee is unveiling its new WiFi enabled robotic webcam that can be controlled using any Internet enabled device. You can use a mobile phone, PC or even a video game console.Users can search around (or spy around) their home or office remotely through the Rovio’s built-in camera that streams video and audio transmitted via the robot. It features the NorthStar® smart navigation and positioning system, which makes the Rovio navigate accurately by itself and is able to avoid the obstacles on its way.

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Animated Business Cards (Video)

Until now business cards have been pretty boring, and generic, not seeing a whole lot of innovation. They may have a cool font or glossy paper, but thats usually the extent of it.

Chung Dha Lam has created a business card that will definitely captivate anyone you hand it to. Not only does it captivate, but in order to make the animation, you need to actually slide the inner card back and forth in its outer sleeve, thus making it the ultimate hands on experience, guaranteeing your card will awe its recipients.

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Make Your Automobile A Portable Kitchen

I don’t know many people that cook in their car, but if you are part of that group, check out this sandwich maker (Aka toaster) which be a good addition for your portable kitchen. The Road Pro 12 Volt Sandwich Maker, the device gets power from the cigarette lighter socket. The power cord only measures 5 foot, but since the cooking sessions are made inside the car, you probably don’t need much space…
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The Samsung Fashion Phone Tells Us When We’ve Eaten Too Much

Now I like a nicely styled, pretty phone as much as the next girl, but the plethora of ‘pink girly’ phones that companies produce in the hope they will lure girls into starry eyed submission is getting a little annoying. Now this offering is rather curious, as at first glance it does look nice, but moving beyond the clam-shell design, it’s packed with frankly insulting features, from a calorie counting system to a perfume matcher.

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Never Lose Count On How Many Beers You’ve Had Again

Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of a fun filled evening of beer drinking, especially when it comes to the exact number of how many you’ve had to drink.

Let there never be question again. The Beer Tracker never lies - each time a beer is cracked it is counted on the neat digital display.

Keep track as the night progresses, then, if you can find it in the morning, uncover the grand total of your exploits. Ideal for world record attempts. Happy drinking!