Bring HDTV to your laptop with today’s Gizmo of the Day! You can watch free over the air (OTA) HDTV or turn your computer into a digital video recorder allowing you to use your machine as a HD “TiVO”. The Cat’s Eye USB HDTV Tuner comes with Beyond TV Software which allows one-touch intelligent recording of your favorite shows through the included SnapStream software.
The geeks are drooling over this one!
We found out a couple days ago that other Geeks are as interested in indoor remote control flying contraptions as we are when FARK picked up our Gizmo of the Day article on the Remote Control Indoor Butterfly Flyer. While searching our favorite sites, we ran across another such gizmo, except this involves yet even another geek passion… UFOs!
This 2005 Toy Innovation Winner in the Technology Category finally makes use of the technology uncovered years ago at Roswell!
The Remote-Control Camera adds panning ability to any camera (wired or wireless). This gizmo can pan your cameras up to 370 degrees and you can remotely control the movement from up to 150 feet away.
Too bad the camera base cannot be controlled from a web site. There are several products that have that ability, but pricing is a little spooky on them.
An Israeli company, Nemesysco Ltd., has taken voice analysis technology previously only used by law enforcement and the like, and applied it to the business of ‘love’. They’ve come up with a line of products that supposedly can tell you whether or not your Significant Other or love interest is being honest with you. One of those products is the Online Love Detector which you call and then in turn call your SO. The current drawback is that if you’re using a cell phone, the mobile provider must be compatible with the service. I guess this company must just be getting started around the world, since they only list 3 providers, but I can see this being a hugely popular tool.
What’s this? The Gizmo of the Day is a light switch?
We’re not being anti-climatic… actually, the Gizmo of the Day is perhaps the smartest toggle style dimmer switch because it is INSTEON-enabled. Smarthome finally released the toggle-style dimmer a couple days ago for purchase and the Geeks decided to feature even though it’s still a pre-order item (we tend to wait until you can get your hands on a gizmo before featuring). Personally, I’m still a fan INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer fan.
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Launch an epic battle with your kitty cat or your dog by using your drone remote control missle launchers. This is one of the coolest remote control vehicles we have featured as gizmo of the day!
The Remote Control Missle Launcher shoots soft foam missles up to 15 feet and features light and firing sound effects as well as moving aroound. The coolness factor really kicks in as the turret elevates to 45-degrees, rotates 350-degrees left and right and then launches up to 10 foam missles at once. You can win your epic battle against your sleeping kitty with this bad boy!
MPEG4 Video Recorder Digital Answer To VCR
Peripherals specialist Pinpoint Consumer Electronics has launched a major video recording solution that is the perfect accompaniment to the record breaking Sony PSP and other portable media players.
The Neuros Video Recorder is the most convenient, efficient and affordable solution to converting video files into MPEG4 format. Operated using the same principles as the VCR, the device records from any video source (including TV, camcorder, DVD player and satellite) onto a Memory Stick Pro Duo or Compact Flash memory card. The recorded video files can then be played back on the Sony PSP, Video iPod, PDA, Smartphone and laptop by transferring the memory card to the chosen media player.
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Here’s a brief on an somewhat interesting market niche that no one thought of to exploit or even explore prior to this company: skins for iRobot’s Roomba and Scooba cleaning robots. You can get skins featuring professional sports teams from the NBA and MLB, college logos, or ten different colorful designs, or turn your photos into customized skins. So I can get Lakers logo on my Roomba, huh? Who knows? Maybe this *will* take off. Here’s the press release.
