October 2006

HDTV – Only for the Wealthy?

Source: DVR Playground Leichtman Research Group released a survey showing that over 80% of the consumers with HDTV make over $50,000 a year. In fact, the average household income for HDTV owners is $89,500 which is 42% above the national average income. In addition, only 1 in 6 households have HDTV which is up from [...]

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Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Released

Coolness – Firefox 2.0 has just been released by Mozilla. Like previous Firefox releases, Mozilla has taken useful previously available extensions and integrated them into the base browser itself. I’m on the fence about this, but it’s useful for many, non-techie users who want certain features without having to search for and install anything additional. [...]

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Golfing: Putt Return System

Can you have too many golf accessories, toys, tools, game enhancers, trackers, etc.? In a word, nope. You’re not really any kind of golfer unless you’ve got one of these gadgets to help you practise your putting. On top of that, this is an automatic putt-return gadget, so you get your ball back in case [...]

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Technology Review: HAVA Product Line

Imagine a teaching auditorium full of students, each with their own laptop, able to watch whatever is taking place on stage through their laptop and a wireless connection. Not only is the lesson being wirelessly multicasted to all of the student’s laptops, but each individual student has the control to pause, rewind and even record [...]

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IR Remote-Controlled Light Switch

Yesterday we featured a voice-controlled light module, so today we’ve got a variation on the theme. This time, it’s a creative use of other common home gadgets – it’s an IR remote-controlled light switch. Replace your existing wall switch with this IR-controllable switch, and then ‘program’ one of your existing IR remote controls to turn [...]

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Voice-Controlled Light Module

I like this gadget, because it gives me the feeling that pretty soon I’ll be able to say “Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.” So far, the IntelaVoice lamp module lets you command it using “High”, “Medium”, or “Low” as well as to turn the light on or off. This is a pretty easy install as well [...]

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Tivoserver: Watch Videos That Reside on a PC

Have you ever wished you could watch videos (such as those "20-second clips") that reside on your PC, via your TiVo? With Tivoserver (and MRV), you can! The following instructions (for Windows XP) assume you have a Series 2 DirecTivo running 6.2 and hacked with the SuperPatch to disable encryption and enable MRV. One method [...]

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Storm Launcher

Remote Control sure has come a long way with micro flying machine, blimps and now an all-terrain vehicle. The dual motors allow the Storm Launcher hydroplane to run across water, slide across land and then catapult up into the air! This RC vehicle can go anywhere. The RC vehicle is made of crash-resistant foam so [...]

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Dev Anand – “Geek of the Week”

The Geeks received our first international resume for Geek 4 Sale and simply had to post Dev as the “Geek of the Week”! Currently living in India, Dev attained a BE at the University of Pune in Maharashtra, India then went to the states where he received his MS at the University of Louisville and [...]

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Zoundz Interactive Music & Light Show

The Geeks don’t know what to make out of the Zoundz Interactive Music and Light Show. The Zoundz is billed as an “interactive digital audio sculpture”. By moving the seven pawn-like objects on the base different riffs are played and the seventh piece will even record any sound. In addition to playing sounds, the different [...]

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