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Panasonic Adds Skype Voice & Video Calling to New Panasonic Blu-Ray Players

January 5, 2011

Panasonic and Skype today announced that Skype Voice & Video calling will be added to new 2011 Viera CAST-enabled Panasonic Blu-Ray players. Skype already had a partnership deal with Panasonic to bring video & voice calling to Panasonic HDTVs via an external HD camera. This deal extends the Skype ecosystem a little further.

Posted in Gadgets, Home Entertainment, Skype, TMCnet, Unified Communications, Video Conferencing, Video Hardware & Software, VoIP

Polar Bears + Not-so-indestructible Cameras = Pure Entertainment

January 3, 2011

The BBC's popular BBC show Top Gear collaborated with superspy James Bond's friend and co-worker Q to create not-so-stealthly spy camera gadgets masquerading as chunks of ice designed to spy on polar bears. One of the spy cams Blizzard Cam glides on skis powered by 2 propellers and can reach 40mph. You would think a cam that travels 40mph would have no problem outrunning a polar bear. Well, you would be wrong.

There is also Snowball Cam, a spherical camera designed to survive immense pressures and is designed to get in close to the polar bears.

Posted in Digital Cameras, Gadgets, Home Entertainment, Technology and Science, Video Conferencing, Video Hardware & Software

Doodle-Track Car Fun!

December 6, 2010

Every kid remembers playing with race cars with click-together race car tracks. But these race car tracks were typically boring oval or figure 8s with no hairpin turns or S curves. Well imagine you could design your own track using the Doodle Track kit to create the ultimate racing toy set.

Simply using a marker you draw the track and the race car will follow it automatically.

Posted in Home Entertainment, Reviews, TMCnet, Technology and Science

Clash Of The Titans (original) Is One of Favorite Movies of All Time

September 3, 2010

Posted in Home Entertainment, TMCnet

Netflix App Arrives for iPhone and iPod Touch!

August 26, 2010

Netflix for the iPhone and iPod Touch has arrived! You can ditch the Netflix for iPhone & iPod Touch hack I wrote about. You can be legit. It is here my friends!

Posted in Home Entertainment, Internet, TMCnet, Video Hardware & Software

Teevox + iPhone = Remote Control for Netflix & Hulu

August 20, 2010

Teevox, founded by former MIT students is an iPhone app that allows you to remotely control watching Hulu and Netflix on your computer. According to Techcrunch, Hulu and Netflix are just the beginning. I use Orb and PlayOn for remote media access, which are similar - especially PlayOn which supports Hulu and Netflix. Speaking of PlayOn, I just noticed last night that when I went to http://m.mobile.tv within Safari on my iPhone it forced me to add PlayOn to my Home Screen.

Posted in Home Entertainment, Internet, TMCnet, Video Hardware & Software

Wisair Wireless USB Audio/Video Adapter Streams to HDTVs

August 3, 2010

Wisair Wireless USB Audio/Video Adapter is an interesting little gadget designed with laptops in mind - to stream any laptop content to any HD screen. Thus, you can wirelessly stream movies, TV, photo slideshows, presentations, web content, and more. It'll work with desktops as well, but really their target market is laptops.

The Wisair Wireless USB Audio/Video Adapter Set is a USB adapter that sports a HDMI video/audio support and VGA connectivity with stereo audio support through a 3.5 mm audio jack, and offers 32-bit True Color depth and up to 1400x1050 screen resolution. It also features 48 kHz, 16-bit stereo sound and HD video resolution up to 720p.

The wireless laptop adapter plugs into any USB port on the computer.

Posted in Accessories, Gadgets, Home Entertainment, Video Hardware & Software, Wireless

Stomp Rocket Jr. Glow Kit & Ultra Stomp Rocket

August 3, 2010

The 4th of July, fireworks, and rockets bursting in air may be over, but summer is not over. So if you're looking for some summer fun, like a fun rocket toy that your kids can shoot into the sky without requiring a Bic lighter, then look no further than the Stomp Rocket Jr. Glow Kit. Not only can your kids safely shoot these glow in the dark rockets into the sky themselves, they can burn some energy doing it too. You see, you stomp on a pad that sends the air pressure into the rocket sending it airborne up to 100 feet (for the really hard stompers).

Just place the launch stand in a outdoor area, connect the 38-inch-long vinyl air hose and blast pad, load one of the three 9" foam rockets and blast off! It comes with three rockets but you can also order stomp parachutes and spin copters from the manufacturer.

Posted in Home Entertainment, Reviews

SkypeKit SDK adds Skype to Just About Anything

June 22, 2010

Skype today announced that soon every Internet connected device can now become a Skype endpoint with the addition of the SkypeKit SDK. The Panasonic line of TVs that integrated Skype used an early version of SkypeKit (as well as LG and Samsung TVs). Other connected devices like wireless picture frames could soon be Skype-enabled. The SDK will leverage Skype's wideband SILK codec.

Posted in Home Entertainment, Skype, TMCnet, Unified Communications, VoIP

Cool Octiv Mini - iPod & iPhone Dock

June 22, 2010

Altec Lansing today introduced the Octiv Mini (M102) audio dock for iPhone and iPod users ($59.95). Sporting an angular slant and a large speaker, the Octiv Mini also functions as an alarm clock when combined with the free Altec Lansing custom Alarm Rock app. Unlike most docks, the alarm display is done on the iPhone or iPod display via the free app. So I suppose one drawback is if you take your device off the dock you lose the ability to see the current time.

Altec Lansing said, "Pound for pound, the Octiv Mini holds its own against bulkier speaker systems, and is even more appealing when considering similarly priced stand-alone chargers."

"Because the Octiv Mini functions as a dock, a charger and an alarm clock with the included app, it represents an amazing value that will be appreciated by those who will not compromise on sound quality for a smaller footprint," stated Steve Schlangen, Altec Lansing product manager.

Posted in Apple, Gadgets, Home Entertainment, Internet, MP3 Players & Digital Audio, Mobile Phones

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