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Check out the DJI Phantom, perfect for aerial photography, general surveillance, and just generally terrorizing your neighborhood: The Phantom has a 300 meter range, and if it loses contact with the controller, its GPS returns it to your home location, where it will automatically land itself. The Phantom includes a camera mount which accommodates GoPro [...]
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This is one of those “better mousetrap” stories. Made in Japan by the Feather Safety Razor company, these are the best nail clippers I’ve ever come across. What distinguishes the Feather PaRaDa from the cheap clippers sold at your local drugstore are its remarkable sharpness and the fact that the Parada captures the clippings. The [...]
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If you worry about losing your digital camera – or perhaps worse, the images on its memory card – you might want to check out CameraTrace. For an annual fee of $10, CameraTrace provides a metalized, adhesive tag for your camera which enables someone who’s found it to return it to you. The tag directs [...]
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My Nest learning thermostat arrived this afternoon. When I arrived home I began the installation process, which took about 10 minutes. Once Nest was installed, I connected it to our wireless network, updated the unit’s software, inputted our zip code, and named the Nest (I chose the rather imaginative, “Hallway”), and set it on its [...]
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What would an Apple developer do if he or she had the chance to totally revamp the lowly home HVAC thermostat? One answer is provided by the new Nest “learning thermostat.”
Developed by two former Apple iPod execs (Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers), the Nest programs itself based upon your actions and actual behavioral patterns, and as a result, anticipates your cooling & heating needs, thereby saving energy.
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If you’re in the market for an ultra small, insanely bright LED keychain flashlight, check out the new Photon Micro-Light II Pro. First production is limited to 500 pieces; full production won’t begin until late summer 2011. The Micro-Light II might be tiny, but it boasts impressive specs: Simple squeeze-button on/off — Easy operation even [...]
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From the TSA blog: Electronic items smaller than the standard sized laptop should not need to be removed from your bag or their cases. It’s that simple. Only electronics the size of a standard laptop or larger (for example Playstation®, Xbox™, or Nintendo®), full-size DVD players, and video cameras that use video cassettes must be [...]
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