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Archive for February, 2010

PLEO robotic companion pet that reacts to your touch – CES 2010

Posted by geeknews at 11:17 PM on February 22, 2010

PLEO will cause you to sit back and say is this pet real? PLEO is an autonomous creature that will use the senses to react. If you touch it, the PLEO will react. Your going to fall in love with Pleo

Interview by Rob Blatt of Geek News Central

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YouRock Guitar – Digital Guitar and Game Controller – CES 2010

Posted by geeknews at 11:12 PM on February 22, 2010

You Rock Guitar is a pretty awesome musical device. Yes I said musical device. JR explains how you can use the YouRock Guitar as a MIDI guitar, Audio sampler or a game controller for your Rockband or Guitar Hero.

Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine

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Lok8u GPS Num8 – Freedom and peace of mind for Kids and Adults – CES 2010

Posted by geeknews at 11:07 PM on February 22, 2010

Lok8u The first GPS locator for children is now the first GPS locator for adults in a handy little watch format. Pin-point within 10m if they wander off or go out of the pre-defined zone.

Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine

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MiLi – Pico Projector for the iPhone – CES 2010

Posted by geeknews at 11:00 PM on February 22, 2010

MiLi created the Mili Pico Power Projector for the iPhone. It is a table stand that allows you to set your iPhone (or anything with AV out) in the dock and show the screen.

Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine

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Digisafe – DiskCrypt Mobile – CES 2010

Posted by geeknews at 10:56 PM on February 22, 2010

If you need a portable drive with high encryption security, then Digisafe is the answer. The drive can only be accessed with security card and entering a PIN. You can even create your own encryption level.

Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine

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YoGen – Charge your Electronic Device the Green Way – CES 2010

Posted by geeknews at 10:52 PM on February 22, 2010

Alex talks about the YoGen – a Yo Yo Generator that delivers 5 Watts of power as you pull the string. A green option for emergencies.

Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine

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ZIpDX Professional Audio Conferencing Realtime Transcription

Posted by geeknews at 10:47 PM on February 22, 2010

ZipDX Web integration of phone conferencing ups the game in professional phone conferencing, by introducing near realtime transcripts that identify clearly who is talking. In addition to calling you when the conference is scheduled to begin. It also includes a capture/playback so you can hear the exact quote in the person’s own voice. Other languages will be added in the future. Scribe – human based transcription has about a two minute delay at $100 an hour. The Scribble automated speech recognition – is only $10 an hour, and resolves in about 30 seconds.

Interview by Andy McCaskey of SDR News

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Poketypoke: Your Automatic Conference Call Reminder

Posted by geeknews at 10:42 PM on February 22, 2010

Poketypoke is a free beta of a conference call manager notification service. Just copy Poketypoke on the email that announces your meeting, and and it automatically calls you with a last minute reminder a minute before the call begins. Skype, WebEx, FreeConferenceCall.com and many other services are supported. It seamlessly integrates with Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and almost any email system.

Interview by Andy McCaskey of SDR News

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iPhone’s Mogo-Talk Soon to be on Blackberry and Android

Posted by geeknews at 10:35 PM on February 22, 2010

In 2004, Mogo introduced a mouse that stowed in the PCM-CIA slot – always handy, never lost, charged and ready to go. Notebooks and Netbooks are so 2009. Their newest product is a bluetooth headset that is totally integrated into an iPhone – stored and charged on the back of the phone, ready to pop off and run as a bluetooth headset, and then remounting on the phone so it does not get lost. Blackberry and Android versions to be released later this year.

Interview by Andy McCaskey of SDR News

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Newnex USB 3.0 Cable Extender Doubles Range

Posted by geeknews at 10:30 PM on February 22, 2010

Three meters is just not enough in some USB 3.0 applications. This company has a technical solution with a SSD and a repeater, and is looking for distribution channels.

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