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by Eric Hanson on May 8, 2007
Here's a clever idea that I could see making its way into science classrooms across the world: a Microscope powered by a USB connection. The ProScope HR is a high-resolution hand held microscope w...
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by Mark Rollins on April 23, 2007
Obviously someone has seen too many James Bond films with a woman as the lead, because that's when you would need a camera disguised as a decorative locket. Right now, the Kodak 1881 exists as con...
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by Eric Hanson on April 18, 2007
It may be a bit more awkward to conceal now than it was when it was first patented in 1886, but this camera, attached in a case that made it look like a lady's watch, still garners plenty of inter...
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by Mark Rollins on March 27, 2007
We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender to our surveillance. Resistance is futile.
Sorry, couldn't help myself. You've got to admit that the shoulder-mounted camera that the man is...
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by Mark Rollins on March 16, 2007
Designer Jennifer Murphy has come up with a way for consumers to make a DVD recording without buying an expensive DVD video recorder. Of course, that technology is getting cheaper by the minute, and M...
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by Mark Rollins on February 22, 2007
I don't have another shot of Canon's PowerShot TX1, but let me tell you something, it is able to fold up its display and lens into a metal plate the approximate size and shape of a deck of car...
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by Eric Hanson on August 21, 2006
Remember the Live Vision? Well, according to Xbox Today, not only will the Live Vision come out on September 19, but consumers will have two options on what they want to get with their Live Vision. Th...
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by Eric Hanson on August 18, 2006
If you're a 16-year-old girl (or have the sensibilities of one), you might be into this webcam: produced by Brando, it's built in to a plush version of Doraemon, a Japanese manga character. Fe...
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by Eric Hanson on August 17, 2006
If you like to take photos, chances are you like to have physical copies of them, too. After all, as convenient as it is to keep your photos on your computer or store them online so you can force them...
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by Eric Hanson on August 15, 2006
I guess the AVerVision150 from AVerMedia is the modern equivalent of those transparency projectors teachers used back when I was in high school, although it sounds a lot more expensive for the feature...
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by Shane McGlaun on August 6, 2006
Sony has a new gadget that allows you take time and location reading to include with your photographs. The unit is a 12-channel design measuring 3" x 5" and weighs a mere two ounces. After y...
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by Eric Hanson on July 24, 2006
This gadget seems like it might be aimed more at people who secure buildings for a living, but if you're security concious about the home (maybe you're like Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone), thi...
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by Eric Hanson on July 21, 2006
Web cams seem to be one of those pieces of computer peripheral technology that were always pretty cool, but didn't catch on because they didn't seem to have much of an everyday function. There...
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by Shane McGlaun on July 20, 2006
Sony has announced a new HandyCam called the HDR-SR1E. The camera has a built in 30GB HDD for storing your recorded footage. At first glance you might think that having a HDD of a fixed capacity and n...
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by Eric Hanson on July 13, 2006
Sure, they claim it's to help blind people, but you and I both know that in 15 years, mercenaries and spies are going to start replacing their eyes with these bionic eyes, just like William Gibson...
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by Eric Hanson on July 5, 2006
Stories about NASA using clever, inexpensive ways to solve problems because besides being smart ideas in themselves, they're a good demonstration of how markedly inefficient the government can be ...
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by Shane McGlaun on July 2, 2006
I was sitting around the other day thinking to myself that what my computer system really lacked was a lion shaped web cam. Just so happens that if you are thinking the same thing you can pick one up ...
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by Eric Hanson on June 27, 2006
Want the Sony brand name and the quality it implies but don't want to pay the Sony prices? Sony has heard your cries of frustration and responded with the W line of digital cameras, which have a l...
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by Eric Hanson on June 14, 2006
PC Magazine's review (see down at the bottom of the page) of the Fuji FinePix V10 reveals an interesting feature that Fujifilm seems to have tossed in to make a pretty good lightweight camera with...
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by Eric Hanson on June 12, 2006
It was originally developed for skydivers after the inventor almost snapped his neck jumping from a plane with a two pound camera strapped to his helmet, but the SportsCam, a lightweight video recordi...
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by Shane McGlaun on February 23, 2006
The Nikon Coolpix S6 is a very small digital camera measuring in at only 3.9" x 2.4" x .8" and weighing 4.0 ounces. Despite the small size of the Nikon Coolpix S6, it packs most every f...
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by Shane McGlaun on February 21, 2006
When shopping for a digital camera, how many megapixels do you need? That can be one of the most difficult questions for many camera buyers to answer. To make matters worse, often store employees ei...
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by tiago on January 12, 2006
One of the partners in crime of i4u.com is "Designtechnica", and what they recently published is a very good review of the Canon EOS 5D Digital Camera, that was introduced in the middle of...
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, Creative Reporters
by tiago on January 11, 2006
Last year, I finally jumped on the technology wave and upgraded my main camera. I use several cameras, but the main one has always been a 35mm Nikon SLR - the most recent one was an F70, which has pe...
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, Creative Reporters
by tiago on January 4, 2006
The holidays have come and gone, as they usually do, and many of us are left with cameras, computers and rolls upon rolls of film full of pictures that are just screaming to be used.
I don't thi...
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by tiago on October 30, 2005
The Naughty Lens causes the difference you can see in the picture. On the left a picture taken without the lens where you can only see the clothes, on the right a picture with the lens where you can...
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by tiago on October 12, 2005
There's always something more you can do with a digital camera besides taking photos, usually you can record videos, in some cases listen to mp3s, and in the most extreme cases you can play game...
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by tiago on October 9, 2005
The new Sony Digital Camera - SDCN1 - announced last week is now avaible for Pre-Order at Amazon for $499.99.
Some general specifications: 8-megapixels, records MPEG video with 640x480 pixel resoluti...
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by tiago on September 13, 2005
Yet, another 2-in-1 device by Sony combining photography and movie making. The sucessor of DSC-M1 will be available in Europe during November.
Some specifications:
records in Mpeg-4
2.5" swiv...
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by tiago on September 12, 2005
Specifications:5.1 megapixels
3x optical zoom
30-fps video recording with audio
2.5" inch hybrid LCD monitor
Memory Stick Duo slot (32MB card included)
Conclusion: The world's most compac...
