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USB Media Centre Remote for Your Computer

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If you want to manage your personal computer or laptop and do not want to get up from the sofa, then there is nothing better than a remote “USB Media Centre Remote”. The gadget consists of two parts: a wireless receiver connected to the USB port on your computer or laptop and remote control with 43 function keys, which operates up to 6 meters from the receiver. Despite the compact size (124 x 56 x 6.5 mm) and light weight (32 g), USB Media Centre Remote has excellent functionality. The gadget allows you to change the volume in any Windows application, providing full capabilities for playing audio and video in any media player, as well as the ability to work with DVD and TV tuners. The cost of USB Media Centre Remote is $15 only.

Complete specifications are as below;

Volume Control (to adjust the volume up and down in any windows application)
Media Control (to Play, Pause, Fast Forward and Rewind videos)
DVD Menu, Live TV and Recorded TV
Operation Range 20 feet (2.4GHz wireless)
43 Function Keys
OS Support: Windows Vista, XP, 2000, ME
Also Support Microsoft Media Center
Powered by Lithium battery (CR2025)
Dimensions: 124 x 56 x 6.5mm
Weight: 32g

Phobos – Gaming Machine Produced by BFG

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BFG’s Exclusive Gaming PC Phobos can offer you a bright game world at the cost of between three and eight thousand dollars. These machines will be equipped with
Processor Intel Core i7 965 3.2GGts
Motherboard MSI Eclipse SLI
Four or less hard drives Western Digital VelociRaptor
RAM up to 6GB
Two graphics cards BFG Geforce GTX 295
Blu-Ray Disc Drive
Cooling system is a system of water cooling Liquid Cooling Solutions from CoolIT

In addition, BFG Phobos has 8-inch LCD touch screen, which will display important information about the status of the system and can be used to install various system parameters. Phobos computers will be sold in three versions: Performance ($3000), Advanced ($5000) and Elite ($8000).

uPrint - Personal 3D Printer

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Three-dimensional printer uPrint from Dimension 3D Printing covers an area of 635 x 660 mm on the desktop, and can create three-dimensional objects up to 203 x 152 x 152 mm. This printer uses a technology and material FDM Stratasys ABSplus, which is 40% stronger than the standard material by Dimension. This makes the printer uPrint ideal for testing the form, fit and function models and prototypes. In addition, the printer uPrint is equipped with an automatic removal of support material. Printer uPrint is truly personal, as it may be installed at home or in the office and can create plastic models immediately. The cost of uPrint is USD $14,900. It is available for purchase immediately through Dimension’s reseller channel.

First SIM Card Equipped with GPS

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Sagem Orga has begun a strategic partnership with the BlueSky Positioning for the integration of Assisted-GPS (A-GPS) technology in the SIM cards for mobile phones. The company believes that the provision of GPS technology on SIM cards would provide relatively inexpensive market for local service providers and more customers. The A-GPS SIM exploits a major technology breakthrough made by BlueSky Positioning, including a proprietary In-SIM antenna (patents pending).

This will allow mobile operators to use the commercial applications on all mobile devices and no need to replace the software or hardware devices. In future, these SIM cards will become a daily thing. The primary purpose of A-GPS SIM is to provide accurate positioning information of the phone with A-GPS SIM to let the cellular network operators provide emergency services.

Robovie - X PRO

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Two-legged robot Robovie-X PRO is much faster than its predecessor and has high-torque momentary servomotor and a gyroscopic sensor as the accelerometer. This robot has many methods which can surprise, for example, the one that is referred in the video. The robot will be sold by the company early next year at a cost of USD $3300.

Sony Cybershot G3 - Camera With Built-in Browser

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At CES 2009, Sony, in addition to its new VAIO P and several other products, introduced Sony Cybershot G3 - the world’s first camera with support for Wi-Fi and built-in web browser. The presence of the browser includes the possibility of uploading photos and video footages directly from the camera to video hosting sites (such as YouTube, Picasa etc.), as well as view the previously downloaded material.

As far as the camera concerns, it was made in the form factor slider and has a 10 MP (megapixel) sensor, 4-fold zoom, 3.5-inch touch LCD-screen, 4 GB of internal memory, support functions, image stabilization, recognition individuals and smiles, automatically adjust contrast and definition of mode. G3 is already on sale at the official website of Sony for the cost of $ 500.

Twendy One–Robot To Prepare Your Breakfast

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The world of engineering and technology can lead to any level. As proof of this, developers, scientists from the University of Vaseba in Tokyo, Japan, created a robot that can bring you breakfast in bed. His hands are so sensitive that when dealing with bread robot crumbles it. The Robot named “Twendy One”, and he has the size of the average person. The robot will appear in 2015, and perhaps he will be able to perform tasks that today people have to make.

I-Limb-An Artificial Arm

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Student Reynolds, who lost his arm in a terrible car accident, told a Scottish technology company allowed him to once again begin to make hundreds of everyday things that once he perceived self-evident. Artificial arm i-Limb has built engines that provide more accurate and higher sensitivity compared to other prosthetic devices. This arm is mounted to the amputees and a rechargeable battery and sensors that track currents in the muscles, which once operated by hand. The development of this hands lasted 20 years - but in the end, it has 5 separate working fingers. Artificial arm i-Limb worth $ 18,000 is developed by the Scottish company Touch Bionics. Reynolds became the second British, who has an opportunity to test it. Unlike previous artificial limbs, i-Limb can control the force of jam, which gives a greater degree of control to the user.

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