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  • New webcam improves eye to eye contact, costs too much

    New webcam improves eye to eye contact, costs too much

    Posted on April 30, 2010 | No Comments
    This device works like a teleprompter to redirect the image from a webcam so you can maintain eye contact. Just the thing for Chatroulette.

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  • Vitamin D turns your webcam into a virtual doorman

    Vitamin D turns your webcam into a virtual doorman

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments
    When I bought a webcam for my front door - mine is the Linksys WVC54GCA - I was faced with a predicament. The built-in motion detection software bombarded my email inbox with images of an empty frame. It was set off by the motion of a leaf or a reflection, rendering one of the most important aspects - notification of trespass - ineffective. At an impasse, I decided to build a cyberbiomimetic AI using a cockroach brain and a vat of amino acids. The resulting system, while effective at spotting intruders, eventually threatened to become self-aware and so I had to shut it down. Finally, I tried Vitamin D. Problem, as they say, solved.

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  • Disney Princess Web Cam

    Disney Princess Web Cam

    Posted on November 11, 2009 | No Comments
    First, I doubt this is an officially licensed Disney product. Something tells me Brando doesn’t have that kind of pull. Second, this thing is $52. I’m pretty sure you can buy a cheap webcam and put a mirror next to it for the same price. Third, wouldn’t this look great next to my Beanie Babies? [...]

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  • Astak lauches the Mole social networking webcam

    Astak lauches the Mole social networking webcam

    Posted on October 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Designed to work without a dedicated PC, the new Astak Mole was announced today. The Mole is a wireless webcam that can upload video directly to such sites as YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter. It can also record directly to an SD card in the camera.

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  • Logitech intros seven new webcams, seven

    Logitech intros seven new webcams, seven

    Posted on July 29, 2009 | No Comments
    So much for the “Keep It Simple, Stupid” saying. Logitech just outed seven new webcams that’s “designed to fit within every lifestyle.” We think Logitech means that there is a webcam for every lifestyle that needs a webcam and doesn’t already have one embedded into their notebook, netbook, or computer monitor.

    So now Logitech offers - [...]

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