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  • CrunchDeals: RCA Small Wonder camcorder for $60

    CrunchDeals: RCA Small Wonder camcorder for $60

    207388761If you've been holding out for a Flip Mino-style camcorder but haven't been able to justify the $150+ price tag, here's something that may be of interest to you instead. Amazon is selling the RCA Small Wonder EZ200 camcorder for just $59.99 with free shipping. The camera uses microSD cards for recording footage and features a swiveling LCD screen for standard and flip-around self-recording -- the Flip series of camcorders just have a standard, non-flip screen.

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  • CrunchDeals: Sega’s Columns free to all iPhone owners this weekend

    CrunchDeals: Sega’s Columns free to all iPhone owners this weekend

    In honor of the fourth, Sega is bestowing upon all iPhone and iPod Touch owners a free copy of Columns all weekend. That’s great and all, but at the moment it’s nowhere to be found. And it’ll probably just be a “lite” version of the deluxe version. Maybe the weekend hasn’t started. I don’t [...]

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  • Micropet-i: New robo-animals from Japan to melt your heart

    Micropet-i: New robo-animals from Japan to melt your heart

    These must be the cutest robots since the thumb-sized Robo-Qs: Takara Tomy (Tomy in the US) today announced the Micropet-i series [JP, PDF], which consists of nine different (very small and adorable) robotic animals. This is the same company responsible for said Robo-Qs.

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  • Video: Ears-on with Electro-Harmonix’s POG2 effects pedal

    Video: Ears-on with Electro-Harmonix’s POG2 effects pedal

    Sorry for the clipping but this sucker was loud. This is Electro-Harmonix's local tester running the POG2 pedal through its paces. The pedal makes a standard guitar sound like a harpsichord and an organ.
    The POG2 will take you even higher. Use the new attack control to fade in lush, smooth swells. Tune in the new second sub-octave to reach deeper than ever before. The 2-pole resonant low-pass filter now includes two additional Q modes. Slide in the newly enhanced detune to further refine your sound. The POG2 delivers unrivaled tonal variations -- and now you can save your favorite settings, and recall them with a click. The POG2 just plain sounds better, thanks to an enhanced algorithm that delivers a more focused and in-the-pocket harmonic performance. And all this is now packed into our rugged and pedalboard-friendly diecast chassis.

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  • Twinkle Pict is a digital Zoetrope that can help you relax

    Twinkle Pict is a digital Zoetrope that can help you relax

    Banpresto in Japan will soon release the Twinkle Pict, a digital version of the zoetropes our ancestors used to spend their spare time with. The Twinkle Pict creates animation-like shadows in a room through a light that's being projected on little figures spinning inside it.

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