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Panasonic VIERA kitchen TVs offer motion-control, Blu-ray and WiFi

Chris Davies, Feb 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Panasonic has outed a trio of new VIERA TVs, including one model with an integrated Blu-ray player, and another which can be gesture-controlled. The Panasonic VIERA DMP-BV300, DMP-HV200 and DMP-HV150 each have 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 displays, digital TV tuners and SD/SCHC/SDXC memory card slots, along with integrated ethernet for YouTube and DLNA streaming. Read The Full Story

inPulse Smart Watch finally shipping

Chris Davies, Feb 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

It's taken inPulse a little longer than expected, but the company's Bluetooth watch for remotely controlling a BlackBerry smartphone is now finally shipping. Priced from $149.99, the watch has now opened up its horizons to other platforms, too, including certain Android phones and jailbroken iPhones. Read The Full Story

AeroViroment develops operational unmanned aircraft for DARPA that looks like a hummingbird

Shane McGlaun, Feb 18th 2011 Discuss [2]

A company called AeroVironment has developed an awesome unmanned aircraft for DARPA that is tiny and designed to look like a hummingbird. The little flying machine uses two wings that flap to hover in the air and fly in any direction. The total weight of the aircraft is two-thirds of an ounce and that includes batteries and a camera. Read The Full Story

Sonos Controller for Android due March with voice control [Video]

Chris Davies, Feb 10th 2011 Discuss [1]

Sonos has announced its latest controller app, this time headed to Android smartphones. The Sonos Controller for Android will hit the Market in late March and, like the company's existing iOS apps, be a free download. New on the Android version, however, is music voice search, which will allow users to search for tracks, artists and albums using spoken requests. Voice control also works for searching for new streaming radio stations, and the Android app has the same multi-room volume and track control as its predecessors. It requires a device running Android 2.1 or later, with a screen size of HVGA 320 x 480, WVGA 480 x 800 or WVGA 480 x 854; that basically means most recent phones. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

EFO Wireless Google TV keyboard/remote ideal for Logitech Revue

Chris Davies, Feb 8th 2011 Discuss [1]

We were reasonably impressed by Logitech's Revue when we reviewed the Google TV STB last year, but one of our main concerns was how living room friendly the standard wireless keyboard remote was. Logitech will happily sell you its mini controller, but at $129 it's a whole lot more expensive than EFO's wireless Google TV keyboard. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Anybots telepresence robot now shipping

Chris Davies, Feb 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

Anybots' telepresence business robots have now begun shipping, offering remote control of a balancing robot with two-way audio and video. Billed as a challenge to business travel, Anybots went up for pre-order back in July 2010; those customers will start to get their 'bots this week, while new orders will ship in March. Read The Full Story

Peel Fruit ZigBee iPhone remote system up for silent auction

Chris Davies, Jan 26th 2011 Discuss [0]

How much would you pay for an iPhone remote control? Peel is hoping the answer extends to at least a few hundred; the company is following the unusual approach of putting its first ZigBee-based universal remote systems up for silent auction, testing the water to see just what users reckon it's all worth. Read The Full Story

BMW 1-Series gets Nokia C7 remote-control [Video]

Chris Davies, Jan 20th 2011 Discuss [7]

Nokia's C7 proved a respectable business handset when we reviewed it, but then we didn't try remotely-controlling a BMW with the Symbian smartphone. That's just what two engineers from Nokia Asia have apparently managed, taking just twenty days to create the necessary software and remote control hardware to operate a 1-Series' steering, brakes and accelerator, as well as all the regular gadgets inside. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

TiVo Premiere for iPad remote app now available

Chris Davies, Jan 18th 2011 Discuss [1]

TiVo has released its TiVo Premiere for iPad remote control app, a free download [iTunes link] which turns your iOS slate into not only a remote but an EPG guide and recording management station. The app also packs integration with Facebook and Twitter, for easier commenting on broadcast shows. Read The Full Story

Kinect robot control hack gives you an aerobics buddy [Video]

Chris Davies, Jan 17th 2011 Discuss [1]

With all the Kinect hacks we're seeing, it probably doesn't matter whether gamers are leaving their motion-control sensors to gather dust or otherwise; there are enough DIY-addicts buying it to make the peripheral a success. Latest is Asura's V-Sido remote app for the G-Robots GR-001 'bot, which can follow your movements for some aerobics-style mimicry. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Kinect hack motion-controls Flash UIs [Video]

Chris Davies, Jan 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

The awesome Kinect hacks continue, and BLITZ have delivered what could turn out to be one of the more interesting adaptations of Microsoft's motion-gaming peripheral. They've figured out a way to get the Kinect sensor-bar to work with Flash-based interfaces via Node.js, opening the door to Flash, Silverlight and Unity apps being directly controlled by Kinect-recognized motions. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Rotor Concept R/C ‘copter borrows cool Japanese styling [Video]

Chris Davies, Jan 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

We've a big soft-spot for helicopters here at SlashGear, and while we'd prefer Igarashi Design's single-person 'copter concept to spawn a full-sized model (and allow us to whirr above rush-hour traffic), we'll make do with Rotor Concept's scaled-down R/C version. On show at CES 2011 last week, the futuristic chopper has over 19-inch blade-span and beams back live video to the remote control. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story