SlashGear JapanMicrosoft announced a new webcam today that’s aimed at the budget crowd. It’s called the LifeCam VX-2000, which is perfect for people with desktop computers that need basic video chat capabilities without all the extra features.
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Microsoft LifeCam VX-2000 is budget-friendly
By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, May 19th 2009 No CommentsAutonomous DIY robot based on cheap MAKE Controller
By Chris Davies on Tuesday, May 19th 2009 1 CommentIt seems like DIY robots are gaining momentum, as more low-cost and straightforward controllers become available. Latest is this wireless-equipped model, based on the MAKE Controller and using a Logitech wireless ethernet bridge actually intended to get an Xbox console online.
Nerf Sentry Gun checks badges, shoots intruders
By Chris Davies on Monday, May 18th 2009 1 CommentWe’ve seen automated guns and remote-control weapons here on SlashGear before, but this Nerf Sentry Gun is particularly slick. Designed and created by Jason Wright and Jeremy Blum as part of their robotics class at Cornell, the sentry uses a webcam to authenticate ID badges; if your name isn’t on the list then, like Finland in Eurovision 2009, you’re shot down.
Video demo after the cut
Microsoft Xbox 360 3D webcam tipped for E3 unveil
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, May 13th 2009 No CommentsMicrosoft’s Xbox 360 webcam could be announced as early as at E3 next month, according to the latest sources talking to the WSJ, using 3D camera technology believed to have been acquired when the company bought start-up 3DV Systems. 3DV developed the ZCam, a 60fps 3D-capable camera that is reportedly low-cost, and which can track a gamers movements and gestures.
Surveyor SRV-1 WiFi webcam robot
By Chris Davies on Monday, May 4th 2009 No CommentsIf WowWee’s Rovio whet your appetite for a remote-controlled WiFi webcam robot, but it’s just too big to surreptitiously scurry around your office, then how about the Surveyor SRV-1 Mobile Robot. Small enough to fit into a (relatively meaty) palm, the SRV-1 connects via WiFi b/g and can beam back video from its 1.3-megapixel camera.
Video demo of the SRV-1 after the cut
Netbook sales miss targets; ASUS taking CULV webcam risk
By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Apr 21st 2009 No Comments
Netbooks may have been seen as the recession-proof answer to dwindling consumer electronics budgets, but failed sales goals suggest otherwise. Acer, ASUS and MSI are all said to have missed their sales targets for the first three months of 2009, according to channel vendors, pushing two of the three companies to invest more heavily in CULV ultraportables.
Dell SX2210 21.5-inch Full-HD LCD on sale
By Chris Davies on Friday, Apr 3rd 2009 No CommentsDell’s Full-HD 21.5-inch LCD, the Dell SX2210, is now on sale, offering 1920 x 1080 resolution and a super-snappy 2ms grey-to-grey response time. First spotted sharing press-shot space with the Dell Studio XPS 435 desktop back in February, the Dell SX2210 also has a 2-megapixel webcam that – if you’re running Vista – will support facial recognition authentication.
Grandstream GXV3140 plug-&-play IP multimedia phone
By Chris Davies on Monday, Mar 30th 2009 No CommentsGrandstream have announced a new IP phone, the GXV3140 IP Multimedia Phone, and unlike most of its rivals this isn’t a launch solely for the benefit of big enterprise customers. The Grandstream GXV3140 supports VoIP and video conferencing via an integrated 1.3-megapixel webcam, together with IM, internet access and streaming radio, and the company claim that out-of-the-box you can be making video calls within minutes of plugging it into a broadband router.
HP Mini 1000 webcam: unofficial fix video
By Chris Davies on Thursday, Feb 26th 2009 No CommentsRipping off the protective plastic from a new gadget is half the fun of buying it, but what do you do when the manufacturer seals it up inside the device? That’s what HP Mini 1000 owners are finding, after the company shipped the netbooks with a protective black-tinted film stuck across the webcam. HP aren’t officially recognizing it as a manufacturing problem, but Gear Diary persuaded an HP employee to star in a video of how to dismantle your Mini 1000 and remove the offending plastic.
Video of the surgery after the cut
ASUS AiGuru SV1 videophone reviewed: expensive way to Skype simply
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Feb 4th 2009 No CommentsTin-foil jumpsuits, freeze-dried food and standalone videophones. Thankfully only one of these has generally come to be a part of the 21st century (though what you get up to at the weekend is your own business), and with the AiGuru SV1 standalone Skype videophone ASUS are obviously hoping to make a splash. Pocket-lint have been taking a look at the battery-powered device.
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