It looks, we have to admit, a whole lot like a frisbee stuck on top of a Segway, but it's actually Anybots' latest telepresence robot, the Anybots QB, and it's on sale today. The company is taking preorders for the first 100 'bots, each priced at $15,000, with first deliveries expected in fall 2010. Your money gets you a self-balancing robot - signed and numbered by the Anybots team, no less - together with invites to a launch party and early access to other goodies as part of the company's "100 Club".
If you're more interested in the tech, meanwhile, than the perks, then you'll probably want to know that the Anybots QB has a 5-megapixel camera paired with an LCD display, and can trundle at up to 3.5mph around your office allowing staff working remotely to virtually attend and interact with those on-site. Connecting via WiFi b/g and a straightforward online UI, the Anybots QB has a battery good for up to eight hours use (which just so happens to be a working day).
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Compact Panasonic HM-TA1 Camcorder is a HD camcorder and webcam in one
Panasonic is on a roll today with all sorts of new gear that it is unveiling for the first time. The company has a new camcorder that records full HD resolution video in 1920 x 1080 glory when you are on the go and can be used as a webcam at home.
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Apple 27-inch LED Cinema Display official: $999 from August
Apple’s last update of the day is a new 27-inch LED Cinema Display, the bigger sibling to the existing 24-inch model. Packing 2560 x 1440 resolution and a 16:9 aspect ratio, the new Cinema Display uses an IPS LCD panel that offers 178-degree viewing angles; there are also 49W speakers (plus a subwoofer) and an integrated iSight webcam.
iPad Cam-Case concept sets sights on big-screen FaceTime
Apple's decision to omit a webcam from the iPad is even more frustrating when you consider the number of people playing with FaceTime on their iPhone 4 smartphones, and so Chet Rosales' Cam-Case concept seems mighty topical. Intended to not only protect the Apple tablet but add a rotating webcam for front- and rear-facing video use, it would also make the iPad easier to hold by virtue of its rubberized edges.
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Blue Microphones Eyeball 2.0 Review
Blue Microphones, as their name suggests, are generally all about the audio, and they’ve a strong reputation among musicians for the quality of their hardware. The Blue Microphones Eyeball 2.0 takes the distinctive Blue Snowflake and discretely adds a pop-out 2.0-megapixel webcam; once we’d finished popping the lens in and out of its spring-loaded silo we set to work reviewing it.
Dropcam Echo adds audio to easy wireless security webcam
Dropcam has introduced its latest internet-connected security camera, the Dropcam Echo, which takes their first model and throws in streaming audio support. The Dropcam Echo hooks up via WiFi to your home or business router and automatically starts streaming video to the company's site; you can log in via a regular desktop browser or via the iPhone or iPad apps. Meanwhile there's basic DVR functionality for reviewing older recordings.
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Logitech HD Pro Webcams outed: C910, C510, C310 & C270 [Video]
Logitech have launched their latest webcam range, and this time they're promising true HD resolution. There are four new models on offer, with the Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 packing 1080p Full HD ($99.99) while the cheaper C510 ($59.99), C310 ($49.99) and C270 ($39.99) each offer 720p.
Video demo after the cut
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Eken M001 Android MID gets battery boost hack, video call webcam [Video]
Eken's M001 Android MID certainly had promise - a bargain price tag will do that - but the end result, particularly dire battery life, left us cold. Still, that's nothing a little elbow grease, soldering and time investment won't address, and that's just what Carnivore from the Slatedroid forums has done. His M001 now has a USB hub, two new full-sized USB ports, 8GB of integrated storage and - most impressively - a total 5,200mAh of battery good for 7-12hrs of runtime.
Video demo after the cut
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iPad webcam accessory spotted in the wild
I have never heard of a company called PhotoFast but it has an interesting accessory for the iPad that is the first of its kind I have seen. The accessory is called the PhotoFast Webcam for iPad and it looks like any other webcam you would connect to a computer.
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Parrot AR.Drone officially launching at E3 2010
Parrot kept telling us that their AR.Drone was set to launch in 2010, and after a while you start to wonder whether the iPhone-controlled quadricopter really is destined for shipping or was only ever likely to be (very cool) vaporware. Now the French company promises to reveal all - including pricing and release dates - at E3 2010 on June 15th.
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Panasonic VIERA HDTV Skype arrives in US with $170 webcam
Panasonic's Skype camera for the company's VIERA HDTVs has crossed over from Japan and arrived in the US. Activated today on select VIERA CAST enabled Panasonic 2010 HDTVs, the Skype functionality allows for voice and video calls to be made direct from the TV itself, including SkypeOut and SkypeIn support and voicemail.
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OmniVision Takes Samsung’s Crown of World’s Smallest 1080p Camera
All of these companies get passed around so much, from providing one thing to another, that it can be hard to keep up. Samsung, which just last month announced that they had the smallest 1080p camera module on the market, have now just been usurped. And, sure enough, it's from OmniVision, which probably got bumped out of the iPhone HD game by LG Innotek. It's a vicious world, the tech world, but we're happy that we're viewing it from the looking glass.
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