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Muvi Micro Camcorder also works as webcam

, Jun 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

Tiny gadgets have an unmistakable allure, so a 5.5 x 2 x 2 cm camcorder is always going to catch our eye.  The Muvi Micro Camcorder is apparently the smallest in the world, but marketing hyperbole aside it does offer a compact way to capture VGA 640 x 480 25fps video to microSD card. Read The Full Story

PCCW Eye 2 IPTV, VoIP & UMPC leaks

, Jun 3rd 2009 Discuss [0]

Color us a little confused on this one, but we'll never knowingly turn down a cool touchscreen tablet.  According to our tipster, you're looking at the 8-inch wireless control unit for Hong Kong telecoms provider PCCW's new Eye 2 service, which will blend multimedia services like NowTV, Moov and Snaap! with video calling. Video of the device in action after the cut Read The Full Story

Microsoft LifeCam VX-2000 is budget-friendly

, May 19th 2009 Discuss [0]

Microsoft 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. Read The Full Story

Autonomous DIY robot based on cheap MAKE Controller

, May 19th 2009 Discuss [1]

It 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. Read The Full Story

Nerf Sentry Gun checks badges, shoots intruders

, May 18th 2009 Discuss [1]

We'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 Read The Full Story

Microsoft Xbox 360 3D webcam tipped for E3 unveil

, May 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

Microsoft'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. Read The Full Story

Surveyor SRV-1 WiFi webcam robot

, May 4th 2009 Discuss [0]

If 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 Read The Full Story

Netbook sales miss targets; ASUS taking CULV webcam risk

, Apr 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

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. Read The Full Story

Dell SX2210 21.5-inch Full-HD LCD on sale

, Apr 3rd 2009 Discuss [0]

Dell'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. Read The Full Story

Grandstream GXV3140 plug-&-play IP multimedia phone

, Mar 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

Grandstream 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.   Read The Full Story

HP Mini 1000 webcam: unofficial fix video

, Feb 26th 2009 Discuss [0]

Ripping 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 Read The Full Story

ASUS AiGuru SV1 videophone reviewed: expensive way to Skype simply

, Feb 4th 2009 Discuss [0]

Tin-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. Read The Full Story
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