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Steve Iommi chats to Todd and Tom about Somfy's new Tahoma system which takes home automation to the next level. It's based round the concept of "scenes" - a scene might be "weekday-morning" which has certain set of actions, e.g. open blinds at 7.30am, whereas the "weekend-morning" opens the blinds at 8.30. With a whole a range of scenes, everything
Tom and Todd get texting with Globaltel Media's free SMS chat platform, Cherple. Robert Sanchez, President & CEO, takes them through it. Cherple is a free web-based SMS texting client, which in itself is not unusual - there a plenty of sites which can send SMS messages. But what makes this a little bit different is that the recipient can
Maxel Rapheal, CEO of iMovee, explains a little bit about their product. This may get a bit complicated, but if you haven't heard of ATSC-MH then you are in for a treat. It stands ATSC mobile handheld - the mobile version of watching digital TV. The upcoming Mobeo product can pull in an ATSC-MH signal and then rebroadcast it over
Tom Newman and Jeffery Powers interviewed Joe Costello CEO of Orb. The problem that Orb is attempting to solve is how to get your digital content to your TV and your stereo system. Mr. Costello talked about three solutions that Orb has developed. The first is the Orb music, you connect the Orb device to your receiver or speakers. Run
Todd Cochrane and Tom Newman spoke to Peter Whitman Director of Operations for DataLocker, about the importance of encrypting your data, especially when traveling. Peter Whitman talked about DataLocker newest product the DLS3. The DLS3 is an encrypted portable hard drive. It connects to your computer by USB 3.0 technology (it will work on USB 2.0) It use military grade
Esbjorn Larsen and Jeffrey Powers interviewed Robert Haefling President & CEO of Icron of USB extensions. He talked about how normal USB 2 cable can only run up to 5 with the use of Icon technology they can be extended up to 500 meters over Cat5 and 10 kilometers over fiber. He also spoke about their partnership with Intersil a
Paul Kim, VP of Marketing for GammTech demonstrates his rugged laptop to Esby and Jeffrey by giving it some abuse - you'll have to watch the video to see what he does. The new D12C is a 12" convertible, being able to switch between a tablet and notebook configuration. It's A10F-spec graded withstanding a 3ft drop and spill-resistant - it
Todd and Tom tune into Patrick and Dean from PureSound Technology, Inc, who talk about their patented PureSound processor that will shortly be launched within their ClarityOne earbuds. Because of the processor, the earbuds can use 8 ohm impedance rather than the more usual 16 or 32 ohms, giving greater clarity and less distortion. The range will be extended later in
Both Todd Cochrane and Tom Newman had fun trying out the product being shown by Roland Nutter of Andrea Electronics Andrea Electronics has been in the speech recognition market for 15 years, they make quality headsets and audio drivers. He showed off the new line of Andrea Super Beam headsets. The headsets come in two models one with earbuds and
Todd Cochrane spoke to Adam Hanin, VP Marketing Viewsonic Corp. He talked about a couple of products that ViewSonic is introducing this year. The first was the Viewpad 7 which is a 7 inch Android 2.2 Tablet. It has both a front facing and rear facing camera. The rear facing camera is in the middle. It is a wifi device,
Todd Cochrane spoke to Christopher Yang from Vivitek about their newest product the Qumi that uses the Pico Projector. The system can project 3D, which you can watch with active 3D glasses, or 2D up to 720P. It uses the Texas Instrument DLP processor with an HD chip set. A full projector with an LED bulb will give off from
Tom interviews Kyle from Horizon Fuel Cell Technology which is introducing the world's first consumer hydrogen fuel cell to the market. It's been a long time coming and I think we'll see more of these over the next few years. Marketed as a USB charger for portable electronics, the hydrogen-filled HydroStik plugs into the MiniPak (the fuel cell) and generates
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