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The My Learning Table by D-Redshop

D-Redshop introduced their newest learning device for children, the My Learning Table. They took the idea of the old fashion learning table by Fisher Price and brought it into the twenty-first century. The table works in conjunction with the My Learning App available on the iPad which goes in the middle of the table. The My Learning App has different

B-Squares: Modular Solar Powered Electrics

I sometimes think that between KickStarter and Etsy anything that can be imagined, will become reality... Today's funding opportunity from KickStarter are B-Squares, a 3D modular solar powered energy system that connects up using magnetic and electrical contacts. There's solar cell square, a rechargeable battery square, an Arduino square, an LED square and iPhone charger square. The more squares you

MiSee TX Computer In A Box

Scott Elliot talks with Charlie of CTX Technologies. Charlie demonstrates a prototype concept computer that has a functional projected virtual laser keyboard and a pico projected screen. The technology will be shrunk down for use in smart phones and tablets. Interview by Scott Elliot of Geek News Central. Please Support our CES 2011 Sponsors. Save 25% on 4GH Hosting 1yr

Movea MotionPod for 3D Motion Tracking

Jeffrey talks to Brian from Movea, a name that you probably aren't familiar with but you may be familiar with their consumer brand Gyration and the Gyration Air Mouse. On show here is their new MotionPod, a sensor module equipped with three-axis accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers all in package smaller than a matchbox. This can track a full range of

Tune In

The most useful computer is the one in your pocket. What really makes any computer useful is the software that you are able to run on it. When I was a kid in the early 1960’s, one evening my Dad brought home a battery-operated AM transistor radio. I was immediately transfixed. That simple AM radio and I were inseparable. That

Fun With Android – “Camera 360”

A few months have passed since getting my Sprint HTC Evo. I’ve had a chance to try out a number of different apps. I’ve finally found one I liked well enough to buy. “Camera 360” is a full-featured software camera that can be used in addition to or as a replacement for the stock camera software that ships with different

Tablets, E-book Readers and Paper

Imagine a school that passes out Amazon Kindles instead of printed textbooks. No books at all, zilch, zero, nada – everything electronic. Printing costs could be completely eliminated, along with a myriad of associated problems – replacement books, textbook obsolescence, and book disposal to mention but a few. A single high-battery-life device such as a Kindle would suffice for replacing