Ikea to sell TVs integrated in its furniture.
IKEA is already the one-stop shop for smart and compact home furnishing. Now they are venturing into the world of technology-with the IKEA TV.
Continue reading… “Uppleva – Ikea integrates HDTV entertainment system into their furniture”
Samsung’s latest sets feature built-in HD cameras, microphone sets and face and speech recognition software.
Top-of-the-line plasmas and LED HDTVs by Samsung offer new features never before available within a television including a built-in, internally wired HD camera, twin microphones, face tracking and speech recognition. These new features give you unprecedented control over your HDTV, but the devices themselves are more similar than ever to a personal computer and may allow hackers or even Samsung to see and hear you and your family, and collect extremely personal data.
Continue reading… “Your new tv could be watching you”
3D technology hasn’t saved TV.
People are watching less broadcast and cable TV, according to a survey from Accenture. Less than a third intend to buy a new TV in 2012. Smartphones, tablets and computers are eroding traditional TV viewing — bad news for TV manufacturers and traditional content providers.
Continue reading… “Less than one third of Americans will buy a new TV in 2012”
TVGuardian
There have been tools over the years for skipping the sexy or violent parts of movies, or sanitizing the bad words coming from your TV’s speakers. But HDTV viewers who didn’t want to restrict viewing to G-rated shows remained exposed to nasty curse words and other offensive language. Until now. (Videos)
Continue reading… “TVGuardian – Bad Language Filter for Your HDTV”
Modern antennas cost $25 to $150 and can display a picture sharper than cable or satellite.
Julie and Anthony Bayerl of St. Paul, Minn., love watching prime-time shows on the sleek 50-inch television in their bedroom. They also love that they pay nothing for the programming. The only thing they do not love is how a low-flying plane, heavy rain or just a little too much movement in the room can wipe out the picture.
Continue reading… “Rabbit-Ear Antenna’s – An Old Technology Making a Comeback”
Now even the clumsiest doctor can perform incredibly precise microsurgery with this latest da Vinci Si Surgical system, the only one in the world that operates in 3D HDTV. Using four robotic arms and one channel of HD video for each eye, the system reduces and filters a surgeon’s movements to an ultra-tiny scale, allowing minimally-invasive surgical procedures that aren’t possible using conventional means.
Continue reading… “da Vinci Si Surgical System Operates In 3D HDTV”
2008 was a good year for gadgets, and we’re hoping that ’09 will be just as impressive. We’re only a month in so far, but Palm, Dell, Sony and even Amazon have all dropped hints about what the companies have in store. We’ve collected the five big announcements that have us drooling, as well as five more that we’d like to see happen before 2010.
Continue reading… “Top 5 Tech Toys Of 2009 And 5 More On The Way”
A company called Green Peak has developed new low cost/low power radio technology for remote controls. Instead of that annoying point-it-a-device IR remote that needs new batteries every year, Green Peak’s remotes could last the life of the device it controls on a pair of cheap lithium ion button batteries.Not only does this technology enable better remote controls – they’ll work through walls up to nearly a hundred feet away – but could help eliminate the 8 billion dead remote control AA and AAA batteries that are tossed into the garbage each year.
Continue reading… “Low Cost/Low Power Radio Technology For Remote Control”
Next year could be a very bad time for television. And I’m not talking about the people who make Heroes or CSI. No, I’m referring to the manufacturers.
No doubt the various TV makers have been eagerly awaiting the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, due to happen on Feb. 18, 2009, which many were hoping would boost sales. I don’t think it will, for a couple of reasons: 1) The rollout to HDTV has been so drawn out over the past few years that the February 2009 switchover probably won’t be much of a big deal. And 2) The current financial crisis.
Continue reading… “Is The TV Crash Of 2009 Coming?”
Most coffee tables are just meant to harmonize the mood and overall decor of your living room, right? But, the Coffee Table from the house of Retro-Tech changes the notion.
Continue reading… “Try Out the New Coffee Table Computer”
But Can It Do The Dishes?
What if you could control everything in your home with a little handheld gadget? That’s what this universal remote by David Chacon got us thinking about, with its roomy screen – a nerve center right in your pocket.
Continue reading… “Revisiting The Universal Remote”
Hot off the press this morning is the ZvBox from ZeeVee. The box is a PC-to-TV video gadget that lets you send any and all video content on your PC to any digital, cable-connected TV in your home.
Continue reading… “ZvBox: Puts Your PC On All Your HDTVs”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
Learn More about this exciting program.