This cool R2-D2 robot replica from the Star Wars movie series accepts voice commands, navigates around the room will make your home feel like a true Star Wars movie decor. The voice activated R2-D2 can recognize more than 40 different voice commands such as “Turn around!” or “Move forward two units!” or play a game of tag with you, using its built-in infrared sensors. His sensors help him follow you, or it can be set to detect motion, turning your R2-D2 into a room sentry that sounds an alarm when a secured area is invaded by someone. R2’s lights, swiveling dome top, and distinctive happy and sad sounds faithfully mimic the real thing, right down to his occasional “bad mood”. R2 can also replay sounds and dialog from the Star Wars movies, answer yes-or-no questions, and dance while playing the famed Cantina music. The voice-activated R2-D2 robot is fun to own, but is also a great gift for any true Star Wars fan…

The Kill-A-Watt power meter is a very useful device that allows you to check what is the power usage and how efficient is any electrical device that you have at home or in the office, for instance your computer. The meter has a large LCD display that is used to show consumption by the Kilowatt-hour (kWh), just like the utility company does it. You can also figure out what your electrical expenses will be by the hour, day, week, month, even an entire year ahead based on the results you get measured by the device. The P3 Kill-A-Watt Power Meter allows you to monitor the quality of the electricity you get by displaying Voltage, Line Frequency and Power Factor (what you need to check the efficiency). You switch the mode by pressing the corresponding button for each function, depending on what information you want to see. Just have in mind that disconnecting the device from the power line will reset the collected information regarding the usage time and consumed kWh so far, so be careful when … [ Read the rest of the story ]

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Myka is a new internet video player with built-in BitTorrent client for direct downloading of the multimedia files on the device. Video and audio files are downloaded from the internet on to Myka’s internal hard drive and after that these files can be played back directly to a television. Myka is controlled by a handy remote control or can be programmed remotely trough the web. This cool device has all the features you need in order to connect it directly to your new or old TV and yes there is even HDMI output as well as all the needed analog and digital sound output for your audio system. You get the option to use Ethernet cable connection to the internet or wireless network if you already have such in your home, eliminating the need to put any more network cables around.

BitTorrent is the leading peer-to-peer file-transfer protocol with more than 160 million installed clients. That means the more popular a large video file, the faster it can be … [ Read the rest of the story ]

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If you are a big Star Wars fan and are interested in DIY (Do it yourself) stuff you must not miss this cool product. The Star Wars DIY Force FX Lightsaber Kit is a must for every true Jedi, because it gives you the opportunity to build your own lightsaver the way you want it (or almost that way).

The kit consists of one main saber unit with a tri-color blade (flip a switch and choose red, green, or blue - each with corresponding and different sound effects) and a slew of parts that let you assemble the saber you’ve always dreamed of. All the parts are based on actual screen-seen components, so your saber will look just like an awesome mashup of the real thing from the Star Wars movies. And the coolest part is, you don’t have to choose between being a Jedi or a Sith, because all you have to do to start walking on the light or the dark side is to flip a switch on the lightsaber … [ Read the rest of the story ]

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What would you say for some cool sunglasses with a built-in 1.3 megapixel camera in them, that is hidden. Ok, maybe not excatly hidden, but the normal person wouldn’t think you’ve got a camera in your sunglasses (unless he’s seen these). The camera on one of the sides in the glasses is capable of capturing still images with a resolution of 1280×1024 pixels. The sunglasses also come with a handy RF remote-control that is needed to tell the camera when to take a picture, so it won’t be on all the time…

These cool glasses come with high-quality and lightweight frame material and with UV400 polarized flip-up lens. The built-in polymer li-ion rechargeable battery provides you with a battery life of up to 9 hours if you are shooting 1 picture every minute. When you are done with the covert photo taking you can transfer the images to the PC with the help of the USB 2.0 interface trough a standard mini USB port (also used for recharging). As an additional feature the … [ Read the rest of the story ]

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