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Excalibur Wireless News Ticker Keeps You Up To Speed On Weather, Sports Or Any RSS Feed

By Andrew Liszewski on 09/10/10 • Leave a comment!

Excalibur Wireless News Ticker (Image courtesy wireless goodness)
By Andrew Liszewski

According to wireless goodness, the Excalibur Wireless News Ticker, which was recently approved by the FCC, lets you stay on top of news and other events via a scrolling text display, not unlike what you’d find at the stock market. Since the Excalibur’s interface and display are pretty basic, all of the setup is done via a PC app which lets you add and customize RSS feeds which are then streamed to the display with an included USB dongle.

There will also be a couple of custom branded versions of the device in conjunction with The Weather Channel and Fox Sports that are designed to focus on weather and sports respectively, though I assume they’ll be able to display regular RSS feeds as well. It’s powered by a set of 4xAA batteries which will hopefully last a while given the ‘no frills’ nature of the Excalibur, and while pricing hasn’t been announced yet, it’s expected to be available in time for the holiday season.

[ wireless goodness - Excalibur Wireless News Ticker ] VIA [ Ubergizmo ]

Warpia Easy Dock Wireless Laptop Dock

By Andrew Liszewski on 07/27/10 • 1 Comment

Warpia Easy Dock Wireless Laptop Dock (Images courtesy Warpia)
By Andrew Liszewski

Even with a wireless mouse and keyboard for my MacBook, I’m still too lazy to hook it up to the LCD display sitting mostly unused on my desk. It’s quite literally just a case of connecting one cable, but that’s one cable more than doing nothing. For the rest of you who use your laptops as double-duty portable and desktop PCs, and are slightly more motivated than me, the Easy Dock from Warpia makes hooking up your KVM as easy as plugging in a USB wireless transmitter. Everything on your desk stays connected to the dock, including your speakers, and the only drawback I can see is that you’re ‘limited’ to a resolution of 1400×1050 or 1440×900 (widescreen) over the wireless connection. $149.99 available directly from Warpia.

[ Warpia Easy Dock Wireless Laptop Dock ]

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TruLink Wireless HDMI Kit

By Andrew Liszewski on 04/15/10 • 2 Comments

TruLink 1-Port 60 GHz WirelessHD Kit (Images courtesy Cables To Go)
By Andrew Liszewski

Cables suck, particularly when you’ve got your HDTV mounted to the wall with an ugly trunk line sticking out the back that’s difficult to camouflage. But Cable To Go’s TruLink 60GHz WirelessHD kit promises to at least get rid of the HDMI cable between your TV and components like your PVR, Blu-ray player or hi-def gaming console. Installing the hardware looks to be as plug-and-play easy as anything, and with a range of up to 33 feet, it should be more than adequate for most setups.

However, there are some downsides that I can see. First of all the transmitter/receiver seem to be dependent on a line of sight signal, so you won’t be able to hide this, um, aesthetically challenged hardware in a cabinet or behind your TV. And it only accepts a single HDMI connection, so unless you have all of your hi-def gear piped through a switcher of some sort, you’ll be swapping cables. Finally, while it does eliminate the HDMI cable running to your TV, it also adds another power cable to deal with on both ends, which can be even more annoying. That and the fact the kit is a whopping $499.99 available starting in June.

[ TruLink 1-Port 60 GHz WirelessHD Kit ] VIA [ CrunchGear ]

SIMFi Turns 3G Into WiFi, Makes Too Much Sense To Ever Happen

By Evan Ackerman on 02/16/10 • 4 Comments

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WiFi? In my SIM card? It’s more likely than you think, if Sagem Orga’s SIMFi SIM card ever becomes a commercial reality, which it won’t, because it’s awesome and wireless providers aren’t. Eye-Fi showed us that you can stuff all kinds of useful things into absurdly small packages, and Sagem Orga has managed to cram a full blown WiFi router into a SIM card about the size of a hiccup. Somehow, the card taps into your phone’s data network and makes it accessible to any WiFi device:

“The new generation USIM card “SIMFi” can be inserted in any type of classic handset to act as a universal and interoperable HSPA/Wi-Fi router for any device.”

What’s that you say? I can just stick this in my phone and give internet to my laptop? Why, that would make my life so much better and more convenient and sunshine and rainbows and I won’t have to worry about forking over another sixty bucks a month so that I can check email on my phone and my laptop!

Aaaand this is why the only way we’re going to see one of these SIMFi cards is through some kind of severely restricted and ludicrously expensive carrier program. Yes, we can’t have nice things because when somebody invents one, our wireless carriers take them out back and beat them with a money brick.

I hope I’m wrong and that AT&T lets me buy a SIMFi for a realistic one time cost and stick it in my iPhone, but they won’t. We’ll let you know how many of your firstborn children you need to sell to get one of these if it ever becomes available.

[ Sagem Orga ] VIA [ SlashGear ]

Armatix Gun: Watch That Trigger

By Gaurav Kheterpal on 02/01/10 • 4 Comments

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By Gaurav Kheterpal

When you have a gun in your hand, people often advice you – ‘Watch that Trigger’. Armatix decided to take that advice literally and came up with a watch that controls your gun. Wearing a stylish wrist watch is trendy (except this watch is fugly) and owning a gun has its own aura – so if the two can be combined, it offers you the best of both worlds.

The gun won’t work and a red LED will light up if the watch isn’t in close proximity of the gun. The way this unusual combination works is through the watch sending a wireless arming signal to the gun. If the gun picks up the signal, it gets armed and a green LED lights up. Priced at nearly 7,000 Euros, this is quite an expensive affair.

I’m wondering what happens if your watch battery dies out and you need the gun?

[ Armatix ] VIA [ Wired ]

[CES 2010] Energize Shows Off Future-Proof Inductive Charging Pad

By Chris Scott Barr on 01/07/10 • 2 Comments

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By Chris Scott Barr

There’s little argument that inductive charging is the way of the future. After all, who wouldn’t want to eliminate cords from their mobile devices and charge one simply by setting it on a mat? Energizer is no stranger to the idea, and have been working on a new Wireless Charging Mat that they hope will help pave the way for this revolution.

Energizer has been working with the Wireless Power Consortium to craft a charging pad that will adhere to all forthcoming standards (dubbed Qi). The idea is that once the standards are set in place (which will hopefully be in the near future) people will be able to charge all compliant devices with this pad. Until such devices hit the market, you will still be able to use this with a Blackberry or iPhone using the available adapters, which come in the form of phone cases.

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New Eye-Fi Cards Get Infinite Memory, Pretty Much

By Evan Ackerman on 01/05/10 • 2 Comments

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I’m not quite sure how they do it, but Eye-Fi manages to keep on cramming feature after useful into their wireless memory cards. This time around, they’re introducing a new tier of card (above Pro), the Pro X2. It costs $150, but at least read about what it does before you scoff at the price… The X2 is an 8 gig SDHC card with a built-in 802.11n antenna. N! N means faster uploads at greater distances, so that’s definitely good. And more storage is good too. But the most useful feature of the X2 is the option to have the card delete pictures after it uploads them, giving you an infinite amount of memory (provided you’re near some source of WiFi) while sharing and backing up your pictures real time. The card won’t delete anything until it’s confirmed that the upload was successful, but hypothetically, you can just stop worrying about whether or not you’re running out of space when taking pictures (or videos).

The X2 also comes with all the rest of the awesome Eye-Fi features, like RAW support, geotagging, ad-hoc WiFi connections, and Wayport WiFi access. Unfortunately, from what I can tell from the press release, the infinite memory option will be available on the new X2 cards only. This is a bit of a disappointment, since previous useful firmware upgrades were made available to all of the cards. But, I guess it’s probably somewhat unrealistic to expect to keep getting free goodies, and for you heavy shooters, the additional SDHC space and the potential for never having to worry about space again may make the X2 a worthwhile upgrade.

Look for the Eye-Fi X2 on Amazon and the Eye-Fi website.

[ Eye-Fi ]

Wirelessly Connect Your PC To Your TV

By Chris Scott Barr on 01/04/10 • 17 Comments

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By Chris Scott Barr

Hooking your PC up to your living room TV isn’t too much of a challenge these days, unless the two are across the room from each other. Whether you think your computer would look out of place below your wall-mounted LCD TV or you have it setup with a monitor somewhere else (for use as a regular desktop), you’ll need something else to help you get the two talking to each other. Thankfully Warpia has a simple solution.

Their new Wireless USB Display Adapter Set  contains everything you need to wirelessly connect your PC to your TV. The base station contains both VGA (with a 3.5mm audio jack) and HDMI connections for your TV, while the other end plugs into a USB port on your computer. The device has a 30-foot range and supports resolutions up to 720p. The set is currently selling for $120 through Warpia.

[ Warpia ] VIA [ SlipperyBrick ]

Ford Sync Adds Wireless Hotspot Functionality Next Year

By Chris Scott Barr on 12/22/09 • 4 Comments

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By Chris Scott Barr

Having a 3G card can come in handy when one is traveling long distances. I know that mine came in handy this past summer when I drove across the country and back. Of course if you’re in a car with multiple people with laptops, wouldn’t it be nice to share that wonderful internet? Ford thinks so, and is planning on making that an option with their next generation of Sync.

With the next version of Sync, Ford will allow you to plug in a 3G card (via USB) and have it broadcast the signal via Wi-Fi. Since you won’t want outsiders leeching off of your connection, you’ll have access to the same security measures as any other wireless router. As an added level of security, all new wireless devices must first be confirmed by the driver before they are allowed on the network. Look for this feature to debut on Ford cars sometime next year.

[ Ford ] VIA [ UberGizmo ]

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