This might just seem like nifty teddy bear but it’s a disguised spying device. This stuffed toy is equipped with a fully functional small video camera placed in its eyes. It was designed by a forensic science graduate along with her father on a mission to catch his mother’s caretaker stealing  from a patient who was ill with cancer. 28-year-old Yvonne Allen was found guilty and sentenced for 6 months in prison. The convicted was charged 60 pounds as a compensation to be given her victim.

Inside this stuffed teddy bear is a high quality hidden video camera system that you can count on. Meanwhile, you can as well have a watch over your little one when he is in the hands of a baby sitter. The teddy bear acts a secret agent or home security for families with little children and also the elderly with caretakers. Safety is always the top priority in any home and this teddy bear equipped with a camera might just be the choice to protect the vulnerable in your house.

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We all would love to look slimmer and healthier but just sitting on your seat wouldn’t help you improve your shape. Being concerned about weight and health has become so important these days, thanks to unhealthy and stressful lifestyles. With this in mind, we bring to you the Weighing Seat, a new gizmo from Atypyk. The cool new weighing seat weighs when u sit on it and helps you track your progress.
Though there are many standard set scales available in the market, Weighing Seat’s greatest feature is that it is designed for people with eyesight or vision problems because of which they may be unable to read measurements. It also works well for those who cannot stand over the standard weighing machine. The seat not only is a cool product that helps you monitor your weight reduction plan but also looks cool and sleek. The product must be available in most of weighing machine stores and if you still can’t find it, call up Atypyk!

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Imagine how cool it would be to alert oneself about an earthquake about to occur and also know how big the quake can really get. GraGraph is a device, which enables us to know the intensity of a quake on the Richter scale right from 3 to 10, but it’s not a predictor of earthquakes that’s going to occur. The device helps us to brace ourselves before any damage occurs. This device consists of an in built LCD clock, an alarm and a night-light. The GraGraph also records seismic activity where in the frequency or magnitude of any earthquake activity in a given area.

This Japanese product works on 4 AA batteries. One definitely would be overwhelmed as it provides an insight into the impending danger. GraGraph is a functional and efficient device, which costs a mere $185. If you can’t find it online, you can always buy one from a Japanese dealer. Meanwhile, the device may also help in creating awareness among people who seem to take earthquakes for granted, and quakes can occur anywhere, even in non-seismic zones. You could get this product online here.

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People, young and old, have the bad habit of slouching instead of sitting in an upright and good posture. What results from this could be many ailments including back pain, knee joint pain, neck pain etc. It could also result in a lot of stress, as bad posture is directly proportional to the stress you feel while you are sitting. Having said all this, we must say that now there is an intelligent device that warns you when you are sitting in a bad posture and reminds you to not slouch.

iPosture is one such device that vibrates intermittently when you slouch and stops only when you sit properly. It is designed to be worn for approximately 4 hours a day and you will learn to sit in a good posture without assistance after sometime. You can later reduce the number of hours you wear iPosture. The device costs $99.95 and is really good if you want to develop a better posture and avoid many maladies.

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If you have always found it difficult to fall asleep, twisting and turning for hours before you finally drift into an uncomfortable sleep, then what you need is the Dreamate. Working on acupuncture principles, the Dreamate is a biofeedback device designed to reset your biological clock and correct the human sleep cycle. Using electroacupuncture, the product sends several thousand massaging waves via specific pulse points to induce sleep. The product runs on batteries and are included in the package. Also included are 9½” strap and the product’s dimensions are 2″W x ½”D. 5 lbs

This small pleasant looking product has to be attached to the left wrist 30 minutes before sleep. The Dreamate works by stimulating the three specific pulse points on the wrist, traditionally known as the Sleeping Golden Triangle in Chinese medicine. The rhythmic vibrations work like a stress buster to enhance deep sleep, which means the Dreamate, is perfect for anyone with sleep problems, and for those suffering jet lag. Usage on a daily basis will help you fall asleep faster. Currently priced at $80, the Dreamate is not recommended for anyone with cardiac problems.

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A new research conducted by Yankee Group reports that, in the enterprise, consent to the Mac is constantly rising. Analysts believe the Mac, words, is gaining a significant acceleration among corporate users.

The research was conducted via the Web from a total of 750 IT administrators and managers, and the results seem quite encouraging: 4 out of 5 cases - that is a decent 80% - they have Mac OS X in its network, and a fourth of these 750 will have a significant amount (that is, more than 30 or 50, depending on the size of the company in question). Yankee Group says:

Although the hardware repono and Mac OS X operating system still represents a small niche, the adoption and acceptance Mac and its OS are growing at a sustained pace and that no firm saw from the 80s.

Finally, the analysis points out that to urge the adoption of computer designed in Cupertino play a predominant role technologies such as Safari, iChat, FileVault, Time Machine and all the other applications bundled together dates for the machinery.

In the United States released the week before in Japan in December to be released Disney movie, Wall-E / Wally, but to really FIGIA toy ever been before. And, Nintendo GameCube with somebody that made Wally.

It happened last Saturday in the incredible space NAVE the first edition of the event Descolagem, which was very well organized by Bob Largman and Lia Amancio, and should happen every two weeks.

The theme of this first Descolagem was “digital culture and the impact of technology”, and among the speakers / participants were Lucius Abbondati, entrepreneurs Fabio Seixas and Marco Gomes and Ronaldo Lemos of FGV-RJ and iCommons, plus a very special participation in Video of the genial professor Silvio Meira of CESAR (Center for Advanced Studies and Systems of Recife), which then interacted with these via Skype.

The Descolagem was moderated by my friends Bob Largman and Cris Dias. In addition to all that were in NAVE, the event was also accompanied by people from all over Brazil through a video transmission. The Wi-Fi connection was excellent, allowing the audience covering the event live, writing in their blogs or twitter, and putting the photos on Flickr.

The NAVE is a project of the Institute Hi Future, and is composed of the State College Jose Leite Lopes, the factory of Digital Culture (centre-research) and the power of Expression (space for exhibitions and seminars).
The place is striking, and deserves our applause for offering prospects for those who most need. These are projects like this that give new hope for the future of education in our country, whose biggest problem is lack of information and preparation for the labour market. Apart from revolutionary to attend this event, even had the pleasure to host my friend Lucia Freitas of Brazil Ladybug, who came from Sao Paulo to participate in only Descolagem. At the end of the event, there was a protest against the law of cybercrimes, which might end up with the freedom of the Internet in Brazil, but this already subject to another post.

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A year ago, we talked a prototype displaying an image 360 degrees Olympus. This time, the same manufacturer announced they had developed another prototype CCD that allows you to capture images at 360 degrees. The video surveillance, security.

IOGEAR’s new release, GearJuice Rescue Charger. TV, mobile phones, digital cameras, mini-USB port for portable devices equipped with a charger. 23 x23×66mm and size is pretty small. IOGEAR said, for example, about 15 minutes of cellular phone conversation equivalent to respond to the charge. So no big deal even if, in fact useful item. When we have put in a big help for sure.

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