Lockitron: Unlock Your Home With Your Cellphone

Lockitron. Even the name inspires a feeling of security. Security administered by giant Japanese robots, perhaps, but security nonetheless. Lockitron is a door lock that you can unlock with your cellphone.

It works like this. You replace either part or all of your door lock with Lockitron’s parts (depending on the kind of lock you have). Then, when you get home you fire up the app on your phone and hit the “unlock” button. That’s it. There is also a “lock” button for when you leave, and you can give access to a friend just by sending them an SMS with a code that lets them use their phone to open the door.

The Lockitron can also be used with an optional NFC (near field communication) add-on. This sticks

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Swedish Computer Bags. Stylish, Slim, and Only in Stockholm

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On its own, the Unit 1 bag is a sleek, slimline and very nice-looking laptop sleeve (or paper-notebook sleeve, if you must). But add in Unit 2 and Unit 3 and it transforms into something a lot more useful, and yet still just as eye-friendly.

The company is called Unit Portables, and the bags are modular, with connections that are robust enough not to be snatched off by a passing pickpocket.

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Samsung Sliding PC 7 Series Tablet PC


Samsung has unveiled its new and first sliding Tablet PC that was dubbed the Samsung Sliding PC 7 Series. The compact Tablet gets a 10.1-inch touchscreen display with a 1366768 resolution plus a sliding keyboard for easy typing. It packs the power of an 1.66GHz Intel Atom Z670 Oak Trail Processor, choice of 32GB or 64GB SSD and 2GB of RAM.

The Sliding PC 7 Series also ships with Samsungs own Touch Launcher that offers a range of applications that was optimized for touchscreen. There is an integrated 1.3-Megapixel Camera, a 4-in-1 card reader, HDMI output, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, HDMI Output, optional WiMax and 3G support.

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iHome iDM12 Wireless Speaker System


iHome has introduced its new iDM12 Wireless Portable Speaker System that was designed for use with the iPad, iPhone and the iPod. It comes equipped with a protective magnetic casing that can be easily detached and serves as a stand for both landscape and portrait modes. It also features two active speaker drivers and a passive radiator that produces an excellent sound quality. It also comes with a removable iPad stand plus a built-in lithium-ion rechargeable battery that which delivers a few hours of music playback. It utilizes a Bluetooth connection which allows connectivity with any bluetooth-enabled devices such as media players and smartphones etc. Read more…

Robocup Golf Ball Return Robot

You know what? If you love practicing your putting, then you had better be a good shot otherwise you would end up spending more time retrieving those wayward golf balls instead of celebrating your successes. Of course, there is always the option of training a dog to let it do all the retrieving, but it doesnt really help in a way since you will end up with dog slobber all over your balls.

Enter the Robocup Golf Ball Return Robot. This £42.99 purchase must have been on the must have list for plenty of golfers for the longest time already, where it was specially designed to eliminate backache from putting practice.

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