Word: gadgeteers
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...when the U.S. Army wanted to design a better vehicle for Iraqi-style urban warfare, its Tank-automotive and Armaments Command's National Automotive Center (NAC) contracted several companies - including Ford Motor Co. and Integrated Concepts and Research Corp. (ICRC) - to develop a gadget-laden, all-terrain vehicle in the style of the ever-equipped James Bond. "The truck's design team drew inspiration from 007 movies," NAC spokesperson for the Army's National Automotive Center, Germane Fuller told TechWeb...
...Gadget reviewers like me may love a challenge, but we like it even better when products work as billed. I tested an iControl system that included a wireless camera, which I easily positioned and programmed to snap pictures of anyone walking through my front door. I coupled a motion sensor with a lamp controller, so that the light went on whenever someone walked by. The coolest part was that I could also command the lights and camera directly from the Web page. I did not test the thermostat, but like the other devices, it can be controlled remotely...
...into our lives and exists not for the sake of worshiping shiny, cold machines, but for the sake of helping us. We're humans and I think that the human aspect of software and interfaces is very important. That aspect is the emphasis at Lifehacker as opposed to other gadget-focused or software-focused sites. Those are my favorite types of posts and make the most sense to my mother...
...Gizmodo, a Gawker Media blog for the gadget obsessed, recently got a new editor - Brian Lam, a former assistant editor for Wired magazine. Lam, 29, has big plans for Gizmodo - to utilize his magazine publishing skills to enhance the already popular and prolific blog. With an average of 40 to 50 posts a day, Gizmodo is an advertiser's dream, attracting 25-to-35-year-old males with annual salaries of $50,000 to $100,000 and more. Gizmodo is one of the few blogs to take on the role of a viable media source with Lam's recent coverage...
...Sony, too, is moving for the first time into dslrs with its Alpha dslr A100, which hit the market in July. The camera uses slr technology Sony acquired from Konica Minolta, and is selling for around $1,000, lens included. Companies think the dslr will whet the appetites of gadget lovers who will eat up higher-margin aftermarket treats, like lenses, flashes and cases. Sony, for one, offers 21 lenses for its new Alpha. Skeptics say that dslrs are a false hope, because most people consider them too complicated, big or pricey. IDC pegs them at around...