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...show includes over 65 works; several artists contributed more than one work. The pieces range from more traditional drawings, like Kate Sullivan's cityscape "View from Post Office," to sculpture, like Bradley J. Rubenstein's "Drawing Device #3"--a motorized plastic gadget that "walks" on four pencil "legs," leaving lines and shapes in its path...
Sony fired the first shot last October when it unleashed the MiniDisc player, a $750 gadget that plays or records music on a 2 1/2-in.-sq. disc. Philips returned the fire the next month with the digital-compact-cassette (DCC) player, a $799 home tape deck that can use a new type of digital cartridge as well as old-style cassettes. Now Sony is introducing yet another model: a $1,000 home MiniDisc player and recorder that will hit stores in April...
...situation has given rise to a new industry: devising still more elaborate technology to make VCR operation less daunting. Two years ago, Gemstar Development Corp. introduced VCR Plus+, a remote control-size gadget that simplifies programming by assigning each show a code of one to eight digits. The user punches in the code numbers, which instantly program the VCR to record at the proper time and channel. Sales of VCR Plus+ have reached about 6 million worldwide, and 600 U.S. newspapers, along with TV Guide, now carry the code numbers in their TV listings. The device is being incorporated into...
There is even a new skate on the market called Metroblade which includes detachable wheels a la Inspector Gadget. "You can go to work in them, take off the wheels and walk around," Brine says. But Brine is skeptical about the new product, which he labels as gimmicky...
Summer's coming, and so are the gadget makers, displaying their wares in & Chicago this week at the 1992 International Summer Consumer Electronics Show. Among the offerings...