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Guy Rides Virtual Roller Coaster With Oculus Rift, Stumbles Around A Lot, Almost Smashes Monitor

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This is a video of Brandon trying a roller coaster simulator with an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and earphones on. Brandon probably shouldn’t have sat in the front of the coaster because he doesn’t do so hot. Lots of stumbling around and almost breaking his buddy’s computer monitor. If a friend broke my computer monitor trying out a virtual reality headset I’d switch the demo to bar fight mode and break a f***ing chair over his back.

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The FitBark Pet Activity Monitor Is A Reasonable Device For Pet Owners

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Author: Natalie Wood

I don’t want to awaken the ire of any committed pet owners — because I think you can do whatever you want with your pets (and your money) — but I would be lying if I said I didn’t cringe a little bit when I hear about extreme pet products and services like doggie treadmills, pet psychiatrists or pet fitness centers and the like.

In a quick conversation behind the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt, an unofficial, unscientific, non-statistically sound poll indicated that “if you don’t have time to walk your dog and need to outsource that to a health club…maybe you just shouldn’t have a dog.”

I concur with those results.

Still, I came across FitBark on the floor of the Hardware Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 and while it could, at first, seem “extreme” I found that after talking to these guys and hearing their explanation, their little device actually seems pretty reasonable.

What is the FitBark? From a technological standpoint, it is a wearable accelerometer that you put on your dog’s collar to monitor their activity. In most ways the product is very similar to products like the Nike Fuel + Band or the FitBit, however the strategy behind it — and this is the reasonable part — is quite different.

FitBark is not designed to be a performance indicator or weight loss utility or competitive device for animals. Instead, it’s just an activity monitor so loving pet owners can make sure their dogs are getting enough activity.

How it works is that, as the dog moves about, their activity is captured and stored on the device (up to three weeks of data can be stored).

Whenever the FitBark comes into the proximity of the owners iPhone’s or optional homebase unit — via Bluetooth 4 or Wi-Fi — the data is transferred off of the FitBark, passed through the FitBark app on the iPhone and transferred up to the cloud where that data is stored.

The historical data can then be visualized on any of the iOS devices that are allowed to view the data. In this way, dog owners can have real-time info about the pet’s activity.

Another hint that the FitBark is reasonable is their one-time pricing model. There are no ongoing monthly service fees or memberships required. You buy the hardware device upfront ($ 99 from their Kickstarter page), and you get the data it produces for free. I”’m guessing they have worked their data hosting costs into the hardware price.

In this way, it really seems like a tool for care and not a stingy racket for recurring fees.

I’m not sure this is a product I myself would ever use, as I tend to think dogs are evolutionarily equipped to survive living in what James Brown would call “a man’s world.” However I can see how loving, caring and yes, reasonable pet owners might like to see this data about their dogs. Because of that, the FitBark seems like a useful piece of hardware.

Is there such a thing as a transparent monitor for computer’s?

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Author: Antonio Pierce

Question by Script Kiddie!: Is there such a thing as a transparent monitor for computer’s?
I see the little flat screens that they use in the movies… I know, I know…. It should be possible though, know where I can get one from?

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Answer by Rogon
No and yes.
While it is possible it is impractical.

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Thinx upgrades the video monitor with embedded LTE and SMS alerts; ships in Q3 for around $500

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Author: Rod Sutherland

As part of our tour through Verizon’s Waltham, Ma.-based Innovation Center this week, we were able to see a brief demo of the Thinx 4G LTE video monitor — a product that was briefly teased at CES, but we’ve heard precious little about since. Essentially, this is a rather sophisticated 1080p video monitor, designed for small businesses that would prefer that their monitors do more than just capture reels of archived footage. Thinx’s solution throws in an admin panel and a smartphone app; users can install the camera and then define hot zones for the sensor to keep tabs on. If and when a specific event occurs (e.g. 50 individuals cross a virtual line), owners can be alerted via SMS — and, of course, they can then view only the footage pertaining to said event with merely a click.

The aforementioned apps (available for iOS and Android) will allow owners to look in live at any time, with recorded video automatically stored on the included 4GB SD card, a personal NAS or a cloud storage facility like Dropbox. Better still, the control panel supports multiple cameras for those trying to cast eyes over an entire office complex, and there’s room for a 12V battery that’ll keep it humming along “for a few hours” should the power cut out. Tom Thomasson, vice president of marketing at Thinx, told us that the product is slated to go on sale in the US during the third quarter of this year, and it’s one of “over 30″ new products that Verizon will help launch during the 2013 / 2014 time frame.

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Ask Engadget: best touchscreen monitor?

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Author: Natalie Wood

We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, then here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is from Icy, who wants to embrace their metro (geddit?) side. If you’re looking to ask one of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

“As Windows 8 is bringing touch to the desktop, I’m curious what touchscreen monitor I should buy. Any suggestions? Thanks!”

Short and sweet, Icy, just the way we like it. We’ll return the favor by pointing you in the direction of options from Viewsonic, Samsung and LG. Then we’ll bow out and let the massed ranks of the Engadgetarti oblige you with their worldly wisdom.

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Sony unveils 30-and 56-inch professional 4K OLED monitor prototypes, shipping in May

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Author: Stefanie Jenkins

The 56-inch OLED TELEVISION Sony trotted out at CES could have lost an inch on its method to the market, however that added couple of centimeters can still be had, at least in the expert sector. The company announced its A Collection Trimaster EL keeps track of at NAB today, outing a 4,096 x 2,160 30-inch model as well as a 3,840 x 2160 56-inch screen. Both panels show off wide seeing angles and low color change, appealing exact signal reproduction for industry professionals working with 4K content. No word yet on prices, however professionals can anticipate updating sometime in May 2013. Struck the break for the official news release, product skus, and a quick break down of exactly what products the A series will be replacing.

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Acer H236HL bid Slim Bezel LCD Monitor Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

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Author: jos

Slim bezel monitors. We need more of them. There is no excuse for manufacturers being capable of building a phone display with a non-existent bezel and not b…
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Health Tracking Gets More Up-Close And Personal With Tiny Blood Monitor Implant

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Author: Natalie Wood

I thought it was outstanding that Withings now provides an inexpensive house scale that tracks your body fat percentage and heart rate, however experts have actually developed a tiny Bluetooth-capable blood monitoring gadget that resides pleasantly under the skin, baseding upon the BBC this morning. It ’ s most likely to go into screening with intensive care clients soon, however it ’ s an instance of how intense house health tracking could overcome the course of the next couple of years.

The device was produced by a group of Swiss medical experts, and is created to be installed (that really is the most proper term right here) in a patient ’ s abdomen, leg or arm skin, utilizing just a needle. It can last for months, and reports back details about blood sugar and cholesterol levels, so as you may imagine it would be very beneficial for clients with persistent conditions like diabetes who are utilized to having to draw blood on a far more regular basis.

It ’ s not a brand-new concept, but the Swiss team ’ s design is special because it can track a lot of various markers at once. In shorts, it ’ s the eventually measured self gadget for genuine internal hints. The instant advantage of this technician is undoubtedly for those with severe conditions, which ’ s likely who will see the advantages in the immediate future. The team hopes to have it typically offered to clients in demand within the next 4 years.

However beyond that, it ’ s easy to see comparable unobtrusive sub-dermal implants gaining traction with the expanding variety of people who appear to desire to try to keep close tabs on their bodies and wellness. Cholesterol degrees and various other signs that can be found by this type of close monitoring will additionally probably become much more intriguing to existing advocates of the Quantified Self motion as the populace ages.

It may seem bizarre to think of a future where the basic need to know and track more information about ourselves in real-time extends to gadgets we use underneath the skin, however ten years ago who could ’ ve forecasted the rise of effective fledglings like Withings who have developed a brand on house health tracking, or the introduction of a gadget like the Basis wristband? Instruments like this one might just be the following wave of wellness monitoring technician mature for consumerization.

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Australian firefighters test data-transmitting pills to monitor biometrics during work

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Author: Brittany Turner

A new swallowable pill has been trialled with 50 firefighters in Australia, aimed at monitoring body temperatures and other vital readings when working under extreme conditions. Using Equivital’s EQ02 LifeMonitor capsule, the pill transmits metrics to a device housed on the chest. This then sends data on skin temperature, heart rate and respiration rate to an external computer. If a firefighter’s core body temperature is increasing too quickly, they can then be moved from the frontline to a recovery area, hopefully reducing accidents and deaths caused by heat exhaustion.

Until now, the standard method involved measuring body temperatures through the ear, but this new method — which was also used to monitor Felix Baumgartner’s 23-mile drop to Earth — offers a faster, more effective way of monitoring multiple vital signs. Research has so far focused on monitoring a firefighters’ core temperature when they’ve been exposed to temperatures between from -3 to 124 degrees Celsius for about 20 minutes, but according to News.com.au, testing will continue on the Equivital capsules, with temperatures likely to go as high as 600 degrees Celsius — about 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit. We’re just hoping that electrical firewands are next on the list.

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Viewsonic prepping 24-inch Android 4.1 display and 32-inch 4K monitor for later this year

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Author: Janet Odell

Viewsonic 24-inch Android display

Viewsonic was behind one of the stranger products we saw at Computex last June: a 22-inch display that ran a clean version of Android 4.0. The company has unveiled an updated version of the product here at CES — a 24-inch, 1080p touchscreen that runs Android 4.1 and includes USB ports for hooking up a keyboard and mouse. The internals have been upgraded to a Tegra 3 process, and it also has micro and mini HDMI ports for plugging in other machines. Viewsonic specifically noted that you could hook up a Windows 8 computer and take advantage of the operating system’s built-in touch capabilities. The company even added a blank area to the screen that lets Windows 8 users activate the edge-swiping gestures that are so integral to the OS. The…

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