TECHNOLOGY
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Canon EOS 10D Digital Rebel 
Toshiba TLP-791U Conference Room Projector
High-res projectors for work or play 
17" LCD Flat-Panel Display 
A Mighty Pen 
HDTV
HP Officejet 6110 all-in-one 
Thursday Oct 10, 2002 nyt 
Mightier than the pen? Segway Inc. has overhauled its self-balancing scooter with a new batch of technology that allows riders to start the device with a remote control and steer it simply by leaning in the direction they want to go.
"Some people describe it as very similar to skiing," the company's chief technology officer, Doug Field, said of the new LeanSteer technology that replaces a set of handlebars as the Segway's means of steering.
The new generation of the Segway Personal Transporter was unveiled yesterday. It has a sleeker, more futuristic design than its predecessor, and a starting retail price of $4,995 U.S.
The company has stopped producing the older models but will continue to offer customer support to owners of older Segways.
Segway wanted to make the new version of the scooter more intuitive and fun to ride, a vehicle that "truly becomes an extension of your body," according to Field.
"The best interface is no interface at all," he said.
Like the original version, the rider still stands on a platform between two wheels and holds onto a handlebar supported by a stem that rises vertically from the base. But all of the electronics and wires have been removed from the top part of the machine.
The key to the new steering technology, Field said, is at the pivot point between the stem and the base, where a group of sensors "reads your body angle" and communicates the information to the software that controls what direction it travels.
The other major update is a wireless controller called the InfoKey which has four buttons and an LCD screen and looks like a large digital watch. It's used to turn the scooter on, but also serves as "trip computer" with such functions as an odometer, speedometer and battery gauge.
It also can be used to activate an anti-theft alarm.
Field said there have not been widespread problems with Segway thefts, but the device is a big target of curiosity.
Since its launch in 2001, the Segway has been widely praised for the sophisticated software engineering. But its persistently high price often is cited as one of the reasons it has not yet lived up to the predictions of its inventor that it would revolutionize personal transportation.
It is also sometimes mocked as the ultimate in tech geekiness. CNet Network Inc.'s technology website News.com put the nascent sport of Segway polo at the top of its list of the 10 worst technologies this quarter.
Friday Jun 7, 2002 'Segway' to deliver more mail ...the post office has bought 40 of the innovative Segway devices to begin a second phase of testing ...the scooters would sell for around $8,000 for business users. Over time, a retail version aimed at consumers is scheduled to be released that could be priced around $3,000,
December 3, 2001
Ginger Unveiled--It's a Scooter!
Cool technology, but will it change anything?
Segway has a range of 15 miles on a single battery, weighs around 60-70 lb., and will cost around $3,000 when it hits the market. The models used by GMA anchors Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer were limited to 12 MPH, but Kamen hinted that the scooter was capable of speeds two or three times higher.
Commercial availability won't come until the end of 2002, but the anticipated price of Segway puts it firmly into the realm of toys for the wealthy. Will it ultimately revolutionize transportation? Segway.com
Monday Dec 3, 2001 SELF-BALANCED SCOOTER UNVEILED AMID HYPE
An American inventor has created a device he claims could ease traffic
worldwide by literally sweeping pedestrians off their feet.
Saturday Jul 26, 2003 Segways ready to roll in city Dec 19, 2001 C|net on DVD players W-N choise 3 so far Monday Feb 11, 2002
November 1, 2001
Erasing C From VCR, With a Disc DVD-RAM / DVD-R Drive (22P6959) 1/Nov/2001 Thursday, October 18, 2001A New Image: Why Pros Go Digital October 5, 2001 Creating (and sharing) your own Video CDs is easier than you think. If you don't mind investing in some not-so-inexpensive hardware, you may want to burn your own DVDs. (For more information on doing so, see our Shopper's Guide, "Do-It-Yourself DVDs," in this issue's Features section.) Otherwise, you may find CD-R or CD-RW discs can hold all the video you need. Hollywood DV-Bridge, you can convert your old VHS tapes to high quality DV video. . from Dazzle DM-2200 is the universal solution for converting and editing analog and DV video. Convert analog video to DV to archive for the future or DV video to analog to play on a VCR. Hollywood works with 1394 equipped PCs and Macs and with the leading DV video editing software.
11/Nov/2001 The Pioneer offers a couple of goodies of its own, however. Like the Panasonic (which actually contains Pioneer's DVD-burning technology), it can burn two kinds of discs. One is DVD-R, discs that can play back in almost any DVD player but can't be re-recorded. The other disc format, in Pioneer's case, is DVD-RW. These discs play in about 70 percent of consumer DVD players, according to the company.
Pioneer's recorder also has a FireWire input, to which you can connect a DV camcorder. That's a significant perk: It means that you can pour your home movies directly onto a DVD. (And if you pour it onto a DVD-RW disc, you can then edit it on the recorder.) Even if you've edited your movie on your Mac or PC (using a program like iMovie, for example), you can still enshrine it on DVD, for distribution or archiving, using this player.
So Panasonic offers a much lower price and simultaneous recording and playing; Pioneer offers a FireWire jack and DVD-RW recording. The nice thing is that you have a choice.
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D-340R D370 Studio DC10plus Pinnacle System Studio Deluxe at $300us has both DV or Analog
Sony DVMC-DA2 $500us HP Jornada has most but! Take a tour
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Compaq iPaq H3635 - 32MB Pocket PC HP Jornada 720 32 MB Handheld - Web Exclusive
Regular Price: $1,499.99cdn +tax Discount: $100.00
3Com All the functionality Palm handhelds are famous for, plus flip-of-the-antenna wireless Internet and email access. Check stock quotes from the airport. Send email from a taxi. Book a flight, get directions, and read the news almost anywhere, anytime.
The Qbe
(pronounced "cube") offers a whole new way of relating to computers. Here's
why. Desktop computers are
powerful but stationary. Laptops are portable but clumsy. Palmtops allow
you to work on the go, but don't have much power. The Qbe combines the
best features of all these units into a single, mobile, lightweight workstation
about the size of a clipboard. From (Refurbished) $1375.00us to $3000us new Pentium® II 400MHz, 96MB - 256MB, CD-ROM, Windows® 98 SE, Digital Camera (included)
On July 2, 2001 Metricom, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCOMQ), a high-speed wireless data services company, announced that it had filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the US Bankruptcy Court in San Jose, California
Steve Irwin reports for CBC TV
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Revolutionary scooters fun, safe. But can they handle Montreal potholes? Our intrepid reporter takes a test ride & the $5,000 U.S. price tag.
...Transport Canada recently decided the Motor Vehicle Safety Act does not apply to the Segway, making it quasi-legal. But things are still a bit fuzzy with the SAAQ, Quebec's automobile insurance board, and the city of Montreal. Hill said Seg! hopes to have sorted things out with the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec "in a matter of weeks." Moreover, the Old Port, where Seg! is located, is private property, so arrangements can be made there for Segway use regardless of the SAAQ's decision.
Seg! is at 995 Wellington St. An orientation session costs about $100, while a one-hour rental costs $49.95. Telephone (514) 393-0734 or visit www.segcanada.com
DVD player sales rocket bbc
DVDs become the fastest growing consumer entertainment product ever, with three million sold in the UK since its launch.
DVD Website silenced over DVD secrets bbc
By DAVID POGUE But if recording television shows were all this $1,500 (Panasonic DMR-E20) baby could do, you could save about $1,400 by buying a standard VCR. ....onto DVD-R discs, which are relatively cheap ($30 for five) and which play back on most standard DVD players ....called DVD-RAM. These cost about $35 each but can be erased and reused over
The IBM DVD-RAM/DVD-R Drive, along with the included software, allows you to archive data, edit/author video to a DVD; play back MPEG-2 video and DVD movies; back up as much as 9.4GB on a DVD-RAM disc as well as read all common forms of CD and DVD media.
CD-ROM speed 24X maximum (variable speed), IDE, 9.4 GB, Buffer size 1000 KB
$469.00us IBM not including tax or shipping
Private digital theater puts a floating 4-foot screen right before your eyes!
The latest electronic technology has created i-Visor, the Personal Display System that provides private viewing of virtually any video or PC source. i Visor .... $995us
The digital road has been a bumpy one for photographers. Early digital cameras offered poor resolutions, suffered shutter delays, became obsolete in months and ran into the tens of thousands of dollars to buy — and repair. Only recently have the standard Nikon D1 models used by professionals come down to $3,500 (the new D1x is about $5,300).www.digitaljournalist.org
1)DV card: Pinnacle Studio DV 7 $129us | Canopus DVRaptor-RT $600
(software included with cards)
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2)DVD authoring: SpruceUp $129 | DVDit PE $999
3)DVD-R drive: Pioneer DVR-AO3 $799
Totals #1000us | #2400us [Adobe Premiere 6.0 inc]
$299.99us
1.31 megapixel CCD, 1280 x 960 resolution
2x telephoto = to a 72mm telephoto lens
1/2"CCD, 2.11 megapixel 24-bit color res. 7 image-recording modes, uncompressed TIFF
Superior f2.8, 5.5mm lens = (36mm equivalent)
entry-level $499us.
AutoConnectTM USB
Super bright viewfinder
2MB internal memory (optional SmartMedia)
QuickTimeTM movie mode
Sequence, Macro, Sepia, and B&W
We have a new, still in box, at $120 cdn (no Tax) in the U.S. $99 [we now have FireWire]
Convert Analog Video to Digital Video, or Digital Video to Analog: Sony introduces a new media converter that will allow you to convert analog recordings, such as 8mm or VHS to a digital video signal that is output to i.LINK® interface. The DVMC-DA2 features a hardware based codec system (compression/decompression device) for optimum performance when converting analog video to digital, or vice versa.
Pen complete with a serial cable and infrared capability. The USB adapter is only a convenience
PDAs and Palms
They are too slow, with too many bugs so far
NEEDs, would like, maybe
Regular Price: $849.99cdn +tax
32 MB RAM. Portable power never looked so good. With its gorgeous, crisp colour display, you'll work through your Word and Excel documents with ease. Record voice notes, or kick back and listen to a couple songs using the built-in headphone jack
The included Compact Flash expansion jackets allow you to add PC cards for additional storage or wireless networking. For so many applications, the H3635 is the closest thing to having your desktop PC in the palm of your hand.
an expansion pcmcia jacket on the back and use it with a 3com 11MBPS wireless LAN card and Linksys access point - surfing the web is actually faster than on a pc with broadband, since the browser and all cache files are entirely in RAM! Full streaming color video looks great in embedded Windows Media player 7
Palm IIIc
The Palm.Net® Wireless Communication Service works in over 260 of the most populated areas in the U.S. The same rates apply everywhere, and there are absolutely no roaming charges.
With the Qbe, you'll never be at a loss for how to get data in or out. It comes with: USB, PS/2, RJ/11 (modem), RJ/45 (network), IEEE-1394 (Firewire®), IrDA, audio (headphone and microphone), pen, ICM; and (finally) a docking port.
PacketVideo is wireless video creating a new broadcast medium.
& Cellular TV Two-Way Wrist Communicator. A video clip encoded with PacketVideo technology is scalable to different bit-rates and broadcast environments without re-encoding.
deliver personalized, on demand and multicast video programming to cell phones, pocketPCs, PDAs, web pads, laptop computers and other wireless consumer electronic devices. PacketVideo is also developing an integrated suite of applications to deliver targeted advertising, ad serving and data mining, instant e-commerce, user generated community and two way video communications.
It weights less than a pound, and it was fast - up to 128 kilobits per second. Plug it in to the USB port on your laptop and you can surf the web anywhere. But using Ricochet wireless modem was not cheap - about $75us a month
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