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Taser C2

One of the oddest participants at the CES 2007 was Taser International. Amnesty International reports that at least 70 people have died as a result of Taser shocks since 2001. Nonetheless, company president Tom Smith would like their C2 series to become available to more consumers, such as professional women and college students. To prove their point, they are offering them in black pearl, electric blue, metallic pink, and titanium at prices starting at $299.99. You can find them available at the Taser webstore beginning Monday if you can pass the background check and live in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, or Hawaii.

 

Read More | Taser International

Gallery: Designer Tasers Now Available


Invoca 3.0 RemoteKNG (Cash N Gold), another featured exhibitor at the CES 2007, has taken the universal remote to a whole ‘nother level. The Invoca 3.0 voice-activated remote has the ability to learn commands from your existing remote no matter what language you speak or what accent you have. It is preprogrammed with 4 voice commands: “power,” “power up,” “power down,” and “previous.” Input the brand name of your current remote and it will automatically find the model number. The Invoca comes with rechargeable batteries and a charging case, and is available at retailers at a MSRP of $49.95.

Read More | KNG America

Gallery: Invoca Remote is KNG’s Gift to Couch Potatoes


R-Gator

Now that Bush has decided to send 20,000 more troops off to war, we would suggest a much safer alternative. iRobot, another company that attended the CES 2007, has created the unmanned R-Gator in cooperation with John Deere. It can act as scout, “point man,” perimeter guard, and pack/ammo/supply carrier. The bot features teleoperation, autonomous waypoint navigation, obstacle avoidance, and manual operation. Released in 2006 in limited numbers, we think it would be an interesting idea to spend tax dollars on robots that cannot be killed as opposed to humans that can.

 

Read More | iRobot

Gallery: Make R-Gator Love, Not War


LG BH100Every year, CNET grants awards to their pet tech from the CES. Their Best of Show this year goes to the versatile LG BH100, the first disc player with both Blu-ray and HD DVD capabilities. The player will be available in February at such retail outlets as Circuit City and Best Buy for $1,999.00. This is especially good news for those of us who, back in the “old days” actually purchased a Betamax, because it truly was the best of its kind, but phased out much too quickly. We’re hoping that other companies will join in on this video bandwagon and realize it is better to compromise rather than start a tech war.

Read More | CNET

Gallery: CNET Awards Best of CES 2007 Show to LG BH100


iphone Cisco, who holds the trademark on the iPhone product name (and already sells an eponymous product) has decided to sue Apple in federal court for use of their trademark. This, after much discussion of Cisco and Apple coming to an agreement.

“Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use Cisco’s iPhone name,” said Mark Chandler, Cisco senior vice president and general counsel, in a statement. “There is no doubt that Apple’s new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission.”

Whoopsie. Perhaps Apple can fax the paperwork back to them already and be done with it? (Though, if rumors of the agreement being of a per-unit-sold nature, we all know how reticent Apple is to pay into a royalty structure like that.)

Read More | Yahoo! News

Gallery: CES 2007: Cisco Sues Apple Over iPhone Name


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