Archive for the 'Miscellaneous gadgets' Category

Global Pet Finder – Good use of GPS tracking

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

Ever lost a pet? Ever spent endless days searching and hoping to find it? Well, the new Global Pet Finder could end that problem. Using a GPS enabled collar, you can track your pet via cellphone or wireless device. The collar will send the continuously updated location of your pet in text or map format. [...]

Using Nanotechnology To Make Smart Devices

Friday, February 24th, 2006

According to dictionary.com, nanotechnology is the science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules, and any fabrication technology in which objects are designed and built by the specification and placement of individual atoms or molecules or where at least one dimension is on a scale of nanometers. By producing [...]

Everyday gadgets getting on the smart gadget bandwagon

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

I thought I would start off by referencing an article on USAToday.com, which has an excellent overview of how everyday gadgets in our lives are getting smart. Here are a few excerpts from the article. You can buy a backyard telescope loaded with global position satellite (GPS) technology so it can point out which stars [...]