Instead of using a remote control for opening your door, like in a car's case, you might be interested in using your own smartphone.
During the Customer Electronics Show 2009 in January search for the South Hall 1, Booth
#20350, in order to find Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies' stand, where the company will showcase its Schlage LiNK System. It makes use of your high speed internet connection, which doesn't have to be wireless, a cell phone with modem functionality, a computer connected to the Internet, the Schlage LiNK Bridge and the Schlage Light Module with the Z-Wave technology enabled.
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According to the provider, the Z-Wave-based system is the world's first and only wireless door control that works non-stop, allowing you to open your door using just the cell phone.
Z-Wave technology was designed to connect all your home gadgets in order to communicate with each other through walls and floors. It works with windows shades, thermostats, lighting and all the others.
If by any chance you get to the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, New York, you'll have the pleasure to find out more about Børre Sæthre and his work including the Stealth Distortion which shows an unicorn looking very real, like if it was taken out from a children story.
Børre Sæthre is a Norwegian artist who works in New York, Berlin and Oslo, being famous for his creations involving interconnected environments that enable fairy-tale imagery.
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The fantastic atmosphere is surrounded by acoustic effects, semi-transparent glass panels, LED light shows and high-end technology, all of these contributing in the creation of the spectacular contemporary art inspired by mythology elements.
The overall feeling that the gallery enables is that the past mixes with the future.
For those of who didn't have the pleasure yet of hearing about Kooky Klickers I will tell you in a few words what they are. Kooky Klickers are colorful pens with hair and funny details that kids love to write with. Children can choose between a wide range of models, each pen having its own name and characteristics, in addition to be clippable on books and papers or key chains.
EMTEC, the inventor of the first magnetic tape for audio recording, has launched the first Kooky USB flash drives with the same design as the Klickers.
Still we don't know the available storage capacities.
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“The Kookys’ distinctive shape, design, color and range of unique personalities make them a perfect fit for other Kookys products,†said Brent Reese, Founder and Senior Vice President of Courage International, rights holder and marketer of the Kooky Klickers. “We are very excited to partner with EMTEC to apply the Kooky brand to their USB drives.â€
One of the best brands when it comes to wireless desktop computer keyboards is definetely Microsoft and its latest model released is the Wireless Keyboard 6000 available at a retail price of $59.95 and looking similar with Logitech's Wave Keyboard, just that it doesn't feature the wave design.
Characterized by the translucent border inspired by Windows Aero, the curved Wireless Keyboard 6000 was created with ergonomics in mind, maintaining an overall elegant air.
It supports Flip 3D and provides five customizable keys for instant access to your favorite applications in Windows Vista.
The additional media keys are for controlling the media player with Play, Pause, Volume adjustment and Previous/Next Track.
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When it's time to change the battery the status indicatior tells you to expect a lower operation mode until you provide it with four AA alkalines.
Baked with a 3-year warranty, this keyboard seems to be the best solution for Windows Vista fans and not only.
Like all the latest smartphones launched on the market, Samsung Epix supports multitasking, allowing you to listen to the music in the background while surfing the Internet in searching for the latest headlines.
In addition it features Stereo Bluetooth, Wi-Fi module and AGPS capability accessible via the AT&T Navigator.
The built-in 2MP digital camera takes pictures at high resolution and supports 2x zooming, while the video recording capability lets you shoot videos on the go.
Other elements include multimedia player, Streaming Radio, MusicID that identifies the singer and track details, Instant Messaging, live video streaming, Mobile Email, and full HTML browsing.
Useful applications pre-loaded on the handset are: Mobile Banking, RSS Reader, WikiMobile, The Weather Channel, Fox Sports Mobile Pro, cool games and downloadable themes for easy personalization.
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Whenever you're not in the mood for texting, you can activate the Voice Commands feature and dictate your phone who to call.
The internal memory is of 256MB ROM and 150MB RAM, with the possibility to expand it via an affordable microSD card up to 32GB.
Interested in purchasing Samsung Epix? -Then you need to know the prices.
If you get it with a 2-year contract and a $100 mail-in rebate from AT&T you'd have to spend only $199.99 while the full price reaches $449.99.
