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...from SightSpeed in Berkeley, California, is a better option. Just click on the name of the person you want to chat with, and SightSpeed Video Messenger sends a message inviting him or her to chat. As soon as the recipient clicks O.K., a Post-it-size video window appears onscreen, and you can start talking. A picture-in-a-picture option lets you see your own image in a smaller window. In my tests over a DSL connection, the video was a little blurry but good enough to see expression on the other person's face. A downside to video...
...have a love-hate relationship with your digital camera? If you adore being able to view your pictures onscreen within seconds of taking them but abhor trying to figure out the best way to share them with friends and family, you're not alone. E-mail attachments often don't come through correctly or take forever to download. And most online photo albums have limited viewing and saving options. Here are three smart new alternatives...
...EyeToy: Groove is the first dance video game that uses a digital camera to track your movements and rate your rhythm. The EyeToy camera, right, attaches to your PlayStation 2's USB port and eliminates the need to use a game pad to control the game. Instead, you activate onscreen buttons with the wave of your hand. Choose from 23 songs (from Madonna's Music to Jessica Simpson's Forbidden Fruit), then follow cues onscreen that indicate where and when to move your body. EyeToy: Groove, including the camera, is available...
Cell phones are usually seen as the enemies of good driving, but a new service could make them a motorist's best friend. Nextel has teamed with start-up televigation of Sunnyvale, Calif., to offer on its java-and GPS-enabled phones turn-by-turn onscreen directions along with a computerized voice that speaks the driving instructions out loud. The service includes a business finder to help you locate nearby shops. It can also send your coordinates to another nextel phone via text messaging. Available now, Telenav costs $10 for 10 trips or $20 for 80 trips...
Screens on everything from ATMs to TV remotes have got touchy. Rather than push real buttons, you touch onscreen icons. Such screens can present difficulties for the visually impaired, however, and can be a danger when mounted in cars. To address those problems, Alpine Electronics developed PulseTouch, a screen that vibrates under your finger, changing the sensation with low-voltage impulses under the screen's plastic skin as you move. The result is virtual topography. Since the sensations vary, depending on whether you're touching an icon or a blank area, you can finger through options without taking your eyes...