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Category: Gadgets
Winner:
Visart
Wireless Mobile TFT LCD TV
Shanghai Visart Technologies,
Ltd.
Why have your television tethered to a cable and power
connection? This free-standing, wireless television system includes
an 802.11g transmitter that connects to any video source and beams
the signal wirelessly to the 17-inch LCD screen placed anywhere
within range. But what about power, you say? The included 6 hour
battery pack solves that problem.
Finalist:
MacSense HomePod MP-100
MacSense
This
Mac/PC-compatible wireless music receiver and player/ accepts all
popular music formats and can receive them via your wireless network
and play them back through its integrated speakers, headphones or
your home stereo speaker. And to save shelf space, it even includes
a built-in FM Tuner.
Finalist:
Zalman Theater 6
Zalman USA, Inc.
The Theater
6 headphones deliver a true surround sound experience for gaming and
movies. Each earpiece includes three tiny speakers that deliver
front- , center- , and rear-channel signals.
Finalist:
Therapeutic Robot: Paro
National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
This endearing pup
actually has a very serious purpose. Its entire body is covered with
sensors that react to touch, making this responsive robot a perfect
fit for hospitals and nursing homes. It not only learns its name,
but changes its response over time, becoming a true, healing
companion.
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