As spotted by Boing Boing, David L. Farquhar shares the details of the largest CRT TV ever produced. The Sony PVM-4300 “weighed about 450 pounds, stood about 27 inches tall,” and was too large to squeeze through a standard door frame.
Built by hand, only 20 were exported from Japan to the United States where they were sold with “a significant markup.”
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The company has updated its DJI Mimo iOS app with a handy (or wristy?) new feature that allows the stabilized gimbal to be remotely operated from an Apple Watch.
According to DroneDJ, that includes remotely monitoring live video from an iPhone, adjusting the framing of a shot by panning and tilting the gimbal, snapping pics, starting and stopping video capture, and activating subject tracking.
The joint venture between Logitech and Steelcase, which was formally called Project Ghost when we tested it back in May, has been officially renamed Ocular View and is “now orderable in North America and select European countries.”
Designed to be a more affordable alternative to Google’s Project Starline, Ocular View uses off-the-shelf tech and a custom booth to polish the videoconferencing experience.
Users on Reddit have discovered a new feature for their Nooks. ePub files that have been manually added will now have their reading progress synced across devices — a feature previously only available for ebooks purchased on the e-reader.
This feature is only available on Kindles for files that have been uploaded through Amazon’s email service, and is still not available on Kobo devices.
Following announcements of several Qi2 charging accessories at CES 2024, Satechi is now introducing a Qi2 Wireless Car Charger that offers a padded magnetic mount for connecting Qi2-compatible smartphones, a clip for attaching the charger to vehicle air vents, and 15W of power delivery. It’s available now for $59.99 and includes a USB-C cable and power adapter.
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