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Remember that 3D Hero expansion kit we ogled back at CES? How would you forget is likely the superior question. At any rate, GoPro has just announced the general availability of that very module, with $99.99 getting you a waterproof 3D expansion kit for the insanely popular HD Hero camera. For those who’ve forgotten, the kit allows a pair of 1080p lenses to form a single 1080p 3D camera, and it’s waterproof to 180 feet, too. In related news, it seems as if GoPro has also taken this opportunity to snap up CineForm, and it’s wasting no time in putting the outfit’s compression and workflow technology to good use. Customers can surf over to to GoPro’s website in order to suck down a gratis copy of CinaForm Studio, which makes it easier on 3D shooters to create, watch and share their three-dee imagery. The app also converts 2D material into 3D H.264 files, and for the price mentioned here, it ain’t a half bad inclusion. PR’s after the break, if you’re so inclined to visit.

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Talk about slamming down on the left of the wheel. Quite frankly, we haven’t seen a veering this drastic since ZeeVee decided to shelve its consumer plans in favor of more professionally oriented wares, but we’re willing to give Thinkflood the benefit of the doubt here. The same folks made famous for their IR-beaming iPhone remote dongle have just come forward with something completely out of the ordinary — the RedEye Pro. The company claims that this newfangled A/V accessory works exactly like the original, attaching to one’s home network in order to control a gaggle of devices. Everything from your iPhone to your PC can be dictated, and with eight dual-purpose 3.5mm infrared emitter / contact closure sensor ports, all but the hugest of mansions should be taken care of. We’re guessing that the install is only for the brave (and the jobless, given the time away from work that you’ll need), but it certainly sounds like an appealing option for those who’ve grown tired of getting up to activate their HVAC unit. Oh, and if you’re curious about the original RedEye, you’ll be pleased to know that Thinkflood just shot out the gen2 today; it’ll retail at $199 and offering a newly added IR-out port for those who keep their components in a cabinet or rack. Details galore in the source links below.

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Thinkflood intros RedEye Pro networked home automation controller originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re no strangers to amputees moving stuff with their minds — for that matter, a thought-controlled prosthetic isn’t really new to us, either — but the pneumatic arm you see here isn’t like other intelligent limbs. Unlike most mind-operated prosthesis, the Artificial Muscle-Operated (AMO) Arm doesn’t require invasive surgery, and according to its inventors, it costs a quarter of the price to make. Here’s how the thing works: the host human wears a headset that sends brain signals to a chip in the arm that then matches those signals to a database of related actions, triggering a series of pneumatic pumps and valves to move the limb. Thus, if the wearer thinks ‘up,’ the arm moves up. The AMO Arm’s creators, a pair of undergraduate biomed students, say that not only is their invention a steal to produce, but it also takes just minutes to acclimate to, which has us wondering, do you have to be missing an arm to get a hold of one of these things? You know, we can always use an extra hand. Full PR after the break.

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This article was written on November 29, 2006 by CyberNet.

I just noticed that there was a new extension posted to Mozilla’s Add-on page and it will notify you if there are any unread items in Google Reader. This may sound similar to the extension that I mentioned last week but this Google Reader Notifier does a few things that the other didn’t do. First, and foremost, it has a notification window that will slide up whenever Google Reader has an unread item. This is important for those people who want to know immediately when there is a new message because the Statusbar icons just don’t stand out enough.

As you can see in the Preferences screenshot above you can also adjust the duration between updates and have it mark the items as read when you click on the icon. This isn’t quite as full-featured as I would like because the one ”critical” thing that is missing would be a listing of the unread sites/stories in the notifier. That would give you the information you need to determine whether it is worth going to the Google Reader to check the unread items. I’m sure that feature will be coming soon but for the time being this will tide people over quite well. 

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What’s this, you ask? The next generation of Xbox 360 development, that’s what. With a shockingly small amount of fanfare, Microsoft has ushered in a striking new Xbox Development Kit, which is purportedly designed to increase efficiency and reduce cost for Xbox 360 dev teams. Aside from boasting an undisclosed uptick in RAM, built-in flash memory, a more capacious hard drive and a slimmer form factor, this XDK will also be sold at a “significantly reduced price from its predecessor.” ‘Course, the folks in Redmond aren’t saying what exactly that sticker will look like, but those interested in taking the plunge regardless will also have the option to license a Sidecar attachment that enables debugging and disc emulation. We’re told that said accessory can be shared among multiple XDK consoles, and in turn, it should lower the overall price to create, test, debug, and release an Xbox 360 or Xbox Live Arcade game. It’s still a guessing game when it comes to an actual launch date, but it’ll become “the standard kit” when new orders are fulfilled in the future. Feel free to peruse the gallery below if you’re interested, and toss out a wild guess as to what that Sidecar will go for on eBay during the next century. Aim high, bub!

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