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Samsung announced today they would be bringing its 55-inch Curved OLED TV (Model# KN55S9C) to the U.S. market, which was previously only made available in Korean markets, for a MSRP of $8999. As the name suggest, the Curved OLED TV uses the the same floating design that was introduced earlier this year at CES, which gives the viewer the feeling content is “floating.” We were given some time to get some “hands-on” time with the Curved OLED TV, or rather, we stared at the TV for a couple of minutes, so let’s get into why this is a TV you’d consider buying. (more…)

Hands-On: Samsung Curved OLED TV Review original content from Ubergizmo.

Are you too lazy to get the door? Have you ever lugged yourself out of bed to the sound of the doorbell ringing, only to open it and find that there’s no one there? Or did you open it to find one of those annoying salesmen who just can’t take a hint?

If this happens to you more often than you’d like, then you might want to consider getting the iDoorCam, so you won’t ever have to deal with stuff like this ever again.

The iDoorCam is basically what its name implies. It’s a doorbell with a built-in camera that’s activated when someone rings it. Once pressed, it sends an alert to your iPhone or iPad (yes, it only works with iDevices), where you can then check out the live feed from the doorbell, provided you’re connected to the Internet.

You can choose to speak to whoever’s at the door (it’d be fun to watch their reactions the first time you do this) or ignore whoever is there altogether.

The iDoorCam will be available this October and it will retail for $165 (USD).

[via Engadget via Geeky Gadgets]

Mom always said never to play with your food while you eat, and you can follow her advice to a ‘T’, except that this time you would be playing while you eat – and not with your food. This is made possible thanks to a couple of Royal College of Art students who discovered a new method in making eating sessions fun, although I do wonder what kind of diet one would have to go through to have a meal in drab circumstances and a sombre mood. Aren’t meals celebrations most of the time? What you see above is known as the Pixelate, courtesy of Sures Kumar and Lana Z. Porter.

Pixelate has been described as a “Guitar-Hero-style eating game”, where players will have a single minute to gobble down as many food items as possible – but it is not all a random, frenzied eating session, as you will have to do so in a correct, pre-determined order. The hardware of Pixelate has been customized, where you will find displays built into the surface right in front of each player/diner. The displays then show off select foods, telling players what to eat, and when, while determining their performance by measuring the food’s resistance on their fork.

Pixelate Interactive Dining Table Lets You Game While You Eat original content from Ubergizmo.

If you’ve ever gone on a long vacation (or hidden from someone at least once in your life) there’s a chance you’ll find high-tech doorbells useful. A new device called iDoorCam, in particular, claims to be able to notify you via iPhone or iPad whenever there’s someone at your door — even if you’re not at home. Sound familiar? That’s because we’ve seen a similar technology called DoorBot in 2012. Like DoorBot, iDoorCam’s camera-equipped device connects to your home internet through WiFi and attaches to your existing doorbell power wires. It beams a video of your visitors to all connected iOS gadgets, and you can even talk with them, assuming it’s not a crazy ex or a pushy solicitor. iDoorCam’s website has yet accept preorders for the $165 system, but those first in line could get their devices as soon as October.

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