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    • A Drone For Your Home

      By Bill Weir, C. Michael Kim & David Miller | This Could Be Big – Thu, Dec 22, 2011

      Looking for a last minute gift before the holidays can be a daunting task, but if you're shopping for someone with an interest in espionage we can help you out.

      The AR Drone from French company Parrot is a remote control quadracopter (meaning it has four spinning blades) equipped with cameras built into the belly and nose of the aircraft.

      It's equipped with Wi-Fi so you can control it from your Android phone or iPhone, while simultaneously monitoring activity relayed back from the cameras.

      What separates it from similar devices is that it actually stays in the air, so when you're spying on your family from the bedroom it won't crash and blow your cover.

      The Parrot AR Drone sells for $300 and a list of local retailers is available on their website.

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    • Have a Brilliant Idea? Be Quirky

      By Bill Weir, C. Michael Kim & David Miller | This Could Be Big – Thu, Dec 22, 2011

      When Ben Kaufman had an idea for an invention a few years ago, he ran into some trouble and realized that a great idea is not enough to get a product made.

      The vast multi-disciplinary skills someone needs to turn an idea into something tangible is just beyond what most people are capable of.

      A background in design, electrical engineering, marketing, fund raising and access to retailers and manufacturers are all required in order to get to the point where someone sees your product on the shelf and says, "what a great idea, I wish I thought of that" and buy one for themselves.

      That's when Ben came up with Quirky, a company for people like him, who have good ideas but don't have the fleet of resources necessary to get them made.

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    • Never Worry About Focusing Your Camera Again

      By Bill Weir, C. Michael Kim & David Miller | This Could Be Big – Mon, Dec 19, 2011

      Inside an unassuming 8 ounce body, Lytro hides technology that a decade ago required a room full of cameras tethered to a supercomputer.

      Lytro is a new camera that looks like it was designed to fool you. On the outside it looks like a toy with a simple rectangular body, but on the inside it's the first consumer camera that can capture the entire light field, which means it can capture all the light traveling at every point in space.

      Capturing the entire light field with a pocket size camera was made possible by shrinking down that room full of cameras attached to a supercomputer into a paper thin light field sensor.

      By capturing the entire light field, the Lytro enables you to take a picture without setting the focus before you take your picture. Instead you simply snap a photo, and adjust the focus when you get home.

      Don't waste time focusing and worry more about capturing that picture of your kid before they stop smiling, and stop being cute.

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