Archives for the 'Gadgets' Category
Sydney’s Light Rail konduktors
Published on 16 Dec 2005 at 6:42 am.
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In Sydney, the Light Rail around the city center also had kunduktors. Except they aren’t called kuduktors. They are called “On-board Customer Service Officers”. O, ha!
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Habor BridgeClimb souvenir photos
Published on 15 Dec 2005 at 6:34 am.
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After an exciting 3 hour climb over the Sydney Harbor Bridge, tourists can get printed pictures earlier taken from the top of the bridge.
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Breath Analyzer
Published on 14 Dec 2005 at 6:32 am.
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It can tell your future by analyzing your breath! … Not!
Taser Video
Published on 13 Dec 2005 at 5:50 pm.
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I first saw the Taser gun on the 80’s TV show “That’s Incredible”. Basically, it fires two darts that sends an electric shock enough to immobilize a person for a few minutes but without any permanent harmful effects.
Mobile Phone with Portable Printer !?
Published on 13 Dec 2005 at 6:16 am.
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The promo is:
You get for free an HP Photosmart 335 Printer with Bluetooth Adaptor worth P16,000 when you purchase a Nokia 6230i on a $40 (P1,600) plan.
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Parking Ticket via Credit Card
Published on 12 Dec 2005 at 12:03 pm.
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In Sydney, they don’t have people in small huts at the entrance of a parking lot to give and collect a parking ticket. They have a parking meter that issues parking tickets. The ticket must be placed on the dashboard of the car while parked.
Here, my brother buys a parking ticket using a credit card on a vendo machine.
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My eyes on the NBI
Published on 8 Dec 2005 at 7:25 am.
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Here are other notes and observations of my experience getting an NBI clearance. This is turning out to be an NBI-themed week on Technobiography.
NBI clearance on wheels
Published on 7 Dec 2005 at 7:22 am.
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The NBI has a van that is fully-equipped to process and issue clearances. It comes complete with a digital camera, computers (specifically laptops) that contain the necessary databases and a printer.
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Singapore Library eKiosks
Published on 21 Nov 2005 at 7:41 am.
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Maya and I were in Singapore back in August. We had some time to spend in the Singapore Library at the city center. It’s a very new building, earth-friendly and very well-equipped. Let me tell you about their eKiosks…
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NBI Tech - Biometric Bundy Clock
Published on 14 Nov 2005 at 7:03 am.
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There’s a Biometrics time-in/time-out machine at NBI Carriedo. It’s something out of a Science Fair, what with the crude but clever way the machine was packaged.
The machine has a couple of components:
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SIM Card reader
Published on 4 Nov 2005 at 7:07 am.
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I first saw it featured in Digital Tour.
This time, I saw it at the BPI booth, a tool of a Globe representative for those upgrading their Globe SIM for the BPI Express Mobile service.
Automated G-Cash Machine – the mini one
Published on 27 Oct 2005 at 7:17 am.
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I’ve seen two types of G-Cash ATMs. The first is a big touch screen one, same size as a regular bank ATM.
The second one is a smaller version as seen in the series of photos in this story. I saw this one at SM Megamall.
