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datenform.de - 1/26/2009

"Here is looking at you, Kid."

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Or how to have eye contact during video chat by using a low tech screen addon . The concept of video telephony is quite old. It has been around in any Sience Fiction movie or book and different telecommunication companies tried to establish such a service in the 90s or earlier. They all more ...

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blog.makezine.com - 1/21/2009

Print your kid out in 3D

— blog.makezine.com — Print your baby via Fabbaloo A clinic is offering mothers bronze models of their unborn babies. The... London Ultrasound Centre, near Harley Street, is the first in the country to offer the service, which allows parents to 'celebrate' their babies ... (more) Print your kid out in 3D

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parentdish.com - 1/29/2009

Kid Movies Adults Love

— parentdish.com — Being a parent often involves sitting through -- and pretending to enjoy -- some really bad movies.... Space Chimps and High School Musical 3 come immediately to mind. But until the kids are old enough to go to the movies alone , we've got no choice other than to suffer through the mind-numbingly ... (more) Kid Movies Adults Love

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MAKE Magazine — ... typical person stares at their screen, thus not making eye contact with the person they are chatting with. The device is made of a mirror, some glass with mirror foil, and a piece of cardboard, in order to mimic what a teleprompter does to text for a TV news anchor. The result allows the viewer's eye contact to connect with the person and a final manufacturer fix might be to integrate the camera behind the LCD screen so that you can actually look directly at the other person. Here is looking at you, Kid Read more | Permalink | ...

DIY webcam teleprompter ends creepy screen staring during video chats
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Reverse periscope for eye-to-eye video webcams
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... direct eye-contact so much that you literally can not have a beer without clinking glasses and staring each and every single person in the room in the eye for superstitious fear of "seven years of bad sex." I think this superstition should be revised to only be seven years of bad sex between the two people who fail to look one another in the eye during a toast: I'm willing to sacrifice seven years of quality sex with the uggos if it'll get my beer down my craw faster. Here's Looking At You, Kid [Datenform via MAKE