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I have used labelers for many jobs. As an IT Admin, I would label a PC with an easy to ready number for my inventory. As a musician, I would label cords so I know they are mine and where they go to. But now Brother has taken it one step farther – labels for the crafters.

The Brother P-Touch has the Simply Stylish line of Labelors. PT-90 for school or home labelling. The PT-1290 adds creativity called Decco Mode. Use the labels to decorate, craft and a lot more.

Todd Cochrane talks with Linda at Brother about these great products. The PT-90 is $29, the PT-1290 is $39 and a PC connectable for $79 (which is a straight up printer for your PC).

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Last year we got to meet Andy and the crew from Num8 – the makers of the Lok8u GPS child locator. So when we saw them back this year at CES, we definitely wanted to chat once again. And once again, we were not dissapointed.

Last years’ video, Andy McCaskey got to find out how the Lok8u was the device to have to keep tabs on children without having to watch them all the time. After all, we were all kids at one time. Most of us were also were not as supervised as some of the children nowadays. In fact, there was a time where we went over across the highway to the old abandoned 78 Chevy Nova in the woods and…. Well, that’s not important.

What is important is if your kids do run off, then the Lok8u will let you know where they are within 10 meters. And that’s not all. This year they realized that there is a need for some adults to have freedom, but still know where they are. Maybe a grand parent that still wants to live at home or a brother or sister with Down syndrome that doesn’t need to be supervised all the time. Even a worker – if you need to know where he/she is or if they are in trouble.

The new version comes with a voice recorder and a panic button. That way if there is an emergency, they press the button and help is on the way. The voice recorder adds functionality  so you can remember important details along the way.

This year Jeffrey Powers talkes with Andy over the new version of the Lo8u watch called multi.m8. This product will become available in September for $179.99 with a $10/month subscription fee.

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It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted a Bitstrips. Today I was inspired.

Me and my brother really enjoy going to breakfast every now and then. What was better – there was a restaurant that actually had Wi-Fi access. Therefore, we both would take our laptops and surf while eating.

That was two weeks ago.

Now we have smartphones that have wireless access. Of course, I have the iPhone 3GS and he has the Blackberry 8330. So why do we need the Notebooks? Heck – we can go to any place that serves breakfast because the Wi-Fi access selling point is null.

The only thing we cannot do is run any program that requires Flash. That means no Bitstripping while at breakfast with the phone. So we still need the computers and access at one point. That is, until we get netbooks with 3G access….

You might remember the products. You might remember the hype. Then, you are tooling down highway 41 years later and all of a sudden you think to yourself – “Hey, whatever happened to…”

Failed ideas. Maybe it was a great idea, but wasn’t made right, or design errors brought it down. Maybe it was just a bad product. Well, let’s take a stroll down memory lane and see if we cannot repeat these errors again.

Oh yeah, why 16? Well because we could.

The Computer Watch: Whether it was the Ruputer, the MSN Direct ‘Smart’ Watches, the Timex Data Link Watch or another gadget watch – BTW – I remember having a “Transformers watch”. It was awesome!

Still, the Dick Tracey style communication watches, the “Computer on a wrist”, never really hit it off. I even remember a watch that gave you directions. You would put in the paper tape and turn a little dial to indicate where you are and where you are going.

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Well, ok. Maybe you can’t watch football on the sewing machine, but at least you can hoop correctly. Brother has been working on the Quattro 6000D sewing machine with a HD camera installed.

The Brother Quattro 6000D HD Sewing machine

Todd Cochrane talks with Michelle about why you would need a HD camera into a sewing machine. Drop the needle in the right spot everytime. The price is a little hefty, but the saving of time and material will definitely make up for that.

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