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The easiest way to measure up to 50-feet. Ultrasonic sensor made by Polaroid. Perfect use for anyone who needs to measure room size. Accurate at 50-feet to within 1 inch. Perfect compact size fits any hand – easily fits into a pocket.

Expires Mar 11, 2010          Go to Deal

Optoma has been making great mini projectors, but Optoma EP-PK-101 PICO Pocket Projector is taking it farther. It connects to your mobile phone and – voala! – you can show off your pictures and videos. Record audio with audio in.

The projector weighs 4oz and is quite bright and powerful. It can produce an image with a 1,000:1 contrast ratio. It has a battery but will charge through AC power or USB. Works with mobile devices and laptops.

Price: $219

This new 10-megapixel camera with High Sensitivity System is a very impressive little point-and-shoot gadget. The new model is slimmer and lighter. A spacious image sensor is packed in a small point-and-shoot camera body. It is perfect for people who are serious about photography and would like a worthy pocket substitute for a professional camera. Despite its size, the camera feels solid in your hand.

PowerShot S90IS has new High Sensitivity System and higher ISO speeds to ensure great image quality. It has Canon’s famous DIGIC 4 Image Processor paired with a bright f/2.0 lens and produces superior quality images even in low-light conditions (noise is not really visible until ISO 800). The S90 lens is very fast and you do not have to rely on ISO so much. Blur and camera shake are notably reduced for the ultimate in sharpness and clarity.

At the base of the lens barrel, there is a new control ring allowing for a manual control. By turning the ring, you adjust the main setting in each mode, for example, shutter speed in shutter priority. The ring function button at the top of the camera will allow you to adjust almost any parameter. Adjusting itself takes some time to get used to because of the small size of the camera, but the ability to control so many parameters is remarkable.

PowerShot S90 has 25 Shooting Modes. It features Canon’s precision 28mm Wide-Angle Lens that allows you to shoot any scene from wide-angle to telephoto. The camera has 3.8x optical zoom with Canon Optical Image Stabilizer. S90 sports an f/2.0 aperture, perfect for creating enticing portraits, by drawing attention to the face and blurring the background with its impressively shallow depth-of-field. For close-up photography use Macro setting.

PowerShot S90 has no viewfinder, but the 3 inch LCD screen makes up for it. You can shoot in JPEG or RAW modes – simultaneously. Small battery allows you to take over 200 shots on a single charge.

The camera price is $430. It is a little more expensive than most cameras in its category. However, it is worth it for the compact size packed with features and the picture quality you are getting. PowerShot S90IS is available now. Order from Amazon.

This gadget is very inventive and cool. It makes your house look occupied when you are out of town. Fake TV creates an illusion that someone is home watching a high-def television. The gadget creates effects of scene changes, fades, swells, flicks, on-screen motion, and color changes. So, the illusion is very real even though the size of this gadget is very small.

It is a series of flashing LEDs. You aim it at the window. Best to pick one that is not near a street light. Fake TV has a built-in light sensor and timer, it automatically turns on at dusk. Most televisions do not work with timers– they turn on with push buttons. Burglars know this, making FakeTV very effective.

This might be a good gadget for you or for someone you know if:

• If you are selling your house and it is vacant, you might want to make it look lived in.
• If you have a vacation home
• If you are a frequent traveler
• If you live alone and come home late
• If you want to give safety-minded someone a fun gift

Of course, if someone thinks you have a high-def television in your house and break in later, you are out of luck. Better think this whole thing through. If you want to get yours on Amazon, it will cost you $34.99.

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Expires Mar 21, 2010          Go to Deal