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By fear Liszewski

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[ Appstand ] VIA [ Gizmag ]

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By Andrew Liszewski

When TV came along, photos, paintings and other artsy objects that people hang on the walls of their homes quickly became ignored in favor of that wonderful glowing box. But did anyone ever stop to think about how that made a lot of those household objects feel? The designers at Troika did, and to put some power back in the hands of the picture frame they came up with the TV Predator concept.

Instead of just hanging on the wall, looking all depressed because it’s being ignored, thanks to modern technology the TV Predator can finally fight back against the TV by randomly changing the channels, adjusting or muting the volume, turning them on and off at all hours of the day and doing everything it can to turn the homeowner against the boob tube. The concept was created to examine the idea that advances in AI and technology could eventually give older electronics the ability to get jealous and strike back against newer products designed to replace them. Kind of like the Futurama episode “Obsoletely Fabulous” where Bender was replaced by Robot 1-X.

Thanks Meg!

[ Troika TV Predator ]

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The Hub is shaping up to being one of the greatest untold gadget dramas of the past decade. Okay, maybe that’s an overstatement — but seriously, what exactly is this thing? Part of the story is that it’s a virtual corkboard and picture frame for families in the same vein as the Verizon One and AT&T’s HomeManager, but we’ve also heard that it’ll play nice with picture messaging and other services from Verizon Wireless phones — in other words, it’s the secret sauce that’ll let Verizon control your entire communications ecosystem. Word on the street is that Hubs have arrived in Verizon stores with strict orders from corporate not to bust open the boxes until told to do so, so in the meantime, enjoy a shot of the surprisingly attractive box design. We’re being told that the official launch will come before mid-February, so we’ll get this all sorted before too long.

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Totally over the top and ridiculously expensive, Kodak’s 7.6-inch OLED picture frame is still a serious want. The image was every bit as beautiful as we expected but surprised us with the frame’s ability to playback HD video in such a fluid manner. The touch-controls along the bezel did what we wanted with little thought, albeit, with some lag. Not horrible but certainly annoying if we ever decide to hand Kodak $1,000 to take one home.
Gallery: Kodak OLED picture frame hands-on

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