Talk about hitting the sweet spot! Parrot, who we mainly know for wireless accessories, has just been demoing a gadget that is 1, controlled by an iPhone, 2, uses Augmented Reality and 3 is loads of fun. The AR Drone…

Yours truly was in Finland most of last week, visiting a bunch of technology startups at their offices, paying a visit to Nokia’s research center and attending the great MindTrek conference (thanks again for organizing the tour, FinnFacts).

One of the items in the packed schedule was a visit to the Demola facilities, essentially a type of incubator where students from the three universities in the city of Tampere and beyond can come work on projects in an ‘open innovation environment’.

One of the demos there that made a lasting impression on me – and the other bloggers who were invited to the tour – came from startup Ball-it. The fledgling company markets a golfball-sized device that is able to interact with your computer, TV or mobile phone thanks to physical wireless sensing technology that was popularized in large part by the Nintendo Wii gaming console. The technology has been under development for quite a while; tech blog Venturebeat profiled Ball-it about 10 months ago.

As a game controller, the little ball makes most sense to me. Since it detects things like rotation, direction movements, squeezing, tapping and reaction speed, there are loads of gestures that you can make wielding the ball trigger an on-screen activity, as you can see in the video(s) below. I only tried it for two of the games that have been developed for the device so far, but it was intuitive enough for me to get the hang of what I was supposed to do in just a few seconds. It was also loads of fun.

I specifically liked the fact that you can place the ball in your pants pockets, after which the device will be able to detect your running speed, how high you jump, and more to control elements of basic sports games. Besides doubling as a pedometer, it also measures how many calories you burn so you can use to improve your fitness, too.

Ball-it aims to be able to distribute the device in the near future for 15 or 16 euros (approx. $22) the price of an average PC game and actually includes six basic PC games in the same box. Additional games can be purchased from the company’s web shop, which it evidently refers to as an app store.

Also check out the review and video over on ChipChick.com.

Imagine a place where your children can play safely, without worrying that something could happen to them, a safe structure, where they can bring fantasy world to reality. The playhouse is the place where children’s creativity becomes reality, and the most important aspect in locating this playhouse is where to build it.
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If you have a huge garden, with trees also, you should think of an accessible, convenient place, where the kid should feel comfortable. You should locate it in a spot that receives a lot of natural sunlight, healthy for children’s growth. Unless you want to run electricity, the playhouse can be place anywhere in the garden.

Designing a child’s playhouse is entertaining and exciting, especially when you think about all the fun children will have in there. Even if you build it for a boy or for a girl, the playhouse can fit any children’s dreams. The design concepts can be chosen among a huge variety, and you can even hire someone else, a specialized person to do this.

It is very important to involve the children in the decisional process. Assembling it is easy, and be sure that if you build it carefully, it can last for years. The choices are practically infinite, because you can choose among loads of fun styles and imaginative designs. Even the chances of finding a pre-designed one, because there are a lot of companies which offer this sort of services. You can buy one of these models, you can modify them, or you can design your own playhouse, and then the company builds it for you. This kind of project can involve the whole family, and the children are the happiest family members when a playhouse is built.

Decorating the playhouse is very important and you must be very careful though. The essential aspects inside a playhouse are the seats, drop-down counters and the shelving. The children will immediatly embrace the new play space, if they feel comfortable in a smaller children world.

Here are some playhouses designs I liked very much, and you can inspire from these images when you will build your children’s playhouse:

This Bear Club Playhouse is a colorful one, and the Dutch windows and unique door make it really specials. This playhouse is very attractive for children and they will have countless hours of enjoyment in it.

This house is five-sided and it fits very good in a garden’s corner. It provides also an unique interior for a game of hide and seek. It provides extra-light for reading, chatting with pals and playing with dolls.

If you are a child, having your own porch is a cool thing. this little playhouse has one, and the porch adds a important fun factor to the playground.

There are plenty of models available, and you can choose one with your child, and I think that involving them in the decision-making process is important, because he will spend most of the time there, and he must feel happy and comfortable in there. Others’ ideas are available on the Internet, and you can use them as models, or, as I mentioned before, you can build it guiding yourself after children’s ideas. Another cool solution would be to order the playhouse from a company, and they will even install it for you.

Today we all have to get grounded and organized. We all have to be methodical and thorough as well. If we have to operate our business easily without any tensions, then we ought to be very intelligent and keep a heedful watch at every step taken by us or our employees so that we can manage to run the business very tactfully. There is no use of waiting for others to keep a watch on our business. We genuinely have to put an end to all the problems which may arise during the prompt phase of our life. We have to make proper arrangements for ourselves and we have to work hard to defend ourselves and our business from any problematic accidents. The efforts put by us should not be worthwhile but it should be permanent. And putting an end to all the problematic situations is installing a hidden cameras in our office or business location so that we can prevent any problem in the near future.

Nowadays new equipments have taken its place in the market. With the introduction of new technologies, life has become easy. We can manage to finish up all our odd jobs within no limits. And moreover with the new technologies we can try not to stress our selves unnecessarily as our elders used to in the earlier days. We can have loads of fun to go with the flow as well as with our business. Earlier we had to hire security guards to look after our house or our possessions which was a painful task because unknowingly we had to depend and trust them without any reasons. And employing them was also an expensive assignment because annually we had to increase their imbursement. It was obviously an unbearable expense. But now we need not have to employ the security guards for the protection of our house or business. We can simply log on to the internet and visit different websites and have a look at the various nanny cams and hidden cameras which are very useful for us in every way. We can simply buy one from their website and defend our selves from all the unpredictable incidents or thefts which may occur at our office place or business location or even in our house. This can be a one time investment than to employ the security guards all the time and pay them with huge amounts.

Above all installing the hidden cams is as easy. It can be installed anywhere. No one will come to know where it has been installed. Years ago when cameras were installed anywhere it would be spotted because of the size. But nowadays we can buy small cameras which are equally beneficial. It can be easily installed with the television set also or in the interiors of our house where no one can locate it. As I mentioned earlier that we can log on to the internet and visit different websites to have a look at the variety of cameras they have for their clients. All we have to do is to decide which camera we need and then to place an order with them and they will ship the product to our destination within a few days.