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$99 gadget tracks calorie burnJanuary 7

After falling in love with the Nintendo Wii's physically demanding sports games, serial entrepreneur James Park, 32, started to ponder other ways to combine video games and fitness. The result: a $99 lipstick-size gadget that clips on to your clothes and uses a motion sensor to track everything from steps taken to sleep patterns and calories burned.

Kogan's Android-powered Agora gets handled on videoJanuary 7

Color us believers, friends. Not only did we catch the Agora in full glorious -- albeit blurry -- color yesterday, we're now seeing it handled by some lucky type who owns a video cam that's able to focus. We're pretty stoked about this device and with a dash of luck we may have a chance to check it out ourselves in the next few days. Video follows the break.

[Thanks, Vuki]

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Filed under: Cellphones, CES

Kogan's Android-powered Agora gets handled on video originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

10 Tips to Build a Solid Online PresenceJanuary 7

Are you using social media to expand your network and connect with new people? Maybe you’d like to increase the opportunities for your company to interact with customers. If you’re looking for ways to build your presence or your company’s presence online, keep reading.

The idea for this post came from my new friend Arik Hanson, who I’ve been getting to know recently. Arik asked me what I’ve done to start building a broader network of contacts and relationships with some incredibly smart, amazingly talented marketing/PR/social media folks.

So here’s what I did to get immersed in social media tools and build what Arik at least thinks is the start of a decent online

HP's Mini 1000 Mi up for orderJanuary 7

That magical "Mi" shell for Ubuntu that HP's built for its new Mini 1000 netbooks is now available for order (as rumored), with configurations starting at $330 for the 9-inch version. Since it's a custom build, it'll take about nine days to ship, but the gift of commercialized open source is forever. If you're still unconvinced, be sure to check out our hands-on look from a few months ago.

[Thanks, Devin H.]

Filed under: Laptops

HP's Mini 1000 Mi up for order originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Ultimate Flying Machine: Sexy as a Sports Car, Portable as a Jet SkiJanuary 7

On the shore of Lake Isabella, about 150 miles north of Los Angeles, a crowd of flight techs, most of them either pierced or tattooed, swarms around a small white airplane. It's called an Icon A5. It's a collaboration between an F-16 pilot and a skateboard designer, and it looks like an odd, rakish sea monster.

Today is the plane's first flight. Aeronautical calculations, computer simulations, and wind tunnel tests have been performed, of course. And yet ... every maiden flight is a dance with death. If all that math was foolproof, after all, no one would need test pilots.

At 6:30 am, the winds are calm. Jon Karkow pulls a parachute over his shoulders, hugs his girlfriend—a long embrace with whispers exchanged—and clambers into the cockpit; the A5 is remarkably stable on the water for something with a knife-edged underside. The tech crew chief closes the cockpit and gives the carbon-fiber skin a few pats; Karkow fires up the propeller and taxis the A5 out onto the lake.

A former F-16 jockey and a skateboard designer collaborate to design the tiny Icon A5 aircraft.

For more, visit wired.com/video.

Back on the beach, a square-jawed guy with closely cropped hair watches, frowning, his arms crossed.