The Hindu writes :
An ingenious electronic gadget that allows the owner to transfer the entire entertainment content available at home — all the television channels, as well as movies on CD or DVD — to a desktop or laptop computer screen anywhere in the world has become one of the biggest sellers in the U.S. during the Christmas season. The product, listed by Time in a recent cover story as one of 2005's "Most amazing inventions," is actually the work of a small team of Indian engineers based in the Bangalore-based development unit of the U.S. Silicon Valley-based start-up, Sling Media.
The device, "Slingbox," is shaped like a large ingot of gold and when connected to the home TV, VCR/DVD player and Internet connection, it `place shifts' anything viewable on these devices — including the 100s of cable TV channels — to a Net-connected laptop or desktop PC on another continent if required.