Can anybody identify these microcontroller for me?

I am an electronics hobbyist, and i really enjoy the arduino.
AND THEN, I saw these microcontrollers on TV in a cat-turned-twitter-user project.
could anyone tell me what they are? I recognice one of them as having an arduino underneath and I think its an ethernet shield on top. But what's the small one with the battery clip?

Thanks in advance, pictures below (I think).

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Mar 12, 2012. 12:16 AM

nothans says:

I think you have a JeeNode or another board like a JeeNode based on the HopeRF module. That should point you in the right direction.

Mar 12, 2012. 9:52 AMthomasporter (author) says:

jeenode!
thanks for that, it looks just like the controller in this image:
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0032/7122/products/DSC_2490_large.jpg

which i found on the jeenode page!
thanks I have been looking for an alternative to the xbee and you have just helped me find it!

Mar 12, 2012. 9:55 AMthomasporter (author) says:

well, looks just like it but the chip is SMT

Apr 11, 2012. 8:55 AMpro2xy says:

Do you have any idea of what show it was and what episode? Maybe there is a video of it on the net somewhere we could have a look at.

Mar 27, 2012. 1:08 PMtgferreira184 says:

maybe it's a ethernet shield for arduino.

Mar 15, 2012. 11:05 PMconiosis11 says:

...HHmmmft.. I think that is a Battery charger,,,,, but I do not sure if it is really is....

Mar 14, 2012. 9:44 PMwerewolf900 says:

Yes, I can! It looks like either a Virtual Chip or a very complex Memory Card. I'm not saying it is, but it could be a Electric Chip to a stun gun so be careful!

Mar 11, 2012. 2:49 PMToby Robb says:

I see there is a crystal on a small shield soldered to the long top board, and what looks like an antenna soldered on as well, so I guess it is a radio module. The long board on top has a small square micro controller by the looks of it, could be an atmega 328, can u read it? It looks like it has lots of labelled pins. Maybe its an arduino fio or something to help program the arduino beneath.

Mar 11, 2012. 3:25 PMthomasporter (author) says:

unfortunately i cant read the name of the chip, the picture is limited by the TV resolution and not my camera so what you see is all I have to go on as well. Thanks for that though, I will have to investigate this further....