Archive for January, 2007
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Rmantic Talking Plastic
If you want to get a “different” gift for your loved one and boy do I mean different then this is it, Valentine’s Day Talking Tapes, plastic that talks in your head!
You get 5 plastic strips in the pack and to listen to their messages you need to hold one end between your teeth and then run a fingernail across the grooves down the the length of the plastic strip. The secret messages (well not so secret as we’ll share them in a minute) will then resonate in your head, sweet. If you want to share the message with an audience you can always use a paper cup instead of your teeth to resonate the sound (video).
You get the following romantic (and not so romantic) messages in the pack
- Happy Valentine’s Day
- I Love You
- Hello Sweetheart
- You Turn Me On
- I’m a Jackass
Show your love with plastic (the cheap way), available from Think Geek for $5.99.
Voodoo Gingerbread Set
If you think you might get dumped before Valentines then you can always invest in a Voodoo Gingerbread Set. First make and bake you voodoo gingerbread man (or woman), then stab it and eait it. Nice!
Available from Drink Stuff (though it might be buying stuff from here that got you dumped in the first place).
Snack Helmets
I’m not a follower of American Football (I did watch the Chicago Bears in the times of “The Refrigerator”) but as with any sport if you’re going to be an armchair supporter you need a supply of beer and snacks, which is where the Snack Helmets come in.
You can get snack helmets to match your favourite team and each has two compartments for your favourite match day food.
Full-size plastic helmets are equipped with a lift-out, dishwasher- and microwave-safe snack bowl plus a removable dip tray, with divider, behind the face guard. A real head-turner on your tailgate buffet! 32″x14.8″x9.8″.
Snack Helmets are available from Amazon for $44.99 unless you support a crap lesser known team then you can pick one up half price. Found via Uncrate.
Future cops get new toys to play with
Most little boys grew up with the notion that only James Bond had the coolest gadgets to play with, but they were sorely mistaken when they hit puberty and their minds realized that most of the devices featured in Bond movies were figments of imagination, and to lay their hands on such high-tech toys was virtually impossible. Popular Science has something more down to earth for everyone, with an article that covers what could be the future of law enforcement technology. Of course, most of these are still plain concepts, but there is very little (other than cost) to come them and reality.
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Netgear Storage Central Turbo SC101T
Many of us these days have plenty of data to juggle around with, and when it comes to backup, it is safe to say most do not bother taking the trouble, preferring instead to cry in anguish and regret whenever the data gets corrupted or is deleted forever, consigned to the bowels of defective byte purgatory. Netgear has taken a proactive step by offering the Storage Central Turbo SC101T that features a flexible method to store your music, videos, memorable photos, and the all important work files in a single spot.
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Killer robotic insects?
According to a Wired magazine article military forces around the world are starting to develop the so called MAVs (Micro Air Vehicles) to be employed on different types of military operations. “If you feel something crawling on your neck, it might be a wasp or a bee. Or it might be something much more dangerous.”
The MAVs will not be used for massive destructive endeavors but rather for specific and tactical missions, like getting inside buildings to destroy the power supply. Fred Davis from the Air Force Research Laboratory commented: “This means preventing the target from carrying out its mission, rather than destroying it (…) for example, can be put out of action by destroying its tires; a MAV can do this by squirting them with few milliliters of a catalytic de-polymerization agent, causing them to disintegrate rapidly.” Continue reading » Killer robotic insects?
The Granite Bridge makes testing hard drives simple
I consider myself pretty geeky, and if you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that you’re a bit of a geek yourself (don’t deny it!). But still, I’ve got absolutely no desire to open up my PC just to check some old hard drive from a few years ago that might have a few documents I’ve been looking for on it. I’d probably end up braking something important anyway. It’s just better if the case stays closed. Instead of just throwing those drives away, I could just pick up my super handy Granite Bridge to make testing and using my drives a whole lot simpler.
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Vertical Mouse 2
I must admit I never saw Vertical Mouse I but I’m guessing it had a similar concept to this latest creation. The buttons on the Vertical Mouse are positioned in such a way that you need to hold it in a handshake type of position, which is supposedly comfier and prevents the need to twist the lower arm.
It would be interesting to give one a go but I certainly wouldn’t want to switch without having a serious test surf first. If you can read Korean you can find further info (and order) over at Amazon.
