Join Reach out and delete a useless file for someone!
So I was reading a great little article by Joel at Joel on software and came across the link to the site for the
software his company makes.
It’s something I, and likely you, thought we made up together, maybe it was on your couch while we played on a PS1 and said, “Man, I don’t know how to get this darn malware off my computer, but as I live in northern Saskatchewan and have minimal access to a decent tech head how in the heck am I gonna fix it?!”
So Joel who apparently lives where there is tech support (NYC) came up with a neat little networking/remote assistance app. so that your genius Uncle Milt (and I’m not even going to tell you what a salmon would call him!) can help you over the web.
It looks like the difference between the software/link Joel provides and the remote assistance bit of Windows is that Copilot is for regular people to help regular other people. Kind of the 37 Signals of remote assistance. Whereas the Windows Remote Assistance software, seems to be for the above average user, who wants to take more time to do the same operations.
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Germ Killing Light Gun
This may look more like a “Beam me up Scotty” communication device (or a Nokia to that matter), but it’s actually nanotechnology germ killing weapon.
The device works by using UV-C light and really small nanotechnology to destroy 99.99% of germs that are responsible for E-Coli, staphylococcus, salmonella, flu, the common cold, etc. So next time you go visiting sick relatives you might want to blast them with magic light first.
You can get your own germ warfare flip top weapon from Hammacher for $79.95 (why wasn’t this available before I had my annual “man” cold (flu)).
If you’ve got the ahem,, guts, head to Galls,,,, for low low prices!
Ok, so sure, you want to decorate your car like you belong to the nearby police force.
You want to be sure that no one pulls in front of you,, ever. Then again, you don’t mind looking like a high end weirdo, so it’s ok. Just head on over to Galls for that police issue everything! There are a few things they have that really hit the gadget geek in all of us right where it hurts,, our wallets.
Check out the Galls Graphic Superstore (seriously) where you can locate the finest is urban camouflage so that your vehicle is treated as “security” or any of their other classy and likely arrest inducing stickers will loudly attest.
If a different measure of automotive hoonage is more your style you can always go to the part of the site where you can select the type of siren you’d prefer
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Syringes on the way out?
According to the World Health Organization two thirds of the cost associated with immunization campaigns are not going into the drugs but rather to the delivery systems, including the syringes and the required training that doctors and nurses need to operate them. Now, if you consider that the estimated cost of such immunization campaigns over the next ten years adds up to $35 billion you can imagine that people are looking for alternative delivery systems.
One of the possible alternatives to the old syringes are the inhalers, which delivers the drugs directly to the lungs. The main problem of such inhalers is their cost, traditionally those devices were very complex, composed of more than 20 moving parts, and they would cost as much as half a dollar (as opposed to a couple of cents for the syringes). Recently, however, researchers from the Cambridge Consultants group started developing an inhaler without moving parts that could cost only 4 cents. Continue reading » Syringes on the way out?
Last minute gift ideas
Maybe you’ve already gotten the relatives their presents, but for those of you who forgot, don’t bother going to the stores. I guarantee you, pretty much anything you could possibly want is either out of stock, or not in the size you want. Don’t worry, you’re not hopeless, plenty of gifts can be printed out or e-mailed these days, and while I’m only going to talk about two, there are tons available.
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Underwater luxury hotel
Dubai is about to gain the first underwater luxury hotel in the world. The project, called Hydropolis, will cost more than half billion dollars and it represents the desire of General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prince of Dubai.
There are more than 150 companies involved in the project, and the hotel will have three main parts: the land station where guests will arrive, the connection tunnel and the main area of the hotel. Inside the building you will find 220 suites, a high tech cinema, restaurants, an entertainment park and a lot of attractions inspired by the sea. Continue reading » Underwater luxury hotel
So what’d you get?! What’d you give?
Come on, we’re all gadget, and thereby gift nuts.
So bring it on, what’d you go out and get for your loved ones?
Also, what’d you get?! Come on, you’re dying to share,, do you get to Wii? Is there a new PS3 in the family?
Do you have new socks that for some reason smell different from your old ones,, maybe due to the fact that your feet have not yet infected them?
Post your stuff in the comments, give a little reason why.
Any philanthropy? Put it in there, goodness is appreciated this time of year chaps!
My list to follow as well.
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USB Rechargeable Shaver
The USB Rechargeable Shaver is probably one of those rare gadgets that combine personal hygiene and USB technology, in this case it doesn’t matter if the read/writing speed is good, the USB version (1.1 or 2.0) isn’t important either.
As it always happens with USB related products, there is a LED light to indicate if the shaver is being recharged or not, there is also a smart USB plug that can rotate to make the device more compact in size and format.
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