Join Adidas Adizero f50 football boot is smarter than you think it is
We have smart TVs, smart fridges, smartphones, and now in the world of athletics, smart boots. Football boots to be specific, as adidas, the sponsor of some of the more illustrious names in world football like Lionel Messi, has rolled out the miCoach-powered adizero f50 intelligent football boot. The 2011 model will deliver smart technology to the field of play, where it transforms the boot into the the supreme digital training tool. How does it do that? Well, you are able to track and upload performance data such as speed, maximum speed, number of sprints, distance, distance at high intensity levels and time, where all these details will be able to be analyzed by a computer software.
Data transfer is done wirelessly where it is made possible thanks to the f50′s cavity in the outsole unit that holds the revolutionary miCoach SPEED_CELL as well as enough on-board memory to stash away all the important performance data for future analysis. I wonder how this is going to affect the average man-on-the-street, but athletes who compete at the highest level will probably have far more use for it than your weekly football team.
Stylus + Pen + Laser Pointer from Griffin Technology
There is nothing that I like more than a laser pointer, and Griffin Technology has a good one with the Stylus + Pen + Laser Pointer.
As the name implies, this laser pointer has a pen and a stylus on it. There really isn’t anything too special about the pen, but the pen portion can flip around for a rubber-tipped touchscreen stylus.
The stylus is good for when you want more specific touches on your touchscreen. Since a lot of gaming applications require precise touches in order to win, this stylus could come in handy on tablet games.
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Foam Dart Rotary Cannon
Want to let loose in an Arnie moment when he was still young, did not bonk anything and everything in a skirt, and was the macho man in Predator? Then surely the Foam Dart Rotary Cannon will allow you to re-enact any scenes from the movies that feature a gatling gun in action, although the kind of damage that this puppy can wrought is painless and will be all in the name of good fun. This belt-fed cannon is capable of firing a barrage of 25 foam darts in just 20 seconds, although the real gun on a battlefield would spit out far more fiery bullets of death.
Paying homage to the hand-cranked Gatling gun of yore, this relies on an electric motor and sprocket instead to advance a plastic ammunition belt. Each dart measures 2.5″ x 0.5″, and will be nudged into the firing chamber with a piston whereby it is then accelerated by a couple of motorized wheels down the length of the 9″ central barrel. The effective range? A rather impressive 20 feet, and you can use it in both defense and offence – to saturating an enemy fort or clubhouse with suppressing fire, or to mow down advancing forces.
As long as you don’t run out of foam darts or drain the half dozen AA batteries, you’re good to go with the $79.95 Foam Dart Rotary Cannon.
Salt & Pepper Power Battery Shakers
You can literally “power up” your meals with the Salt & Pepper Power Battery Shakers – these will come in interesting D battery replicas, and they’re not poisonous in any way whenever it comes into contact with your food. Definitely the way to amplify the taste of your spread, and whenever they run out of flavor power, you need not buy a new set for $11.99 – no sir, all you need to do is just refill them and you (and your tastebuds) are good to go!
To know just what the remaining level of salt and pepper are left inside the respective shakers, there is a transparent strip on the side to indicate the amount of “power”. One thing’s for sure – while it might not be able to provide juice for your electrical items, “recharging” this will happen many, many more times in your lifetime than your Eneloop batteries are able to provide. Definitely the perfect gift for the geek at home (and in the kitchen).
Igloo Village in Finland lets you see the northern lights, in luxury
This is Igloo Village in Finland, and if you want to see the northern lights without saying “B-r-r-r”, this is the place.
Apparently, many people came from far and wide to see the dazzling natural beauty of the northern lights, but they were getting cold feet on their trip. The creator of this Igloo Village wanted to make something to help them out, and built a fleet of glass-topped igloos.
Each igloo is made of thermal glass and so the view stays clear of frost even when the outside temperature drops to -30 Celsius (man that is cold). These igloos also have a toilet and comfy beds. You can watch a video of it after the jump that will give you more information.
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Animatronic doors could scare the Tootsie Rolls out of trick-or-treaters this Halloween
I remember visiting Disney’s Haunted House ride, and being more than slightly creeped out by the doors that were banging loudly, as if some monster behind them was trying to break out.
This Animatronic door is incredible advancement that gives a visual appeal. You seriously need to watch the video after the jump if you want to a good scare.
This effect is as simple as putting a 22-inch LCD monitor with a DVD of Mr. Tough Guy trying to break through the “glass”. The pneumatics are queued at the appropriate moments so it looks like the prisoner might succeed in breaking out.
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WhatWasThere application allows iOS users a glimpse into the past
One of things I always admire about period piece movies is the way they can transport us back in time and show what big cities look like back in the thirties, forties, or other black-and-white eras.
Most of the big cities that I have visited are over a hundred years old, and I often wonder what they look like back in the day. Fortunately, this iPhone app known as WhatWasThere gives iOS users precisely that.
Thanks to the power of crowdsourcing, the application allows its users the chance to see “a visual historic record of the world’s streetscapes”. Photos can be uploaded and tagged with a year and location. If you want to see if your favorite place, then you can download the application for free and examine the application’s Map to see if they have some shots of it. If it does, the available photos will show up with the thumbnail, year, and even the distance from where you are. Using the application is simple as the user can put the old-time photo in full-screen mode, and then aim the camera of his or her iDevice in the direction of the photo’s location. By dragging a slider bar, you can get the now-and-then perspective.
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Osaka Station has projected images on a waterfall
What you are seeing here is a water display at Osaka station in Japan. You can see it in the photo that images are displayed on it.
I suggest you go to the video to see how it really works. I was hoping that the images and words that you see in the photo to the left were stable, but they are not. For some reason, anything projected here has be cascading like the water falling.
It uses special computer-controlled nozzles to create this effect, and the effect is very exciting to children. I can see my own kids having a blast watching something like this.
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