Join Petzl NAO headlamp offers reactive lighting
You know those images of miners that scour the depths of the earth, risking life and limb just to extract a new mineral from the bowels of the earth? They often wear a headlamp to help them look around, considering they do not have the eyesight of other subterranean creatures. Of course, fixing a light to a headband is functional enough, but how many times has this particular “wheel” been reinvented? Petzl has done a great job with their latest product – the all-new NAO headlamp. What makes the NAO headlamp so special? For starters, this headlamp delivers a totally new category of products that utilize what Petzl calls “Reactive Lighting.”
NAO is set to be Petzl’s brightest headlamp, capable of delivering up to 355 lumens. Bear in mind that this is not just brawn, but it does have brains as well. Located right above its two LEDs, would be a sensor which is capable of measuring ambient light, and is smart enough to adjust the beam strength and pattern according to the light conditions, specially aiming to give you the optimal amount of light without using up more battery power than necessary.
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Apptoyz AppBlaster
The £14.99 Apptoyz AppBlaster is the first interactive gun in the world that is meant for gaming, where your iPod or iPhone will be housed within the viewfinder in order to provide you with a truly unique gaming experience. Of course, each purchase will need to be accompanied by the free app to get you going, transforming just about anywhere you are into a virtual battleground. I would say that you should play this in the comfort of your own home or somewhere private, since you won’t look at your most attractive when you are playing with this particular puppy in public, what with the “pew pew” moments.
The AppBlaster comes with a unique trigger to touch screen technology alongside a double trigger that enables 2 interactions with the game. Being a snap to set up, and no matter how frustrated you get, your iPhone or iPod will remain securely locked in place. Tilt back to reload (something like Virtua Cop at the arcades where you shoot outside of the screen), you can play in 90, 180 or 360 degrees. It is compatible with the iPhone 3GS/4 and iPod touch 4G or newer, and does not require any batteries to play – now how about that?
World’s Largest Scrabble Game
Is there some sort of obsession with the world’s largest, longest, smallest, fastest, object? Are such superlative adjectives really important in determining the value of a particular thing? With the Guinness Book of World Records, that seems to be the case – and the $12,000 World’s Largest Scrabble Game certainly has a strong case going for it. It spans more than 49 feet square, and is nearly 5 times the size of the original. Being the largest wall-mounted Scrabble game in the world, there are only nine in existence, and is handmade by John Kahn, one who is famous as a mixed media artist and creator of colossal pop art.
Carefully made from Russian birch plywood, the 3/4″-deep back board is overlaid with the classic purple-hued background of the original game, laminated with a .023-gauge galvanized steel sheet, and covered by a heavy vinyl print of the playing board that obtains additional protection thanks to a satin laminate. It will be bordered by a 0.75″ x 2.5″ birch frame which will wrap from the front to the back, while the board attaches to a wall with included hardware. I wonder how those who are prone to temper tantrums overthrow the board with this in the living room…
Inkless Graphite Quill
I still remember those old pictures that were drawn using ink (because there was no such thing as a camera yet), featuring monks of yore writing tome after tome using ink-based quills. Well, we have seen updates to old technology such as a cassette-to-MP3 converter, so here is another future update that features a writing implement instead – the $17.99 Inkless Graphite Quill. This is a unique graphite sculpture that allows you to “pen” down your thoughts without smudging the page or your fingers, which is a vast improvement over the original.
It is said to be able to last up 9 years with daily use – and I suppose in this day and age where the only thing we pen down would be our John Hancocks on a credit card bill, owning one of these should virtually last far longer than 9 years – double that number, even. Coming in a handsome gift box, this might make for a decent gift for one who is just about to enter the world of school. Definitely a writing instrument that will be different from all the other pens and pencils that the rest of the students carry, don’t you think so?
Katapult Pen
Students who sit in the back half of the classroom have a higher tendency of playing pranks on others, as well as perform other acts which tend to incur the wrath of teachers, will definitely want to check out the $4.99 Katapult Pen. This is one pen that would make all of the other pens look pointless, not because it can write far better than the other pens, but simply because of the fun factor attached to it. It will be an impromptu catapult, and all you need is some rough paper to tear into pieces and fold it up into “bullets”.
Measuring 7″ in length while letting you write stuff out in blue ink. I do question the idea of it being made out of plastic though, since in your zeal of shooting the rest of your colleagues or classmates, you might actually exert far more strength than required and the plastic might end up brittle after a couple of years, breaking into pieces instead. What do you think – would metal be a more formidable idea?
OtterBox releases special edition LIVESTRONG product
When it comes to the ultimate form of protection for your range of gadgets and gizmos, the name Otterbox definitely needs to be considered. After all, it has a proven record in the past, and this time around, OtterBox has yet another goodie lined up for the masses – the special edition Commuter Series case for the Apple iPhone 4/4S which will support LIVESTRONG proudly, where it can be purchased exclusively at RadioShack and OtterBox.com.
Needless to say, since it is connected to the LIVESTRONG name, you can be sure that each purchase of an OtterBox Commuter Series LIVESTRONG case will see a portion of the profit being channeled to the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which was set up in 1997 by the cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong in order to assist those affected by cancer, and to help them take positive action against the one of the world’s leading cause of death.
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Resident Evil 6 announced
When Resident Evil for the Sony PSOne was released, that game gave me sleepless nights. There were moments when I played the game (with all the lights turned off and curtains drawn to get that extra creepy effect), and the events in the game literally caused me to jump out of my skin. Well, since then, there were other subsequent Resident Evil titles released, where they comprised of hits and misses.
Capcom, having seen the relative success of the movie transition, decided that the world has enough appetite to have another go at zombies, hence confirming the latest installment of the franchise, by announcing that Resident Evil 6 will be heading towards home consoles this coming November.
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Powertrekk lets you get mobile power from ordinary water
I think that all of us have those mobile battery chargers for our cellular phone, in case we need that extra bit of juice. The problem is you have to remember to charge such devices, or you will be really screwed when you need them.
What if you had a battery that is powered on nothing but ordinary water? It is now named the Powertrekk, and it uses fuel-cell technology to convert hydrogen gas into electricity.
The secret is a thing inside the Powertrekk known as the Powertrekk Puck which holds the water and carries out the fuel based charge.
The Powertrekk is designed for USB powered devices, and you can use your USB charger on your mobile device for aiding in the charge.
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