Posted in November 1, 2007 ¬ 14:01h.Zathur
These here are some fancy, expensive speakers. The Pantheon Loudspeakers from Siltech stand an imposing 63-inches tall and weigh a hefty 310 pounds, but it’s more than their size that makes them stand out. No, what makes them unique is the fact that they used “NASA-used software called multi physic Cosmol that helped them simulate [...]
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Posted in November 1, 2007 ¬ 13:59h.Zathur
Your golfing buddies are either going to think you have the coolest putter ever made or that you’re a complete dweeb, but few will be neutral about this limited-edition Golfsmith Enterprise NCC-1701 putter. We thought we’d seen in the most futuristic golf club yet until we saw this one, vaguely resembling the Starship Enterprise from [...]
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Posted in November 1, 2007 ¬ 13:58h.Zathur
You might think that your home theater setup is impressive, what with all the time, effort, and money you put in to getting it perfect. The big-screen HDTV, the surround sound, and the layout were all chosen so meticulously. Well, chances are, your setup really sucks compared to the winner of Home Entertainment’s “Installation of [...]
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Posted in November 1, 2007 ¬ 13:57h.Zathur
If the above photo of a “stretch Prius” looks Photoshopped to you, you’re not alone. The image elicited hundreds of deriding comments on the PriusChat message board before the car’s creator came forth and described how he “pimped” his Toyota Prius so that it would hold his family of six comfortably. Even in its modified [...]
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Posted in November 1, 2007 ¬ 13:56h.Zathur
If you love danger, you might do extreme sports. If you love danger and also keeping your private areas neat and trimmed, you might like the very aptly named no!no! Shaver. It burns away your short ‘n curlys using thermodynamic wire. The “thermal heat signal destroys the hair, which is characterized by odor.” Sweet mother [...]
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Posted in November 1, 2007 ¬ 13:53h.Zathur
The i-SOBOT robot from toymaker Takara Tomy managed to score an honor upon its release — i-SOBOT is the 2008 Guinness Book of World Record’s smallest humanoid robot in production, standing at just six and a half inches tall. Just because it’s small doesn’t mean the i-SOBOT skimps on being a fun toy, however. It [...]
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Posted in November 1, 2007 ¬ 13:51h.Zathur
Inspector Gadget fans can now look forward to imitating their hero with the debut of Yamaha’s BOBBY mini-scooter at the Tokyo Motor Show. On the outside, the BOBBY looks like a suitcase with wheels and even collapses into a smaller square form perfect for big city commuters. But in addition to the small form factor [...]
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Posted in November 1, 2007 ¬ 13:50h.Zathur
You definitely want to decorate your pad in a way that will impress people, but having one of these LOS! levitating lamps in the corner might steal the crowd. Designed by Angela Jansen, the Crealev LOS! lamps don’t simply use a see-through middle layer to simulate levitation, but rather a system designed in-house that looks [...]
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Posted in November 1, 2007 ¬ 13:47h.Zathur
The new Nike hat…… dunnoh about the color though…. Article
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Posted in October 29, 2007 ¬ 14:35h.Zathur
Although Canon still rules the day when it comes to digital cameras the company shouldn’t rest on its laurels. New from the concept lab of independent designer David Munscher comes the Canon Snap camera. Able to fit snugly on your finger the idea is to merge the high-powered functionality of Canon’s larger product line with [...]
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Posted in October 29, 2007 ¬ 14:33h.Zathur
While iShoes certainly will push you along at a leisurely 15 miles per hour, you might look a little silly wearing them. iShoes are an invention designed by brothers Ilya and Boris Kaganovich from Minnesota, and work a lot like roller skates, except they are motorized and controlled with a hand unit. Weighing eight pounds [...]
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Posted in October 29, 2007 ¬ 14:31h.Zathur
f you are a true fanboy of everything Mac, and you are super-excited about the launch of Leopard (the latest operating system from Apple), then celebrate by purchasing a gold-plated MacBook Pro. Computer Choppers has upped the bling quotient with a gold and diamond-encrusted laptop for those with more money than sense. The computer itself [...]
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Posted in October 29, 2007 ¬ 14:30h.Zathur
NEC has a new supercomputer it’s touting as the world’s fastest. The SX-9 is capable of processing a peak 839 teraFLOPS, and a peak vector performance of 102.4 gigaFLOPS per individual core. Well hey, that’s a lot of FLOPS. The picture above might be a little misleading, but each SX-9 is actually a little taller [...]
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Posted in October 25, 2007 ¬ 13:56h.Zathur
Giant robot lovers, rejoice! And then buy plane tickets to Japan. Japanese game purveyors Banpresto and Bandai joined forces to release Senjo No Kizuna, which features mechs from the ultra-popular Gundam universe blowing each other up. Sitting inside a simulator, the player controls her mech with both dual joysticks and foot pedals. Each pod is [...]
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Posted in October 25, 2007 ¬ 13:51h.Zathur
Hey racing buffs, do you find it’s just not as satisfying to pull off hair-raising turns with your average controller? If you’re looking for the off-screen action to match your gameplay, the D-Box GP-200 gaming chair might do nicely. Picture a padded bucket seat propped up on three hydraulic legs and fitted with five speakers. [...]
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Posted in October 25, 2007 ¬ 13:47h.Zathur
Love planes? So do we, but it’s probably a safe bet that John Davis loves them more. Rather than go for a bedroom built into a plane, he turned his own into a fully functional, professional-grade simulator. Now 47 years old, it took Davis eight years and over $30,000 to complete his working replica of [...]
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Posted in October 25, 2007 ¬ 13:45h.Zathur
Now you can hook up a dirt-cheap SATA disk drive to your PC or Mac by simply plugging it into this USB desktop adapter that works just like an iPod dock. Until now, if you wanted to add a bare hard drive to your computer, you either had to put it in some sort of [...]
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Posted in October 25, 2007 ¬ 13:41h.Zathur
f gaming wasn’t already on the hot seat, now those violent games your parents and senators hate so much can now simulate gun shot and other torso wounds. The TN Game’s Third Space Vest is the work of physician Mark Ombrellaro who got the idea from a type of vest used in a real medical [...]
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Posted in October 25, 2007 ¬ 13:40h.Zathur
George Lucas will slap the Star Wars logo on just about anything, and now it looks like Ferrari is following by putting the stylish red paint job and yellow seal on everything from pens to laptops. Now the company has teamed up with Segway to release the Segway PT i2 Ferrari Limited Edition people mover. [...]
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Posted in October 25, 2007 ¬ 13:37h.Zathur
Mortars pose a significant threat to infantry as even if they aren’t always lethal, they drop out of the sky and can effectively pin a squad down. Well, some crazy military engineers decided to take the Phalanx M61 (pictured above) that protects naval vessels from anti-ship missiles and toss it on the back of a [...]
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Posted in October 25, 2007 ¬ 13:36h.Zathur
We were surprised at Hitachi’s 32-inch HDTV whose thickness was just 0.74 inches. Now it looks like Samsung has topped that, creating a flat-panel HDTV that’s half that thick. Imagine a TV that’s just 10mm thin — just over a third of an inch. That’s the depth of this 40-inch 1080p LCD TV (pictured at [...]
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Posted in October 25, 2007 ¬ 13:28h.Zathur
Let’s hope the Biplane didn’t get its name from something that happened during test runs — motorcycles tend to be at their best with at least one wheel on the ground. The Biplane is a concept motorcycle design that Suzuki is showing off at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show. Details are scarce, but it looks [...]
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Posted in October 25, 2007 ¬ 13:10h.Zathur
ey, kids! Have you ever wanted to listen in on the conversations of other people without them knowing it? Create codes that allow spies in the field to get information about enhanced interrogation techniques without those killjoys at Amnesty International finding out? Dress up as a totally extreme rapping turtle and get a blow job [...]
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Posted in January 19, 2007 ¬ 11:12h.Robin
You can program the LEDs for different colours with Duo-Gard’s IllumaWall.
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Posted in January 1, 2007 ¬ 17:40h.Zathur
Indeed the biggest nerdfest ever! DragonCon 2006: The 200 StormTrooper March. Find more on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kK4vUMQH0k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E94R8K-MsaU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veIifNiD1DY&mode=related&search= And of course “StormTroopers gone Wild!” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjQCO-RZ-0s&mode=related&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81aPYBmTYWA&mode=related&search=
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