By Andrew Liszewski Whether you’re at home or one the road, this Hello Kitty portable alarm clock will wake you from a blissful slumber with one of three different Hello Kitty chimes, making it perfect for 9 year old girls or creepy 40 year old businessmen. It runs on 2 AAA batteries, weighs just 125g and […]
By Andrew Liszewski
Whether you’re at home or one the road, this Hello Kitty portable alarm clock will wake you from a blissful slumber with one of three different Hello Kitty chimes, making it perfect for 9 year old girls or creepy 40 year old businessmen. It runs on 2 AAA batteries, weighs just 125g and even features a thermometer, all for just $49 from Geek Stuff 4 U. All-in-all it seems pretty cute and innocuous, but let me remind you that I’ve already speculated about Hello Kitty’s true intentions in past articles. Perhaps this alarm clock is just another tool in the Kitty’s master plan to eventually overthrow and enslave humanity. Consider it…
By Evan Ackerman Ultracapacitors, or supercapacitors, are the new batteries. They recharge very, very, very swiftly, the charge lasts for a long time, and you can keep on cycling them for tens of thousands of charge cycles. Kinda puts conventional rechargeable batteries to shame. Except that conventional rechargeable batteries are cheap and everywhere, but let’s just […]
By Evan Ackerman
Ultracapacitors, or supercapacitors, are the new batteries. They recharge very, very, very quickly, the charge lasts for a long time, and you can keep on cycling them for tens of thousands of charge cycles. Kinda puts conventional rechargeable batteries to shame. Except that conventional rechargeable batteries are cheap and everywhere, but let’s just ignore that for the moment and speak about the 5.11 Light For Life Tactical Series UC3.400 flashlight, which has an ultracapacitor built right in. A 90 second charge will power this flashlight at 90 lumens for a 90 minutes, which equals a wicked impressive 23.5 hours out of 24 of on-time. You can recharge it 50,000 times (that’s a charge a day until the year 2143) with virtually no battery degradation or memory effects, but the LEDs themselves are only good for about 5 years, or until 2014. How disappointing. I really could have used 135 solid years of illumination.
The UC3.400 costs $170 (on pre-order for delivery in 2009), which is not so bad if you spread it out over a century or so (you’ll actually save about 40% over similar flashlights). It’s one of the very few ultracapacitor devices we’ve seen, and they’re certainly not cheap. But I’d totally pay a premium to endow my cell phone (or my laptop, for that matter) with a battery that recharged in 90 seconds and had no memory effect, wouldn’t you?
By Jonathan Kimak If you’re looking to have one last summer celebration and happen to live in Germany and you and your friends want to have a great time trying not to die and/or auditioning for Jackass 3 then Designer/Businessman/Daredevil Jochen Schweizer has created something that’s perfect for you. The AirKick® Water is essentially a water powered […]
By Jonathan Kimak
If you’re looking to have one last summer party and happen to live in Germany and you and your friends want to have a great time trying not to die and/or auditioning for Jackass 3 then Designer/Businessman/Daredevil Jochen Schweizer has created something that’s perfect for you.
The AirKick® Water is essentially a water powered catapult for people. The passenger sits in the AirKick and then presses a button when they’re ready to fly. 60 litres of water are then forced through a rocket nozzle under the seat which will launch people distances as far as 26 feet.
The rental length is 6 hours. No word on the price.
By Luke Anderson People talk about getting up on the wrong side of the bed, but what about waking up on the wrong side of the Force? I mean, can you envision a Sith Lord going into the office and using his powers for good? That would be an absolute disaster. Thankfully, there’s the Darth Vader […]
By Luke Anderson
People speak about getting up on the wrong side of the bed, but what about waking up on the wrong side of the Force? I mean, can you envision a Sith Lord going into the office and using his powers for good? That would be an absolute disaster. Thankfully, there’s the Darth Vader Toaster to remind you about the power of the Dark Side.
If you don’t mind having your toast burned in some spots, and not quite done in others, then you’ll probably enjoy this novelty toaster. The toaster itself is as black as the visage which is burned into your otherwise boring bread. The $55 price is a bit pricey, but I know you’ll get one anyway. After all, it is your destiny.
By David Ponce The PC-building saga continues. So far I’ve installed the motherboard, connected the front panel and power supply and inserted the RAM. Fun stuff. To see me basically saying what I just wrote, watch the above clip. To see a bunch of photos of the installation process, follow the link below. [ Building […]
By David Ponce
The PC-building saga continues. So far I’ve installed the motherboard, connected the front panel and power supply and inserted the RAM. Fun stuff. To see me basically saying what I just wrote, watch the above clip.
To see a bunch of photos of the installation process, follow the link below.
By Evan Ackerman The somewhat ironically named company Cables Unlimited announced yesterday that their wireless USB adapter kit is now for sale in various places including Amazon and Fry’s Electronics for about $80. No special software is necessary, it’s as easy as plugging one adapter into your computer’s USB port and the other into the USB […]
By Evan Ackerman
The somewhat ironically named company Cables Unlimitedannounced yesterday that their wireless USB adapter kit is now for sale in various places including Amazon and Fry’s Electronics for about $80. No special software is necessary, it’s as easy as plugging one adapter into your computer’s USB port and the other into the USB port on the device up to 30 feet away, and letting your computer recognize the connection just as it would if there was a USB cable there.
According to the instructions, it works on USB hubs as well as individual devices, meaning just one adapter set can be used for up to 127 different USB devices. If that’s not enough flexibility for you, Cables Unlimited will at some point be selling the adapters separately, so that you can use multiple wireless USB devices with only one receiver on your computer. It would be cool if you could also use multiple receivers to share a wireless USB enabled device on multiple personal, but I’m not sure if that’s part of the deal. And needless to state, there’s no wireless power transmission, so these aren’t going to be able to directly power things like webcams (or USB volcanoes).
By Andrew Liszewski Luke first wrote about the H2GO hydrogen fuel cell automobile at the beginning of the year, but at that time there was no information on pricing or availability. Well here we are nearly 9 months later and it looks like Hammacher Schlemmer now has the H2GO available, just in time for the gift-giving […]
By Andrew Liszewski
Luke first wrote about the H2GO hydrogen fuel cell vehicle at the beginning of the year, but at that time there was no information on pricing or availability. Well here we are almost 9 months later and it looks like Hammacher Schlemmer now has the H2GO available, just in time for the gift-giving season. Besides the futuristic design, what sets the H2GO apart from other RC automobiles on the market is that it uses a bona-fide hydrogen fuel cell instead of AAs or other types of built-in rechargeable batteries. So instead of having to remember to purchase batteries for Christmas morning, you just need to make sure you’ve plenty of tap water available.
The hydrogen used by the fuel cell is generated by the included fueling station which uses electrolysis to turn water into hydrogen and oxygen, and it itself is solar powered. The vehicle is controlled by the Wiimote Nunchuck looking remote (which is probably the one component of the kit that does require a battery) and has a top speed of about 6MPH. You’ll get about 6 minutes of driving time after each 3 1/2 minute refueling, and the hydrogen fuel station will operate for about an hour after a 4-minute charge from its solar panel. At $149.95 it’s probably not the cheapest or even the most exciting remote control toy car on the market, but it will teach your kids about the exciting world of alternative fuels!
By Evan Ackerman This cube timer is a really simple, straightforward little device: just rotate the cube so that the time you want is facing up, set it down, and an alarm will go off after that amount of time has passed. To close it off, flip it back over to zero. There are no dials, […]
By Evan Ackerman
This cube timer is a really easy, straightforward little device: just rotate the cube so that the time you want is facing up, set it down, and an alarm will go off after that amount of time has passed. To close it off, flip it back over to zero. There are no dials, no buttons, and no blinky LEDs… It’s a cinch to use.
The unfortunate thing about keeping track of time, though, is that you’re often having to deal with inconvenient numbers that aren’t 5, 15, 30, or 60 (and for the record, I’m pretty sure that’s leaving the sixth side undefined). What if I want 10 minutes? Or 45 minutes? It would be utterly impossible to measure those increments of time with this gadget. The obvious solution, of course, is to just use a hexecontahedron, which would include faces for all of the numbers from 1-60. Ah, but what about the zero face to halt the timer, you ask? Well, just take out the number 18 and put the zero in there. I mean, come on, 18? Nobody uses it for anything.
By Jonathan Kimak I’m an avid reader, I’ll read nearly any genre except the harlequin romances. And I do occasionally use a bookmark or even a piece of paper to keep my place instead of flipping through the pages randomly to find my spot. But generally the bookmarks fall out of the book and eventually disappear. […]
By Jonathan Kimak
I’m an avid reader, I’ll read almost any genre except the harlequin romances. And I do occasionally use a bookmark or even a piece of paper to keep my place instead of flipping through the pages randomly to find my spot. But generally the bookmarks fall out of the book and eventually disappear. That’s why I’m curious about these “liquid” bookmarks.
The bookmarks, as you may have guessed, are not actually liquid, it’s just a stylish bookmark that, depending on the color, might make people think you used your mystery novel to commit a real murder.
The bookmarks come as a set of 3 with a white, red and gray bookmark. Including shipping the bookmarks will set you back $29.
This post is syndicated with permission from GamerFront.net If you’re a hardcore geek, there are some things in life that you just can’t do the normal way. You purchase everything but bread and milk of the web, you’d rather send an IM than call someone and you propose to your girlfriend via video games. No, not […]
This post is syndicated with permission from GamerFront.net
If you’re a hardcore geek, there are some things in life that you just can’t do the normal way. You buy everything but bread and milk of the internet, you’d rather send an IM than call someone and you propose to your girlfriend via video games. No, not many people would risk such a special moment with an in-game proposal, but this guy did, and it worked. Here’s the story in his words.
“On October 17th, 2008, I proposed to my (now) Fiance. Originally I wanted to retun to the site of our first date, Mount Baker, near Bellingham Washington. Sadly, there was no discrete way to get her out there. So I turned to the next ideal thing, digitally recreating the mountain!
But why stop there? I figured I’d try and recreate many of our other favorite memories — stargazing, dancing, even her favorite song lyrics (from the Princess Bride). I’m a college student who is studying Computer Science, and I wanted to do something unique that used my talents, so I did some research on Rom hacking, as she was playing through Chrono Trigger….
When her name appeared on screen (blurred in this video), she glanced over to me (on one knee, with the ring out), wondering, “How did they get my name in this game?” When she saw the ring, she reread the proposal, nodded yes, and stated, “You are such a big nerd! I love this!”
I spent a long time debating whether or not this proposal was awesome or incredibly stupid. Her friends, and my friends helped talk me into it, and it was a huge success!”
This is definitely one lucky guy. Not only was his girlfriend playing Chrono Trigger, but she actually said yes after being proposed to via a video game. I’m pretty sure the only better way to propose is when Jaws jumps out of the water.
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