Archive for July 2011
Modified Atlas V Rocket Could Someday Shoot Astronauts into Space
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If you follow space related news, you know that the shuttle fleet has been officially retired and for most of the coming years American astronauts will hitch a ride on Russian spacecraft to get to the International Space Station. NASA has now announced that it has signed an agreement with… |
July 19th, 2011
Stanford Engineers Create JediBot, Slowest Jedi Ever
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Some engineering students at Stanford get to take a class that might be the coolest class ever called Experimental Robotics.… Being the geeks they are, some of the students opted to build a robot arm that could have a lightsaber fight with you using foam lightsabers. The bot was dubbed |
July 19th, 2011
Bubblescope Smartphone Lens Shoots 360º Pictures and Videos, Make Your Own Street View
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Want to take panoramic photos with a single click? How about a video of your surroundings without having to sweep your camera around like a fool? Soon that may be possible, and not because of a fancy new digital camera case. If inventor Tom Lawton gets his way, his BubbleScope… |
July 19th, 2011
Swiss Army Slim USB Flash Drives Look Sharp Wihout Knives
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To be honest, these USB flash drives from Victorinox Swiss Army do look quite fetching. One thing’s for sure, you won’t get in trouble with taking these on a plane since they don’t include any blades.… |
July 19th, 2011
Another DSLR Camera Bank Helps You Save Up for an Actual Camera
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Novelty items for DSLR fans are fast becoming popular. There’s the famous lens mug, the lens pillow, lens bracelet and there’s a camera-shaped speaker. There was even a Canon 7D piggy bank. Now there’s another piggy bank designed for DSLR devotees – this time of the Canon EOS 350D.… |
July 19th, 2011
Tokyoflash Right Angle Concept Watch Goes from Cryptic to Legible with a Flick of the Wrist
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I’ve been a fan of Japanese watches for years, but there’s one problem with a lot of the ones offered by Tokyoflash: most of them aren’t easy to read, which makes them counter-intuitive in my opinion. That’s not the case of this new concept that Tokyoflash has posted to their… |
July 19th, 2011
Stormtrooper Plans to Walk All Across Australia for Charity
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Sometimes, people do pretty weird and crazy things for no good reason. However, Paul French from the land down under has a good reason for donning his Stormtrooper suit every day because he’s doing it for charity.… |
July 19th, 2011
Orphiro Electric Motorcycle is a Cruiser, not a Racer
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Back in January, I mentioned the Mission R electric racing motorcycle that was so cool and looked really sexy too. If that sort of racing motorcycle isn’t what gets your green geek lust stoked, perhaps this cruiser from Orphiro will get you excited. This bike is powered by rechargeable batteries… |
July 18th, 2011
Dawn Spacecraft in Orbit around Vesta Asteroid, Bruce Willis Not Involved (Yet)
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I really like NASA and space travel. I sincerely wish that Obama and others in Washington had left NASA with the money to actually send humans to continue to do some of the adventuring. NASA announced over the weekend that after four years and 117 million miles the unmanned spacecraft… |
July 18th, 2011
Mushroom Cloud Lamp: Nuke or Vegetable?
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I like 3D printers because you can print damn near anything for any reason. Some designers set about creating a lamp that looks destructive and sort of like a healthy dinner wrapped in one. The lamp is called the Mushroom Cloud Shaped Nuke Lamp and it is designed by Veneridesign.… |
July 18th, 2011
