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New York University graduate Adam Harvey created a product designed to protect and empower one of the planet’s most abused lifeforms, The Celebrity. The Celebrity is hunted worldwide by marksmen popularly known as The Paparazzi. To counter The Paparazzi’s flashing weapons, Harvey fitted a light sensor and 3 microcontrolled-LED lights in a clutch bag. The sensor looks out for changes…
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July 5th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: gadgets hacks + mods mobile tech strange + wonderful technology
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Lomography’s new Diana Multi-Pinhole Operator allows users to use up to 3 pinholes in one shot. The pinholes create a ripple, cross-eyed effect that only worsens becomes crazier once you add the color filters to the mix. The Diana Multi-Pinhole Operator has a focal length of 29 mm, a pinhole diameter of 0.277 mm and an f/128 F stop. View…
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June 16th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: cool toys gadgets just plain fun retro strange + wonderful
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Kawasaki’s upcoming 1400 GTR may just be the world’s most technologically advanced bike on the planet, surpassing even the Blue Hawk and the Battle Hopper. Kidding. Expected to be unveiled this coming autumn, the 1400 GTR will be equipped with 2 infrared cameras on its rearview mirrors, giving the rider night vision, which can be displayed either via an onboard…
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June 10th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: design future tech just plain fun mobile tech technology
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Microsoft today took the wraps off of their new input device for the Xbox 360, known as Project Natal. The new technology does away with traditional controllers and lets player use their full body to interact with video games and the Xbox 360 interface.
Unlike Nintendo’s Wii-mote, the Project Natal (pronounced “na-tall”) sensor box can detect movements of your entire…
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June 1st, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: future tech video games
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That’s right folks. Brando – who else – are selling a spy camcorder that looks like a lighter, but the most amazing thing about it is not its disguise but its audio capturing device, something called a “mircophone.”
And just to prove to the world that this isn’t just the work of a drunken proofreader, here’s another shot of the spy…
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June 1st, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: gadgets just plain fun mobile tech technology video
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If you know what to do when Andre3000 tells you to shake it like a Polaroid picture, then you’re probably well acquainted with the anachronistic instant cameras from as early as the late 40’s. For the younger folks out there, instant cameras have built-in printers and use self-developing films, allowing users to print their pictures seconds after each shot. Polaroid…
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May 27th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: digital imaging gadgets mobile tech technology
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Bug Labs’ very geeky product is the perfect Modder’s Day gift. You see, BUG is a set of tools that lets you mix and match its components to build your own gadget, like LEGO but a hundred times geekier. Each BUGbundle includes a BUGbase, a touchscreen module, an accelerometer and motion detector, a GPS module with remote antenna, and a…
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May 12th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: audio gadgets gps + navigation hacks + mods mobile tech technology
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Sure, digital cameras are a dime a dozen these days. With even some of the most expensive cameras made out of cheap plastic and aluminum, it’s nice to finally see a camera that at least LOOKS as substantial as its price.
The Pentax K20D is already one of the most highly rated dSLR cameras out there, but this special version…
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May 5th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: design digital imaging technology
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This palm-sized robot can wind its way between the cubicles at your office, snapping digital video of unsuspecting parties with a built in wireless video camera.
The Surveyor SRV-1 Mobile Robot cruises around on smooth and rough surfaces thanks to a pair of tank-like treads, and can be controlled anywhere your Wi-Fi connection can reach. An 802.11 b/g receiver on…
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May 4th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: cool toys digital imaging robotics technology
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What do you expect to happen when you pop the lens off the front of your Canon EOS 450D camera? Certainly not this.
That’s because this isn’t an digital camera at all. It’s actually a intricately detailed 2GB USB flash drive version of the popular digital camera. The tiny dSLR even features a light-up back panel when you plug it…
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April 20th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: cool toys digital imaging technology
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Want to know who keeps on stealing your drink from the office fridge? The drink that you so clearly labeled with your full name along with a fingerprint of your right thumb to eliminate all ambiguity as to the ownership of said drink? You could either ask each and everyone of your co-workers, or you could spy on them. The…
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April 19th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: audio gadgets mobile tech technology video
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If you’re looking for a mid-priced digital camera, you should check out Amazon’s Gold Box for today, because they’re cutting $500 bucks or a whopping 56% off the list price of the Sigma DP1, selling the 14 megapixel camera for only $399 (USD). Amazon’s gone insane, and you should capitalize before they come to their senses.
The DP1 is a…
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April 9th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: digital imaging gadgets
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Filmmaker Rob Spence lost his eye when he was 11 years old. He was playing with a shotgun back in his grandfather’s farm in Ireland when it backfired. Now he and his partners in the Eyeborg Project want to “transform his loss into a superhuman strength” for art’s sake. Spence wants to install a video camera into a prosthetic eye…
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April 9th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: future tech hacks + mods robotics strange + wonderful technology
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There’s something just so wrong it’s right about this wacky camera. At first glance you’ll think this is just a gigantic roll of 35mm film. But pop open the side, and it reveals an actual 35mm camera under the hood.
The thing that really makes my brain ache is the fact that you then load a roll of 35mm film…
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April 3rd, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: design strange + wonderful
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Sure, you can pick up a cheap disposable camera at the neighborhood convenience store for about $10 bucks, but why buy one of those when you can build your own for a few dollars more?
The SuperHeadz Plamodel 35mm camera kit lets you snap together your camera using die-cut pieces that are reminiscent of the first time you built a…
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March 26th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: cool toys just plain fun
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