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paper gps won’t get you lost (if you write good directions)

just plain fun

Paper GPS Navigation Notepad

Who needs one of those new-fangled e-lec-tronic GPS navigation contraptions, when you can accomplish the same degree of directional guidance with a little old-fashioned paper and ink?..

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April 30th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

robot armed with paintball gun chases down victims

hacks-mods | robotics

Gepetto AI Robot with Paintball Gun

The only thing worse than taking a paintball pellet in your ass is when your return fire won’t end up inflicting the same pain on your opponent. That’s what you have to look forward to if you end up going toe-to-toe with this robotic foe…

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March 6th, 2008 3 comments stumble it! author: technabob

garmin forerunner 405 gps watch really looks like a watch

gadgets | timepieces

garmin forerunner 405 gps watch

While there have been several past attempts to create wrist-worn GPS sport devices, up until now they’ve been quite bulky and certainly wouldn’t pass as an ordinary wristwatch. Enter Garmin’s forthcoming Forerunner 405, a GPS-enabled watch that actually looks like a watch, and that’s lightweight enough to be worn all day…

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January 4th, 2008 4 comments stumble it! author: technabob

maxian e900t pmp slices, dices, makes julienne fries

gadgets | media players | mobile tech

Maxian E900T Portable Media Player

It seems that every few weeks, the Korean tech market reveals some new all-in-one gadget that makes me drool. The latest and greatest PMP (personal media player) to come out of the East Asian nation features just about everything you’d ever want in a portable electronic device. The Windows CE-based Maxian E900T is much more than your typical portable media player…

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December 31st, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

gps goes postal: could help solve usps delivery woes

strange and wonderful

GPS Letter Logger for USPS

This new device was commissioned by the United States Postal Service in order to hunt down some of the inefficiencies in their mail delivery process. Developed by California’s TrackingTheWorld, the gadget is slipped inside of a letter, and tracks the precise journey of an individual piece of mail…

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November 24th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

deluo mouse combines pointing, gps in same package

computing | mobile tech

Deluo MouseGPS USB Mouse

Here’s one from the “why didn’t I think of that” file. The bright minds at computer accessory-maker Deluo have created a mouse that doubles as a GPS receiver for your portable computer.

The Deluo MouseGPS embeds a GPS receiver inside of the shell of a USB optical scroll mouse…

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October 7th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

provia a1 gps navigator: way too sexy for itself

media players | mobile tech

Provia A1 GPS Navigator by HTMS

Those of us in the States tend to think of GPS navigators as relatively utilitarian devices that help us find our way when we’re too afraid to ask for directions at the gas station. In Asia, GPS devices seem to be on the way to becoming much more.

Case-in-point: the new Provia A1 navigator from Korea’s HTMS…

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August 25th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

pyxis gps watch for golfers and other sporting types

gadgets | mobile tech | timepieces

Pyxis GPS Watch

If your definition of being active is more than hanging out in your living room playing Wii Sports, here’s a cool new gadget that could really come in handy.

Westech Korea is launching this new portable wrist-worn GPS device which is designed specifically for sports applications…

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July 30th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

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