This must be one of the funkiest cool boxes around. This particular model as a 500 watt motor built in which allows you to ride it up to 14 MPH. Inside the 14MPH Cooler you will find a space for up to 24 12-oz beverage cans as well as space for 8 lbs of ice. The drivable chiller allows you to travel up to about an hour which will see me to work and back each day. The frame is light and durable as it is built of aluminium. To stop the hefty 14 MPH beast it employs the use of disc brakes.
Another plus side for this cooler is the ability to open it up while driving it and they have also included a cup holder so you can have quick access to your drinks. It will support up to 300lbs of weight although the seat for some reason is sold separately.
The cougar IED (improvised explosive device) truck is huge. It is mine resistant and ambush protected (MRAPs) the Marines placed an order for 1000 of them a few months back. They are stronger then the armoured Humvee’s. A V-Shaped undercarriage is used to redirect explosives around the vehicle. The small version above is a 4×4 and a larger 6 wheeled version is available. According to Popular Mechanics the Pentagon hope to deploy 7774 MRAPs altogether. The cost of each is just over $1M dollars.
A paintball team named Team Cynergy from New Jersey have created a laser activated paintball gun out a Red Dot laser sight. When the laser line is cut the Tippmann X7 paintball gun shoots. This would be a rather good project for building ready for a paintball battle as it would allow you to create traps around the arena to automatically attack the other team.
All the parts (except the gun and laser sight) can be purchased from a local electronics store.
A lot of retro type gear is being re created in a more modern way. However, this retro flip down clock retains most of it’s retro-ness by by using actual flip down mechanism. It is powered by a 9V battery and the minutes flip down every 60 seconds (no surprise there). It is available now at ChinaVasion, and for 1 unit it costs just $34.01.
This new camcorder has a 5.4 megapixel CCD and records DVD quality film on to it’s memory. The screen is high res and LCD (2.5″) and the camera can capture 720×480 at an impressive 30 frames per second. Video and pictures are stored on either the 64Meg of internal memory or an SD card which is not included. With the device being able to use up to a 4GB memory card it could easily record 4 hours of DVD quality recording. MPEG4 is used to store the video files which makes them highly compatible with plenty of media players. Picture taking can be done at 5.4 mega pixels and the camera features 8x digital zoom and a flash.
With it being encased in stainless steel it makes it tough and durable.
The Stainless Steel Digital Camcorder will set you back $199.99 over at ThinkGeek.
A rather different approach to the computer mouse has been created. We see many different mice in different shapes and different sizes. The next to join the ranks of “weird” is the rubber duck mouse. The mouse it’s self is fairly standard with it’s 2 buttons and optical sensor along with a scroll wheel. What you will find inside though is a rubber duck floating around in some liquid enclosed inside. This mouse certainly does add to the fun of computers.
The latest Google Maps for Mobile has a new feature built in where it can locate you (by estimation) by using nearby cell phone towers. When testing this for my self I found it tracked me with in a few hundred yards of my actual location. This is great for those wanting to use the power of Google Maps on their mobile but do not yet have a GPS receiver to find them. Although it is not as accurate it can still give you a good idea of where you are.
The software is simple to use. Just browse to here and download it to your phone. Once installed you get all the terms and reminders about data charges. Once past all that you hit zero and it shows your approximate location.
The N-Com Helmet from Nolan has a built in bluetooth communication system which allows you to easily connect to a mobile phone or MP3 player. It has headphones and a mic built in and allows two way communication with the phone or another passenger on the bike. Several variations of the helmet are available more of which can be found over at Nolan. Just to make you aware, there are 4 versions available with 2 of them featuring bluetooth capabilities.
The talking paper is a new idea which allows you to encode about 10 seconds of audio on to a piece of paper. To listen to the message you need to get a mobile phone which has barcode capabilities or use a hand-held scanner. Once scanned the message is played back. Eight kilobytes are stored on the paper. This would be great for storing product descriptions so consumers can quickly grab details of what something is about.
This Cadillac was decorated with 5000 silver spoons. Cleaning must be a problem as he would need to polish each and every spoon which would take a serious amount of time.
Edit:
OK… Thanks to Brian’s comment below (and a read of the licence plate) you can in fact see that it’s Uri Geller. That would explain why all the spoons are bent.
Sound Leaf is a wireless (BlueTooth) bone conducting headset which shakes the voice message out through your bones. It costs $115 and is bone conducting so that it does not require it to be attached to your ear. It runs on two AAA batteries which power the device for about 15 hours. It weighs just 45g which isn’t too heavy at all.
You may be asking why you need a bone conducting BlueTooth headset. Well, luckily there are a number of good reasons for this Just a quick run-down first on how bone conduction works. When the device is pressed against your temple and cheek it vibrates the cranium by an electromechanical transducer (converts electrical signals in to vibrations). This vibrates against the cranium in which the internal ear picks up the noise. This allows you to still hear the voice in loud environments such as a building site. With the bone conductor not needing your actual ear to play the noise to it allows hearing protection to be worn.
More details of the Sound Leaf Wireless can be found here and here.
Data encryption is key these days with the amount of fraud that is around. When data is lost, bad things happen. To help protect your data a new USB hard drive enclosure has been created. It has a built in touch screen which features a pin security system to protect the data. When not in use or not needed, you just tap the screen and the “one-touch lock” activates. It measures 79.5 x 129.7 x 23 mm and runs on Win2K and higher as well as Mac OS 9.2 and higher. It is named the ezSECU ez850. Unfortunately it is not clear as to if this enclosure encrypts data or merely just password protects the drive when it is in the enclosure. I would hope to see encryption.
You cannot beat a good old game of Pac-Man, Frogger and Space Invaders to name a few. Their ease of use and simple rules give you hours of entertainment. table-top arcade games are not too popular these days, but this retro multi game unit is going to reverse that. It comes with 48 original games from around the 80’s and has a 20″ monitor built in which sits under tilted glass. All parts are genuine arcade and that even comes down to the coin-op mechanism. However, if you want the version with the coin-op then act quickly as it’s limited edition.
It measures L 860mm x H 770mm x W 640mm and weighs a hefty 70 kilos although thats 70 kg of packed retro goodness. It will set you back £1295.
The T.Sonic 650 is a new flashed based digital audio player (DAP) which has a capacity of 4GB. The small screen is OLED and the battery life is 15 hours. Compatible formats on the player are MP3, WMA and WMA-DRM10. An interesting feature is VAD which stands for Voice Activation Detection. I assume you shout at the thing to switch it on. For those who still enjoy the radio there is an FM tuner built in. No pricing yet.
The Chaos Tower is a toy which allows you to build amazing constructions in your home which make the use of gravity. What you do is build the tower and create loop’s, turns and add trampolines, vortexes to the mixture. An elevator is included which keeps the ball rolling by automatically taking it back to the top. 500 pieces are included in each set and set’s can be mixed together to create even crazier contraptions.
Just a quick run-down first on how bone conduction works. When the device is pressed against your temple and cheek it vibrates the cranium by an electromechanical transducer (converts electrical signals in to vibrations). This vibrates against the cranium in which the internal ear picks up the noise. This allows you to still hear the voice in loud environments such as a building site. With the bone conductor not needing your actual ear to play the noise to it allows hearing protection to be worn.
