The 14 M.P.H. Cooler

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.

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A Hummer Suddenly Looks Small

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.

Via: PopularMechanics

Laser Activated Paintball Gun

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.

Via: PaintBallGuns

Retro Flip Down Clock

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.

Micro Stainless Steel Digital Camcorder

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.

Rubber Duck Computer Mouse

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.

Via: Switched

Google Maps for Mobile Update

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.

Via: Scobleizer and Gigaom

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