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The PicoFlyer is the worlds smallest functional RC helicopter. It’s rotors are 60mm in diameter and the helicopter can fly for around 3 minutes. Looking at the screen shots it reminds me of the insides of a tiny RC car (the Tomy ones) and from what I can tell it’s made of 3 motors (2 for the rotors and 1 for the rear rotor) and charges just like the BitChargE cars.

More Pictures can be found here.

Absolutely stable without the use of any gyros or autopilots

There are no servos, actuators, rods, links, gears or other moving part

The whole helicopter is operated and controlled by 3 electric motors

Forward flight is achieved by tilting the helicopter with the tail propeller

The rotor blades are encircled by a ring that supports and protects them

It is very efficient, all the power is used to generate lift

It is silent, the mechanical drives and the rotors generate very little noise

There are no vibrations

It is safe

Someone decided it would be good to take apart a torch and stick a 4 inch speaker in it, connect it to an iPod and power the thing with a Duracell 9V battery… what do you get from that? An Eveready Boombox (sub for those in the UK).

The assembly is quite obvious from what I can see although you will need to figure out how to make the amp. I am sure an electronics geek friend could help in that catagory though. Maybe some ultra bright LED’s should be put at the front also so that it can be used as a torch also.

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Buffalo has created a wifi router which claims it can transmit at 300mbps on a single channel and 600mbps on a dual channel (tests revealed a lot less although not so shabby 46mbps and 75mbps). However, the device costs around $200 and is out as soon as the 802.11n standard is actually ratified by the IEEE.

Here is a funny little toy from Firebox.com called Cube World. I guess it’s similar to Tamagotchi.

Cube World is a game where you have little pixelised stick men which live in a cube. You then connect one cube to another and you begin your cube world.

Basically each Cube World contains a little pixellated stick man who lives and plays inside. There are four characters to collect and each one has a different hobby: Slim plays with a stick, Dodger enjoys kicking his ball, Scoop interacts with his dog, and Whip is a dab hand at rope tricks.

The buttons on the front allow you to play games with your stick man.

When they are connected together then the fun begins. They can play catch, train together and play allsorts of other games. The best and most fun will be when they have a full blown punch up with each other 🙂 Sounds like a great laugh.

Available from Firebox.com
And Buy.com – Cube World Series 1: Scoop and Slim