Gadgets and New Technologies

by Darren Murph, posted Jul 13th 2008 at 9:08PM Hey France, we’ve got one more for your sophisticated UFO archive. Dreamed up by artist Peter Coffin and crafted in conjunction with London-based Cinimod Studio, this 7-meter structure was built from aluminum and covered with 3,000 shockingly bright programmable LEDs. Furthermore, there’s an on board 6kW generator to provide power, and the overall UFO can be remotely controlled via SMS. There are even assertions that this thing flew along the coast of Sopot, Poland on July 4th (and even a video to “prove it,” posted after the jump), but we all know how dubious such proclamations can be. [Via Hack N Mod]Read PermalinkEmail this19 CommentsFiled under: Misc. (Read the full post about ‘3,000 LEDs used to build glitzy SMS-controlled UFO’…)

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Experience a different way in taking photos with this Flee Digital camera. Unlike any other digital cameras, the Flee digital camera is designed specifically to take photos after you’ve launched it into the air. With bluetooth enabled you’ll be able to transmit the photos it takes directly to your cellphone. [ Source ] (Read the full post about ‘A Digital Camera That You Can Throw’…)

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by Joshua Topolsky, posted Jul 13th 2008 at 1:45PM We’re not sure if you check most mobile provider’s sites every ten minutes or so (like we do), but if you did, you would have noticed that the latest Palm Windows mobile device — the Treo 800w — is available for purchase at Sprint’s online store. The phone, which features a 320 x 320 screen, EV-DO Rev. A, WiFi, and GPS, is currently listing for $249.99 after a $250 instant savings, $100 mail-in rebate, and two-year contract. (Read the full post about ‘Palm’s Treo 800w now available online from Sprint’…)

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by Joshua Topolsky, posted Jul 13th 2008 at 1:45PM We’re not sure if you check most mobile provider’s sites every ten minutes or so (like we do), but if you did, you would have noticed that the latest Palm Windows mobile device — the Treo 800w — is available for purchase at Sprint’s online store. The phone, which features a 320 x 320 screen, EV-DO Rev. A, WiFi, and GPS, is currently listing for $249.99 after a $250 instant savings, $100 mail-in rebate, and two-year contract. (Read the full post about ‘Palm’s Treo 800w now available online from Sprint’…)

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by Paul Miller, posted Jul 13th 2008 at 11:20AM Heavily featured in the news leading up to the iphone 3G launch, the Who Farm campers — who hunkered down a full week early at the Fifth Avenue Apple store in Manhattan to promote organic farming or something silly like that — seem to have fallen off the face of the earth after the Cube’s doors were opened. None of the five hippies were seen emerging from the store with iPhones, and their leader’s little apple-dropping “accident” (video is after the break) might have something to do with it. He was later seen being taken into the store with a police escort, according to David Jr., but wasn’t seen from again. (Read the full post about ‘5th Ave. iPhone Who Farm campers leave store lacking iPhones, dignity’…)

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If you’re worried about family slipping on the steps to your deck at night, these little lights can light the edges of each one.  Then again they may end up stepping on the light itself and slipping anyway if they’re overly clumsy.  These small lights attach to the step and are solar powered.  Each disk shines light in four different directions.  However, hopefully you aren’t one that likes to have parties on your deck at all hours of the night. (Read the full post about ‘Solar Deck Lights keep you from tripping down the steps’…)

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by Paul Miller, posted Jul 13th 2008 at 11:20AM Heavily featured in the news leading up to the iphone 3G launch, the Who Farm campers — who hunkered down a full week early at the Fifth Avenue Apple store in Manhattan to promote organic farming or something silly like that — seem to have fallen off the face of the earth after the Cube’s doors were opened. None of the five hippies were seen emerging from the store with iPhones, and their leader’s little apple-dropping “accident” (video is after the break) might have something to do with it. He was later seen being taken into the store with a police escort, according to David Jr., but wasn’t seen from again. (Read the full post about ‘5th Ave. iPhone Who Farm campers leave store lacking iPhones, dignity’…)

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by Paul Miller, posted Jul 13th 2008 at 8:56AM Have no fear, we’re always on the hunt for new and innovative ways to boost your bombdigity quotient, and we’ve really found just the thing this time around. The Clove 2 interfaces with your computer over Bluetooth, and through a strange set of tapping gestures (that sort of remind us of that one Daft Punk video), allows you to type one-handed, sans keyboard. Seems like quite the learning curve, but we’re sure it’s totally worth it in the end. Four words per minute never looked so good. (Read the full post about ‘Clove 2 typing glove leaves your other hand free for high fives’…)

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A ringtone is used to signal an incoming call and every cell phone user wants to have a fabulous ringtone in order to stand out from the crowd. This is the reason why a number of mobile phone carriers and manufacturers release a number of ringtones at regular intervals. Apart from signaling an incoming call, ringtones are used to show the mood and liking of the user.

Over the time, cellular carriers have released thousands of ringtones and you can download the complimentary ringtones either for free or by paying a nominal fee.

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Fans of Hellboy and his latest Hollywood outing, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, will be able to pick up one cool piece of merchandise from Sideshow Collectibles. This is a faithful recreation of the “Big Baby” shotgun used by Hellboy in the movie, and it comes fully equipped with removable toy shells. Another bonus would be having it play some music whenever you wind it up, comprising of Lullaby and Goodnight before you put demons to sleep - permanently. Don’t let the Big Baby scare you by its realism - that’s the job of its price tag which currently stands at $700. (Read the full post about ‘Big Baby shotgun’…)

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