Powered by sails, the Sea-Quad amphibious vehicle can go from land to sea without any modifications. Riders “steer the Sea-Quad with a bar connected to a kite above you.” Pricing start at $13,950. Video after the break.
But really, this seems like the kind of thing that beach resorts will rent out, so hopefully people will get to try it out without dropping that much money on owning one.
When flown in the right conditions, remote-controlled gliders can reach speeds in excess of 390mph, or at least in this world record setting run. Continue reading for the video.
The glider precariously circles between the eddy and main air current before slingshotting out at speeds up to 8x the surrounding air.
Breaking away from traditional power plug designs is the folding plug. It essentially consists of two horizontal prongs that “rotate themselves in-line with the top, vertical one, and the body of the adapter then folds in half, resulting in a thickness of about 1cm.” Video after the break.
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The NoPoPo from Japantrendshop could quite possibly be the coolest flashlight, mini lantern gadget we’ve come across. Simply “use the included syringe to suck water into the NoPoPo battery, place the NoPoPo battery into the mini lantern, and switch on!” Available now, priced at $38. Product page.
Simple to use, rechargable almost anywhere, and lasting up to ten years without losing charge, the NoPoPo is a perfect addition to any emergency kit, camping gear, survival set, and more.
The YBox2 from ThinkGeek is “based around the multiprocessing Parallax Propeller Chip and features a built-in Ethernet controller, video output, infrared remote control sensor, full-color status LED, and even a piezo speaker.” Video after the break. More pics after the jump.
If you aren’t already familiar with the Propeller, it’s a unique multiprocessor programmable in a built-in high-level language called Spin as well as assembly language. Each of its eight cores can access common memory and an array of I/O pins that can be configured to talk to almost anything.
The Hover Q Tiny R/C Hovercraft from ThinkGeek, priced at $49.99, “can skate effortlessly across your desk kept aloft by a cushion of air.” Video after the break. One more picture after the jump.
In typical hovercraft fashion the control is a bit like playing asteroids… thrust, over-compensate and then turn to reverse-thrust and correct.
The Nerf Vulcan Automatic Heavy Blaster from ThinkGeek shoots up to 3 darts per second and sports an “ammo belt [that can be] loaded up with 25 screaming mini darts.” Video after the break. One more picture after the jump.
The Nerf Vulcan is definitely not for the weak. Weighing about 8 pounds, this blaster instantly levels the playing field. They’ll scream when they see you click on the automatic fire button.
Toshiba has just released a new commercial, called “Timesculpture”, which basically “takes The Matrix’s Bullet Time film technique one bizarrely cool step forward by animating within the freeze-frame.” Video after the break.
It was filmed with 200 Gigashot camcorders arranged on a special rig, recording a mahoosive 20 terabytes of data from which the ad was composed.
Apple has partnered with Texas Instruments to launch its DLP Pico Projector in Japan, priced at $511. It features “an integrated 0.5 watt speaker, and white LED light throwing a 60-inch, ‘dazzlingly bright, sharp, vivid video image’ packing 480 x 320 pixels from up to 8.5 feet away.” Video after the break.
And in a smart, hip-by-association marketing move, it’ll be sold from the Apple Store in Japan with an iPhone / iPod kit and dock connector.
Simply put, the “Febot” is a tiny torpedo-inspired device “that uses energy created by the wind to recharge a single battery.” No word yet on if this concept will go into production. More pics after the jump.
All you have to do is stick your Febot on an outside window and let the wind work its magic - just make sure it is your Febot.