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July 16, 2008

DIY Homemade Submarine made from Metal Barrels!

Remember they Chinese guy who made the helicopter? Well, here’s another Chinese guy who made a freakin’ submarine out of old metal barrels. Talk about eco-friendly, this submarine probably is the most green submarine ever made. Way cool huh? I am gonna go make mine too now and start a new business. Tao Xiangli made the 1.6 tonnes subma ... More

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May 27, 2008

Volkswagon 235MPG Car available in 2010!

This VW can do 235MPG! It’s really small and cramped but hey, the VeeDub gets almost 5 times better mileage than my motorcycle. The 1L is a lightweight two person vehicle made out of a magnesium frame covered by an unpainted carbon fiber skin. Every component of the vehicle is intended to reduce the vehicles weight. Aluminum brakes, carbon ... More

Posted in Auto, Cars, Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Educational, Energy, Gadgets by max on the May 27th, 2008 at 10:16 am
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May 22, 2008

PressLite for Photographers!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, check out this revolutionary flash for cameras! Its two panels let you reflect just the amount of light you need, bouncing part of it off the ceiling for that soft, indirect look, while aiming the rest of the light at your subject. That’s just one of many ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Digital Cameras, Gadgets, Video by max on the May 22nd, 2008 at 2:10 pm
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May 12, 2008

Driving Hack - How to tell Where the Speedtraps are and download them to your GPS!

Wow, now you can use njection.com to find out where the speed camera traps are. Since I live in San Francisco and there are so many speed traps everywhere, I did a search for my zip code and that’s what you see in the above screenshot. Pretty accurate too as I can verify some of the speed traps from back of my head. You can also download t ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Earth, Educational, Gadgets, HOWTO, Hack, Web, WebApp, gps by max on the May 12th, 2008 at 3:35 am
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May 11, 2008

How to Turn Your iPhone into a Surveillance Device with Lextech App!

Here’s a cool iPhone app that can turn your iPhone intoa Surveillance Device from LexTech. See video demos after the jump. A company called Lextech has created an application that lets you control surveillance devices via your iPhone. As well as watching the action on the phone, the app also lets you control the cameras via its touchscreen ... More

Posted in Apple, Business, Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, Industrial, Video, YouTube, iPhone by max on the May 11th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
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February 8, 2008

Modu the small one

Could this be the smallest mobile phone in the world today, and this one come the man who first thought up the idea behind the USB flash drive. These phones come with interchangeable covers which have all other devices such as music player, gaming and messaging device, which is a really cool idea because not everyone wants all of the features on ... More

Posted in Cameras, Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, Games, Music, cell phones by david on the February 8th, 2008 at 8:00 am
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February 4, 2008

The Xbox Laptop

This is a great hack it is the Xbox 360 elite laptop, created by modder Ben Heck. It features a 120 Gb Hard Drive, Xbox live camera, wi-fi, 65 nm CPU, DMi to DVI connection and seventeen inch LCD screen. To finish off it comes with the Halo 3 features. Source [New Launches] ben_heck, Cameras, Cameras, Computer, Computer, Computer Case, Comput ... More

Posted in Cameras, Computer, Computer Case, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Funny, Gadgets by david on the February 4th, 2008 at 6:00 am
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January 31, 2008

The Mr Burns web cam

This is an “excellent” idea that would go down well with both kids and adults alone, but only if they like the Simpson’s. The webcam will capture video at thirty frames per second with a resolution of 640 by 480 pixels, to make things easier it has a built in mic which is handy for internet calls etc. Priced at $50 Source [Inventor Spot] ... More

Posted in Audio, Cameras, Computer, Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets by david on the January 31st, 2008 at 6:00 am
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January 25, 2008

Flying stick cam

Obviously this will only be any good outside unless you live a huge house, but the idea is really cool as the unit is self powered and requires no batteries at all. While in the air it can lift like a helicopter and has built in face detection which will mean that whatever the subject is, it will remain in focus. As the power reduces it will begi ... More

Posted in Audio, Business Ideas, Cameras, Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets by david on the January 25th, 2008 at 6:00 am
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January 22, 2008

The 160 mega pixel camera

Now this is what you call a camera, measuring in at seventeen inches by six inches, it has a massive 900 mb of storage and 160 mega pixels. Clearly this is not the sort of thing that you can carry around with you, but there just has to be a call for something like this otherwise they would not have made it, would they? There is however a slight p ... More

Posted in Cameras, Computer, Consumer, Cool, Funny by david on the January 22nd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
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January 7, 2008

USB Snorkel!

It’s amazing the types of USB devices companies are making nowdays… I headed over to one of my blogger friend, GetUSB.info and found this really cool snorkel that has a 5 megapixel camera embedded in it! The reason why it’s USB is its connectivity which is WAY too cool… Technology convergence can be fun, useful and someti ... More

Posted in Cameras, Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, Gadgets by max on the January 7th, 2008 at 9:23 am
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January 3, 2008

The hi-tech underwater mask

Going under sea diving just got a lot more complicated with the introduction of the Liquid Image Digital Underwater Camera Mask. It may seem highly complicated but if you are an experienced diver, this could be the device that takes your diving to the next level. It is available in different versions, adult and teen sizes and will allow the diver ... More

Posted in Audio, Batteries, Cameras, Consumer, Gadgets, USB by david on the January 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 am
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December 23, 2007

Device that can see through walls

Now this may be considered good by some people and really bad by others, but whatever the general consensus of opinion this thing is out and no doubt somebody somewhere is using this to spy on someone else. This device uses the lobster vision, which is exactly what they say it is. It uses the same principle of vision as a lobster would to find it ... More

Posted in Cameras, Computer, Consumer, Cool, Funny, Laser, Microwave, x-ray by david on the December 23rd, 2007 at 12:00 pm
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December 12, 2007

NASA creates flying telescope

This is an attempt to get some great images from space, but without the costs involved by maintaining the Hubble telescope in space, which is great but hugely expensive. This forms part of the NASA Origins program and by working with the DLR who are the German Aerospace Centre they have developed a flying telescope inside a Boeing 747SP. This wil ... More

Posted in Cameras, Chemistry, Computer, Cool, Entrepreneurs, Flying, Solar, Space by david on the December 12th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
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December 4, 2007

Zink Camera and Printer together

This is a great combo, not only do you have the digital camera, but like a Polaroid camera it actually prints the images that you take while you wait. Features: 7 Mega pixel CCD with 3x Optical Zoom Multiple capture/scene modes and flash modes 2.0″ indoor/outdoor colour display SD memory cards 2″ x 3″ borderless, high quality ph ... More

Posted in Cameras, Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, photography by david on the December 4th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
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November 26, 2007

Fancy yourself as spy?

This tiny little camera as you can see will fit into the pack of chewing gum, great for taking those little sneaky spy shots or 176 x 144 video in 3GP format, so it could literally be placed anywhere! These are really basic cameras which have just the minimum of features needed to function properly, but it does have a 2 GB Micro SD slot which com ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, photography by david on the November 26th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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November 12, 2007

The retro webcam

This little retro webcam is really cool, it looks like one of those cameras that they used to use in the 1950’s and 1960’s or one of those trick ones that when you press the button it squirts water all over the person in front. The specs: Imaging sensor: 1.3M CMOS Max. webcam resolution: 640×480 VGA Frames per second: max 30 Still pictures f ... More

Posted in Audio, Computer, Consumer, Funny, Gadgets, Online Games, USB by david on the November 12th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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September 28, 2007

Underwater Cellphone Cover - Take your cellphone underwater!

Now you can take your cellphone underwater with you with this underwater cellphone cover. How clever is that! Someone should have thought of this earlier. It even allows you to take clear pictures! (goggles for your cell?) I know the first picture is difficult to see as it is a translucent case on a white background…as we say in Japan, shoug ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, cell phones by max on the September 28th, 2007 at 10:46 am
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August 12, 2007

Great little camera and printer

This neat little camera and printer from Zink will print off Polaroid type prints, which are around two inch by three inch in size. It will come in very handy for people who like to take quick photos and see the results straight away. This is a nice little way of being able to shoot an image and instantly print it off, the only real problem with a ... More

Posted in Business, Consumer, Gadgets, cell phones, photography by david on the August 12th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
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May 15, 2007

New type of camera tripod

Tripods for cameras are great unfortunately even though they three legs, hence the tri, they can sometimes be a bit unstable and either topple over or in some cases it may just move slightly because of the uneven surface that it is placed on. But never fear there is always help at hand, and this time it comes in the form of the All Terrain Tripod ... More

Posted in photography by david on the May 15th, 2007 at 3:48 am
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March 22, 2007

China Invasion = Chinavasion

Here’s an interesting site called Chinavasion.com where you can order gadgets from China on the cheap. Check out some of the cameras they got for $20. Garrett found this site and he says, “You could probably buy a whole bunch of these fake MP4 players and sell them on ebay…make some money…” Cool… Audio, Audi ... More

Posted in Audio, Business, Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, Suppliers, cell phones, mp3 by max on the March 22nd, 2007 at 4:25 pm
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