Monday, June 18, 2007
Sikorsky X2 Sleek Triple Blade Helicopter
11:43PM Seamus Byrne | Here’s the Sikorsky X2, a prototype helicopter with three blades that is set to fly at the end of the year at 287mph. That’s 240 knots vs the usual 170kt of conventional choppers. We saw the idea a while ago and, after some cancellations of the program by the military, Sikorsky is now building it on their own. To keep the costs down enough for Batman to buy a dozen and paint them black, they are building them using already existing components for the most part. – Jesus Diaz Sikorsky X2 heralds the DIY helicopter [Flight Global] More »
Salient Wireless Pen Mouse Doubles as Dildo
11:24PM Seamus Byrne | For those artists whose desire of a fat pen is accompanied by the need for a two-button scrolling mouse, Salient Tech swoops in with the VM-203, a wireless pen mouse with 1000dpi resolution. It’s designed to be easy to use, with its rubberized grip and rounded ergonomic shape, but to us it just looks like it’s too big. Couldn’t they have slimmed it down a bit? Maybe it’s actually not fat enough for its obvious secondary use. Wonder if it vibrates. galleryPost('penmouse', 4, 'Pen Mouse'); More »
Babe Shots Make It Official: Samsung YP-U3 MP3 Player Sees Light Of Day
11:00PM Seamus Byrne | A leak or two was sprung about the Samsung YP-U3 MP3 player last month, but we didn’t have such pretty pictures available then. Now it’s official, the USB player from Sammy that supports 66 hours of voice recording and has an FM tuner was officially rolled out, and look at that quintet of eye-popping colors. Jump for a product shot and another one of those classic Samsung babe pics. More »
New Meizu MiniOne Pic Released While World Keeps Watching Mike Matas
10:49PM Seamus Byrne | Here’s a new picture of the Anti-Jesus Phone just released by Meizu’s CEO Jack Wong in their bulletin board. Looks like the false prophet wants to steal some thunder off the iPhone launch, because he says that there are more to come very soon. In the meantime, the rest of the world keeps watching some dude in a train again and again. – Jesus Diaz Meizu Planning New M8 Mini One Photo Release [Meizu Me] More »
Spiffy iRiver NV Does GPS, DMB, PMP, FM, Probably Toasts Bagels Too
9:30PM Seamus Byrne | Here’s the new iRiver NV in all its glorious smoked Korean shininess. With a 7-inch screen and two SD ports, this thing can do anything except calling: it has an integrated Global Positioning System unit, terrestrial digital TV, FM radio and plays back every format under the sun: MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF, WMV, MPG, Xvid and H.264. I specially like its sexy monochrome display in the thumb control, which will not only show its functions but also show icons indicating what kind of turn you have to do next. And if that wasn’t cool enough, check out the beautiful Bang & Olufsenesque remote control in the gallery. galleryPost('irivernv', 7, 'irivernv'); Hopefully, it will be available everywhere soon. – Jesus Diaz Product page [iRiver via Akihabara News] More »
PillCam ESO 2 Gives a Better View of Your Esophagus (Verdict: Still not Pretty)
9:09PM Seamus Byrne | The new PillCam ESO 2, a pill that you have to swallow to take images of your digestive system, has just been approved by the FDA. Now, it will take 14 images per second during 30 minutes, with a 21%-wider view angle and new Automatic Light Control for even more juicy and crispy details. Obligatory gross image samples after the jump. More »
R2-D2 Joins the Steampunk Craze
8:16PM Seamus Byrne | Steampunk this, steampunk that, even steampunk Star Trek and now steampunk Star Wars. This is R2S2, a working steam version of everyone’s favorite astromechanical droid created by I-Wei Huang. It won’t be able to calculate a hyperspace jump, but it will probably be able plot a Nautilus trip across some subterranean sea under Australia. Or at least it looks like it can, which is all that matters with all the artifacts that Wired has collected into a gallery. Here are our favorites, including a Gilliamesque Macintosh SE, but check out their gallery for other wonders, like the Original Model 420 Pneumatiform Infumationizer. – Jesus Diaz galleryPost('steampunkfest', 4, 'steampunkfest'); Steam-Driven Dreams: The Wondrously Whimsical World of Steampunk [Wired] More »
Thanko Dino-Lite USB Microscope Helps Locate Asian You Know Whats
8:00PM Seamus Byrne | Thanko’s latest wacky invention is an update to one of their old models, a USB Microscope. The new version increases the LED count from 4 to 8, which means that when you’re looking at things anywhere from 20x to 200x larger than they usually are, you’ll actually be able to see it better than a blind zombie in the dark during an eclipse. The USB scope hooks up to any Win 2000/XP/Vista machine with a USB 1.1/2.0 port and gives you mindblowing resolutions all the way up to 640×480. It’s probably not small enough to fit inside your ear, but it does make reproducing a whole lot easier. How’d you think I had all that room in my pants for those gadgets? – Jason Chen Product Page [Thanko] More »
iRiver U:MO Records Satellite TV Everywhere
7:40PM Seamus Byrne | iRiver keeps releasing nice Japan-only stuff for us to drool over. Like this U:MO, a satellite TV/music receiver/MPEG-4 recorder/multimedia player tiny wonder with 320 x 240 screen and miniSD slot. It uses the same control as the Clix and measures only 3.1 x 0.64 x 1.9 inches and weights 2.6 ounces. The best thing is that they come free included with the monthly $17 satellite suscription service, making Sirus and XM’s radio-only stuff look exactly like what I think they are: crap. – Jesus Diaz galleryPost('iriverumo', 7, 'iriverumo'); iRiver U:MO [Impress AV Watch] More »
