Hey, fool! Why would I need a 8x mobile phone zoom lens, complete with additional universal handset tripod and holder? That’s right, I wouldn’t, because B.A’s eyesight is better than Superman’s. Still, for those without Mr. T’s 40:40 vision, Green House is doing a good thing releasing their Telephoto Kit. B.A. don’t know nothing about pricing or shipping dates, but he does know that if Superman were ever to come up against him, he’d pity that fool. And if you need the Green House Telephoto Kit, I pity you, fool! Now, I’m gonna go crush Balboa’s head in. Balboa, you ain’t Rocky, you just cocky and I’m gonna snap you like a Pocky! Arghh! [Akihabara News]
Yo, suckers! You want this robot dog to guard your home? You’re a nut! Mr. T only likes Big Dogs or hot dogs! HPI’s little G-Dog thing is way too small, like Murdoch’s stupid dog Billy. And it’s some kind of kit, so you got to be putting all those fiddly parts like plastic pieces, three-axis acceleration sensor, servos and 7.2V nickel hydrogen batterys together. With no spark-welding, man! But if you’re into this crazy robot stuff: I ain’t gonna stop you. You’re gonna have 15 x 5.3 x 7.5 inches of robot with some crazy motion processing software stuff, and it’s gonna be doing robo-doggy do on your desk. What’s it gonna cost? Cool it: we don’t know the price. But you can get it from July, in Japan. [Robot Watch]
In honour of the upcoming Tahoe reader meetup on April 5th at Alpine Meadows, I’m going to be doing end of season reviews of some outdoor gadgetry that’s been floating around the cabin. The Gadget: A camera meant for outdoor junkies. Has laser pointers for aiming the cam, helmet, handlebar, and goggle mounts, and a waterproofed case. Records to 640 x 480 quality MPEG-4 video in decent quality. 50 minutes per GB. Aluminium and fiberglass case.
Didn’t these people’s mammas teach them right? What kind of fool would take a reasonably priced listing for $250 on this Craigslist for a Nintendo Wii and flag it as inappropriate? The kinda fool that wants to sell their own for $350 and get rid of all the competition. These people got pea brains, and they’re punks on top of that. It’s time for T to head down to the Slickdeals forums and show these suckas why Mr. T puts the T in I.T. Has it occurred to you that Mr. T is good at computers? Mr. T won’t stand for this price gouging.
Mr. T doesn’t need no science or no brain pressure reliever. Mr. T can bring children out of comas by just going to their rooms. See exhibit T, a boy who was unlucky enough to fall into a coma some time in the mid-1980s. All I had to do is go to his hotel room, say some words, close the curtains, and by the time I was walking out of the hospital the kid was out of his coma! How did they know this kid was a fan of Mr. Me? Because whenever my name came up, his arm twitched! That’s how! What did you think? Don’t ask questions you already know the answer to. I’m Mr. T, and I bring kids out of comas! *Grunt* [Yahoo]
Plantronics just announced their new Discovery 925 earpiece which breaks away from the utilitarian design of most Bluetooth ear pieces and injects some style into the hardware — similar to the MotoPure H12 headset. The Discovery 925 sits in the ear without a loop that wraps around the back and comes with a matching carrying case that doubles as a DC charging dock for juice on the go.
Last year we came across the Rotoflexion massaging backpack, but alas it was only a concept device. However, someone out there was enterprising enough to turn the idea into reality with the Airo—a backpack that can apply massage, vibration, and relaxing heat to sore shoulder and back muscles. Unfortunately, it appears that they failed to make the device into a functional backpack, which seems like a missed opportunity to me. After all, if I am going to walk around looking like a freakin’ turtle, I should at least be able to store my books in the thing. [Discovery via BookofJoe via DVICE]
According to Camcorder Info, Sony’s HDR-SR12 is continuing to push the AVCHD format forward as a viable successor to HDV. It is, by far, the best Sony HDD camcorder on the market—and with 120GB under the hood, it is unmatched in the AVCHD category in terms of capacity. As far as performance is concerned, the SR12 held its own against even the intimidating Canon VIxza HF10, with only a slight inferiority in picture sharpness. They also noted that Sony’s Exmor CMOS sensor and Bionz processor has improved in leaps and bounds over their top HDV camcorder, the HDR-HD9.
I can think of a few different reasons people might want a red microwave in their kitchen. They may be Ferrarri fanatics, for example, and are irrationally passionate about the colour red.
Or perhaps they are butchers, who slaughter their meat in the kitchen, and want to disguise the drops of blood that splatter across their microwave oven.
Who knows? But if you are either of these things, then Sharp has released a microwave for you. It costs just $252 and has 1100W of power to go with its large 32cm tray.
If you’re not into the colour red, maybe this isn’t for you.
[Sharp]
It’s an iPod case. Nothing too exciting here, other than their choice of name. Gizmobie. Does that sound familiar to you? For some reason, it sounds familiar to us. We can’t quite put our finger on why though. I guess it will come to us eventually.
They fit pretty much every iPod, are easily replaceable and have over 250 different designs to choose from. You can grab yours from Variety Toys. And if you figure out why that name Gizmobie sounds so familiar, feel free to let us know why.
