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BluePointer Bluetooth Headset-Laser Pointer Mashup Won't Make You a Borg
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 8:15 PM on June 16, 2008
I mean "Locutus of Borg" rather than the "Bjorn" variety of course... but admittedly, having a Bluetooth headset that you can whip off and use to fire red laser beams around is pretty sci-fi. It's the BluePointer from Brando, and I suppose it's a multipurpose gadget for professionals with little room in their briefcases: it's also got an ultra-bright LED torch and it can be used to flick through the slides in your presentations. You simply pair it with a notebook supporting HID profile and away you go. It's got a talk time of six hours, standby of 120, and does Bluetooth v2.0+EDR class 2. Available now for US$90, assimilation into the collective not included. [Brando]
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johnnyabnormal
Posted 9:08 PM 16/6/08
@The Incredible OMG! Ponies!: You read my mind. Evidence above...
johnnyabnormal
The Incredible OMG! Ponies!
Posted 9:02 PM 16/6/08
The headset will make you look like a douchebag. The laser pointer will make you look like a toolbag. The mashup will make you look like King of the Fartknockers.
Pejoratives don't work like that.
The Incredible OMG! Ponies!
johnnyabnormal
Posted 9:02 PM 16/6/08
"Oh, yeah! I thought so too...that is why I was like, no way dude!........uh huh.....like, totally. Yeah. Uh-huh. What? You sound a little choppy. What? Everyone is looking at me like I'm an insane douche bag. No way! I thought that appearing like I was talking to a imaginary friend was cool! Shit. What? I can't hear you. Hello?........uh, hello?"
*click*
johnnyabnormal
itchytooth
Posted 8:57 PM 16/6/08
This will be good for entertaining your cat, between calls, but BE CAREFUL of nearby radiation. Unless you want to end up with a...
Laser Cat
itchytooth
Git Em SteveDave wants to come with Lindsay...to see Eddie
Posted 8:40 PM 16/6/08
+ Watch video
I always wondered why the pointer they used while filming didn't burn the film or people's eyes when watching the replay.
Git Em SteveDave wants to come with Lindsay...to see Eddie
strider_mt2k
Posted 8:28 PM 16/6/08
Too bad it's pointed in an awkward position when worn.
I had this vision of an ultra-secure modulated laser communications system but I then imagined losing an eye in testing so I went and got some coffee instead.
strider_mt2k
Kaizin514
Posted 9:20 PM 16/6/08
damn, ive always wanted to be a borg, part of a collective conscious that wont let me to what i want, lol, o well, guess ill settle for this lil gadget
Kaizin514
tamoko
Posted 10:31 PM 16/6/08
Does it come with coupons foe a free JDAM strike?
@The Incredible OMG! Ponies!: I couldn't have put it better. People leave your shitty mash-up gadgets at home and buy that fine lady a drink without laser blinding her, or making it really obvious to everyone you're staring at her chest.
tamoko
Rabid Penguin
Posted 12:14 AM 17/6/08
@tinyhands: You mean Predator? Each one comes free with a cloaking device, self-destruct system and a human skull.
Rabid Penguin
tinyhands
Posted 12:04 AM 17/6/08
If it made a triangular laser point you could use it like a Terminator aiming sight.
tinyhands
powerball
Posted 12:43 AM 17/6/08
If a cellphone to your ear gives you cancer, what does a laser in your ear give you....
powerball
ideaman2020
Posted 1:09 AM 17/6/08
@powerball: More cancer.
ideaman2020
Slats
Posted 2:27 AM 17/6/08
So uh, what happens if you leave the laser on while it is in your ear? I would rather not have laser precision indications of where my eyes are pointing...
Slats
iomegaman5
Posted 3:30 AM 17/6/08
resistance is futile, bitch.
iomegaman5
tinyhands
Posted 5:16 AM 17/6/08
@Rabid Penguin: D'oh, of course.
tinyhands
Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer
Posted 12:49 PM 17/6/08
Hmm, sounds Swedish.
Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer