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Say Goodbye To Frequent Flyer Miles With The HP Halo
Posted by Nick Broughall at 1:30 PM on November 17, 2008
HP doesn't want you to travel the world for work. They don't want you to earn enough frequent flyer miles travelling business class to the US so you can enjoy a European holiday at Christmas time without spending a cent of your own money. No, they want you to stay in the office, conducting important international business through their new Halo teleconferencing setup. Especially when the starting price for a single room setup is $153,000, plus monthly ongoing costs of at least $23,000.
The service uses a dedicated fibre-optic network that's always on and has enough bandwidth for real-time high-definition video streaming. You can connect with multiple locations at the same time, while a HD overhead object camera lets you zoom in and read documents from anther location easily. The main camera automatically adjusts to foster "eye-contact" as well, making it feel like you're actually just sitting across from the person on the screen.
There's a variety of setups available, which you can read all about in the press release after the jump. In the meantime, let's think about what else you could buy for $150,000 if you decided to instead just use the (albeit unreliable and not really HD) Skype for video conferencing...
We've all picked up the Covenant Energy Sword in a multiplayer match of Halo, grinning with childlike glee...only to be combo sniped and teabagged into oblivion. Now you can settle the score in real life with this Halo energy sword replica. Cast in stainless steel finished with the reflective "spectrum treatment," the 27-inch sword will mirror the red blood of your enemies, the blue flashes of police lights and the dark consequences of your actions as you spend life in jail...oh so far from your precious sword. You were an Arbiter once, long ago. And for a moment, it was wonderful. [
As a guy who dabbles in the arts, I can sympathise with anyone who struggles to find the perfect light for their creative projects. The Halo Lamp by Sander Muller offers a seriously good looking solution to this problem with the Halo Lamp. Because there is a circular ring of light and no bulb, it minimises any annoying shadows that might interfere with your work. The Halo Light is a custom job, so be prepared to shell out some serious cash for it--but if you have ever been into an art supply store you are already well acquainted with exorbitantly high prices. [
Once upon a time, a little Pony named Lily met Halo hero Master Chief. They fell in love—for little Lily's feminine side complemented Master Chief's machomanness— and had a son named Halo Silver. OK, I made that up. But I have to justify this perturbing vision sold for US$151.57 on eBay. Confused? Me too. [
It's a chocolate helmet. Shaped like Master Chief. For your penis. Yes, that Master Chief. Or as the site calls him, "The One Eyed Spartan." As if dressing up junior as a viking or Indiana Jones wasn't silly enough. Reserve yours today for US$7.95! [
The Samsung Intergalactic Empire, makers of everything from memory chips to TVs to gas tankers and probably complete Death Stars, also make vacuum cleaners like the new Silencio ("silence" in Spanish.) It doesn't only trap 99.3% of the dust with a suction power rating of 360 "air watts" (whatever that is in the metric system; perhaps 124.5 Jenna Jamesons) and is coated in silver nano-particles to avoid bacteria and smell, but it also looks like a 
When I came across this custom Master Chief transformer, I have to admit that my heat skipped a beat. If yours did too, you are a huge geek and we love you for it. And the best part is you can actually own this bad boy if you are up to the task of outbidding the competition. Here is the skinny straight from the creator: 
Randy Nunez's Xbox 360 is being beaten to death by Halo 3, so that it "routinely, consistently, and systematically 'froze,' 'crashed,' or 'locked up.'" Naturally, this "disrupted game play." For his pain and suffering of having to reset his console to resume getting teabagged, he wants $US5 million and class action status, 'cause "many consumers" are having these issues. Sorry. My bad. I take full responsibility for shooting people in the face that hard. I thought I was just knocking them off the internet, but apparently it's crashing their 360s too. I apologise. But seriously.
