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Peripherals
USB Chocolate Popsicle Flash Drive
9:20PM Brian Lam | Brando, how kind of you to deliver us a chocolate popsicle shaped USB drive to stave off the summer heat. For sure, children are going to choke on this. [Brando via Giz.jp] More »
Vehicles
The Deep Flight Super Falcon Sub Is A Private Airplane For The Sea
11:30AM Brian Lam | I’d never been envious of Tom Perkins’ giant sailboat, the Maltese Falcon, until it received a deployable submarine in its belly. The sub, called the Deep Flight Super Falcon, is a 6.5m electric vehicle, bringing aerodynamic principles to the sea. More »
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Pegasus Open 50 Raceboat Log: The Finish And A New Record
2:55AM Brian Lam | The Finish: The Pegasus Open 50 sailboat just set the Transpac record of 7 days, 19 hours, 38 minutes and 35 seconds for a double handed monohull ship. Previous Record: 10 days, 4 hours and 4 minutes. More »
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Pegasus Open 50 Raceboat Log: Day 6, Power Is Back
12:35PM Brian Lam | July 12, 5:15 AM PST Sailing along fast. Found faulty regulator and alternator. Good start. More »
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Pegasus Open 50 Log: Rainbows…and We’ve Lost Power
5:00PM Brian Lam | July 11, 9:20 PM PST Lost all ways to recharge batteries, down to emergency battery. Just like an aeroplane. More »
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Pegasus Open 50 Log: Day 6/7, The Wind Is Picking Up
6:10AM Brian Lam | The wind is picking up, and at the same time, the boat has to Jibe to port to adjust its path towards Hawaii. More »
Toys
Zubbles Are World’s First Stainless Coloured Bubbles
7:00AM Jesus Diaz | Scientists believe that bubbles are made of sugar, spice, and everything nice. Or maybe they don’t, but I do. These are called Zubbles, and they are the world’s first stainless colour bubbles. Summer blowin’ on the beach, here I come. More »
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Pegasus Open 50 Raceboat Log: Day 5/6 And The Moon
2:19AM Brian Lam | July 9, 5:30 PM PST Today we are living within the realm of Squalls. Squalls in the the Northeast sub-tropical Pacific are different. They are small, concentrated and powerful. The rain lasts ~20 minutes under them if you’re stationary. We’re not. More »
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