Since people in Inuvik, Canada, are permanently enshrouded in darkness during winter, Tropicana decided to bring sunshine into their lives by installing 100,000 lumens worth of lights into a large helium balloon and raising it into the sky.
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Entries Tagged as 'tech'
Obscura Cuelight pool table
March 11th, 2010 · No Comments · amazing, clever, tech, video
I ran across another slick video of the light-interactive pool table, the Obscura Cuelight. We ran a video of the table back in September. The new vid which has resurfaced, shows that they’ve added some new background effects and there’s a glimpse of the remote touchpad used for changing the scenery. Gizmodo pins the table [...]
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RoboPlow
March 8th, 2010 · No Comments · clever, tech, video
Looking like a casket on 6 wheels, this feat of artisanship is guaranteed to clean your sidewalks and pockets.
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Future mechanic
March 4th, 2010 · No Comments · automotive, clever, odd, tech
BMW toys with the idea of using augmented reality to assist auto techs in servicing vehicles. Nice idea, but probably speculative science fiction right now.
And this from video’s the comment section on YouTube:
What happens if the mechanic goes to take a leak and forgets to remove the goggles?
Approach vertical waste receptacle…
Unfasten concealment material…
Align drain to [...]
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Roger Ebert’s new voice
March 4th, 2010 · No Comments · amazing, clever, news, tech, video
After losing his lower jaw to cancer, Roger Ebert was left without the ability to eat, drink or speak. But now, a company in Scotland has perfected a speech synthesized voice using samples of Roger’s previous film reviews dialogue. He recently demoed his beta version voice on the Oprah show.
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Super Bowl parody
March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Mac, Windows, humor, tech, video
Great fan-made parody of the Google spot that ran during the last Super Bowl. It’s more related to computers than the Internet.
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Windows 7 parody
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Windows, humor, tech, video
Picking up the ball where MS dropped it, we find out who else was behind its creation.
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Blu-Ray phaser
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · clever, how-to, tech, video
A creative warranty voider has hacked together a working Blu-Ray laser phaser which can pop balloons at a distance and ignite paper. Also, if he’s not careful, can put an eye out.
Tutorial and build photos are here.
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Stupid tech support
February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · humor, stupid, tech
Customer: “My laptop won’t boot.”
Tech Support: “Have you tried rebooting?”
Customer: “I can’t reboot, because it doesn’t boot in the first place.”
Tech Support: “Sir, we have to do things my way, okay?”
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Hexacopter
February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · amazing, bizarre, clever, tech, video
An interesting and potentially very useful flying craft has been created. It’s a helicopter with six rotors, hence the name. There’s a video below and the first two minutes or less will give you a good idea as to what this flying machine can do. The sound given off by this flying machine is eerie [...]
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SoundRacer V8
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · automotive, clever, humor, tech, video
Psychologically soothing for any guy who drives a minivan or grocery getter. Just plug a V8 into your cigarette lighter and off ya go.
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Car stopper
February 16th, 2010 · No Comments · amazing, automotive, tech
HPEMS is a new invention which will scramble a car’s microprocessor and bring it to a halt during police chases. Right now it’s too big for the street but the inventor is working on it. (It’s kinda like a giant TV-B-Gone.)
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