Wildlife photography is tough. Distance and range is a problem resulting in HUGE cameras. The guy in this picture is an extreme example, but you get the idea.
So instead of getting bigger DSLR cameras and camouflage, the experts have turned to poop-cam. Disguising cameras as elephant dung has allowed the capture of some amazing photos of lions in the Masai Mara Africa.
Cool alarm clock for those that have everything! Not sure if it alarms with popular lines from the movie - but that would make it even more awesome. Imagine Darth Vader's voice waking you up in the morning.
Finally the dream of a nice hot latte on Mt Kilimanjaro or Island Peak Nepal is becoming a reality. A viable portable espresso device. The mypressi TWIST received one of the coffee industry's top awards from the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA).
From their website:
"The mypressi TWIST is compatible with fresh ground coffee or standard ESE pods. At just cents per shot, the mypressi TWIST offers an anytime, anyplace solution to the common where-will-I-get-my-coffee dilemma. Consumer and retailer presales for the mypressi TWIST are currently being taken online at www.mypressi.com"
Ok so I got one of these from a "special of the day" site for my nephew - who is into cars. Before it arrived there was also a bit of debate on how this thing actually worked. So here's the spot review.
The package: The package comes with a remote control (IR) and car. There are 3 channels to use on the remote, so you can race up to 3 cars. The 6xAA batteries are not included so be prepared to fork out 1/3 the cost of the package just for batteries!
How it works: It is worth explaining here that the car is not really a car in the normal sense. The wheels are fixed and decorative only. It is really more of a helicopter / car hovercraft. The fan / blades are housed inside the light weight plastic body.
When switched to "Wall" mode, the blades spin. The car is held in place against the wall and/or ceiling by the vacuum created under the skirts of the car. The car turns by spinning, so it doesn't drive like a car.
The cool part is that when you move the car forward the blue LED headlights light up. When reversing the back LED backlighyts light up!!
Overall: For $20 AUD it was a good buy. Nephew was duly impressed by the demo. However parental restrictions due to concerns over markings on the walls meant that the car can only operate in certain houses.
Amazing modern day samurai cuts up stuff on Youtube. Ok so sounds a bit lame, but this guy is amazing. Wonder where I can get blade like that for my kitchen set.
Philips' Living Colour light is an amazing blend of technology and lighting. Never knew lighting could be this exciting. Very cool!
Its so cool in fact I got one of these at home now.
Couple of features I recently discovered about the light is you can put it into auto colour changing mode. Also the remote uses RF so you don't need to point at the light. You can also sync up to 6 different lights to the same remote...synchronised light changing...how cool is that!
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