Author: Matt Byrd (Page 5 of 33)

      A Car HUD for the Rest of Us

      October 12, 2013 /

      Did you know some cars actually have heads up displays integrated into the dashboard or windshield that tell you everything you could need to know about your driving stats like it’s a video game?

      It’s true. I saw them on “Top Gear,” where cars I’ve always dreamed about but will never come within spitting distance of due to price tags that resemble Powerball winnings and the slight possibility I may actually spit on them are featured. They sure do look great though, and have that rare gadget trait of being as practical and useful as they are exciting.

      Garmin might just have the answer for those that are unable to afford a car with a HUD built in though, as they are getting set to introduce a $150 standalone model that fits easily on your dashboard. All you have to do is plug the device in to your smartphone, and in turn it projects your current speed, the speed limit, the time, GPS coordinates, estimated time of arrival, and various other situational indicators onto a small screen that is easily viewable at any time.

      Devices such as these have a shaky history of functionality when it comes to actually using them, but Garmin is about as reliable a name as there is in this market, and everything shown so far suggests this is a well designed device that is especially useful to anyone who hasn’t committed to a GPS yet, and could just be the all in one bad-ass driving display you’ve been wanting.

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      Learn To Not Act Your Own Age and Make Some Hot Wheels

      October 12, 2013 /

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      How old are you really?

      No, don’t worry I didn’t find your secret stash of headshots and have questions regarding your listed birthday, I’m just wondering how old you are in your heart, where age really matters. If the answer is somewhere between the ages of 8-10, then I’ve got just the gadget for you.

      It’s a Hot Wheels car maker that not only lets you relive the glory days of owning several garages worth of the sweetest micro machines known to man, but allows you to craft unique models as well. All you have to do is create a mold for the car (there are several different mold types available sold seperately through kits) and use the press to form it into an actual Hot Wheel. Add some decals to it, and you’ve got a bad-ass toy car nearly all your own.

      Sure its limited and incredibly childish, but sometimes you’ve got to screw it and treat yourself to the toy you’ve always wanted as a child. So whether you’re buying this for your kid, buying this for yourself, or buying it for your kid in the hopes they eventually get tired of it and you have it all to yourself, for $40 it’s a pretty great way to act your inner child age for a while.

      Plus it guarantees fun on the Amazon listing, which I’m pretty sure counts as a binding contract.

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      New Self Assembling Cubes Might Serve A Far Better Purpose Than Making Great YouTube Videos

      October 5, 2013 /

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      Sometimes your favorite piece of technology can make you feel like a kid playing with their favorite toy when you’re using it. It’s just an added benefit that your new favorite toy often provides some sort of additional life benefit outside of being fun to play with, making it the technological equivalent of Kix cereal. Kid tested, mother approved.

      This new piece of technology in the works at MIT seems to fit that design philosophy. It’s a series of self-assembling cubes that are able to function independently and can quickly form a variety of shapes with almost no human interaction required.

      Functioning off of a complex mixture of computer chips, flywheels, and magnets, the basic tech behind these cubes may bring back those childhood toy memories and make you start dreaming of their use in the ultimate “Transformers” toy, but the team behind them are already dreaming up some pretty amazing potential real life uses for them, including uses in quickly repairing structures, or forming must have items in emergencies quickly, such as hospital beds.

      The final uses for this invention may be up in the air, but it’s clear that the technology is as good as the developer’s intentions, which usually serves as the basis to great products.

      Though hopefully, after these are done saving the world, we can actually get that sweet new “Transformer’s” toy.

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      Win Any Rubber Band War; Fear No One

      October 4, 2013 /

      When I think of rubber band guns, this is the image I get.

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      However, if a company called XYZbot have their way, this could be the new face of rubber band warfare.

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      That’s a rubber band gattling gun and while it, surprisingly, isn’t the first of its kind, it’s promising to be the very best. Fully automatic (naturally) this beast can store 128 rubber bands at a time, and is capable of firing up to 800 rounds per minute if you can load em fast enough. Battery powered and shipping as a multi-piece kit, the developers are saying it should take no longer than 30 minutes to assemble with the help of a screwdriver and a pair of pliers. However, they also advise that this gun not be used by anybody under the age of 12, and that it not be fired at other human beings, so until further notice let’s assume the entire listing as being tongue-in-cheeck.

      Regardless this does appear to be the true future of rubber band warfare, and could be yours for just a $49 backing on the project’s Kickstarter page. Just remember that the powers may be different, the technology might advance, but rubber band war? Rubber band war never changes.

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      A Belt That Shows We’re Getting Closer to Manufacturing Batman’s Utility Belt

      September 26, 2013 /

      I’ve always had a terrible sense of direction. While its an issue I’ve steadily improved thanks to some long driving adventures and later having to navigate my way through the streets of New York, I can’t say I’m ever fully comfortable going to a new area and truly finding my way around.

      Sure, there are a plethora of devices and apps to help people like me find there way around with minimal effort, but there is nothing like being able to comfortably get around any neighborhood like you’ve been there a thousand times before, without any outside assistance required.

      The Triposo Travel Belt offers a potential compromise between technological aides and natural navigation. That’s because after you put it on, and set your destination in the included app, the belt will vibrate in one of four directions to let you know where you should be heading to get to your destination. This affords you the benefits of app fueled directions, without making you go through the awkward motion of constantly referencing your device to make use of them.

      Sure the nature of its functionality is certainly leaning towards the novelty side, and the device if most likely useless for driving, but its hard to ignore the creativity of this invention, or that it just may be the most clever solution to finding your way around when walking that’s been presented yet. It’s creators are looking for $10,000 on indiegogo to make it a reality, which may be just the right asking point to get the contributions of all those tourists in the world tired of looking like one when they travel.

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