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Super-Talent Pico USB drives: lose 'em even faster {Engadget}
Apr 9th 2008 12:54AM I have several of the Kingmax Super Sticks.
It is fun going through security at the airport with them hidden in my socks and even in my mouth as they are waterproof.
This one might be small enough to hide in your nostril or other bodily opening of your choice.
Honestly I do keep several on a lanyard around my neck. I use dabs of my wifes nail polish to keep track of which is which. They are small enough that I almost don't notice them.
Salmon sperm used to intensify LEDs, grossify everyone {Engadget}
Mar 11th 2008 8:48PM OK perfect sick tech gadget for Engadget would be to combine the Hello Kittie AR-15, the flashlight machine gun and the bio-(sperm)-LED for the flashlight.
Was there any reason they didn't show it working with a red LED?
TSA can't believe MacBook Air is a real laptop, causes owner to miss flight {Engadget}
Mar 10th 2008 10:40AM I just wonder if he was really acting as cool as the story implies or was he jumping around about missing his flight and pissing off the TSA people, so they just decided to be little Hitlers and flex what little authority they have over someone with more toys than they can ever hope to have and make his life as miserable as possible.
On a recent flight to South East Asia I was pulled out by TSA because of the cameras in my carry on. The 2 that seemed to be the biggest concern were my wooden pinhole cameras made by Zero cameras (http://www.zeroimage.com/web2003/EntryPage/entryFrameset.htm)
They could not believe that you can make photos without a lens, electronics or batteries. The other was my Gowlandflex twin lens reflex. That one seemed to be because it is a large cube of metal and they had not ran across this type of camera before.
But flying frequently I was prepared with magazines that had articles about these products and their owner manuals and very carefully explained to TSA what they were without blowing my top at them.
When TSA finds something in your luggage they do not understand just remember not to loose your cool at them and that you have to treat them like a 4 year old child. Describe it in very simple terms, show them how it works and if you piss them off they will make your next few hours a living hell.
Garmin launches nuvi 2x5 series, complete with MSN Direct {Engadget}
Mar 4th 2008 1:44PM I use a Garmin here in the US.
But when I am in Thailand I have yet to find any companies GPS that has good maps of Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam.
But not just going on out of date paper maps and dead reckoning has led to some very interesting adventures in traveling around SEA.
Inkel's MU-D e-dictionary longs to be a real tablet PC {Engadget}
Feb 29th 2008 4:33PM Inkel MU-D is ok but I still think the Besta CyberDict has the greatest name for any product!
And it is the best for Thai translation that I have found (at a reasonable price).
http://www.cyberdict.com/index_th.php
A-DATA's latest flash drive puts your face under Mickey's ears {Engadget}
Feb 27th 2008 3:50PM Just what I need to torment my sisters Hello Kitty collection with!
When good toys go bad X: Elmo makes death threats to toddler {Engadget}
Feb 23rd 2008 5:58PM Well looks like I can't buy thus for my family. Does not have the names Satawat, or Mitwara in the list.
I am totally traumatized and offended by this prejudice against names of Thai origin. I think about $54 million dollars would help relive my families' embarrassment and disgrace.
More seriously a lot of people have mentioned what is the child been exposed to for him to think the word was 'KILL'? Hopefully Child Protective Services will investigate the mother.
Yuno coffee mug PC probably isn't dishwasher safe {Engadget}
Feb 11th 2008 2:09AM Interesting concept.
The guy that ran into my wife's car a few months back was drinking coffee and trying to use his crackberry at the same time while driving.
May be this would have prevented such an accident?
Polaroid no longer does Polaroids {Engadget}
Feb 9th 2008 1:47AM Yes many photographers have gone digital.
But a digital Hasselblad will run you $25k to $50k and backs for large format are even more expensive. No one makes a back for 8x10 or larger formats of cameras. Really there is no need because at that size you just
Try blowing up a image billboard size even with a 12 megapixel camera. It is done but they look like crap. I have no trouble making an 8x8 foot mural with my 35 year old Yashica 124, and it is still a razer sharp image at that scale.
Also when I travel to get photographs of people I always take along a Polaroid so I can give the person I'm photographing a copy right then and there. Even if you don't speak the language that goes a long way in getting you accepted in some areas of this world.
Try tramping going around in the hill tribe regions of Thailand and Laos for 5 months with your digital cameras. Even my Canon EOS-1D was dead in less than a month from fungus in the electronics (My macbook died even quicker). But my little Ebony SV45Ti kept on shooting through the 150 sheets of Polaroid 55 that I had brought with me.
Well hopefully Fuji realizes that it is not "all but a few nostalgia buffs" that use and need instant film.
Oh one final point try and capture any high speed event with a digital camera, like you could with Polaroid Type 667 with its' ISO of 3000 (that is not a typo it was three thousand).
Happy chimping.
KEYnetik Motion Input: carpal tunnel in a convenient handheld prototype! {Engadget}
Feb 5th 2008 1:41PM Great for gaming.....too bad the Wii came out already.
Being of Italian heritage and desperately needing my hands while talking this device would cause me no end of grief. I have enough difficulty with my PDA, there is no telling what I it would be doing trying to interpret the waving of my hands as I talked.
I all seriousness I could see a market for disabled people that did not have the fine motor control need for a stylus or small touch screen.
