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German Man Builds Working Pulse Laser Pistol, Sells It on Internet. PEW PEW PEW!
Posted by mistergroonk in Intertube Madness, Just Freaking Neat, Technology on March 11, 2011
Laser guns!
Second only to jetpacks when people lament the future the 1950s promised the world. German hacker AnselmoFanZero has sought to fulfill this lost promise. The hand-held pulse laser gun seen above was created for a friend and sold before fabrication was finished.
The Pulse Laser Gun Mk II is capable of 50 shots on one charge and is hell on balloons and plastics. It’s also a serious eye casualty waiting to happen. If you decide that you must own this thing of awesome you can email AnselmoFanZero for the particulars. It’s already miles ahead of the Star Trek phaser hack covered on January 2010. All it lacks is the proper sound hacking upon firing.
We are already counting the thousand ways this invention can wreck havoc at your local geek convention center. We’re also counting how much of our savings we’re willing to spend to get this marvelous toy.
Moment of Who: Type 40 TARDIS Mark I Schematic
Posted by mistergroonk in Just Freaking Neat, Map, Technology on February 8, 2011
This was found on King Rassilon’s Photobucket and entered into the Dr Who Reddit.
Note the tiny Galaxy Class starship scale comparison on the bottom left. The Federation wishes it had Time Lord technology.
For even more TARDIS blueprints, scroll to the bottom of VerGuy’s Reddit post.
via r/doctorwho
There Will Be Robots: Professor Malcolm MacIver’s Incredible Robot Ghost Knifefish
Posted by mistergroonk in Robots, Technology on January 21, 2011
The black ghost knifefish, which works at night in rivers of the Amazon basin, hunts for prey using a weak electric field around its entire body and moves both forward and backward using a ribbon-like fin on the underside of its body.
MacIver, a robotics expert who served as a scientific consultant for “Tron: Legacy†and is science advisor for the television series “Caprica,†has studied the knifefish for years. Working with Neelesh Patankar, associate professor of mechanical engineering and co-author of the paper, he has created mechanical models of the fish in hopes of better understanding how the nervous system sends messages throughout the body to make it move.
Future Concepts: Harvest City. The Floating Future of Haiti?
Posted by mistergroonk in Technology, The Future on January 12, 2011
Yanko Design shared an interesting idea for the future recovery of Haiti.
Tangram 3DS collaborating with Boston Architect / Designer E Kevin Schopfer together creating a floating agricultural / light industrial city right off the shores of Haiti. What’s it called? Harvest City. Behold a 2 miles in diameter complex of tethered floating modules.
Video of this under the cut.
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The Sunday Punch: Mimoco’s Batman USB Flash Drive
Posted by mistergroonk in Comics, Technology on January 9, 2011
We know there is more serious and pertinent Batman news out there in the Internets. But we were caught a bit short-handed. An overload of all the noise Islamic Batman is stirring in the greatly judgmental “comics internet” will be collected and touched on next Sunday.
For today enjoy the innocence of the Batman USB drive.
Our Strange Sky: Photos of Mystery Missile Launch Alarms Californians, Stirs Debate
Posted by mistergroonk in Flickrlicious, Photography, Technology, USA on November 10, 2010
Pentacleus informed us of a strange sighting of the California coast just a day ago. With a little doing, we tracked down a handful of articles focusing on the weirdness. Here’s a bit from Daily tech:
The event alarmed many in the public. Visible in the skies over LA, the site triggered many to call emergency hotlines or local defense phone lines.
The mystery has deepened as sources at the Pentagon claim to know nothing of the missile. Stated Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan, “Nobody within the Department of Defense that we’ve reached out to has been able to explain what this contrail is, where it came from… It does seem implausible, and that’s why at this point the operative term is ‘unexplained’. Nobody … within the Department of Defense that we’ve reached out to has been able to explain what this contrail is.”
Col. Lapan indicated a private contractor might be responsible. California is a hotbed of the aerospace industry, and test launches are commonplace, coming from offshore boats or platforms. Typically, though, someone is informed.
Well either this is not typical or someone forgot we live in the 21st century. A time filled with digital cameras and instant information.
Video of the report and extra conjecture under the jump.
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Read: iDrakula. The Original Vampire Tale as Told through Text, Email and Voicemail on Your iPhone
Posted by mistergroonk in Apps, Books, Digital Decompression, Technology on October 29, 2010
From: Mister Groonk
To: Faithful Readers
Subject: The modern retelling of the strange old man who doesn’t drink….wine.
Sent: October 29, 2010
Here’s a curious idea. Take one classic tale of the great and powerful king of all night creatures your count and lord, Dracula. Take it from its humble, and now quaint, 1897 origins. Then transform and infuse it with all the 21st century trappings. Instant messages. Voicemail. Email. And cram it all in your handy portable Steve Jobs device.
And the first part of iDrakula is free!
*Traps a spider. Inspects it briefly. Eats it.*
The master must be informed of this “new age magic.” he must know. For the retelling, like the blood, is life.
The dark lord’s humble servant,
G
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Attached: iDrakula iTunes website
Friday Night Movie: Professor Kevin Warrick is “The Cyborg”. The Human-Robot Hybrid Revolution is Coming.
Posted by mistergroonk in Books, Technology, The Future on October 22, 2010
In 1998, Kevin Warwick, a Professor of Cybernetics at Reading University, became the world’s first cyborg. Well, to be exact, he had a radio frequency ID implanted in his arm. As a result, he can turn on lights by snapping his fingers; once he let his wife’s brain waves take control of his body (she’s also cybernetic).
Super Soaker Inventor Creates JTEC, Viable Solar Energy Heat Engine
Posted by mistergroonk in Science, Technology, The Future on October 21, 2010
The Nutshell:
Mild-mannered and bespectacled, Johnson opened his presentation by describing the idea behind the JTEC. The device, he explained, would split hydrogen atoms into protons and electrons, and in so doing would convert heat into electricity. Most radically, it would do so without the help of any moving parts. Johnson planned to tell his audience that the JTEC could produce electricity so efficiently that it might make solar power competitive with coal, and perhaps at last fulfill the promise of renewable solar energy.
Check out Logan Ward’s article on The Atlantic for the full story.
via gizmodo, the atlantic
A Fine Ship: Student Creates Human-Powered Ornithopter, Flies Like a Bird
Posted by mistergroonk in Technology, The Future on October 21, 2010
HPO Flight from U of T Engineering on Vimeo.
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