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Venezuelan designer Carlos Agell looks ahead to 2054, designing a completely transmogrified VW Beetle. It’s hard to tell exactly how it all works, but it looks like you sit inside the wheel, while the wheels turn. The designers have created a laser gyrostabilization system which will keep the wheel upright as you drive.
 
WikiHow has a detailed discussion on how to grab and place YouTube video on your iPod or other portable video player. Good news if you like 5 minute videos of kids skating with their hands.
Firefox (Windows only)
1. Add the Greasemonkey extension to your Firefox browser.
2. Go to www.userscripts.org and install the Download YouTube Video script.
3. The next time you watch YouTube, you’ll see a Download Video option beneath the screen. Click it to save the file to your desktop as QaQw9V4Upj4.flv or whatever.
4. Install and launch the free Super video converter (www.erightsoft.com). Download is located here.
5. Select Apple – iPod from the Output Container option, and then the output video codec H.264/AVC. Set size to 320 x 240. If you get an error message when converting, unclick the Use DirectShow button. Otherwise, drag the converted file into iTunes and it’s ready for viewing.
Safari (Mac only)
1. Go to a YouTube video page, wait for it to load, and open Safari’s Activity window.
2. Double-click the URL of the video file – it’s the largest one – to download it.
3. Rename the file something better than QaQw9V4Upj4 – say, Skateboarding Bulldog.
4. Drag and drop it into the free iSquint converter (www.isquint.org) and – presto! – an iPod-optimized video file for your iTunes library.
Have you ever wanted to float around in a 485-foot extreme super yacht? Well, pretty soon your can, floating around 50 knots powered by four engines totaling 33,000hp.
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 In New Zealand, Thomas Row has created a mechanical machine, that can get totally submersed under water.
The one-man model is powered by a 110hp jet ski petrol engine and uses five control surfaces to perform barrel rolls, leaps and dives. It is also fitted with a fighter jet canopy, where the driver sits.
“It’s totally immersing. You feel like you’re completely part of it all down there. Once you get over the initial human condition of having water flowing over the top of you, it’s just amazing to still be dry and zip across the water.”ÂÂ
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The corner shot tactical weapon is perfect for situation when the surroundings are too dangerous for a human to handle. Simply set your gun around a corner and set your eyes on a target. It includes a small, high-resolution camera and monitor, which can observe and view a target from various vantage points. The camera is also detachable so you can check the corners before to pinpoint your target. The corner shot weapon is crucial in saving lives, and increases the chance of survival. Many tactical forces like Delta are already using the corner shot weapon. The corner shot weapon can hold most handguns by simply locking it into place.
A new ring tone has came out that only teenagers can hear. This 17Khz ring tone has become more and more popular among students who like to receive messages during class, because their techers can’t hear it. You can also hear a sample of the ring tone to determine if it works for you. Originally the noise was meant to drive teenagers away from street corners. With a simply flip of the switch, managers of stores could drive away all of the teenage punks who hang out where they aren’t supposed to. But the plan has now backfired, because teenagers are using it to help communicate to friends without adults knowing.
Researchers from Brown University have created a battery that can last 100 times longer the the normal battery. By finding out how to conduct electricity through plastic instead metal researchers have found a way to maximize the storage capacity. You no longer have to worry about a dieing cell phone, or CD player. Read the rest of this entry »
Using standard game controllers, two opposing players must help their characters navigate in and around a three dimensional maze. The real challenge comes, not from traditional game mechanics but rather from moving with your character as he sprints around corners and jumps between the installation’s two play surfaces.
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In every urinal there are pressure-sensitive displays, used to activate a game with color, sounds, and graphic displays. It will most likely will be installed in airports and schools “with the functional purpose of improving hygiene.
“The projection of the project into a museum space was conceived of as a critical-ironic measure, questioning the concept of art, but extending it at the same time.”
Although this is just a concept, and theres no word of when this could go into production, this origami DVD player can fold up when not in use. The screen is made of fully-flexible display technology (e-paper), which can fold for storage. As you can see in the picture the foldable DVD player comes equipped with speakers othe side.
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This Abacus watch has Bluetooth Wireless Technology. What does that mean? It means that when you receive an incoming call on your cell phone, you can see who’s calling just by looking at your watch. The Abacus watch lets you control weather or not you want to mute of ignore the call. You can also receive your text messages through it.
If you’ve been thinking about getting a new PC, but you’re afraid to get one because you know that the new Windows Vista is coming out, well now you no longer have to, because the new Windows vista will be free through March 15th. As soon as Vista will be hitting the market, you will be able to get it for your computer free.
via [wired]
Lots of people try and earn a quick buck by selling a console for 3x it’s normal price. Everyone knows this is what’s going to happen because we saw it with the Xbox 360. There were some incidents where people just had a picture of the Xbox 360 box, and sold the box alone for $600. There was another case that happened when someone wrote an “X” on a brown cardboard box, and that ended up selling for big money.
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GT shows us what Call of Duty 3 is going to be like on PS3. I thing you will notice is that everything is much darker, which makes things a little more realistic.
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