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StudioCruzer Heavy Duty Camera and Laptop Case
Haier Dry-Erase Refrigerator
Luggage Tag Flash Drive
High voltage power towers that look like men
Ayn Rand fan literally writes on the globe to show his devotion
Gadget Thumbnails for 12-Aug-2010
Glass-Bottom Hot Air Balloon ride lets you walk on air
Star Wars FX Removable Blade Lightsabers
Intersecting Slot Car And Train Set
Dell Streak arrives in the US at long last
Sprint announces pricing and availability of Epic 4G smartphone

StudioCruzer Heavy Duty Camera and Laptop Case

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 02:43 PM PDT

If you’re protective of your portable electronics, then it’s tough finding a serious case to keep them all safe. For those of you that have an Apple laptop and a DSLR camera with plenty of lenses and attachments, there is this case. It looks like something they’d use in the military to carry some important weaponry. Instead it’s a heavy duty case that’ll make sure to keep your electronics safe and sound.

Although it’s a Camera and Apple Laptop Case, you can put a laptop of any brand into the case as long as it’s 17" or less. On the lid itself there is a cushioned area to keep your laptop, then in the bottom is an area for your camera and all the little pieces you carry with you. The camera area is completely customizable, so that you can make sure that the items you need will fit properly. You can purchase one of these PSC200 StudioCruzer Carry-On Cases for $240.

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Haier Dry-Erase Refrigerator

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 01:47 PM PDT

Two great things to pick up for every college student is a mini fridge and a dry-erase board. Then again those are items that could come in very handy later on in life as well. Instead of having a dry-erase board and a mini fridge, you might as well pick up a mini fridge that can double as a dry erase board. Thankfully there is this tiny affordable fridge that’s already up for sale in time for school to start.

It looks just like an ordinary mini fridge. It looks so similar that you might start an epidemic of people writing on normal fridges in hopes that they’ll be just as erasable. With this fridge you could write yourself out notes or leave a note for your roommate that you’re out of a certain refrigerated item. The 1.7 Cu Ft fridge can be purchased for $99.99 through Meijer.

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Luggage Tag Flash Drive

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 12:37 PM PDT

Luggage tags are handy to help your luggage make its way back to you should it get separated from you. However, that tiny little tag only leaves room for an address, your name and an email. There are times when you might want more information listed, for those occasions, you could add some extra information on the flash drive itself.

If you’re a student and want the suitcase sent to a different address than your parent’s address. You can always include certain details like that on the tag. You could even just use it as a normal flash drive when you’re not traveling. They come in bright colors, so you’ll easily be able spot your bag from a distance. Each one of the 2GB drives can be purchased for $29.95.

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High voltage power towers that look like men

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 05:51 AM PDT

You’ve seen giant utility towers before, and they don’t look like this. Their design really is…well, utilitarian.

These utility towers are designed by the Massachusetts architecture firm Choi + Shire, and they recently won an honorable mention award at the Icelandic High Voltage Electrical Pylon International Design Competition, as well as an award from the Boston Society of Architects for unbuilt architecture.

I believe that this concept project is called the Land of the Giants, and it is very aptly named. What else are you going to call two human-shaped towers that hold up powerlines?

I suppose the real question is, would this look good in real life? In all honesty, I can tell you what it reminds me of: Batman and Robin. Yes, the last ever Joel Schumacher Batman film that dared to show Gotham city as this place where statues and buildings were as one.

I didn’t see a single high voltage tower in that film, but it would probably look like this.

I mean, do we want all of our structures to look like people? I mean, what does that say about us as people, that we like to structure our buildings after our own bodies? That is kind of crazy.

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Ayn Rand fan literally writes on the globe to show his devotion

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 05:34 AM PDT

You know those crop circles that you hear about? One theory is that aliens are really trying to write on our landscapes in their own language.

Now why would aliens do that, when this man, Nick Newcomen, just scrawled out a message on planet Earth in a human language. You can read it in the photo.

Newcomen drove for 30 days, through 30 states, for a grand total of 12,238 miles. He had a Qstarz BT-Q1000X as the medium for his message, and it can only seen with Google Earth with the recorded GPS device data.

This is probably the biggest sign in the world. It makes the Hollywood letters look like very fine legal print. Only the Great Wall of China could underline these three words.

Just to let you know, the driver didn’t write these words in order. He had to write the word “Rand”, then went north to write “Read”, and managed to do “Ayn”. Clearly the works of Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged are worth reading with this devotion. Let’s be glad that his favorite author wasn’t Fyodor Dostoevsky or something even longer. I wonder if he had to go off-road in order to make some of these giant letters.

Seriously, are the roads in the United States shaped like letters so well? Leave a comment if you know if anyone else has done something like this.

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Gadget Thumbnails for 12-Aug-2010

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:01 PM PDT

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Glass-Bottom Hot Air Balloon ride lets you walk on air

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 04:55 AM PDT

I realize that glass bottom boat tours can be pretty fun, but this is the first time that I have seen this concept be applied on a aircraft.

I’m going to assume that an ordinary plane (or even extraordinary plane) can’t land with a glass bottom. I mean, it would shatter on touchdown! I don’t think this rule applies to a hot air balloon.

Christian Brown, the creator of this new type of transportation, says that it is a “terrifying experience” and “not for the feint of heart”. You think so?

Even Christian Brown believes this thing is scary, and he has 18 years of flying experience. He has also traveled around the world in a balloon with Sir Richard Branson, and holds the tethered altitude world record at 10,000 feet.

This was designed to fly over the Alps, and I’m sure the view is breathtaking. The glass-bottom hot air balloon appeared at the 2010 Bristol International Balloon Fiesta.

Man, would I love to try this. Then again, get me high in the air on it, and we’ll see how much I love it. Its one thing to want the latest thrill, and it’s another thing to actually experience it. Of course, a quick landing might be the scariest thing.

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Star Wars FX Removable Blade Lightsabers

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 08:38 PM PDT

Can’t get enough of Star Wars even after the space opera has been in existence for a few decades? Well, here is another piece of authentic memories from the movie to tide you over until someone somewhere comes up with a new Star Wars movie or book. The Star Wars FX Removable Blade Lightsabers from ThinkGeek is very different from the rest that you’ve seen so far, especially since it comes with a removable blade for easy transportation. For $129.99, you will get authentic power up/down effects whenever you ignite it and motion-activated sound effects which differ when you have a duel against hitting another object. The lightsaber blade will stay in place via a screw system, and can be easily removed once you’ve despatched off the Sith.

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Intersecting Slot Car And Train Set

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 08:13 PM PDT

Buses and trains, cars and trucks. These are all favorite playthings for children, so why not get your holiday shopping done earlier this year with the Intersecting Slot Car And Train Set? It isn’t going to be cheap, mind you, burning a cool $299.95 in your pocket in the process, but at least this racing toy will bring together the throttle-happy thrill of a slot car set alongside the steady lumbering of a train set. Thanks to the track’s single intersection, it enables racers to replay that ever tense situation of beating the train to avoid high-velocity impacts, and it will require an innate sense of timing for your competitor to remain stranded at the crossing until the train passes. Hand-trigger controllers will be used to tear around the track’s seven curves, where one of them even includes a 180º hairpin turn for added challenge. The train itself comprises of a locomotive with a working headlight, four freight cars, and a caboose, and it can also move forward and reverse using the included transformer/controller. Each purchase comes with 11 pieces of track for slot car set, 15 pieces for the train set. Looks like kids aren’t the only ones to have fun with this…

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Dell Streak arrives in the US at long last

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 07:44 PM PDT

The Dell Streak has had its fair chance to shine in the UK for some time already, so it is now the time for folks in the US to play with the Streak. Dell has just made available their 5″ tablet device to North America, but not without some initial snags already. It seems that while you are able to pick it up for $299.99 with a new 2-year AT&T contract, there is also an option to do so for a rather $549.99 without. The snag? Even if you want to put in a SIM card from another carrier, you can’t, simply because the Dell Streak is carrier locked to AT&T. That’s a bummer for folks who prefer services from other providers, but we are pretty sure that hackers who see this as a delightful challenge will do their level best to unlock the Dell Streak in due time.

Orders for the Dell Streak Tablet should have started from today onwards, where the Streak will be released tomorrow. Before we proceed further, here are some details on the Streak – this carbon black Android-based tablet will come equipped with a 5-inch display, where it aims to function as more than just a portable media player, providing excellent "on-the-go" entertainment, social connection, and navigation experience. It comes with integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, while 3G support enables easy access for downloading and listening to music, updating social networking status in real-time, and staying connected to friends and family through e-mail, text, IM, and voice calls, wherever you are.

The 5-inch display is also great to present Web pages in their natural form, making it nearly as good as the smallest netbook. With a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor within, you won’t find the Streak gasping for breath as it goes about with your daily business. Integrated Google Maps offer turn-by-turn navigation, street and satellite views, while a high resolution 5-megapixel camera lets you capture memories vividly wherever you are at that moment. Its 2GB of internal memory can be further augmented using a microSD memory card.

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Sprint announces pricing and availability of Epic 4G smartphone

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 07:30 PM PDT

The latest and greatest Android smartphone to date has just been priced, alongside its availability date announced. We’re talking about the Sprint Epic 4G from Samsung, where it holds the distinction of being America's first 4G-capable phone that will come complete with a full QWERTY keyboard as well as a brilliant Super AMOLED touchscreen display. This could very well be the perfect all-in-one device that you’ve been looking for to stay connected, get work done while enjoying entertainment even when you’re on-the-go. Apart from that, the Samsung Epic 4G is the only 4G handset from the Galaxy S smartphone family, where it will also be distinctly different thanks to the presence of a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

Mark August 31st on your calendars as that is when the Samsung Epic 4G will be available, and you can get it from all Sprint retail channels, not to mention Sprint.com, Telesales (1-800-SPRINT) and national retail partners, RadioShack, Best Buy and Walmart. The price to pay for such exclusivity? We’re talking about a pretty affordable $249.99 that will include a new line or eligible upgrade, a two-year service agreement, and after a $100 mail-in rebate with taxes excluded. Of course, you can always place your pre-order from Friday onwards – who says that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day? Just make sure you do so earlier since it will be available only while stocks last.

This Android 2.1-powered smartphone will also allow you to make data input on a virtual keyboard as well as Swype technology apart from the already mentioned slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. Other industry leading features of the Epic 4G includes a Samsung 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor, a 5-megapixel camera/camcorder with autofocus, power LED flash and 4x digital zoom for photos and HD video (720p) video recording at the back alongside a front-facing VGA camera for video chat, Wi-Fi connectivity, Mobile Hotspot capability and a 1500 mAh removable battery.

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