Remember Pong? Well, some geeks have decided to actually make it a “sport” using the latest projection technology. The inventors dub Sportpong as “an interactive physical computer game.” The “field” is projected on the floor, where two or more players can battle in teams against each other, because singles would just be too much exercise for the rubber-limbed.
A reflector paddle on each foot the players hit the ball to the goal or to defend your goal.
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iSamJackson is a new sample player app for the iPhone and iPod touch. It includes “over 150 original and authentic recordings from the one and only Samuel L. Jackson…the man himself.”
Now here’s the kicker: The samples are not from Jackson’s academy award nominated films, but original cuts recorded separately in a studio. Meaning Jackson actually participated in this project personally. Now, I don’t know if Samuel L. is hard up for cash these days, especially since he’ll basically star in any movie for his fee, but this is one of those career milestones known as:
iSamJackson costs $2.99 and is available now via the iTunes App Store.
This guy is certifiable!
Now where’s PETI (People For The The Ethical Treatment Of Insects) when you need them??
Now we know where some punters get their moves…
The movie above shows three excerpts of videos analyzed in this experiment by Patel, A.D. Iversen, J. R. Bregmen, M.R. and Shulz taken from their 2009 “study” Experimental evidence for synchronization for to a musical beat in a non-human animial – published online April 30, 2009. Each excerpt is at a tempo different from the original song (Everybody, by the Backstreet Boys; 108.7 beats per minute [bpm]). The excerpts include synchronized bouts, periods during which Snowball bobs his head in synchrony with the musical beat for at least 12 consecutive bobs.
Frankly, the whole thing looks like a put-on to us, but at least the video is entertaining…
Imagine cruising along the Italian country side when the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia suddenly appears in your rear view mirror…
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. recently donated a police version of the company’s latest supercar to the head of the Italian State Police, Prefect Antonio Manganelli. The new Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia has a 560 horsepower engine that can reach speeds of up to 203 mph. The car will begin service with the Lazio Highway Police Department in order to continue accident and crime prevention to sustain security on the Italian roads.
In addition to the clearly effective deterrent offered by the presence and visibility of a Lamborghini on the highway, the technological equipment on board these vehicles makes them highly effective in the control of hazardous behavior on the roads (high speeds, driving in the emergency lane, dangerous over-taking); the automatic recognition of number plate tracking and real-time transmission of images to the control rooms.
The cabin of the super sports car is fitted with the latest advancements in police technology to immediately document the evidence of any infraction. The video system is positioned in the center of the cabin with a camera fitted next to the rear view mirror and a computer and recording equipment behind the seats. As soon as police officers discover a suspicious driver, they activate the “Proof Video Data System.” With the help of GPS data, the device can calculate the location, direction of movement and speed of the Lamborghini. This combined with the distance and time before intercept, accurately determines the speed of the vehicle being pursued.
Using radio data transmission, the video system in the Gallardo Polizia transfers its images in real time to the relevant police station. There, the videos are stored and used for automatic number plate retrieval. This information can be used for immediate identification of stolen vehicles.
The Lambo is used regularly for urgent medical transportation too. The luggage compartment in the front of the vehicle is equipped with a specialized refrigeration system for safe transportation of donor organs. For extreme emergencies, there is also a defibrillator used to restore a normal heart rhythm to patients by delivering an electrical shock to the heart to stop massive cardiac arrhythmia or ventricular fibrillation, and thus save lives.
The police siren on the roof of the Gallardo had to be aerodynamically optimized being that the new police car reaches a considerably higher top speed than regular service vehicles. Despite the extremely flat construction of the signal lighting, blue LEDs are fitted round the base to ensure the visual signal cannot be missed. The roof-mounted lighting is supported by further blue LED signals on the front, sides and rear of the light’s aluminium shell. A total of four sirens integrated into the front and rear of the Gallardo generate unmistakable audible warning signals.
Franco Sbarro, no relation to the pizza empire, is a Swiss automobile designer who had created a quad bike that leans like a motorcycle. It was unveiled at the 78th Geneva Motor Show and captured the attention of quite a few attendees.
Sbarro claims that the Pendolauto will be just as fun and sporty as a real motorcycle, yet much safer. “It could lead to a new sporting discipline,” stated Franco Sbarro. Although the chance of actually seeing one of these crotch rockets flying down your street are pretty slim.
I don’t know what the correlation is between slow-motion video and gear ho’s, but for some reason we dig it. oobject, a gadget pimp, has compiled ten fighter jet ejection seat videos in glorious slow-motion
Well this new product should bring a smile to the face of your blind date….
Twenty 3-ply Dress For Dinner Napkins, in four different necktie styles, come to a package. The best part of this fun? It’s cheap!
The Dress For Dinner Napkins by Spoon Sisters costs $5.95. More information on Dress For Dinner Napkins.
We have to admit, FutureMusic likes fun wallpaper. Nothing can potentially spice up a mundane room like technology-infused, wallpaper. The folks at Surrealien have taken this to a whole new level by offering trippy wallpaper spec’d to the rooms fixtures.
There’s not a whole lot of details revealed on Surrealien’s website, but you basically email the German concern a thorough, architect-like plan of the room you want to paper, including all permanent fixtures such as lights, outlets, doors, as well as not so permanent items like pictures and furniture and Surrealien will send you back customized wallpaper.
Picking the right pattern can turn your room into a real acid trip, which is all part of the fun. Here’s what Surrealien has to say:
Wallpapering is placarding – why not react? Paper is sloppily slapped onto walls, disregarding the surface. Windows, doors and switches rip holes into patterns, disturbing their continuity. Our product dissolves limits between architecture, wallpaper and hangings, with the wallpaper functioning as sensitive gobetween. So it’s time to: warp your room!
More information on Surrealien wallpaper.
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