Silly jokes and one liners aside, this is actually really cool. Its a simple and cheap answer to a serious problem, and it works.
Tin foil hats finally find a purpose: Cool-Cap baby cooling
Posted Dec 24th 2006 5:09AM by Paul Miller Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Wearables The FDA has just lent its stamp of approval to the new Olympic Cool-Cap from Olympic Medical of Seattle. The shiny little hat is designed to help treat hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE -- yeah, we never heard of it either) in newborn infants. It's a potentially fatal injury to the brain caused by low levels of oxygen, and kills 20-25 percent of its victims, with 25 percent suffering permanent disabilities. The Cool-Cap is designed to combat the condition by creating a steady flow of water in the cap to cool the baby's head. It's not as simple as it sounds, with a whole control system involved to monitor the kid, and a solid-state water cooler to deliver uber-precise temperatures to the cap. The foil of the cap is designed to minimize heat, which is great, since it turns out those tin foil hats of ours were never doing much good after all.
VERY COOL TECH, IF A BIT DANGEROUS!
Gauss' GP-219 electromagnetic pistol fires steel projectiles silently
Posted Dec 23rd 2006 10:13PM by Darren Murph Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Handhelds Sure, mechanical sentries and AirSoft turrets are novel, but there's nothing like whipping out an electromagnetic pistol to show folks you mean business. The Gauss GP-219 looks like it came straight from level 5 of Duke Nukem 3D, and rocks a PIC microcontroller, dual coils with "precision pulsing" to fire steel projectiles, twin infrared sensors to assist in positioning, and even a laser sight to keep your enemies pegged. Powered by an NiCd battery pack, this bad boy also features a bar display to track "capacitor bank charge progress," battery and fault LED indicators, and is "completely silent" when fired. The wildest part about this science-fiction dream come true is how effective it actually is, so be sure to click on for a few more pictures, and hit the read links for all the nitty gritty and even a few live action videos. Read - Gauss Pistol GP-219Read - Pistol whipping in action, Nukem-style
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Once you have a look at this EM Pistol, and watch the video you will probably want to get in line to buy your own!
“# Two coils are precisely pulsed in sequence
(350 Amp peak) to fire a steel projectile
# Two infrared sensors detect the projectile
position within the firing tube
# Controlled by a PIC microcontroller
# Powered by 8 AA NiCd battery pack
# Built-in battery-charger
# Bar display tracks capacitor bank charge
progress
# Battery and Fault LED indicators
# Laser targeting sight
# Makes no sound when fired”
Unfortunately I can't see any of the videos from here.... all blocked!
HEADS-UP-DISPLAY, ONE OF MY FAVORITE VAPORWARE ITEMS:
Arisawa Teleglass: Getting CloserJust last weekend we were writhing over the potential of a video headset that wouldn't get your butt kicked, and we are already a step closer. The Arisawa Teleglass is a mobile video headset solution that is not a headset at all, but a clip on LCD display that can hook to your coolest pair of wrap around glasses. The .24 inch LCD display simulates a 21 inch display from 1 meter. So while the viewing area isn't huge, one of your eyes can monitor for incoming punches to the face. We're not entirely certain of what sort of video inputs will work, but the Teleglass does require you to carry an iPod-sized box to function. At about $429, we'll wait until this technology is flat and integrated into the lens. (Sorry manufacturers, nothing else will do for the mass public.) – MARK WILSON Product Page (Japanese) [via i4u]
http://tinyurl.com/ydfl3f
10 Web Operating Systems Reviewed
Posted by timothy on Monday December 25, @12:30PM from the best-not-go-with-the-cheapy-isp dept.
Stan Schroeder writes "Waiting for GoogleOS? Why not try some of the WebOS applications that are already available? Believe it or not, there's already over 15 of them, and here you can find a review of the 10 most promising WebOSes. Most of them might not make you want to ditch your desktop OS just yet, but some are very good and can be used on a day-to-day basis. Highlights include DesktopTwo, Goowy, YouOS, EyeOS and Glide. You can find the whole bunch here." Note: for the purposes of this article, "WebOS" is defined as "a set of applications running in a web browser that together mimic, replace or largely supplement a desktop OS environment."
How To Get Bumped Off Your Flight On Purpose Sometimes you feel lucky if the flight is overbooked and you are bumped to next available flight. Why? Usually you will get a free hotel or free flight voucher to compensate for the inconvenience.
http://tinyurl.com/yc6mvs
Warren Ellis to write weekly SL column for Reuters Oh, man, this is the coolest news ever. Reuters announces: "Writer Warren Ellis, author of comic books, graphic novels, and two forthcoming novels, is bringing his 'Second Life Sketches' to the Reuters Second Life News Center as a weekly column beginning next month." Link. Warren says, "I’m actually getting paid to write about the future in relation to the Second Life system. I tell you, this has been a weird month for me..." Link.
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