There are things that are worth saving. First and foremost is the health and personal safety. Fortunately, now gadgets for personal safety can not only effectively protect, but not be too burdensome to their budget. And a new confirmation of this is Thunder Stun.
It is easy to guess that Thunder Stun is a portable electric shock machine. It weighs only 160 grams and dimensions of the gadget consist of 14 × 6×2, 8 cm. This Shaker is able to issue the discharge from 200 000 to 750 000 volts, penetrating the thick layer of clothing.
A second contact with the Shockers will cause an attacker pain and muscle contractions, 1-2 seconds will add to the symptoms of mild disorientation, and 2-5 seconds deprive its ability to maintain balance and control the muscles. However, the manufacturer claims that the gadget is not fatal and Shocker doesn’t cause physical and mental injuries.
Of course, before you buy it it’s better to read the legislation of the country where you live.
Thunder Stun can be bought for $13.
Google has released another version of its popular application Google Earth – this time it supports iPhone. Now you can not only enjoy a satellite photo of Earth on your phone, but also make it three-dimensional, just tilting your iPhone. It seems that iPhone OpenGL graphics is the best suited for such high-quality applications like Google Earth.
Google Earth can be downloaded directly to your iPhone (2G or 3G) for free from Apple AppStore.
By enabling application, you will see a view of Earth from orbit. To approach simply double-click on the screen, or use iPhone-through sign-known teams. Manipulate virtual card using the touch interface as simple and familiar, like its relatives for PC. In order to rotate the map, you can simply drag your finger across the screen.
Location can be defined by using GPS, and with the help of cell phone towers. You can also search for places of interest to you. And, finally, you can always see where north is on the map, simply by clicking on the compass in the upper right corner.
Google Earth Maps pleasantly different from the fact that they are built with Panoramio photos and articles from Wikipedia. If you are searching for a location that is tied or otherwise, you always know it by a pretty icon.
During its regular conference Apple announced that 10 million iPhone were sold in 2008 calendar year, since last month has been sold more than 6.8 million iPhone 3G. Executive Director of Apple, Steve Jobs said: “Apple has surpassed RIM! And RIM – a quality company selling quality products. Apple became the third largest global supplier of mobile phones.
iPhone 3G together with Apple TV brought $11.7 billion revenue and $2.4 billion profit. But given the status of the Apple TV, this profit is largely a credit to iPhone.
Nokia and Samsung are the first and second handset manufacturers respectively, and RIM sold 6.1 million BlackBerry smartphones at the moment.
I like such wonderful animals, like giraffes. I even have a small collection of soft spotted long-necked creatures. If you’re like me, and are not indifferent to them, you can purchase a webcam in the form of a giraffe.
A remarkable gadget Giraffe USB Webcam has 14×28 cm size, 130 grams weight and is able to capture video with a resolution of 320×240 pixels (30 fps), 640×480 (20 fps) and 800×600 pixels (15 frames per second). There is the option to automatically adjust the white balance and manual adjustment of sharpness.
Giraffe USB Webcam is able to work with any version of Windows. You can buy it for $25.
When taking a bath, you want to get extra pleasure from watching favorite TV show or movie playing on a personal computer or a DVD-drive, this means that it’s high time you order the waterproof TV with remote control.
The gadget is equipped with 8-inch screen and has a set of audio and video inputs, sufficient to connect almost any video source, be it a PC, DVD-player or receiver. Dimensions of the device are 205×275x37 mm, so that it does not take much space in your bathroom.
Price of this device is about $250.
Rubik’s Cube – is a known mechanical puzzle, invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernom Cube. Initially, the author called his design “Magic dice”, but in 1980, when the device has undertaken for the production by the Ideal Toys company, Rubik’s cube was then the name under which it is known today. In order to talk about its popularity in the world, it’s enough to note – more than 300 million copies of the puzzle were sold.
And now anyone can buy a digital version of Rubik’s cube. Instead of turning its surface, is enough to press the button to change the color of LEDs located inside.
Those who liked this solution can order it for $70.
Do you remember how funny process was sculpting snowmen? You could feel yourself a real creator. You needed only – a desire, snow, cinder and carrots. However, in adulthood rarely who tries to have fun in this way.
But thanks to the nice gadget USB Snowman on your desk you can always have your own snowman, which does not melt. It has pleasant hues of different colors: red, green, blue will please the eye.
The height of the snowman, connected to a computer via USB, is 11 cm, you can buy it for only $16.
If your boss has decided to save on heating costs of office, but all employees’ teeth chatter from cold, continuing to operate the computers, Mouse Hand Warmer will warm up even the most important organ of any computer wizard – the hand that controls the mouse.
The developer of this gadget Anna Miller herself spent many cold days and nights before the computer and knows well that there is nothing worse for the work than a frozen hand on the mouse. That is why she has developed a special mouse pad, which saves the heat and does not require hands with no power source, which is quite important in these days of world economic crisis.
Samsung i7110, the latest novelty from South Korean company, was announced at the show of Symbian-smartphones in London. The model comes without any nicknames and is a serious player in the arena of smartphones.
Under the belt of the heavyweight among phones hides a huge range of characteristics. It works on platform S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 and has a thickness of 12,9 mm.
Samsung i7110 has an OLED display with a diagonal of 2.6 inches with QVGA resolution and automatic rotation due to built-in accelerometer. There is Wi-Fi with GPS. To facilitate the work with GPS, Samsung has a model of application Samsung Navigator, based on the popular software for GPS navigation – Route66. This will provide a pedestrian GPS navigation for the 10 largest cities of Western Europe.
Samsung i7110 has a 5 megapixel camera with a wide range of possibilities, such as geotagging and the detector of face, smile and blink. It also shoots video at VGA resolution and a frequency of 30fps.
The novelty can be considered as a multimedia smartphone, because it supports DivX and XviD video, audio technology DNSe 2.0 and has a FM-transmitter, which allows transferring music from your collection to any FM-radio. Built-in 50MB memory, of course, is not enough, but you will always be able to upgrade it up to 16GB by using microSD card.
Now fireworks are widely used in a variety of holidays – New Year, wedding ceremony or birthday. However messy treatment can cause serious burns and injuries.
Therefore, if you want fiery entertainment very much but you don’t have a desire to expose yourselves to danger then pay attention to the set to launch fireworks from Estes. Thanks to it, you can launch up to 5 different fireworks at the same time, while being in complete safety, as well as for activation using a wireless remote control.
This set of 15 charges will cost $35, and a set of 15 additional charges would cost additional $17.
