LOTD – Camping Fido

The ultimate tent for car camping. Sleeps 10, has multiple rooms, and vestibules. The best part? It has a pet den. Yep, pet den. I suppose you could also use it for coolers, chairs, other stuff, but why deprive fido of camping with the family? Kinda give new meaning to pup tent huh?

From the Product Specifications:
Sleep Capacity: Sleeps up to 10 people and one large dog

That is awesome.

Commute Skateboard

Ahhh, motorized forms of transportation are so much fun. My commute to work doesn’t warrant a car, don’t want a motorcycle, scooters are no good (parking), electric bicycles are laaaame. If I were in the market for motorized transportation, it woul have to be something that I can take into my office. How about a motorized skateboard? Perfect. I’ve seen these on TV before, and they were described as a way to surf on land. Hubless wheels that you put your feet through, lean to steer, have fun on the way to work. Now that is a commuter vehicle. 25 – 20 Km/H top speed.

Now, about the brakes? Are there any?

via Gizmodo

LOTD – Gadget Wine

Gadgets for geeks. I love em. What about gadgets for non geeks? I love those too.

Ever been on a picnic, and have no place to put your wine glass? Grass just has no consistent support and the ground ccan be very uneven or sloped. What you crave is a table. What you need is this picnic wine table. Drive the stake in the ground, attach the top, and voila, you have a suitable place to prevent spillage.

LOTD – Heat or Cool your seat.

Good grief, and other link to gizmodo today. The seat cushion that can heat or cool. I think this is awesome. Why? I live in Victoria, what would this do in my car? Well, I wouldn’t put it there. This baby would live at work. I am a programmer, and sitting in my chair all day can lead to a sweaty back. Add in to the mix that the building I work in has terrible air conditioning, and lots of hear sources, you get one sweaty Greg in the summer months. How wicked would it be to sit in a cool seat all summer.

Flip the switch in the winter (when the office is freezing cold due to inadequate heating), and now you have a cozy seat for programming. Happy programmers make happy code.

via gizmodo

LOTD – Military Lasers

Ahh lasers. Is there anything they can’t do? Heal skin, fix eyesight, remove tattoos, heat things. The list can go on and on. The US military wants to add them to their arsenal. Recent advances have made that more likely. My questions for this technology revolve around what happens when they miss their target? If this is installed in a plane, and that warplane is trying to shoot another down, but misses, where does the beam go? If it hits the ground, what happens to people/buildings? I know bullets have the same problem, but consider this. What happens if the shot is aimed skyward and the shot misses? The laser enters space? What happens then? Will it ever stop? What if we accidentally shoot down the space station? What if the shot goes clear out into outer space and hits an alien craft? We could start a glactic war in which we would lose horribly. 🙂

Lol, these are the things that run through my mind.

via gizmodo