What would you say if someone told you that they are going to fly their model plane into a hurricane? Crazy right? That’s exactly what you would think but the bright lads over at the Aerosonde Corporation think it’s crazy not to. Each small airplane is equipped with scientific instruments that will monitor temperature, pressure, humidity and wind speeds inside the storm. This data will be transmitted back to a receiving station in real time as the tiny craft spirals into the eye of the storm and then back out. It’s hoped that such data will help NASA and NOAA better understand how these large storms develop in order to predict changes in hurricane intensity.
Author: John
Armed Border Guard Robots
Well, I bet no one saw this one coming. NOT! South Korea has announced that they will be using automated gun emplacements along it’s border with the most friendly nation on the planet, North Korea. Did I see this in a movie once?
The Commerce Ministry said the robot, which can fire a machine gun or rubber bullets and sound an alarm when it detects suspicious movement, could dramatically improve surveillance capability.
The robot also can distinguish people from moving objects such as a vehicles from up to two kilometres (1.2 miles) away in the daytime, and half that distance at night, the ministry said in a news release.
Holy cow! How long will it be until something like this is installed at key points along the US boarders? A long time I hope. I’m going to pop Aliens in my DVD player and see just how effective automatic sentry guns can be.
The Funhaler
Wow! Yeah, it’s for kids but still… It would be kind of cool to have one of these whenever I had to take a puff of my asthma medication.
The Funhaler® is a paediatric small volume spacer that makes it easier for young children to take their aerosol-based medication. The Funhaler® is specifically designed to improve compliance in asthmatic children through being both functional in delivering medication and fun to use. It has the unique feature of having an incentive module that encourages children to use the delivery device more effectively
How Big Is That Thing?
If you have a problem visualizing how large something is in your head, a problem with some folks I hear, this could be for you. Enter the size of an object (like 25x35x16mm) and then select things to compare it to like a box of matches, a CD case, a wine bottle…
[via Lifehacker]
The Hic-Cup Cures The Hiccups
I hate getting the hiccups as much as the next guy. I’ve found that the ‘hold a pencil under your tongue while drinking water’ works best for me, sugar or a loud noise just never did it. As the familiar nerve spasms are not a common occurrence I don’t think I’d be in the right demographic for this particular item but it is fascinating.
Through the use of natural galvanic action, a mild ionic flow is created that initiates a sub-sensory bio-electric therapy. The liquid in the Hic-Cup is also Ionized by the galvanic action, adding to the potential for successful stimulation of the responsible nerves. It is believed that the “hiccup” nerves are “re-set” by this natural electric current that you cannot feel, and that this reliably ends the distressing spasms.
So this mean that I can cure my hiccups with a mild jolt of electricity. Well then, I know what I’ll be doing the next time I come down with a case of singultus.
[via Medgadget]
DoYou Have The Time?
What an odd collection of wrist watches. The one pictured here is easy to read compared to the others in this photo list. And forget finding them at your local Wallgreens, most of these are priced in the thousands.
[via Neatorama]