Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
This is a weird one, a man wrote a fake news story about how the Chinese had just invaded Okinawa Japan and posted it to a site that looked like the Yahoo news page. He says he’s sorry and wishes he hadn’t done it. How strange…
Man apologizes for fake Yahoo article on Chinese invasion of Okinawa
Oh look! More cell phone camera mods! For around $36US you can buy a set of four special effect auxiliary lenses for your phones camera. With a total of 14 different lenses to choose from your assured of an interesting effect for any occation.
[via Picturephoning]
About a year ago I saw a fisheye lens that was built like this. I’d like a set of these, the camera in my Motorola V300 absolutely sucks and needs all the help it can get.
Instead of screwing them onto your lens, there is a magnet built-in and they will stick on to the lens (I’m having some doubt here). They don’t seem to be a joke at all: the telephoto lens offers up to 2X zoom power, the macro lens offers up to 4X zoom and the wide angle lens allow you to zoom out 0.5X. Each comes with a cellphone strap, when you are done using it, they turn into a charm!
Now this is clever. Here’s the idea: the roof top turbine convert the breeze created by the moving car into electricity and is routed back into the car’s battery. Passengers are invited to charge their cell phones while using the cabs. All of this is to promote awareness of the environment and renewable power sources. Sounds like a good idea to me except that the drag crated by the turbine might negate the power crated by it, but then again the taxis themselves are equipped with an engine “idle stop” features, which temporarily shuts off the engine when idling to reduce the amount of exhaust and gas consumed.
And they have bike racks too, now that is a good idea. Perhaps in the future more cab companies will offer things like this.
[via Unplugged Living]
Japan tested an 11.5 m long supersonic jet model in the Outback of Australia a few days ago. The tests went well and maybe Japan will be the next country to boast a Mach 2 commercial passenger jet.
