Here is a nice way to pass the time if you can do it. It will auto generate a kaleidoscope image from various shapes and self animating bits of graphics that you paint on the ‘radar’ screen.
SuitSat-1 Goes Off The Air
Well, it was released but only lasted a few orbits. Pretty cool idea though, using an old unserviceable space suit and some Ham gear as an impromptu satellite. I love the way it was hand lunched from ISS. As it was released, Cosmonaut Tokorev proclaimed, "Dosvidanya! Good-bye, Mr Smith!". Hopefully they will try something like this again. Wouldn’t it be interesting if the transmission failed because the batteries became too cold for them to sustain a usable output voltage? Who knows, if the suit heats up from sunlight it might squeak out a few more bits of data until it eventually re-enters and burns up.
Stormtrooper in Yokohama
Master Gundam model hobbyist Danny Choo shows us that an Imperial Stormtrooper is just your average salaryman. He bought a set of ‘Trooper armor (and had to do quite a re-fit on it due to poor workmanship apparently) and decided to wear it around the streets of Tokyo and Yokohama. Amazing how many people have camera phones there, he would draw quite a crowd of onlookers. And as always, kids dig the blaster. Make sure that you see his videos of the train ride and Yokohama station and also in the streets of Akihabara – I can’t think of a better place to shop for the latest in Thermal Detonators than good old Electric Town.
Print Your Own Rulers!
This is exactly what I have been looking for. I have a Moleskine notepad that I keep with me at all times and I don’t know how often I’ve needed a ruler that is marked in millimeters. One of these rulers has already been added to the collection of goodies I keep within the covers of my intrepid notebook. I think I’ll print out the color square rulers too just in case I need to take any photos that need a scale next to it. Never know when I might see a bigfoot track out in the wild.
[via Core77 Design and Lifehacker]
Protopage Busted?
Crud, it looks like one of my favorite web pages is down. I use Protopage to keep a BUNCH of my web links orginized on my various computers. I like the fact that it was the same on every page and so darn easy to maintain. If they are down due to a server crash or somthing it would be nice to have their main page redirected to a ‘sorry, it broke’ page or somthing. I hope it’s up soon…
Toothbrush Piercing
This is just weird. I think the next big thing will be a super magnet stud that you can stick things on. Feel like spooking people? Pop a skull on your tongue stud. Need a light? Micro sized LED. I think this is a growing field of opportunity.