The Springtail Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle or EFV for short, has a max speed of 113 mph, cruises at 94 mph and can fly a man over a distance of 184 miles. That’s good enough for a commute right? Although it might be a tad chilly up there at 11,000 feet. Still in testing at the moment it seems. Trek Aerospace’s Springtail Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle is a single operator powered-lift vehicle that supports the operator/pilot in a standing position. There are…
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Big Ben USB Drive – cute & capacious…
This Big Ben USB Flash Drive is cute and available up to 16GB in capacity. That is all. Tags: gadget, big+ben+usb+drive
Read MoreTimelapse Garden Video Cam – slow down and smell the roses, eh?
This Timelapse Garden Video Camera is a lovely little product, especially if you enjoy timelapse photography as much as we do. Just set it up in your garden (or balcony pot?) pointing towards your flora and harvest the results when you’re ready to watch nature unfolding in silent, slow motion splendour. The camera will capture images at intervals from 5 seconds to 24 hours, at SVGA resolution and can store up to 18,000 images on the removable 2GB flash memory drive….
Read MoreMyLastSearch – freeware scans and finds previous web searches for further use
The MyLastSearch freeware scans your web browser cache to locate and serve up past searches in a table for your further use and enjoyment. Useful if you can’t remember when or what you searched for a few days ago, or even to recreate a search on the fly without having to hunt manually through address bar suggestions. It supports the usual search engines, plus Wikipedia, Facebook and now Twitter. Clever. MyLastSearch utility scans the cache and history files of your…
Read MoreHack your TV remote – DIY reflector improves range of your remote
This TV remote control hack will apparently increase the range and effectiveness of your telly controller through the simple use of some insulating tape and tin foil. Open up the remote (!), insert tape and foil in optimal location and enjoy switching channels from across the street. Or something. Putting the remote back into control, folks. [Thanks Debra] Improve the frequency of your standard TV remote control by making an infrared reflector. Tags: hack, tv+remote+control, diy+infrared+reflector
Read MoreGhost Pigeon – untraceable calls and texts on your mobile phone
Ghost Pigeon is a piece of cloaking software that masks all incoming and outgoing calls and text messages on your handset so people can’t examine your phone and discover who you’ve been in contact with or when. It’s probably useful for employees searching or interviewing for a new job on their company phone, or for CEOs negotiating a golden handshake and stuff. Of course it could also be used for cocaine smugglers, but we’re not going there. The software itself is apparently…
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