Tech photos

[dracodraconis]

Earth's message to the stars being carried by Voyager.

Giant spider's web in Texas covers 180 square metres.

Kevlar thread, available for $2(US)/roll. Do NOT try to break it with your fingers. Apparently it is available from Amazon.com.

Street surfboard, for those unafraid of losing a layer of skin to asphalt.

This woman is looking at her heart, replaced three months ago and now on display as part of an exhibit.

For those interested in doing special effects, a green-screen kit, complete with video camera. Only $130(US).

This concept device is not a projection screen but a 30-inch sheet of colour electronic paper.

4 horse-power bus. Apparently it can reach speeds of between 37 and 50 mph

Yes, this is a SuperSoaker, but it has been supercharged to generate a stream moving 200 feet per second and has been electrified. Russian police have proposed this as a non-lethal way to take someone down.

These spy glasses have a camera hidden in the frame, but don't come cheap at almost $1700(US) a pair.

Draft Droid

Eye massagers.... or for anything else that needs massaging.

Cheap linux box.

Delivery simulator.

Transformer phone.

Steampunk Watch

For those of you with kids... the dream device.

Solar-powered shingles.

It looks like a regular keyboard, but this baby will store your (or somebody's) last 2 million keystrokes.

Teach your kids to be good little consumers with this toy ATM machine.

This concept -piece is a toaster that lets you write messages to be imprinted on your toast.

Toyota iUnit one-person concept car

The stand umbrella,

Rocket pens

Crammed into a package the size of a USB key, this ultraportable runs Linux at 190 MHz, has 64 Mb of RAM and 256 Mb of storage.

Comments

[d2leddy.livejournal.com]

Ooooo! That kevlar thread will come in handy!

[dracodraconis.livejournal.com]

A point of caution is that Kevlar generally degrades and loses strength under exposure to UV so it is often coated with something. I have no idea if the thread has been coated in any way so it might be prudent to check this out at the time of purchase.