Posts Tagged ‘Sport’
Golf Ball Launcher fires Titleists
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 29th, 2009
I’m not the type who is really into golfing. Heck, I’ve never even hit a ball on the driving range. I can imagine that it must be difficult to hit a tiny ball on the ground with a small pole with a wedge on the end of it.
I’m sure I would get frustrated with it really fast, and I would probably want to shoot something. (Something not alive, just so no one thinks I’m crazy!)
Maybe this is why someone invented the Golf Ball Launcher, a gun that can shoot a golfball at about 300 yards.
I’m not certain if the $795 pricetag is worth it, because this thing is just plain fun. Too bad they don’t make a rapid-fire version of this, because I wouldn’t mind spraying a few things with it. (Things that are also not alive, by the way.)
By the way, the Golf Ball Launcher actually has a warning on it that warns the Golf ball shooter not to use it on a driving range if the course does not respect it. Man, I wouldn’t think you would need a warning label like that. Perhaps a better warning label would be: “don’t shoot anyone with this”.
By the way, just because this involves golf and a device that can inflict damage, doesn’t mean that I need to tell some weak Tiger Woods joke.
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MATTRACKS: Scooter through the Snow
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 21st, 2009
If you can’t wait until summer to try the Chariot Skates, then you may might want to see this product that is made for the winter snow.
The MATTRACK can best be described as a scooter, but with a tank tread instead of wheels so it will go through the snow. It has a handle on it so it can steer, and the frame is mounted on a tread in a way where the user can lean to make turns as well. There is a video of it in action after the jump if you want to see it for yourself.
It is designed for the winter sports enthusiast like snowboarders, but the MATTRACK doesn’t have any thing to clamp to the user’s feet. Instead, it has a metal grill of a thing that ought to hold the rider. If the rider falls off, there is a tether to turn off the power so the MATTRACKS doesn’t go away from the rider.
The MATTRACKS also has come convenient carrying handles so the user can tote it around easily enough when he or she is not on the snow.
I have no idea what this thing runs on, nor how much this costs. All I know is that it looks like a lot of fun, and I’m probably going to get a lot of snow this year. Why shouldn’t I have fun with it on a MATTRACKS?
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Chariot Skates combine both biking and skating
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 21st, 2009
I can see why they call these Chariot skates. If this guy in the photo were to squat down, he would look like a prop from a modern day Ben-Hur. That, or someone in a wheelchair without a seat.
As it is, the Chariot Skates are designed to hold your legs as strongly as a foot inside of a skiboot. As you can see, it sort of combines a bicycle with a rollerblade. The wheel is a pneumatic tire, and each of the skates weigh about 5.5 pounds each.
The purpose of these big and small wheels is to create a kind of mega-skate that is able to take on terrain like grass, and I would imagine gravel and sand.
According to the official site, the Chariot Skates “gain and maintain momentum with less effort, greater stability and more maneuverability”. The site of Chariot Skates Ltd. also says that the skates have “secured an exclusive license to manufacture and distribute the patented Wheel-skates product” and “is currently undertaking pre-production testing and turning before unleashing this prod cut on the market”.
In other words, it will probably be a while before this particular product hits the market. My Source predicts the Chariot Skates will be available in June, but we will see. So far, there is no word on the price.
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Beriscope: See underwater, from land!
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 16th, 2009
Some of you might remember the other day when we reported on the Coolerbot, a way of exploring the outdoor wildlife from remote control while indoors. The Beriscope is a way of looking at undersea life from remote control.
Here’s how it works: The ball shaped thing on the left side of the device can separate from it, but is still tethered to it with some cable. The user throws this ball into the ocean, and it has a camera on it. From there, the user can look into the visor itself and get a view of the life aquatic.
The goggles look like the type from a Viewmaster, but it doesn’t look like you can view stuff in 3D. I mean, after all, I’m surprised that the ball has a 2D camera on it.
When you are finished with your underwater viewing by a lake or river, you can just pull it back with the handle. At this present time, there doesn’t look to be a way to record the footage.
Of course, the Beriscope is just a concept for now. Yes, it is neat enough to actually be a real product, but this one is conceived by one of our friends over at Yanko Design. I’m sure that some of their concept designs have been made into an actual product, but I don’t know which.
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The Copenhagen wheel stores up energy for later
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 16th, 2009
MIT Researchers have appropriately debuted the Copenhagen Wheel at the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change.
This big red wheel has a very unique ability:
When you brake, your kinetic energy is recuperated by an electric motor and then stored by batteries within the wheel, so that you can have it back to you when you need it.
It is similar to tech that has been on Formula One racers for the past couple of years. So the next time you are going up a steep hill with that Copenhagen wheel on your bike, simply release all that energy that you got by braking earlier. I don’t think there is any indicator of how much energy you have, because that extra energy sounds like something that could run out real fast.
The development of this bicycle wheel has stemmed from what people are calling a “biking renaissance” or “Biking 2.0″ to describe how designers are using “cheap electronics” to allow them to “augment bikes and convert them into a more flexible, on-demand system”.
For example, the designers of the Copenhagen wheel want to use a series of sensors and a Bluetooth connection to an iPhone that would be mounted on the bikes’ handlebars. The wheel would monitor the bike’s speed, the distance travelled as well as collect data on air pollution.
I got to tell you, if bicycles get any more advanced, they will become motorcycles.
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Recon Technologies making some highly advanced ski goggles
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on December 7th, 2009
I haven’t been skiing in over a decade, and there were times that I got lost on the slopes. They didn’t have navigation units or cellular phones back then, but this new device from Recon Instruments could turn skiing into a very high-tech experience.
The Recon Instruments ski goggles have a miniature heads-up display that can show the skier’s position on the slopes, as well as the location of his or her friends. You can even use the GPS function to guide the ski patrol to you in case you crash and burn on the slopes.
Not bad, but that is not all they do. It can also display altitude, temperature, as well as recording the skier’s speed the height that he or she has jumped.
It also has a camera, CPU, and storage. The controls are conveniently on the side for easy manipulation, but that might be difficult with a pair of thick gloves on.
Man, I remember back when ski goggles with an anti-fogging fan was a technological advancement. This one looks like you could watch a video or listen to music while waiting in the lift line. What I would have given for a pair of these goggles back in my skiing heyday.
Recon Technologies isn’t planning to release these models until next year. The price is rumored to be quite high, at $350.
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Recon Instruments putting heads-up display, extra layer of ‘cool’ within ski goggles
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on December 7th, 2009
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Recon Instruments | Email this | Comments ESPN Better Batter has automatic reload and baseball sound effects
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on November 30th, 2009
Teaching your kids to hit a baseball is a bit of a trying task. Of course, that’s partially because you’re handing your child a bat that probably will at some point hit you instead of the ball. Plus normally you’re using a tee to teach them. Once they hit the ball you usually have to pick up the tee and go find the baseball. With this Fisher-Price product it would at least solve the problems you’d normally have with a normal tee. Besides wearing full body armor though, there’s no quick fix to keep your child from injuring you.
This ESPN Better Batter has a mechanical arm that drops down and picks up a baseball. In order to activate that arm, you just have to tap the plate and it’ll automatically load the ball. The batter comes with baseball “chatter” as well as ESPN music to add a little atmosphere. It’s meant for ages 3 and up, plus it’ll adjust to accommodate kids as they grow. It runs on 3 C alkaline batteries, which aren’t included. You can purchase it for $50 through Fisher-Price.
Source: OhGizmo
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The Ironman Trail Runner Body Link
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on November 20th, 2009
Those of you that are serious about your exercise or are thinking of becoming serious might want to check out this Timex branded bundle. The Ironman Trail Runner and Body Link will make sure you not only stay healthy, but you stay on the right path as well. All around, it’s a great pair to get you started. Especially for those with New Year’s resolutions to be more healthy next year.
The Ironman watch can be your personal trainer, since it utilizes the Body Link and can measure your heart rate and keep track of your pace. It’ll calculate your current pace, your average pace and then your best. Then you can use the GPS to keep track of your location and where you’d like to end up. Unfortunately, the set isn’t exactly cheap. You can purchase them for $284 through Amazon.
Source: GadgetGrid
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Dancepants is a kinetic-powered MP3 Player
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on November 18th, 2009
Is it just me, or are MP3 players in everything these days? I guess some concept designer just had to put an MP3 player in clothes, and why not the pants? After all, the words “dance” and “pants” rhyme.
Say, is that an MP3 Player in your pants, or…all right, I think you all know where that one was going. I’m not liking where the Dancepants is going.
You see, the Dancepants isn’t just an MP3 Player that is designed to fit in the pants. That would probably be easy. You would just find a convenient place to stitch in the apparatus, and just make certain that the user can charge it and download tunes easily.
The Dancepants are not like that. You see, it is powered by kinetic energy. So if you like to listen to music while you are jogging, then you had better keep jogging, or your music will die. That, or you will. Heh heh heh.
Seriously, the Dancepants are a great idea. After all, kinetic energy is just the energy of motion, and we need to channel all of the excess energy in motion if we really want to save energy. After all, our highly technological society always needs energy to power our machines, and we also need to exercise more. Why not combine the two?
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