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Continuing the archive of independent Cool Tech reporting (Archive Page 46).

The Samsung SSD Angels ambush

February 21, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If someone in the street stopped you and asked whether or not your laptop used a hard drive what would your response be? Okay, let’s just say the hard drive ambush develops along the lines of; “Yeah, hard drives are really slow. Give me your laptop, we’ll ditch your old hard drive and replace it […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: ads, samsung

The giant Metropolis II is populated by Hot Wheels

February 16, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This giant Hot Wheels construction contains thousands of speeding cars and they never crash. The city, known as Metropolis II, is in fact a work of art rather than just a geek project that’s got out of control. Either way; it looks complex!

Filed Under: Art, Cool Tech Tagged With: models

16 iPad cases for gamer geeks

February 11, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Are you lucky enough to be an iPad owner? More and more gamers are, if not iPads but Androids tablets like Amazon’s Fire or the Asus Transformer Prime. These tablets are pretty useful; GMs can now more easily access PDF materials and gamers can take notes, share drawings, run virtual character sheets and gaming groups […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: casemod, ios, ipad

Is the OMG-AR15 Unicorn best zombie killing weapon yet?

February 8, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The OMG-AR15 Unicorn is a modified gun. In fact, it’s a CA-legal Smith & Wesson M&P15, 6-position stock, chambering in .223/5.56 tri-colour dot scope. It also has a rechargeable 18v chain saw and fast-swap bayonet mount. We can thank the team at Guns & Gardens for the device. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: guns, unicorns, weapons, zombies

Russian electric power plant explosion is like a sci-fi special effect

February 7, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This video was uploaded to YouTube today. It’ll go viral. The start seems calm and mild enough. We’re in a car listening to John Lennon. Watch the sky first – there’s a flash of bright light and then the huge glowing cloud cycles through colours. As the cars slow to halt the rolling blackout catches […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: science

Nitroglycerin Hand Sanitizer

February 6, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Now and then, while out checking the web for geeky goodness, this blogger comes across an item that would make for a wonderful LARP prop. This Nitroglycerin Hand Sanitizer goes beyond LARP – not only could you use this during a gaming night, I can see this being a great conversation starter at a convention. […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: household, humour

The Asus PadFone will dock with the Transformer keyboard

February 1, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

First off, Asus have confirmed that the PadFone is coming. The PadFone is an Android tablet that’s powered by a smartphone docked deep inside. In other words, take the phone out of your pocket when you get home and onto the sofa, clip it into the back of your tablet and you’re running something new. […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: android, asus

Zombie killing weapon-gun of doom

January 26, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Okay, it’s not called the “weapon-gun of doom” as the official name for this weapon is the “Zombie-X exterminator”. Obviously. What do you think about the chainsaw attachement? Is that really going to cut it? Excuse the pun. Here’s another thought; do you want simple and re-usable weapons for the zombie apocalypse or do we […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: apocalyptic, chainsaw, weapons, zombies

Make a speaker for your phone out of a beer can

January 23, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is an interesting effort from Red Stripe (the Jamaican beer people) that seems to be targeted to electronics geeks looking for a “just because we can” style of project. I think it’s rather clever because it hides tech in every day items. I’m very much reminded of this sneaky robot that lived in a […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: ads, robots, smartphones

How time travel could actually work

January 21, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you want to build your own Tardis, your own time machine, then this is the how-to video for you. Good luck when it comes to collecting the power from all those stars.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: science

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