iPad for militaries
iPhones and Android smartphones are being field-tested as part of the U.S. military’s“Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications” program. The goal is to get secure, relatively cheap consumer devices that are easy to use into soldiers’ hands.
An iPad app that may soon play a pivotal role connecting soldiers on the street with airplanes hovering high above will be shown for the first time next month at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas. The app, created by Harris Corp., a tech vendor with $6 billion in annual revenue, will let U.S. soldiers in war zones remotely control cameras mounted on tethered balloons and other unmanned aerial vehicles (or UAVs, in the parlance of the military set) using their iPhones and iPads.
via IDG
RC Jet
Radio controlled jet powered by a Jetcat P160 SE (4k USD).On the 23rd of May, this Jet has been lasered @ 586 KpH makes it a 366 MpH plane.
I really wonder how the pilot does it…
A Google Wave that works: Lotus Notes’ Project Vulcan
Bertrand pitched me about this demo on friday evening, I was pretty bullish (like c’mon dude – *Lotus* ? really ? ) but the video showing that single inbox for all feeds (company files, social networks, chatting, corporate services) is quite amazing….
Noteslate e-paper Notebook
Just announced at 99$ but no pre-orders yet so we can’t trust the price-tsg a lot. A4 format, 1-bit colors, and a pen to write and erase. Feels like this could actually be my new Moleskine.
http://www.noteslate.com
8x8x8 LED Cube
Pretty mindblowing – a 512 LED cube controlled by Arduino. Build instructions can be found here.
Geiger counter kit
149USD Geiger counter kit lets you measure alpha, beta and gamma rays. Would be cool to mount it on my Arducopter and send it on reckon missions !
My Running Blog (FR)
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