Bluetooth Sports Helmet

From a gadget meant for the lazy, let’s move on to a gadget made for the extreme athlete. Do you play any type of winter sports? Snowboard, perhaps? Ever wished you could listen to your jams while sliding down the snowy slope? Or if you use your iPod, ever wished the wires don’t distract you as much as they do? Well, here’s the answer to your prayers. This is the Bluetooth Sports Helmet by Hammacher Schlemmer. Yep, a Bluetooth HELMET, you read that right. Because geeks come in all forms and sizes, we can’t ignore the sports-minded, right?

Now, this Bluetooth Helmet is designed for the winter sports. What’s better than skiing down the slope banging your head to your jam, not hearing everyone shouting for you to move over because an avalanche is right behind your back?

Frantic Friend: Dude! Hurry up! You’re going to get crushed by a raging avalanche!
You: Huh? Sorry! I can’t hear you, I’m listening to Thriller in full volume!

The outer part of the helmet is made of a durable material called injection-molded ABS. The inner part is foam-lined polycarbonate. There are removable ear pads, vent plugs and an adjustable strap. And of course, there’s the remote transmitter. The remote transmitter could be plugged to your MP3 player, whether it’s an iPod or a lower-end alternative (which is, sadly, the only kind I can afford), and there you have it! Said device could transmit the songs to your helmet via Bluetooth streaming. Can’t get any better than that. At least for now. Makes me wonder what would be invented in the next years to come. I think the user base for this product would be extremely limited, as not everyone’s fond of winter sports. And with a price tag of $299.95 — I don’t think the casual snowboarder or skier would bother.

The Titanic DNA Watch and The Color-changing Shower Head

I could only think of two types of people who can be interested in the timepiece we’re currently featuring — die-hard fans of Titanic, that ship touted as the unsinkable which sunk on its maiden voyage and die-hard fans of Titanic, the movie. So what do we have here? Why, the Titanic DNA watch, of course. The Titanic DNA watch is, apparently, made from parts of the sunken Titanic. Uhu. So a submarine braved the depths of the ocean to collect scrap metals from the deep blue seas to be made into a watch.

As if that’s not enough, the black dial of the watch is supposedly made from the coals lifted from the Titanic. Um, okay. I guess asking how we could know if the materials were really from the Titanic is out of the question? I don’t suppose you can show us a video of the process from the excavation to the manufacturing, can you? All I can say is, count me out of buying this one.

From deep waters, let’s shift to waters in your bathroom. Since it’s winter in many parts of the globe today, some people would, of course, taking a bath with warm water. If you’re the quintessential example of someone who doesn’t know how to properly gauge water temperature, these shower heads were made for you. These shower heads from KZLIDEA change color when the water reaches a certain threshold in temperature. Lukewarm water (32 degrees Celsius and below), get the normal white lighting. When the water becomes 33 to 41 degrees Celsius, the shower head turns blue. A warm 42 to 45 degrees Celsius gets a purple while anything above that understandably gets a red. Tweaking the cold/hot water knobs has never been as fun before. Just imagine having your own bathroom disco. As of now, there are no reports of where you can buy these shower heads and for how much. Too bad.

The Volvo Crash-Proof Family Car

Are car crashes something you’re scared of? Do you fear for your life every time you slink into a car? Is this the reason why you haven’t learned to drive and haven’t gotten around on your own in your car? If you watch science fiction often, you should have seen cars which could prevent accidents from happening. This time around, it’s fiction no more. The subject of speculations and wonders has become a reality. Still not in the market as of current, but pretty soon, it would be a staple for family cars.

Volvo is the company which came up with a crash-proof family car. The technology, called the CitySafety system, entails having a laser-guidance system that’s able to identify vehicles in front of your own and slow down or brake as needed. The laser-sensor of the technology is built onto the windshield. The laser-sensors have the ability to scan up to six yards from the nose of your car to determine the condition of the traffic before you. If it determines collision, it makes 50 simultaneous calculations on what braking speed is necessary to avoid crashing.

When running between 10mph to 20mph, the technology only determines whether to slow down or not. However, at higher than 20mph, a mode called “adaptive cruise control” kicks in. This mode or setting accelerates or decelerates your car depending upon the existing traffic conditions. Every year, 125,000 injuries are attributed to car crashes, and Volvo is proud to bring this technology out. The technology will first be released in XC60 cars starting Autumn of 2008. These cars are priced around £25,000. Although highly useful, one has to think what will happen during miscalculations, as things like that happen. Just imagine if the mistakenly hit the brakes and you’re driving at high speeds. I guess we can only leave our misgivings for now until the time we actually see it in action.

GPS Location Tracker

This small GPS gadget can easily be placed in a car, boat, land speeder, or just about any moving object and will record its own time, date, location, speed, direction and altitude. The recorded information can then be downloaded to your computer through the USB port and optionally integrated with Google Earth or Mapquest. This feature allows you to "playback" the location points and see a visual mapped history of its travels. It records up to 4000 records allowing for months of travel. Records date,location, speed, direction and altitude. When it is not moving, memory is not used. The record interval is adjustable to anything between 1 and 15 minutes (to save memory). There are no special software applications to buy and the data can be exported in RTF, XLS, HTML, or Google Earth KML formats. Low Power Operation 16 Channel GPS Receiver Integrated USB Port Weight: 1.5 oz Capacity: 1.0 Mb Max # of Satellites: 12; Receiving Signal: L1 Power: 2 AAA Batteries. Comes with lanyard and software CD

Brand: Portable
Model: A-1
Dimensions: 1.00" h x 1.00" w x 4.00" l, .9 pounds
Memory: 1MB

This small GPS gadget can easily be placed in a car, boat, or just about any moving object and will record its own time, date, location, speed, direction and altitude.
Records up to 4000 records for months of travel.
Allows you to "playback" the location points and see a visual mapped history of its travels
No special software applications to buy
Data can be exported in RTF, XLS, HTML, or Google Earth KML formats