Monday, December 20, 2010

Incredible Barbeques

Badass Barbecues

Memorial Day is right around the corner, so you’re probably scrambling with all the last minute preparations for the beer fueled, grilled meat decathlon that is the annual barbecue. Since grilling is the ultimate display of all things man, your grill should be a reflection of yourself – and excessively manly. It may be a custom chopper, an engine block, or a gun but one thing is for sure – Weber just won’t do. As men, we do better with visual stimulation so here’s 15 reasons why you need to up your grilled meat game.

If you need an explanation why powering your grill with HEMI power is better than even charcoal then you’re not a real man.


It might not be powered by beer, but we have a feeling that an operation like that would get expensive anyways. It’s a grill that looks like a keg, what more do you want?

Orange County Choppers Mobile Barbecue


American Chopper may be as played out as Lindsay Lohan’s career, but that doesn’t mean the bikes from the boys at OCC are any less awesome. Created for the restaurant RUB, this rolling death machine burns meat – and rubber.

After countless years of not finishing that project car (we’ve all been there), Trent Whatley decided it was high time to do something useful with that Chevy V8. Instead of sacrificing it to Victory Auto Wreckers like most of us would have done, he converted it into a functional grill.

Do you feel hungry? Well, do ya, punk? The only thing that the Dirty Harry BBQ is missing is the ability to fire flaming chickens.

Leave it to the Australians to find new, ridiculous ways to outdo the Americans. Apparently a Weber or grill shaped like an engine wasn’t good enough, so they gave the Barbie a little plastic surgery (courtesy of a Holden Monaro GTS).

It may have never been a functional engine at any point, but no other grill comes with the ability to sear manliness into meat in quite the same way. Seriously, it sears words into your meat. No one will ever forget who makes the best steaks ever again.

Ed McBride probably played a lot of Dungeons & Dragons in high school. His passion for metal and mythical winged beasts ultimately led to the birth of the grill you see here. If creating this wasn’t a big enough middle finger to all the jocks in high school, he sold it for $65k.

We’ve reached the point where there’s a concept vehicle for everything, so why not a grill? While this will never actually get produced, it’s biodiesel we would use – if for no reason other than the fact it would smell like progress instead of a Chinese restaurant.

Barbecue Train
You don’t even need to worry about finding some place to sit because this 60 foot long behemoth also includes a seating area. Next stop happiness.

You don’t cook meat with this one – you cook noobs. Yeah, you’re probably going to be hungry, but you’re going to be so precoccupied with all the people yelling wtfbbq you won’t even care.

The Superior Welding Swing-A-Way has officially replaced bags as the best tailgating accessory next to beer.

Handgun Barbecue
Leave it to the good ole’ boys in Texas to straight up murder hunger – with a big ass gun. This is exactly why you don’t mess with Texas.

BMW Power Barbecue
If your custom BMW Power racing truck just doesn’t have the output you’re looking for, the only real option is to add a concealed grill to the bed, right? Agreed.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Incredible Mini Kitchen

This mini kitchen is created by the New Zealand company Compact Concepts. It occupies an area of only 1.8 square meters and includes everything you might need in the kitchen - refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave oven, coffee maker, electric stove and sink. Also there is a great choice of colors and additional accessories.











Tuesday, September 21, 2010

A Look at Future Laptops – Pen Computers

Amazing Technology from Japan.


Are they Pens with Cameras?

Any natural presumptions? No indication yet?


Ladies and gentle-men… congratulations!

You have just looked into the future… yes that’s true!

You have just seen something that will substitute your PC in the near future.


Here is how it operates:



In the innovation of tiny computers, scientists have made fantastic developments with Bluetooth technology…



This is the forthcoming computers you can carry within your pockets .



This “pen type of gadget” generates both the screen as well as the key-board on any flat surface from where you can carry out tasks you would normally do on your desktop PC.

Can we say, “Good bye laptops!”

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Tree Planting Robot

Science Fiction has been less-than-kind when it comes to giving robots an environmentally friendly outlook. Robots are supposed to destroy the world, not save it, right? Nay. Nay I say. And so also says Anna-Karin Bergkvist, designer of this tree planting robot. Reforestation on the horizon, that’s what this robot says. Four legs, extendable planting arm, and planting head. That’s what we’ve got here. One green robot walker.


This machine is built to be small and tread lightly so that it has as little negative impact on the plants and animals it must walk through in order to get around the newly planted forest. By using hot steam to destroy competing vegetation (choking vines that kill trees, for example), it poses no threat to the animals that afterward come upon planting spots. Each seed is planted with a biodegradable plastic protective barrier, protecting it from bugs until it’s old enough that they could take chomps and it’d still survive. The robot itself is run on steam and fueled by “forestry waste” such as animal pellets and wood chips.


One robot can carry around 320 seedlings in one load. Seeds are fed into the machine at the front and loaded onto a revolving cartridge until full – at which point the robot begins it’s cycle. The robot stands in place, planting as many seeds as is reasonable and it can reach in one location. Once finished, the arm retracts to fill up again as the robot moves on to the next location.


There is a trailer involved in this situation also, the one that brings the robot to the locations it’s going to seed. Once in place, the robot uses this trailer as a base camp, returning as needed to re-fill with seeds, fuel, and water automatically. The robot can work in patterns, a complete “virtual forest” can be programmed into it for planting. Landscape Architects, get out your pencils and pads!





Designer: Anna-Karin Bergkvist
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Monday, August 23, 2010

Friday, August 20, 2010

BlackBerry Torch Officially Presented

We just got a quick hands-on with the BlackBerry Torch - unfortunately our unit wasn't powering on. We're headed back for more in just a second and there's video on the way, but check the gallery for some hardware shots and some Droid X / iPhone 4 head-to-head action right now! We're headed back for more in just a second and there's video on the way, but check the gallery for some hardware shots and some Droid X / iPhone 4 head-to-head action right now!

Update: We went back in for round two with a functional device -- the hardware is quite nice, and the keyboard feels similar to the Tour / Bold. Update: We went back in for round two with a functional device - the hardware is quite nice, and the keyboard feels similar to the Tour / Bold. Software-wise, we're still waiting to play with BlackBerry 6 in-depth, but it definitely feels like the OS overwhelms the hardware a little when it's really cranking -- for example, the phone basically locked up while it loaded Engadget in the new Webkit browser, but when it was done loading it responded smoothly to panning and zooming. Software-wise, we're still waiting to play with BlackBerry six in-depth, but it definitely feels like the OS overwhelms the hardware a little when it's really cranking - for example, the phone basically locked up while it loaded Engadget in the new Webkit browser, but when it was done loading it responded smoothly to panning and zooming.


Update 2: We've got video, people. Update 2: We've got video, people. It's a little scattershot in scope, but it should illustrate the basic feel of the new OS. It's a little scattershot in scope, but it should illustrate the basic feel of the new OS. You can find it below the fold. You can find it below the fold.



Friday, July 23, 2010

Nokia Kinetic - Concept Phone


The Nokia Kinetic isn't just a sleek concept phone. It's a sleek concept phone that raises itself up into a standing position when a call comes in. Huh? Inside the Kinetic is an electromagnet that can shift weights in the curved base, causing the phone to tilt upright on cue, that cue being an incoming call. Telemarketer again? Tap the phone to decline the call and it'll fall back down. It's intended to be a playful feature, though I can see it being useful in a quiet office where even vibrating phones are sometimes an irritant to others.


The Kinetic's pretty clever, though designer Jeremy Innes-Hopkins will have to do some serious convincing if anyone's going to go for the bulbous form factor of this thing.


Friday, July 16, 2010

Wireless Baby Monitor


Keep an extra pair of eyes (and ears) on your baby from anywhere in the house with this Wireless Baby Monitor, which features night vision and remote pan/tilt control. With this Wireless Baby Monitor, you finally have the freedom to watch TV, entertain guests, do household chores, exercise, and even sleep with peace of mind that you will always know when your baby needs you. A 2.5 inch LCD screen lets you to keep an eye on the little ones without having to wake them, while the built-in mic allows you to hear their every cry and yell.


If you have a toddler who likes to crawl around the room, you'll absolutely love the Wireless Baby Monitor's ability to remotely adjust the camera from the receiver. With both tilt (up to 120 degrees up and down) and pan (up to 270 degrees left and right) functions, not only can keep you keep an eye on your children at all times, but you can even remotely scan their room for any dangerous items or objects that shouldn't be there. Designed specifically with you and your baby's needs in mind, this Wireless Baby Monitor includes 9 infra-red lights for night vision that will automatically go to work and provide a nice bright view of your baby. Those 4 AM checkups are no more, since all you need to do is take a quick glance at the baby monitor to know that your little one is sleeping as well as you are. If your friends or family have a small one at home, buy them a Wireless Baby Monitor to show that you care. In stock now and available at a parent-friendly price, order today and we'll express ship it out tomorrow! Brought to you by your best source of wholesale electronics, Chinavasion. Price Wireless Baby Monitor with Night Vision Constituent about $ 147.





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