If you think that's cruel, you *really* don't want to watch the video of what happens to chicks that happen to be born male. I won't even post the link.

Damn. Now I'm afraid to go to the park.

Hams have been doing this for years (mostly with radio links, not for pretty pictures). See http://www.eoss.org/ for example. Nothing new with this guy.
And what's with "Photographers's" in the header?

"All cycles are pedal powered." Maybe now. The first velocipedes were not.

"integrated supersonic sensor" I think they mean ultrasonic. Unless it's a really fast cane.

terrabyte: I worked on the Harrier HUD in 1970, that's 40 years to come up with a plane that does the same thing. And I would hope in 40 years they could make something that was easier to fly. The Harrier impressed me, this is just more of the same.

Looks a lot like Stephen Harper. Makes as much sense as well.

A pivoting cradle is standard for a centrifuge, BTW.
I hadn't realized you could get a phone to display gravity, though.
And it's Meccano, not Erector Sets.

Fine until you have to clean it. With the animals around here, eventually it *would* be a "ball of fur"!

What? No complaints about improper use of "its"?

You could put your eye out!
(Not to mention snagging your clothes.)

Of course people are suspicious. Free gifts usually presage a hard sell for something you neither want not need. Probably hearkens back to the days of door-to-door salesmen.

A friend imported a container-load of ATVs into Canada. Customs made him ship the entire load back to China because it was missing a bilingual safety sticker and a rear reflector. They wouldn't let him put them on himself as the container was sealed in customs. Had to truck the container from Montreal to Vancouver, then a ship to China.

"30 degrees F". You know, just in case someone from anywhere else in the world reads this blog. (30F~-1C)

re #3... I'd just like to know how they measure mountain heights to an accuracy of .001".