More Toy War Madness!!

Surfing the web tonight, I found another amazing toy that would be so much fun to have around. The Blimp Bomber! Now not only can you have tank and helicopter battles, you can drop bombs from on high with your radio controlled blimp! It drops light plastic bombs, to avoid hurting anyone, but this could still be hella fun. Just imagine flying this around at a LAN party around 3am, and dropping a bomb on the guy at the next table who has passed out on his keyboard, or in Justin's case, on a church pew up the hall.

source: Coolest Gadgets

Fight your friends in tanks and choppers. For real!

Ok, so it's not exactly real... but close enough. These are the coolest toys ever! Remote controlled tanks with infra-red turreted guns that actually register hits on other tanks. Remote controlled helicopters mounting lasers that temporarily disable another chopper when you hit it.

Think of the fun you can have with this!!! You can have helicopter dogfights with your friends. No more loading up Desert Combat to fly some AH-64 Apaches around and try to blow each other out of the sky. Now you can do it in your own back yard! Both units sell for about $100. But seriously, is that too much to pay for this kind of rad toy? I think not. Unless you're a poor college student like me. Then you can only dream. :(

(Hints to girlfriends: PERFECT CHRISTMAS PRESENT!!) ;)

source: Coolest Gadgets. Tank Chopper

Wake up!!!

This has to be the best idea for an alarm clock ever. It's a small piece of carpet, similar to a door mat, with a small lcd clock built into it. Oddly enough, it's called the Carpet Alarm Clock... Go figure. The thing about this alarm clock is, you have to get up and stand on the carpet to turn the alarm off. That would be a lot more effective at waking me up than grabbing my cell phone to shut that alarm off, or slapping the snooze button on my clock. I think this is a great idea. Much better than THIS odd little thing.

Who knew a table could be so awesome??

This has to be one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time. It's Microsoft Surface. OK, so the name isn't all that cool, but that's exactly what it is. A surface. It can take the place of any surface. A table, a desk, a counter-top in a store. It responds to touch, can sense items laid on it, and best of all, it can sense multiple touches and items at once, unlike a traditional touchscreen, which can only sense one. Beyond that, it's kinda hard to explain. You really just have to visit the Microsoft Surface website to check it out.

Fun links for the week

Hello again fellow silicon junkies! I know I've been away for a while, but life is sort of hectic right now. Working a lot, and finals are coming up next week. I've also been taking my first plunges into the world of Linux and open source software, on top of having some cooling problems with my own PC, which I'm trying to get figured out by the time summer comes full force. Anyway, I have some links you all might find amusing or useful. Enjoy!

1. The Hamster Shredder (No, not for shredding hamsters!)

2. The USB Beverage Cooler

a. Variation on the theme, from a hardcore DIY'er.

3. HP gives odd recommendations for taking awesome pictures...

4. Someone has been smoking something green, and it wasn't a tree.

5. Nifty idea for a case fan.

6. Funny but true article about a hated word for us IT folks!

7. Ever wonder how CPUs and other PC components are made?

8. Best graphics cards for the money: May 2007

9. Gadgets for Mother's Day!!!

That's all for today folks. Hope that slakes your thirst for odd tech tidbits for a bit. I'll be back soon after finals are over with my first Project Silicon original! Project Silicon Guides: Cleaning Your PC. This is Jordan for Project Silicon. Until next time, keep on geekin out!