Archive for: night vision

RC Paintball gun on wheels effectively rules all.

  • December 11, 2009 3:13 pm

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Do you own one or several R/C cars and want to dress it up a bit? You know, give it some killer features that would turn heads? Put all other ideas you may have as to what a “killer” R/C mod would be to rest because they don’t stand a chance against “The Decimator” (self coined name).

Built on the basic core of a Traxxis E-Max 4×4 R/C truck, this baby is the pinnacle of cool. Picking off bodies hiding in the dark is no match for the The Decimator as it features a night vision scope effectively ruining anyone’s chance of escaping into the false confines of darkness. If instead you want to go out like a man and duel to the death, you might want to know what you’re up against. Specifically a mounted paintball guns capable of 20 rounds per second and a “backup” gun with either pepper balls or rubber pellets for good measure.

Damn. I need one of these. Paintballing in the woods would be so much more fun if you had to look out for miniature armies of Decimator attack squadron’s. Who isn’t seriously intrigued by this?! Oh ya, 150 feet is that maximum range at which you and your robotic killer can be before signals start getting all janky. Be careful, wouldn’t want the distance and shifty signals causing misfires, shooting your own partners — friendly fire is a bitch.

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Make video calls in the absence of light [Thank-you Samsung]

  • July 6, 2009 8:50 am

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Video calls while being all the rage over seas, haven’t quite caught on here in the U.S. Though, with downright laughable “highspeed” speeds, video calling would all but render our networks all but dead as millions flooded the airwaves with video bits. But, for those of you who are more fortunate to enjoy real wireless broadband speeds, video calling is a treat. But what about when the sun goes down and the lights go out? If you’re carrying a Samsung SCH-W760 in hand, you’ll be just fine. The real story here is the inclusion of an infrared camera on Samsung’s part that will allow users to place video calls when there is a complete absence of light. Creepy looking night vids are now coming to the mainstream. Super! Any sarcasm you may be picking up is entirely unintentional as this is actually a pretty sweet addition for Samsung that will hopefully make it onto more headsets. Whether or not actual video calling will get bigger in the U.S. anytime soon remains to be seen. An upgraded still camera that could take night shots would still be pretty sweet though. Don’t you think?

Source: Techchee