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[BadmanAsh]

OK den, so its just general purpose funky technology, just post a link or write a little about a piece of technology you have found online or whatever that is in some way astonishing or just really cool, i will start with this one.

(weapons can be included but should not be the sole content of this topic.)

http://en.wikipedia....tion_Engines_A2

http://www.coolest-g...ttable-evening/

(I need new methods now.)

[frogg]

Oblique wing airplane
http://en.wikipedia....ki/Oblique_wing
basically a plane, where the wing has one side more forward, one back. Kinda weird maaaaaaan

Edited by frogg, Thursday 11 August 2011, 01:55:34 AM.

[BadmanAsh]

Weird. I have never heard of that before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su-47

[Medessec]

Handheld projectors.

http://en.wikipedia....dheld_projector

Basically, devices that look like digital cameras or camcorders, but can project an image, or moving video onto a wall (and sometimes also having the functionality of a camera/camcorder)

Right now, the technology's crap as all handheld projectors show an image at an absurdly low resolution(176x144, 320x240) or the quality is just really bad. But it's getting much better as they've started making LED projectors 'n stuff.

[BadmanAsh]

This is good, keep it going:

http://en.rian.ru/ml.../165865506.html

[Medessec]

old, but I still think it's awesome:

http://en.wikipedia....terfly_keyboard

[frogg]

BadmanAsh, on Thursday 18 August 2011, 06:10:14 PM, said:

This is good, keep it going:

http://en.rian.ru/ml.../165865506.html

haha "fired from a shipping container"? thats awesome

Medessec, on Thursday 18 August 2011, 11:52:58 PM, said:

old, but I still think it's awesome:

http://en.wikipedia....terfly_keyboard

thinkpads are awesome. i hate their little nipple mouse things. http://en.wikipedia..../Pointing_stick

[Medessec]

Thinkpads are the epiphany of what has become the Ultra-portable. The Ultra-portable is dying out now though due to advancements with the netbook and the tablet computer. On that topic, IBM Thinkpad X41: http://www.laptopclo...x41_tablet8.jpg
First ever hybrid laptop/tablet computer with a touchscreen.

Any general feature you see on a laptop was first seen on a Thinkpad. Yes, the nipple was annoying as hell, but Trackpads didn't come until the Thinkpad T/R series, which was some of the first laptops to have a Trackpad btw. They featured both a trackpad and nipple.

I think the only Thinkpad now that represents Thinkpads best is the W-series(W500, W700) but, like the Thinkpads of the early 2000s. they are also $2000-3000.

[BadmanAsh]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-13033437

[Medessec]

it... can light outboards on fire very slowly. We got a long way to go.

[BadmanAsh]

Medessec, on Friday 19 August 2011, 01:36:20 AM, said:

it... can light outboards on fire very slowly. We got a long way to go.

lol, my thoughts exactly. The project has about as much hope as the nuclear powered plane.

[Medessec]

We just need to make it, like, a super epic laser that burns right through a human body upon contact.

But in all seriousness, I suppose if you pointed that thing at a plane with super-precision, a fighter-jet in particular, you might cause some problems and, potentially, down the plane.

But I doubt this would happen with any modern jet fighter.

Yeah. We got a long way to go.

[BadmanAsh]

their aim is to make the gun the size of a fridge. apparently right now its the size of a small house and does not work.

[Medessec]

hmm... yeah we got a long way to go.

At least were getting somewhere though.

[BadmanAsh]

so is the boat they were tring to sink "crap, its floating away come back! we need to burn that!"

[frogg]

but lasers man! FRICKEN LASERS! its so cool!
i love military research

[Medessec]

Someday, and it'll be us, someday, we'll have the super-epic laser that cuts through everything. Or the MAC cannon. whatev.

[frogg]

wtk mac cannon?

[Medessec]

Magnetic Accelerator Cannon.

kinda like a railgun, but describes that on a bigger scale.

[BadmanAsh]

have you heard (excuse the pun.) about this supposed hypersonic aircraft the USAF have been testing flying from area 51? more of a theory than technology, however it is both funky, and tech so it is pertinent to list it here. (but I cant find the link so you must wait, instead marvel at 1960s cold war techno awesomeness.)

http://en.wikipedia..../XB-70_Valkyrie the worlds only "waverider"

then

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Boeing_X-51

[Medessec]

The Valkyrie is epic.

The X51 seems pretty good, except it's only big enough at the moment to carry a crew of mice. I hope it goes through though.

[BadmanAsh]

spending cut backs, the USAF only train mice pilots now.

[Medessec]

yeah lol.

That's a good thing about not having standards, We improvise.

Edited by Medessec, Thursday 25 August 2011, 02:43:55 PM.

[BadmanAsh]

The Iranians are sik at improvising, they just still use aircraft they got back when the US was tight with them! like 40 years ago.

[Medessec]

That's how awesome our Aircraft is. They still run perfectly fine, even though they've been in the hands of the Iranians.

Or... we can say the Iranians are very good with nails and duct tape.

[BadmanAsh]

dem planez must get bare sandy like

[Medessec]

wut

sandy.

[BadmanAsh]

main export of saudi arabia in 2011:oil.
main export of saudi arabia in 2050:sand.

Edited by BadmanAsh, Friday 26 August 2011, 04:38:55 PM.

[Medessec]

lol. With a furnace, we can craft it into glass!

Minecraft joke.

[BadmanAsh]

bad one at that, now we just need glass powered cars.

[Medessec]

How would you go about refueling...?

I'm just picturing a drunk walking up to his car, about to start it, but realizes he's low on fuel... so he walks to the gas cap, opens it, and smashes his beer bottle into it, shattering it, but hey. Refueling his car!

Edited by Medessec, Saturday 27 August 2011, 06:29:25 AM.

[BadmanAsh]

I think there would be a few issues to overcome

[jesanfafon]

Namely the fact that the available energy in glass is practically nil as it is crystalline?

[Medessec]

Doh come on, if we were able to make computers you can talk to, you can get energy out of glass.

[BadmanAsh]

anyway, can we get back to talking about funky tech?

[BadmanAsh]

http://www.thinkgeek...ools/8b97/#tabs

[BadmanAsh]

derp

[frogg]

that knife is, as robert might say, "quite silly indeed"

[BadmanAsh]

indeed, indeed indeed. but its cool

[BadmanAsh]

bump

[Medessec]

holy shiz that knife looks:

-oversized
-dangerous
-weirdly cool
-impractical.

[frogg]

Medessec, on Sunday 11 December 2011, 11:58:21 PM, said:

-oversized
-dangerous
-weirdly cool
-impractical.

like Scott!

Edited by frogg, Monday 12 December 2011, 04:52:56 AM.

[Medessec]

lol!

It'd suit him perfectly.

[jesanfafon]

http://gajitz.com/wo...your-free-time/

[Tinytimrob]

Impractical but cool.

[Medessec]

Indeed-I need a new watch too.

[jesanfafon]

http://www.phosphorwatches.com/

[Medessec]

wut...

[BadmanAsh]

funky

[Medessec]

indeed. Dunno if dat's mah style.

[frogg]

plus they all cost $150-$300

[Medessec]

That too.

I did want to spend a bit more on a watch this time, but not that much more.

[frogg]

weird.
http://en.wikipedia....zzle_camouflage

[Medessec]

That's cool.

[Basin is BACK]

Right on, and they were doing it in ww1.

[Medessec]

Dazzle "camoflauge"=Hey! Look! I'm over here!

Brilliant idea for old naval use of that era-not good for modern application.

And indeed Britian WWII tanks. Except for that one. That I forget. But all I know is that it was really bad.

[BadmanAsh]

Sadly throughout the second world war Britain only had crap tanks such as the churchill, cromwell, and other worthless junk. This is why for some reason we gave up for a while and bought shermans which were less crap but still crap. Godknows why we didnt just buy t-34s, that was when we repped the Soviets still.

[jesanfafon]

You couldn't afford their fuel. That's why you didn't them. And stalin wasn't selling. And there was a Germany between you two.

Edited by jesanfafon, Wednesday 08 February 2012, 03:58:10 PM.

[BadmanAsh]

Why do you say no fuel? we owned nuff of the middle east and were tight with the Arabs (none of that Israel shit just yet) whatnofuel?

[jesanfafon]

BadmanAsh, on Wednesday 08 February 2012, 04:23:32 PM, said:

Why do you say no fuel? we owned nuff of the middle east and were tight with the Arabs (none of that Israel shit just yet) whatnofuel?

No - the fuel the Russian's used. You had zero diesel capacity if I remember correctly. Plus - Germany. That's the bigger reason.

Yes, I just verfied on a tank forum. You guys used gasoline at the cost of 1 gallon per 7 miles. You did not use diesel due to the lack of infrastructure to separate it from kerosene that was used everywhere else. Your tanks ran on petrol; some ran on diesel you bought off the russians or the americans.

[Medessec]

Yay diesel?

Gotta love the Valiant.

http://en.wikipedia....ki/Valiant_tank

I kinda like the look of the Conqueror-I guess you guys built that tank after WWII.