Wednesday, February 01, 2012

BioLite, My iPhone Too!

Little things like this make many people happy, including me. No more fuel to lug around and who does not travel with a phone anymore, you are tracking, geo'ing, surfing and the worst taking calls, in the end your phone will be charged and your meals cooked all in one unit, oh you can use it to work a USB light. 


Forget the fuel. Our stoves cook your meals with nothing but the twigs you collect on your journey, eliminating the need for heavy, expensive, polluting petroleum gas. It’s quick to light, fast to boil and clean to use.

Charge your gadgets. By converting heat from the fire into usable electricity, our stoves will recharge your phones, lights and other gadgets while you cook dinner.

Have fun. Like a campfire, you can sit around the CampStove and watch the flames dance as you roast marshmallows and tell stories with friends. 

Stay green. By using renewable resources for fuel instead of petroleum, you're reducing your carbon footprint. You'll also keep fuel canisters out of the landfill. 

Be prepared. The CampStove isn't just for camping; it's great to have on hand when the power goes out in a storm or other natural disasters. You'll be able to cook and keep electronics charged while power lines are down.

Support a better world. Half the planet cooks on open fires, leading to 2 million premature deaths each year and contributing to global warming. We're using the same technology inside the CampStove to bring clean, safe energy access to families across the developing world.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Magrette

Magrette a New Zealand watch company, has some wonderful designed watches. The Regattare, is simple, yet elegant, rugged and sophisticated. A watch that can be worn everyday. It has automatic movement, and two bands, rubber and leather. The bezel works a bit different than normal, you adjust it with a turn of the adjustment dial, like you would the time, eliminating any problems you might have while underwater, like bumping it or rubbing up against something, turn the bezel to a different time.

One concern I have, after wearing the watch for a couple hour of receiving it the pin came out, watch dropped to the floor, lucky I was on a carpet. I have set Dion a message, let's hope he gets back to me. I will keep all posted. A nice screw in pin like other watches of this quality would have been a better choice, especially if you are changing the bands often.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Smith Optics and Recon Instruments

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Oh it is on, you think the internet hit us with serving information up, heads up displays and augmented reality is going to be in everything.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

MSFT is really stepping it up, if this is there vision then go for it, many will buy in.


Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Love These Glove Or Are They Mitten


So having a mitten or glove has always been a preference for many. You either can't tie your shoes or you can, scratch your head or not, you get the idea. This design from CAMP-USA, the price is excellent as well, $80. 

ABOUT CAMP USA
CAMP USA is the exclusive US importer and distributor of CAMP Technical Adventure Equipment, the 120 year-old Italian climbing and mountaineering brand.
From our offices just outside of Boulder, we occupy our time obsessing over gear, taking care of customers, and exploring the Colorado rockies. Lunchtime romps in the Flatirons, morning alpine climbs in Rocky Mountain National Park, and dawn patrol ski tours on Loveland Pass keep us honest.
In addition to our small and dedicated staff, we rely on our athletes and customers for feedback and that not-so-subtle kind of pressure climbers like to exert when they talk about gear. If you have feedback or need anything from us, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you and thank you for visiting.

• Updated for 2011
• Ski Mountaineering Competitions, Winter Running
• Attached wind shells hide away in a pocket on the wrist
• Durable synthetic leather palm
• Grip’R pads on thumb, index finger, and palm for superior grip
• Reinforcement patch to prevent abrasion from pole straps
• Terry wipe on thumb
The ultimate glove for spring ski tours and races! For pre-dawn starts and above tree line ridges when the fingers need a bit more protection simply pull out the hidden wind mitts. The coated ripstop nylon Windmit’N covers the fingers and thumb while leaving the palm exposed for good grip. The G Comp Wind is also a great glove for cycling in foul weather. 

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Who Wants A Slegoon? I Do

Slegoon

Description

Slegooning is a new winter sport in which participants travel down a snow-covered slope in single person sledge-type crafts, called Slegoons, in full-contact races. They can continue even when overturned.

The Slegoon won first prize in the UK IOM3 Design Innovation in Plastics competition 2003, sponsored by Bayer AG, and has received international press, including Blueprint magazine.

It was recently featured on Core77 and Gizmodo.com, resulting in hundreds of other blogs picking it up.

Ok, if you have ever skied in Switzerland you know they have sledging yes sledging on most mountains, some even have courses set up, well this would be wild, crazy to take on the Swiss Alps. Hope they start to product. would be great to pull behind a quad as well.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Biking To Work With Kids

One of the biggest struggles that one faces when trying to go green is, how do I drop the kids off. Well now you can Double Dutch Bikes Taylor Cargo Bicycle makes it possible. What a deal at $1950, what can go wrong.


CARGO BICYCLE SPECIFICATIONS

  • Powder coated Stainless steel frame
  • 20" Front wheel double walled alloy rim, stainless steel 48 spokes
  • 24" Rear wheel double walled alloy rim, stainless steel 36 spokes
  • Shimano 7Speed Coaster brake
  • V Brake Promax
  • Alloy 300 mm Suspension Saddlepin
  • 14mm Alloy rear carrier
  • Fully enclosed steel chain guard
  • Velo Brown leather look saddle & grips
  • 3 Pointed alloy buckled safety belts
  • Birch Wood Wooded carrier crate
  • Black Box protection Cover PVC 0,4mm, Including plastic lashes
  • PU leather bench soft seats
  • Battery powered front and rear lights
  • Tuesday, November 22, 2011

    Life Proof iPhone Case



    Keep your iPhone safe, from water, dirt, snow and shock. Your LifeProof™ everyday case for iPhone 4/4S is sleek, refined, convenient and unobtrusive.
    • Ultra-slim and adds only 1/16” (1.5mm) to the depth of your iPhone and weighs less than an ounce (28g).
    • Unique combination of materials that will not stick to your pocket
    • Protects against every-day hazards—full IP-68 rating against water and dust, and designed to Military Specifications
    • Ability to swim and take underwater (2 meters/6.6ft depth). Optional adapter allows use of waterproof headphones underwater
    • Double AR-coated optical glass lenses provide unprecedented crystal-clear photo and video quality
    • High degree of shock and impact protection—tested to Military Specifications MIL-STD-810F-516.5 (2 meters/6.6ft drop on all surfaces and edges. 26 tests)
    • Fully sealed protection against minute dust particles
    • All phone features are operational while maintaining a high level of protection
    • Compatible with all iPhone 4's and 4S's (International, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon).

    Saturday, November 19, 2011

    Back Country Access, Stay Afloat on the Slopes

    Safety on the slopes is important, first we all started to wear helmets, great move. Now if you are going back country and hucking yourself off cliffs, well BCA (Backcountry Access), they have what you need.


    Preventing or minimizing burial depth is the key to reducing avalanche fatalities. That’s because the majority of time in an avalanche rescue is spent on excavating the victim. An airbag is designed to keep you at or near the surface, minimizing excavation time.
    Our Float avalanche airbags are the first airbags that are both affordable and easily reusable. A wide network of BCA-authorized refill centers provide unmatched service to Float purchasers. A small 2,700-psi (186 bar) compressed-air cylinder, single-chamber 150-liter airbag, and super efficient venturi system make the Float systems easy to refill, light and affordable.

    Friday, November 18, 2011

    MINUS 8, Astro Studio

    So we are all looking at movements of watches, hopefully they are swiss. Well The MINUS 8 brand, consisting of products designed in this West Coast culture, is proud of its position on the world stage and takes its name from this international nomenclature. Time is relative. We are only aware of its passing if change occurs. The MINUS 8 watch references our dependence on change through a series of subtle color shifts, each step only visible in the context of the others. This color shift is achieved through the process of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD.) PVD is an industrial coating process which is inherently time dependent. A raw stainless piece is placed in a vacuum chamber where a hard coating accumulates over time. More time in the chamber produces a thicker coating and a more opaque color. A new wave of watch designers are starting to hit the market, using swiss movements, putting more focus on design. They are great, Professional Watches, has a great assortment of new and old watches with great reviews. 


    If you are new to the scene check out the directory, to see what you have in front of you. Watch collecting is coming back, so get on the wagon before the prices of some of these new watches gets out of reach.

    Thursday, November 10, 2011

    Newton's New Racer, MV2

    Along comes a new shoe, you think to yourself, how good could it really be! REALLY GOOD, Newton's MV2, is lightweight, stable, flexible, and those lugs. If you have a 5k or 10k, I can't speak to anything above that, put these on, you will move. Not sure why but you just want to go faster, feel like you can go farther and just feel great the whole time, effortless.

    Tuesday, November 08, 2011

    Ke11y Slater, 11 World Titles!

    Kelly Slater captures another World Title, that makes 11!
    So in the world of sports, nothing come close to the 11 World ASP Titles. You can think what you like, but 11 titles in any sport is remarkable to say the least.
    Cheers, Ke11y, you got to love the marketing.

    Monday, October 31, 2011

    Augmented Reality, Good Use

    There are many uses for Agumented Reality Game companies are trying to figure out a good use, The Daemon, has some good examples of this as well, along with heads up display. This would fall into both. One delivering info while another updating items as you pass. 
    European Satellite Navigation Competition in Munich and this beautiful system won the competition. This is a True3D GPS navigation system designed by Making Virtual Solid (MVS-California). In this solution the images are projected onto cars’ windshield to provide a non-distracting and transparent route guidance. With True3D a 3D surrounding is projected over the real world keeping drivers’ eyes on the road. There are virtual road signs for potential hazards and an opportunity that advertisers would love to get their hands to display business logos floating over them. 


    Virtual Cable™

    Virtual Cable™ is an augmented reality (AR) application for automotive navigation. The system, using our breakthrough
    true-3D technology
    , presents a wayfinding line visible right through the windshield; presenting the information as a natural part of the landscape. As you can see in the video below, the line appears to be stretched over the road for several hundered yards in front of the car, above the street-level activity of traffic.
    Current GPS systems distract the driver's gaze from the road to animated two-dimensional maps, with a distinct lag as the brain interprets the map information and applies it to the route. Often several glances are required to resolve the differences between the "cartoon version" of the GPS data and the real world. The Virtual Cable™, with its naturalistic perspective and foreshortening, appears to the driver as a solid overhead cable, showing turn-by-turn information way before the driver needs to act on it.
    This  is a s