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Just in Time, Air Conditioned Clothing

If you live in the same general climate as I do, I have news for you – it’s hot outside. And it has been hot now for several weeks. But I do have some other news for you too, and it’s relatively good – you can now get air conditioned clothing.

Well, to be honest, it is not exactly air conditioned. But the big fans attached to the clothing will leave you air cooled, and no doubt would feel pretty good on a hot day. That is, if you can describe hot air being blown across your, um, body as “good”. Well, it does beat the alternative of merely baking in the heat. And the sound of the fans is sure to attract attention from others. Sure, they may scoff, but you will remain cool and collected, possibly lured to gentle sleep by the white noise.

The shirt and pants are available separately, and are available in a variety of sizes. But be prepared to spend a chunk of change on the matching outfit – the pants are $208, and the shirt is $182 as of this writing. There is no word on how long the cooling will last, but I would suggest on stocking upon AA batteries…

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Pants, By Any Other Name

In the United Kingdom and Ireland most people use trousers or slacks as the general category term, whereas pants usually refers to underwear but is used, interchangeably with trousers, in some northern dialects. In Scotland, trousers are known as trews, which is the historic root of the word ‘trousers’. Trousers are known as breeks in Scots. The item of clothing you wear under your pants is, obviously, underpants. In North America pants is the general category term (though Ambrose Bierce found the word “vulgar exceedingly” and recommended trousers), whereas trousers (sometimes slacks in Australia and the United States) often refer more precisely to tailored garments with a waistband, belt-loops, and a fly-front. For instance, informal elastic-waist knitted garments would be called pants, but not slacks.

North Americans call undergarments underwear, underpants, “long johns” or panties (the last are women’s garments specifically) to distinguish them from other pants that are worn on the outside. The term drawers normally refers to undergarments, but in some dialects, may be found as a synonym for “breeches”, that is, trousers. In these dialects, the term underdrawers is used for undergarments. In Australia, men’s undergarments are called underwear, underpants, undies, under-dacks, dacks or jocks.

Various people in the fashion industry use the words trouser or pant instead of trousers or pants. This is nonstandard usage. The words “trousers” and “pants” are pluralia tantum, nouns that generally only appear in plural form—much like the words “scissors” and “tongs”. However, the singular form is used in some compound words, such as trouser-leg, trouser-press and trouser-bottoms.

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Nike+ FuelBand Connects Your Active Life to your iPhone and the Web

 

 Track your physical life with the Nike+ FuelBand. The device uses accelerometers to track your exertions, and relays them to your iPhone and the web through an available iPhone app. You can set up physical goals to keep yourself moving, or you can just track your physical activity to see how you are doing in your effort to keep healthy. You can also keep track of things using just the band's LEDs, but I have to believe the interconnected options makes this a lot more interesting.

 

Take Live 360 Degree Video With Your iPhone 4 Using Dot

We can all agree that the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S have a great video capability, and ithe auto focus and great light sensitivity makes it very easy to use. But did you now that it could grab 360 degree videos just as easy? You can, if you have Dot.

Dot is a mechanical device that is designed to hook to your iPhone and provides a small dome shaped mirror for grabbing the video. You snap it on, turn the iPhone flat, and start grabbing everything around you. A dedicated app processes the raw dome shaped video into a 360 degree panoramic that allow you to pan and move while the video plays. Simple and effective – how cool is that?

This capability really allows the user to share everything that was going on around the user at a given time. You can even revisit taken videos and see what was happening beside or behind you as needed. I think this is a great idea, and puts a whole new spin on the VR pictures you can find on the web now, but puts the power in your own hands.

 

 

The Dot Project is a Kickstarter project, and a pledge of $99 gets you the Dot device, the app, an invitation to the launch party, and even a hug when it launches in 2012. I am actually excited about Dot, and would love to see such capabilities built into a future device. If included by Apple, it could be as simple as a small bump on the top of an iPhone. But in the meanwhile, this should be a great way to share videos with anyone. Who knows, maybe you and a friend can explore a place together, since you may have missed something the first time around.

Kickstarter

Kickstarter is an online threshold pledge system for funding creative projects. Kickstarter has funded a diverse array of endeavors, ranging from indie film and music to journalism, solar energy technology and food-related projects.

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HP Wireless Mouse Last 2 Years Between Charges

 

Don't you just hate it when your wireless mouse runs out of charge, and you have to either dock it or replace the batteries? Well, if a claim by HP is correct, that problem will only come up every couple years or so.

The HP X4000 and X5000 Laser Mouse have a 1600 dpi laser sensor and operates on the 2.4Ghz spectrum. The X5000 ($40) incorporates a touch sensitive scroll wheel and is rated for 24 months of battery life. The slightly cheaper X4000 ($30) forgoes the touch control, but rings in with an impressive 30 month runtime between charges.

As for the left handed mouse users in the crowd, you can relax – both mice are designed for ambidextrous use. 

 

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Early Mechanical Mouse

German company Telefunken published on their early ball mouse, called "Rollkugel" (German for "rolling ball"), on 2 October 1968. Telefunken's mouse was then sold commercially as optional equipment for their TR-440 computer, which was first marketed in 1968. Telefunken did not apply for a patent on their device

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