Articles in the Gadgets Category

The Gold-Platnium Standard in Diorama’s: Miniatur Wunderland, Hamburg
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Posted in Design, Gadgets, Toys on 14 October 2011
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Behold how to spend millions of dollars/Euro’s … playing … Overview-Intro Video The airport – yea, just a little impressive … Airport Video … Airport Finished … At Night … You can find a whole slew of their videos here. The museum is in Hamburg Germany … if you’re following their footsteps, time to get […]

Commute Troubles Over – Martin Jet Pack Available
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Posted in Gadgets on 10 June 2011
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The video shows it in action and if you run into problems, the parachute backup. Theoretically it can reach a speed of 60 miles per hour, an altitude of 8,000 feet, and fly for about 30 minutes on a full fuel tank. It might set you back $100k but totally worth it. The Martin Aircraft […]

Upgrade Your Digital Camera Without Buying a New One – Firmware Upgrade
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Posted in Gadgets on 29 March 2011
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Yes, you can actually upgrade your digital camera’s firmware – whether you want to or feel comfortable enough is another matter … Look up your particular camera and your particular model – then read the firmware upgrade description if you feel it’s worthwhile to upgrade … for instance, if it offers only the addition of […]

There is a Reason They Still Call It Horsepower
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Posted in Gadgets on 6 March 2011
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And then they had a nice laugh back in the barn …

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Walmart – More iPods, Wii’s – Less CARS?
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, collecting, diecast, Film, Gadgets, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 May 2009
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Looks like Walmart is changing up the mix of their stores to go after former Circuit City customers … As the WSJ reports … “Wal-Mart also is leveraging a more subtle advantage it boasts over standalone electronics chains: a mom-heavy clientele. Retailers say women often have final say over household purchases of new video games […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Take Five With You Where Ever You Go!
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Posted in Advertising, Books, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Design, diecast, Film, Gadgets, Internet, Magazine Checklist, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Mobile, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 May 2009
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Take Five A Day: The Magazine! You asked for it and now, you can on-demand it! Issue #1 of our magazine is available for order! 20 full-color pages devoted just to the DESERT ART series … Other than a few pages of text, the magazine is entirely comprised of full color checklists for however you […]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: It’s a Phone, Home …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, Film, Gadgets, Internet, Marketing, Retail, Toys, TV on 23 March 2009
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Complete your Disney Pixar CARS CARS decoratin’ with a Lightning McQueen phone. It’s look very nice, it’s the 1:24 Lightning but with a cord 🙂 Of course, you’ll have to explain to the kids that the headset portion actually is attached by a wire to the phone base … How quaint. Kids will be stumped […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Global Warming Averted!
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Disney Pixar, Film, Gadgets, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 19 September 2008
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Finally, a solution that we can all get behind … the Fisher-Price Power Wheels Lightning McQueen … SWWWWEEEETTTTTT!!!!!!! Battery Powered to save the environment! No Dinoco Gas needed here, thank you very much. Shifter – all the settings anyone needs – fast, twice as fast and reverse*. okay, in this case – fast means 2.5 […]

Esquire E-Ink Cover: 21st Century 0, Recycling Police 1
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Posted in Advertising, Financial, Gadgets, Internet, Magazine, Marketing, Retail on 12 September 2008
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Hey, I’m all about the gimmicky … I mean, who doesn’t want candy you can reconfigure 33 different ways? For the Octover issue, Esquire mag added an e-ink element to the front cover … E-ink in theory will be cool one day, a wafer thing sheet of an LCD like screen that can be re-fresh, […]