I am definitely intreguied. I can't wait to see more.
look at this stuff
Oh my goodness do I want one of these. Basically a water powered jetpack connected to a small engine vessel that stays in the water.
It has a top speed of 40 mph and at full throttle could go for over an hour.
If you watched the video and don't want one then some nice men in white coats are coming to get you.
If you have been over to the Kvamme House you have practically guarantee seen this video. If you haven't you have heard us quote it.
"Can I touch it? No."
"Whoa, wow Daddy."
Just putting it up here for everyone else to see and so we can find it faster to show people when they have no idea what we are talking about.
The first time I saw this commercial I wasn't sure if I liked it or not. I think I just dismissed it at first because of the shirtless man. As I watched it I realized how funny it was. Now every time I see it- Hilarious!
If you haven't seen the commercial on TV or watched the clip above do that now, then continue reading.
I like it even more now that I know the whole commercial was done in one shot, and that the only CGI (or as I now call it, CGT, computer generated trickery) was putting in the overflowing diamonds. There was a real wall and a real running shower. There was a real boat.He was really on a horse. I really like when people do things like the olden days and make it work in real life.
We don't need all that CGT to make a hilarious commercial.
How do you test a GPS system that offers emergency response when you get lost? To test it somebody has to really get lost, and that is just what Wired writer Joe Brown did.
The Spot GPS Messenger is a system that records your exact latitude and longitude every 10 minutes. Your location can be put one a webpage, and you can even use it to send messages like "I'm ok."
The main feature of the Spot GPs is its emergency 911 button. Once the button is pushed a signal is sent to the GEOS International Emergency Response Center in Houston. GEOS will then find out who is the best to come to your rescue. "cops, Coast Guard, US embassy, or, in this case, Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue, a volunteer group of snow-happy badasses located in Placer County, California."
Joe Brown went and got himself lost, wandering 8 hours into the wilderness, to test just how well this would work.
Check out his video here.