Taiwanese Gangster-Made "Shotgun Revolver" |
- Taiwanese Gangster-Made "Shotgun Revolver"
- South Koreans Use Pork Digits as iPhone Stylus
- Google Street View Takes You Inside the Olympics (via Snowmobile)
| Taiwanese Gangster-Made "Shotgun Revolver" Posted: 18 Feb 2010 03:00 PM PST A big, nasty hybrid gun, a revolver that shoots shotgun shells, was found in a "gangster gun room" in Taiwan (not sure what "gangster gun room" means exactly, the Google translation is hard to decipher). Can't buy one of these in a gun shop, but the black market price goes for approximately $6200 – $9300 USD. According to Neatorama, "Revolvers that fire shotgun shells are not a new idea. In fact, Taurus sells one called "The Judge" that fires .410 bore shells. What makes this handmade revolver from Taiwan unique is that it fires the much larger 12-gauge round." ...more Related: |
| South Koreans Use Pork Digits as iPhone Stylus Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST What do you do in those cold weather months, when your hands are warmly gloved and you can't bear exposing your poor fingers to the harsh elements? Apple didn't think of this problem when finessing their iPhone touchscreen, but not to worry, South Korea has the answer to this pesky problem. Via Kotke, "Sales of CJ Corporation's snack sausages are on the increase in South Korea because of the cold weather; they are useful as a meat stylus for those who don't want to take off their gloves to use their iPhones. It seems that the sausages, electrostatically speaking, are close approximations of ...more Related: |
| Google Street View Takes You Inside the Olympics (via Snowmobile) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:30 AM PST Google Street View has civilization well covered, but what about the great outdoors? Street View now travels via snowmobile in the unpaved Canadian wilderness, just in time for the winter games. Says Google, "In time for the Olympic Games in Vancouver and Whistler, we're thrilled to be bringing this view to the world through Street View on Google Maps. How were we able to gather imagery at 7,000 feet (2,000 meters)? The Street View team's constant experimenting yielded a snowmobile decked out with cameras to capture slope-level imagery of several runs on Whistler Blackcomb Mountains..." ...more Related: |
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