Junkfunnel Labs: Suspicious Looking Device
The only function of the Suspicious Looking Device is to appear as suspicious as possible, whether carried in hand or placed indiscrimately in public places. The SLD contains LEDs, a LED array, a character display, an optical distance sensor, capacitive touch sensor, buzzer, and motors. Click here (.mov, .wmv) for a video of the Suspicious Looking Device.
See that little black dot on the right side of this picture, well that’s a full sized Hasselblad 203 FE camera, which makes this lens about the size of the space shuttle.
This is a Carl Zeiss 1700mm f/4 lens, weighing in at a crane-busting 564.3b lbs!!! I’m particularly impressed by the f/4 rating, which means, in theory, one could shoot with it hand-held and get some decent shots of someone’s nostrils three miles away.
So, if size matters to you, I suppose all you’ll need to pony up is the equivalent of the GDP of Botswana and have it delivered to you via FedEx heavy lift (which also doubles as a tripod).
Now, off with you. Go take those pix of the Crab Nebula that’s you’ve been dying to shoot.
If you are a speed demon and just have to know how fast everything goes, well, this website is for you.
Speedtest.net will let you choose a nearby server and test your current Internet connection speed. I’m not sure how accurate it is or if you can use it as evidence against TIme Warner for screwing you with their broadband service, but the little speed gauges are certainly pretty neat.
Sometimes Windows users have all the fun. Look at this video of Phil Torrone of Make Magazine testing out this Logitech web cam. This thing is a hoot! If only the software was available for the Mac.