04:42, by Dave Herwig

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04:41, by Dave Herwig

Its Unboxing Time!!

Up first…

 

 

 

The StirMate .98

 

Samsung NEW 46″  LED 8000 Series Smart TV

 

 

04:22, by Dave Herwig

 

 

 

 

Talk on Phone in Airplane

US has strict ban on in-flight cellphone use
–other countries loosening up
–Virgin Atlantic latest carrier to allow it
–flying NYC to London = can talk on phone
–connect via AeroMobile using satellites
–need GSM phone
–British O2 or Vodafone networks
–bandwidth low, only 10 calls at once
–about .60/minute
–phone OFF w/in 250mi. of US coast
–one Airbus A330 has the service
–20 more planes by end of year
–Selective Catalytic Reduction System (SCR)
–fulfills emissions requirements in all 50 states

 

04:20, by Dave Herwig

 

 

 

 

 

1,626 Miles, One Tank of Gas

STOCK 2012 VW Passat TDI
–world record for longest distance
–mileage experts John & Helen Taylor
–6 speed manual transmission
–84.1 mpg
–ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel
–carried 120# of luggage
–drove in daylight, in traffic
–did not drive more than 14hrs/day
–took turns driving
–140 horsepower
–236 pound-feet of torque

 

 

04:19, by Dave Herwig

 

 

 

 

Space Shuttle Food Truck

converted DC3 airplane for sale on ebay
–only road worthy DC3 licensed for street use (in world?)
–built in 1944
–flew in WWII
–flew as airliner in 50s and 60s
–possibly hijacked by Cubans
–converted for street use in 1976
–mounted on GMC bus frame
–completely self-contained commercial kitchen

 

 

 

04:15, by Dave Herwig

Robot Petting Zoo

MakerBot 3D Design team
–made robot petting zoo for Maker Faire
–”Wheely” – robot chicken w/ big wheels
–#mypetrobot
–Bay Area Maker Faire 5/19 – 5/20

04:13, by Dave Herwig

Move Robot with her Mind

paralyzed woman moves robot arm w/ her mind
–most advanced brain-machine interface ever developed
–can drink from bottle ‘on her own’, using robotic arm
–sensor implanted in her brain
–reads her thoughts
–decoder=turns thoughts into instruction for robot
–BrainGate2
–sensor implanted in motor cortex

 

04:04, by Dave Herwig

SourceMap

mapping website traces products’ origins
–splits products into components
–traces each separately
–sometimes has descriptions of the countries of origin
–some of the maps offer carbon footprint figure
–products from laptops to Nutella
–purpose = encourage transparency from co.’s

04:02, by Dave Herwig

Lamborghini Crash

gorgeous yellow lambo
–takes off too fast from red light
–Chicago suburbs
–loses control

04:01, by Dave Herwig

Man Fights Goose

peeps watching out window as man walks toward ornery geese
–fight ensues, clearly not the first
–woman has left bag
–dude adds light sabers to video
–makes it epic

 

04:00, by Dave Herwig

 

 

 

 

 

Power Breather

Snorkel for swimmers
–adjustable for head sizes
–air is inhaled through section behind head – has a check valve
–exhaled by mouthpiece
–no stale air left in tube – only fresh air & no water

 

03:58, by Dave Herwig

 

 

 

 

Day Maker alarm clock

toaster style smartphone dock alarm clock
–iPhone ‘pops up’ when alarm goes off, plays music
–can house up to 2 iPhones – Day Maker
–snooze by pushing iPhone back down
–also have single iPhone version
–called “Single Slice”, no speaker or clock
–compatible with iOS clock app
–companion app in the works
–Kickstarter, seeking 5K
–will ship Feb 2013
–K pledged so far, 36 days to go

 

03:56, by Dave Herwig

Tesla Gun

made by Rob Flickenger
–used the Tesla Coil to create the Tesla Gun
–shoots lightning rays
–gun itself made from melted aluminum cans, then poured into a mold from a Nerf gun

 

03:51, by Dave Herwig

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New GoDaddy CEO

Warren Adelman is the new CEO
–Can anyone think of GoDaddy without thinking Bob Parsons?
–His tactics undeniably worked
–Adleman wants to sell Cloud Computing to techies and turn the image around
–But they supported SOPA (Adleman says it wasn’t an official thing)
–Bob killed Elephants

 

03:50, by Dave Herwig

No Severance For Thompson

Yahoo’s Parting With Thompson Will Be for “Cause”

–“If Mr. Thompson’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause or by Mr. Thompson for good reason, the Company will offer him severance benefits similar to the benefits it provides to other senior executives of the Company at the time of his termination,” reads the document, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. “In addition, if Mr. Thompson’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause, by Mr. Thompson for good reason, or due to Mr. Thompson’s death or disability, the Make-Whole RSUs that are then outstanding and unvested will fully vest upon his termination.”

–Maybe a lame attempt for Thompson to try and resign for “disability” and get to cash in his .5M in options

–Thompson publicly blamed a headhunting firm for making the error back in the mid-2000 timeframe, that company, Heidrick & Struggles, said his claims were “verifiably not true.” According to sources, Heidrick apparently possesses an inaccurate resume submitted to them by Thompson.

 

03:48, by Dave Herwig

 

 

 

 

 

Thompson Has Cancer

Yahoo’s CEO stepped down – Scott Thompson
–”The decision to step down from Yahoo was in part influenced by Mr. Thompson’s cancer diagnosis”, said this person. “The diagnosis had occurred in recent days”, added this person, while the board was investigating why the executive’s academic record had erroneously included a computer science degree.
–was given no choice by board to step down

 

03:46, by Dave Herwig

Facebook -38

Today was the Facebook IPO
–Launched at /per share – up to now
–symbol FB
–offering 180 million shares Class A common stock
–selling stockholders offering over 241 million Class A common
–valuation more than 0 billion

 

03:32, by Dave Herwig

So since Josh is in the house today, the Famespot question today is “If you could be on any TV Show, what would it be?” Leave your video answer and you could be on TV

 

03:30, by Dave Herwig

 

 

 

 

 

Josh Malina is the Livid Lobster Guest today.

You can follow Josh on Twitter and on Facebook

LITTLE KNOWN FACTS (JOHN P DID THE RESEARCH):
–Sexiest man alive, 2001-2004 (just beat out George Clooney & P. Diddy)
–Worked for Barnum and Bailey as the Bearded Lady’s stylist, 1963
–NASA Engineering Manager at the Goddard Space Center, Current
–Has a pet monkey named Rupert
–Choreographer for Pee-Wee Herman’s Tequila dance

UPCOMING MOVIE: Knights of Badassdom

PREVIOUS WORK:
In Plain Sight
The Good Guys
Bones
House
Psych
Terminator
Grey’s Anatomy
CSI
Stargate
The West Wing
Sliders
The American President
A Few Good Men

 

03:19, by Dave Herwig

On Today’s GeekBeat Live..

Yahoo’s Scott Thompson has cancer, Anyone care?

Gun that shoots lightning

Space Shuttle that is street legal.

Lightsaber fight… with a goose..

And we have Josh Malina in the house…

Lets get this party started!!

 

02:52, by Dave Herwig

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