More cool stuff from Samsung

We don't know about the West, but here in the tropics where it's perpetually summer, airconditioners are doing a blazing (no pun intended) trade. Of course, as long as the aircon does its job, we're happy campers. But Samsung is intent on its crusade to educate uninformed folks like us that it's cooler to protect your health, too. So two new models of its bacteria-killing airconditioners, using Samsung's proprietary Micro Plasma Ion (MPI) technology, are finally make their way to Asia, after debuting last year in the US and Europe.

The Vivace Shadow Mirror (photo above) and Neo-Forte (photo below) pack enough tech firepower to zap those unwanted visitors. According to Samsung's Choi Donguk, MPI is capable of effectively eliminating 78 percent of fungus and 58 percent of bacteria in a 30-minute time frame, within an enclosed environment.

The MPI works in tandem with a carbon deodorizer that removes odors and bacteria, a Silver Nano evaporator and a Catechin filter developed from a green tea extract.


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Declare war from your desk

Live out your fantasy of being an army commander with the USB wireless rocket launcher from ThinkGeek. Place the launcher within a 5m radius of your command center (well, your computer), position the transmitting and receiving dish within sight of each other, and count down to D-Day saying "hasta la vista, baby". If you miss your target with the first missile, quickly send the command to reposition the launching angle and try again. General, you've only three foam missiles--make careful use of it. To make the experience more complete, dig out your toy soldiers and place them around the launcher.

The pre-recorded sound effects are cool to hear when you launch your missiles, but that would give away its location. So be tactical about where you’re going to place it. You don't want to see your US$44.99 launcher being stomped on by your cubicle nemesis, right?

LEGO bricks with flash memory

Here's another one for the ardent fanboys. If the LEGO-esque MP3 players we wrote about yesterday don't quite look like the real thang, this USB flash memory key will cement your allegiance with the Danish brick-maker, except that it's from Solid Alliance. These drives come only in 1GB capacities, but the wonderful thing is they are 100-percent compatible with the real stuff, so you can actually make models with them, too. Comes in five bold colors: Black, blue, green, yellow and red, and each one costs about S$56. Honestly, I hardly take a second look at flash drives, but this one just blew me away.

Via Akihabara News

A Zero-G Watch to Defy Xtremes

If you thought only cockroaches, ants and bees would survive a nuclear holocaust, here's something else to add to the rarified list--Zenith's Defy Xtreme Zero-G Watch. Its makers have apparently imbued this timepiece with the powers of Superman since it not only defies gravity (being accurate even in extreme gravity), it's waterproof down to 1,000ft. You can read about the technology behind this feat at the Web site. Did we mention it's only US$500,000? Yes, that's five zeros. Nothing wrong with your eyes.

As for bodywork, it's armored in a blackened titanium body, with a titanium strap sporting Kevlar inserts, and 294 ultra-complicated parts. Unfortunately, even if this Zenith defies the worst that nature can throw at it, it's doubtful the wearer of this watch will be concerned by then about its timekeeping accuracy.

Thanks to Uncrate

Toy hydrogen cars look better than real thing

Toy cars that run on alternative energies are sometimes as impressive as their grown-up counterparts. Yet they often look like, well, toys (or even worse). But Corgi, in a partnership with Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, has come up with a futuristic design that could easily be sitting on a full-size show floor. The H2GO is a remote-controlled miniature car powered by a hydrogen fuel cell that runs on water and solar energy, made of "lightweight, environmentally friendly, wheat-based plastics and boasts fully recyclable packaging," according to Pocket-lint. It even comes with its own refueling station. The only that's missing is a tiny driver that resembles Al Gore.

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