Tuesday, March 5, 2013

'Duck Dynasty': Why you should be watching it | Fox News

'Duck Dynasty': Why you should be watching it | Fox News: "When "Duck Dynasty" returned for its third season last week, it was greeted by an audience of 8.6 million viewers. Pretty good for an A&E reality series about bearded bayou brethren who manufacture duck calls and love to go bird hunting."

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Modular Teal campers and shelters hit the market

Modular Teal campers and shelters hit the market: "The modular, build-it-yourself Teal camper is officially available for purchase. Teal debuted its first model, the Tail Feather, at the Colorado RV, Sports, Boat and Travel Show last week and has begun production on the camper, which features a few structural changes from when we last saw it."

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Video: Marksmen Practice on Target at 2,300 Yards - OutdoorHub.com

Video: Marksmen Practice on Target at 2,300 Yards - OutdoorHub.com: "It was a clear day with almost no wind: perfect weather for a day of shooting targets out in the Nevada desert. Why the desert? Well, let’s just say it provides the perfect backdrop from someone who wants to shoot a target upwards of 1.3 miles away"

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Video: Mercedes-Benz's New Six-wheel Beast - OutdoorHub.com

Video: Mercedes-Benz's New Six-wheel Beast - OutdoorHub.com: "Mercedes-Benz recently revealed the G63 AMG 6×6, the car to make all other cars feel inadequate."

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Monday, March 4, 2013

Hennessey bulking the all-new Corvette up to 1000 HP

Hennessey bulking the all-new Corvette up to 1000 HP: "Behind its dramatically restyled front fascia, the 2014 Corvette Stingray packs a new 450-hp 6.2-liter V8 engine. Not surprisingly, that engine isn't quite powerful enough for some gear-heads. Well before the new 'Vette makes its way into showrooms later this year, Hennessey Performance is teasing potential buyers with a version that puts out more than double the horsepower."

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Satechi's Bluetooth Smart Trigger turns an iOS device into a wireless DSLR remote

Satechi's Bluetooth Smart Trigger turns an iOS device into a wireless DSLR remote: "Wirelessly triggering a camera was once the reserve of professional photographers, but it's now something more of us want to do, ideally via our smartphone. However, while more compact and mirrorless cameras now have wireless capabilities, DSLRs have mostly been left out of the smartphone-shooting fun. The Bluetooth Smart Trigger from Satechi is a wireless remote that aims to address this by bringing smartphone control to many DSLRs."

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Boeing and Sikorsky to team up on X2-based rotorcraft for U.S. Army

Boeing and Sikorsky to team up on X2-based rotorcraft for U.S. Army: "Sikorsky’s coaxial X2 Demonstrator may have taken its last flight, but the rotorcraft’s design will serve as the basis for a new aircraft proposed by Sikorsky and Boeing. The companies will submit a joint proposal to build the new aircraft for Phase 1 of the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Technology Demonstrator (TD) program that aims to deliver the next generation of vertical lift utility and attack aircraft."

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The Russian Sniper - YouTube

The Russian Sniper - YouTube:

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Skyflash: Jetman-like wings designed to allow ground take off

Skyflash: Jetman-like wings designed to allow ground take off: "While most of us sit around grumbling and demanding to know, “where’s my jetpack?", German Fritz Unger and a group of friends have decided to do something about it. On a shoestring budget they are building their own one-man, jet-propelled wing. Dubbed “Skyflash,” it’s meant to not only emulate the jet wing made famous by Jetman Yves Rossy, but to go one better by taking off from the ground instead of having to be dropped from an aircraft."

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Ultra-Ever Dry hydrophobic coating repels almost any liquid

Ultra-Ever Dry hydrophobic coating repels almost any liquid: "Ready to be amazed? According to Ultra-tech, a Florida-based containment provider for chemical clean-up and waste management, its new Ultra-Ever Dry coating is an amazing product. The coating is "super-hydrophobic" and "oleophobic," meaning it repels almost any liquid on a wide range of materials, including – but not limited to – hammers to boots and gloves as you'll see in the following video demonstration."

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Titanium Escape Ring: Jewelry for James Bond-types

Titanium Escape Ring: Jewelry for James Bond-types: "Countless movies and books include a plot-line in which the protagonist is abducted and either tied or handcuffed to something solid. It happens in real life too, though thankfully a lot less often than the thriller genre would have us believe. In the unlikely event you were taken hostage and incapacitated it would be nice to have something about your person that could help you escape. We're entering James Bond territory here."

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

WFH House incorporates shipping containers into a modular building system

WFH House incorporates shipping containers into a modular building system: "It’s no surprise to see the popularity of shipping container homes increase in recent times, especially when architects just keep getting more and more creative with what they can do with them. Adding to the list of innovative shipping container homes is the prefabricated WFH House, which incorporates the use of recycled shipping containers into a modular building system."

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