Pocket Radar
Speed Radar
Link: Pocket Radar
Also from CES 2010, the Pocket Radar is a pocket-size device that replicates the function of the police radar gun, but in a much smaller form factor. It’s capable of measuring speeds from 7 to 375 mph, with a margin of error of 1 mph, of moving objects within half a mile. Sport coaches may find this gadget particularly useful.
Radar guns are calibrated with tuning forks labelled not with the frequency but with the calibration speed and radar band. Dick tests the Pocket Radar with one, and has fun with Leo along the way.
Dick Tests the Pocket Radar with a Tuning Fork
Live from CES – the Pocket Radar
Dr Kiki went booth hopping at CES and stopped at Pocket Radar to interview one of its inventors Steve Goody. Watch the video below, clipped from TWiT Live @CES 9: Booth Hopping with Dr Kiki – Part 2. Notice the people trying out the speed radar in the background.
Dr Kiki interviewing Steve Goody of Pocket Radar
New Apple Tablet – The iNewton?
Leo is back from the Apple Event, and has the gadget to prove it. Wait a minute, it’s the Newton, complete with a 2MB flash memory PC card, a fax modem card, and a stylus! At Becky Worley‘s suggestion, Leo took the Newton to the Apple Event for the official passing of the torch.
Leo's Apple Newton
Bridging the Space-Time Continuum
Long-time listener Frank Ajzensztat (pronounced Fitzgerald according to Leo and O’ Reilly according to Dick), from Melbourne, Australia, who has never missed an episode of the Daily Giz Wiz, thinks that Dick and Leo have finally found a way of bridging the Space-Time Continuum. Frank was listening to Episode 1001 when Dick and Leo talked about having Mama Laporte on the Daily Giz Wiz. Lo and behold, there she was in Episode 1002! It was as if Dick and Leo could predict the future. Frank thinks Mama Laporte was fantastic.
Father And Son Team
Although it’s the first time a letter from Frank has been read, his son Rowan Ajzensztat has written in before, back in Episode 269, who asked Dick to give Frank a shout-out.
Dyslexic Spoonerism
The slightly dyslexic Dick botched the letter-reading again today. He kept referring to the episodes numbers as 101 and 102. Earlier, he referred to Wikipedia as Widipekia.
Of Mouse and Man
Speaking of predicting the future, back in 1996, one Aaron Lubarsky made a short film about computers and technology, in which a very young-looking Leo predicted, among other things, the future of the web, online entertainment, and the hand-held device. Pretty accurate. Dane Golden found the film on YouTube in October 2007 and told Leo about it. See Leo’s blog.
Of Mouse And Man
Leo and Leo: Which do you prefer?
Leo now or Leo from 14/15 years ago, which do you prefer? Make your choice from the video below.
Leo Now and Leo in 1995
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