Archive of posts tagged mustang

Episode 1031

SeaLegs
Amphibious Boat
Link: SeaLegs
 
Dick managed to escape the snow storm in New York a couple of weeks ago to fly down to the Miami Boat Show, where he saw this amphibious boat, the SeaLegs, an inflatable boat with a wheel at the bow and two at the stern which can be lowered to run on land.  [...]

Episode 1025

Sylvania TV with HaloLight
Ambient Light for TV
Link: TV History    TV Lamps
Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
 
Dick has fond memories of HaloLight, a feature on certain Sylvania TV sets in the 1950’s which glowed around the picture tube. Sadly Dick doesn’t have one of those sets in his warehouse.
The idea is not dead though. A few [...]

Episode 1022

OWLE bubo
Camera Mount for iPhone
Link: OWLE
Turn-The-Tables-Tuesday
 
The OWLE bubo is a device, with handles, for mounting the iPhone, for a steadier shoot.  It comes with an adapter lens that gives the iPhone a 37mm angle, a microphone that is more directional than the iPhone’s built-in mic, and a mount for flash.
For a more expensive alternative, there’s [...]

Episode 1003

Aspirinpod
Pill Box
Link: aspirinpod.com
 
Today’s gadget was also the last WTHII gadget. It’s the Aspirinpod, a pill box in the shape of a heart locket, for storing aspirin which in the event of a heart attack might just save a life.
The Split
Leo was at a neighbour’s party to welcome in the New Year, and while he [...]

Episode 980

SuccESP Manual
Manual of Extra-Sensory Persuasion
Link: Weekly World News 9 August 1988 (Google Books Search)
Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
 
“Make any girl do anything you mentally command – with your mind alone!” so claimed the ad for the SuccESP Manual from the scam section of Dick’s Gadget Warehouse – a 34-page booklet on the “science” of extra-sensory persuasion.  The [...]