I ’ve been thinking , of late , of getting a 2nd caper . Not that I do n’t savour my weekly gig share gadgetry with you , but there ’s got to bemoreto life , right ? You want to comply your heart , a wise man once told me . I chew over this as my natal day buy the farm this last hebdomad : here I am , now officially and undisputedly settle in my recent twenty , and I ’ve never reach evenoneof my childhood dreams . It ’s time .
I shall — at long last — fulfill my destiny and become a superspy / costumed crimefighter .
Outside of a dog, man’s best friend is a watch (inside a dog, it’s too dark to tell what time it is)
Let ’s embark on with the timepiece : an essential gadget for every valet de chambre on - the - go . Synchronizing watches for coordinated operations is amust , but it ’s far more significant to ensure that you ’re not late for dinner with those special madam in your life . That does n’t mean you ca n’t fob out your watch with someextrafeatures , though .
Thumbs Up ( UK ) is offer a model that not only gives you that crucial day of the month - and - time information , but also permit you know if you ’re in the neck of the woods of a Wi - Fi internet , just in case you demand that uplink back to headquarters . Rated for a stove of up to 100 meter , the Wi - Fi watchcan also provide you with signal strength for each web . It ’s anti - static and stupor - proof , and also has a chronograph , countdown , dismay , hourly chime , and more , all for just £ 20 ( ~US$40 ) .
When you ’re stuck in the wilderness , Wi - Fi signals are often few and far between . In that suit , consider this pair of watches from Oregon Scientific . In addition to clock , calendar , stop watch , and alarm functions , the Meteo and Tracker each tamp excess science that may hail in handy in the outside humans . TheMeteowill give you a atmospheric condition prognosis with one of four icons : cloudy , gay , partly cloudy , and showery ; theTrackerprovides you with a digital compass . Both have backlights and are body of water - resistant up to 30 meter , and each will be you $ 70 .
Buying all three may cost you a pretty penny , but consider this : you have two arms . And legs . You could wear all of these and still have room for another .
[ Wi - Fi picket viaEngadget ; Oregon Scientific watches viaDVICE ]
Batarang/MP3 perfect for smashing tunes
Crimefighters need weapons — unless they themselvesarethe artillery , naturally — but that does n’t mean they should n’t be permit to delight themselves when they ’re on the job . I imply , that ’s the whole power point of getting gratis of this corporate hierarchy in today ’s cosmos , correct ? No pointy - haired bosses telling you “ Oh , no , you ca n’t listen to music ; you might trouble your cobalt - workers ” or “ No , you ca n’t just go around indiscriminately rip up hoi polloi ’s personal photographs , it ’s notnice . ” They totally just harsh my mellow ; that ’s why a life of cap crusading is for me .
So , let ’s say you ’re off fighting crime . Like Batman . But perchance the Dark Knight wants to kick back and listen to some tunes while he ’s kicking butt : maybe some Metallica or Nine Inch Nails , possibly some Barry White — I do n’t know what he likes . He could just have an iPod on that utility belt of his , but Batman ’s a crafty sort . Why do that when he could just build music - playing functionsintoone of his existing gadgets ? Like , say , a batarang ? Complete with stylish bat - earbuds .
When it ’s released in June , this sucker’ll be about 7″ long , with a ready to hand glow effect around the edges ( hey , it can be hard to locate your music player on those dark Gotham nighttime ) . you could load it up with 1 GB of your own choose strain , and it even comes with a USB cable for transferring music and charging up the inner battery . While $ 80 might seem a bit of a unconscionable price , this I ensure : no crook is going to forget getting whacked in the face withthisbaby .
[ viaGizmodo ]
“X” never, ever marks the spot
Nothing , in the mankind of crimefighting and espionage , is everquitewhat it seems . Things , after all , are meant to be conceal from prying eyes . In the case of a vigilante , it might be their truthful identity that call for concealing , whereas for your everyday spy , the ability todetectsuch mystification could prove key .
Chief among those is the secret lair . When I was unseasoned , I envisage that my parents ’ open fireplace contained a concealed doorway — pull one of the andirons , and it would whirl around ( à laIndiana Jones and The Last Crusade ) . But if you do n’t mind ponying up a little money , you could have your very own secret passage installed in your household .
Creative Home Engineeringwill get your own usage secret passage up and running in no time . They ’ve got good deal of options , including a bunch of the time - honor classical “ door - behind - a - bookcase ” example , but also — be still my heart — rotate fireplaces . All come arrant with triple - redundant safety feature of speech , include optical sensing element , thermal sensor , and mechanical obstacle detectors . Of course , this is n’t tawdry for the modal man on the street—$5,000-$25,000 a tonic — but hey : we ’re all independently loaded corporate moguls here , right ? Besides , you do it your lair is n’t complete without one .
Well , so much for our roundup of tightlipped gadgets ; next hebdomad we ’ll be back with — whoops , there ’s the buzzer . Probably the UPS guy with my delivery of nous - mounted lasers for sharks . See you next week !
