Some Gadgets

“I can't believe a thread search for the word 'gadget' turned up nothing... with this crowd? Anyway, here's a few.

Hmm... Chili Pepper Carabiner... Think it would hold up a food bag?”

“Fer 5 bucks it damnwell better!”

“Do you have a cheese straightener in there. Now, there's a useful item.



How about a tin can dent remover?”

“yeah, those little keychains are cute and a half!”

“The fold-a-bowls work great.”

“If you run a search on 'gadget' it'll return all the electronic thingamajigs, also.





If only it had a built-in backscratcher....”

“Saw a 'biner clip and a microlight all integrated into one the other day. Interesting idea.

It was in a marketing / merchandising catalog of all places.”

“Oooooo....
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_SessionID=@@@@0018833813.1168235300@@@@&BV_EngineID=cdccaddjkllkmklcefecemldffidfki.0&adCell=P3&pid=00921754000&vertical=TOOL&ihtoken=1”

“I Saw the demo on TV...gonna be really cool...”

“Something looks wrong with the price.

treebait, you're going to have mail”

“Seeing as I will no longer be able to wander over to Mom and Dads to borrow tools anymore I'm thinking there needs to be a tool budget.”

“Your family is the reason most of your tools are missing, HPM my Dear. All the crescents, sockets, et al. Do you think your dad will give your air compressor back? Hell no! He's got a pile of boats he's farting around with in his yard! Your brother's attetpts at rebuilding his MR2? There go all the metrics!”

“treebait,

If you got my e-mail you may want to hold it hostage :-)”

“For those who want to see it taken apart:

The iPhone, Deconstructed”

“geek”

“You looked!

Back atcha!  LOL”

“Now that is sweet.

I'M sure its big coin?”

“my husband got the boney fish keychain for Christmas one year - it opens a bottle of Heineken quite nicely”

“There was another article... I believe they said the little flying dinghy would set you back about 40 G's!”

“I know I couldn't pull 40 G's without passing out.”

“frankly it looks like a deathtrap to me... but a fun deathtrap.”

“Sez here the wing is rated to 10 positive G's and 4 negative.

Sure would be more of a stylish exit than most.”

“I love the "exit" made by the old codgers in "Second Hand Lions" That is a gorgeous shot. The properties folks on that movie had a great time pulling that off.”

“Missed that one somehow.”

“They try to fly a plane through a barn door. the tail sticks our of the doorway and the wings are embedded in the walls. You see the aftermath, not the impact. In the context of the movie I find it quite funny.

You know they went happy....
last edited: 8/05/07 11:50:49 AM”

“Ah.... "controlled flight into terrain".”

“Tilt ,the rotax will set you back...8 to 10gs.

Can you do glass work?”

“i couldn't believe it. we went down to the beach for a swim and along come this raft with a yellow wing thing. it was cool looking but i don't know how safe it would be. we wasn't to high up!”

“Cool!

Nope, never had the pleasure.”

“IT would be great for stocking for winter with the 582.”

“
Aug. 14, 2007

David E. Steitz/Stephanie Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1730/4997
david.steitz@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov

Annie Seeley
CAFE Foundation, Santa Rosa, Calif.
707-526-3925
brien@cafefoundation.org

RELEASE: 07-199

NASA NAMES WINNERS OF PERSONAL AIR VEHICLE CHALLENGE

WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded $250,000 to participants of the
Personal Air Vehicle competition, one of the seven NASA Centennial
Challenges. The competition promotes the use of self-operated,
personal aircraft for fast, safe, efficient, affordable,
environmentally-friendly, and comfortable on-demand transportation as
a future solution to America's mobility needs.

Four teams competed for overall best performance and prizes for noise
reduction, handling, efficiency, short takeoff, and top speed. The
contest took place Aug. 4-12 at Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County
Airport in Sonoma, Calif. At no cost to NASA, the Comparative
Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation, known as the CAFE Foundation,
administers the challenge. The foundation is a nonprofit group of
flight test engineers in Santa Rosa, Calif.

The award recipients are:

- Vantage Prize, $100,000: Vance Turner of Rescue, Calif., owner of a
short-wing Pipistrel piloted by Michael Coates
- Noise Prize, $50,000: Dave and Diane Anders of Visalia, Calif.,
owners and pilots of a RV-4 aircraft
- Handling Qualities Prize, $25,000: John Rehn of Santa Rosa, Calif.,
owner of a Cessna 172, piloted by Jeff Stocks
- CAFE Efficiency Prize, $25,000: Vance Turner
- Short Runway Prize, $25,000: Vance Turner
- Top Speed, First Prize, $15,000: Dave and Diane Anders
- Top Speed, Second Prize, $10,000: Vance Turner
The challenge will continue annually for four more years. This year's
competition establishes baselines for more difficult standards next
year, when the total prize money will increase to $300,000. The total
prize money provided by NASA for all five years is $2 million.

Centennial Challenges is an element of NASA's Innovative Partnerships
Program. The challenges promote technical innovation through prize
competitions to support NASA's plan to return to the moon and journey
to Mars. For more information about the Innovative Partnerships
Program and Centennial Challenges, visit:

http://www.ipp.nasa.gov/cc

For more information about NASA and other agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov


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“Those things look like regular aircraft. Small, but still pretty normal. I want something that I can take off from my driveway and land at the trailhead.”

“I want something that will fit into a briefcase like on the Jetsons.”

“MMM...little heavy but think of the time you would save on the trail....

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/52426/

Careful not exactly NSFW...but pretty darn close.”