Mya is a friendly and kind natured Rottie girl who is happy with short walks or a stroll around the garden. She’s good with other dogs and loves people and will be great company for some lucky person.
Are you looking for that special new companion? Then please read more about Bonnie – she could be just right for you. She has a sweet, calm nature and after recovering from surgery she needs to find a comfy home where she will be loved and cared for…
Bobo is a happy little 9-10 year old Terrier and although he’s looking for a comfortable retirement home, he’s still quite fit and active. Some regular walks in his new home would therefore be very welcome. Do you have space for this lovely little chap?
Poor Trudy the Lakeland has had to leave her home due to an unfortunate incident with a neighbour’s cat. Trudy is a good girl in every other respect and so she will make a wonderful addition to a cat-free home.
Beautiful Bella is an absolute sweetheart and her foster family say she’s a joy to have around. She’s a 14 year old Wheaten Terrier X who loves the company of other dogs and could live with a confident cat. A nice quiet home with someone who is around for company will suit this girl perfectly.
For Let’s Make Robot’s robo-wiz “Isotope,” anything he sees has the potential to be a ‘bot. Example: pondering a simple ladybug magnet on his refrigerator, he decided it’d be better as a larger, motorized magnetic crawler exploring the surface of his fridge. $30 and 16 hours later, he had the charming LadyBugBot you can see in the video above.
He’s also got a full list of DIY instructions posted, and it’s simple enough that’d it’d be a great present for anyone you’d like to give a little homemade cheer for the holidays.
LetsMakeRobots, via MAKE
Some lucky folks in Japan will be able to learn about bike safety using Honda’s fancy simulator setup you see above, rather than flying over their handlebars and developing forehead welts the size of golf balls. (Thanks, dad!)
While it looks like something you’d see in the corner of an arcade, the arrangement adds up to more than just a game. The system can simulate different conditions — demonstrating the danger of riding in the rain or snow, for instance — can detect when someone gets on or off the bike and allows the rider to see replays of her riding experience from multiple views, after she’s all done.
Honda plans to install 500 of the units in schools and offices in the company’s native Japan. We probably won’t ever see it here in the States, though it’s not like Japan hasn’t surreptitiously slipped bike-ride-simulating gaming into the States before.
Via CrunchGear
The all-electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV isn’t set to hit U.S. shores for another 18 months, but already the company is considering selling a gas version of the car alongside its battery-powered sibling in the U.S. to compete in the same segment as the Smart Car.
It can be hard to give a gadget as a good gift. Finding that thoughtful addition to someone else’s high-tech arsenal means giving something they’ll always have a use for. It’s daunting, sure, but with a little forethought the awkwardness of a useless gizmo as a present can be easily avoided.
Or, hey: skip the forethought and let us do it for you. Click Continue to see seven gadget gifts that will never go out of style.
We post a good number of hidden cameras here on DVICE. And you know what, they’re pretty freaky. After all, who wants to feel like they’re being watched all the time?
Well, allow me to return some peace of mind to you. This spy camera detector uses both an IR detector and a Wi-Fi detector to track down hidden lenses and radio receivers. That way, you can finally sleep/shower in peace, knowing that nobody is secretly watching.
Chinavasion via Gizmodo
New projected 2009 US fuel economy figures out from the EPA show that we have now reversed a long-term trend of gradually worsening fuel efficiency since 1987—that bottomed out in 2004 at 19.3 mpg.
While our international readers may find an industry average of 21.1 mpg and 422 grams CO2 per mile a laughable “achievement”—this does represent a real improvement over 2004 levels.
Industry wide, average model year 2009 light vehicles overall are projected to achieve the mileage they got back almost 20 years ago in 1991.
If you thought building a ship in a bottle was difficult, how about hand-crafting these micro-models of machines that are small enough to fit into a wine glass? They’re the work of a man with nearly infinite patience named Szymon Klimek, whose created dozens of these tiny models — over a hundred in all.
He gets paper-thin sheets of brass and cuts out the parts he needs, then shapes them and glues them together by hand to create these exquisite engines. Check out the gallery below for the multitude of mini-machines this guy makes, and don’t miss the video of his masterpiece: a working solar engine. Remarkable.
Why decorate your tree with generic Christmas ornaments that anyone could use when you can use ornaments that fit your lifestyle? I’m talking, of course, about video games, and these awesome video game controller ornaments. I mean, if you have a choice between a boring red ball ornament or a Dreamcast controller, are you seriously going for the ball? Let’s be reasonable here.
If you’re looking for a small sized dog who will fit in anywhere then have a look at Bison. She’s a sweet little 7 year old crossbreed who just asks for a cosy home and loads of love. Can you resist that little enquiring face?
23/11/09 Ari’s little feet didn’t even touch the ground. He’s found his new forever home with another little dog for company. They’re getting on really well, snuggling up together in front of the fire. A really happy ending!
Sure, when the power goes out the first thing you’ll want is light. And this flashlight will provide that handily, in LED form. But what’s the second thing you want? If you said a video camera, well, you’re in luck, because this flashlight is one of those as well.
Yes, this flashlight hides a video camera that can record in AVI format directly to its 4GB of built-in memory. It’s got a USB port on the back for transferring video to your computer. But yeah, first and foremost, it’ll supply you with light. After that, what you do with it is up to you.
USB Fever via GeekAlerts
The minute we gazed upon this $180 E-flite Blade mSR RTF Electric Mini Helicopter, we wanted one. It’s about the same size as those nearly-impossible-to-steer styrofoam model choppers, but its accurate controls set it a world apart. It weighs less than an ounce, and its 4-channel 5-in-1 control unit gives you the ultimate micro-flying experience.
There’s nothing to assemble on the Blade mSR RTF (the RTF means ready to fly), and E-flite includes two batteries so you can fly twice as long. The company touts the micro-copter’s unique rotor head design, providing “the perfect balance between the speed and agility of a single rotor heli and the reassuring stability of coaxial rotor heli.”
It’s hard to believe how sophisticated these little helicopters have gotten. With a little practice, you could probably fly it upside down (okay, not really — see comment below). Just thank your lucky stars you’re not a miniature human sitting inside.
Maggie Koerth-Baker posted a YouTube clip of me this morning. It’s an excerpt from my performance two weeks ago at Wonderfest, the Bay Area science festival.
The entire festival was videotaped by Fora.tv.
Jack is a lovely natured collie cross who would be so grateful for a warm and comfortable place to call home. He gets along with other dogs and cats and is really just the most sweet natured lad. The poor boy was heartlessly dumped and really deserves some TLC at this time of his life. Can you give him a second chance?
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