this looks like a laser pointer with the power modulator removed.

if a machine does what a child can do it with their hands (light a match, pop a balloon, rip tape) I'm not impressed.

They have another video where they make her chase a laser pointer.

very nice I enjoyed watching this a lot- now can somebody explain how this was actually done?
Waving around laser-pointers in the air?

oh. then i guess i'm a homosexual then, because i have definitely aimed a laser pointer at my friends' crotches and breasts, and even may have skimmed my cat's naughty parts... shit... and at my brother... that makes me incestuous too... but only minorly.

this is probably a very good way to ruin your laser pointer. removing its power regulation like that is going to cause the non-heat-sunk IR laser diode inside to heat up very rapidly and burn out.

Jack Russel Terrorists for the win!

ps. you don't need all that expensive technology, a laser pointer works just as well...



Proud JRT owner!

I understand that there are clearly a lot of various complicated issues in this decision, and I would like to cleanly express why I support raising the queue escape level.

1. VideoSift will suffer from a reduction in quality due to obscure videos being overlooked or unposted in the frantic drive towards "star power," or ranking.

I think the collectives help devalue this claim, in the past when we have increased the queue escape level or the top 15 system we have caught similar flak, but currently the top 15 includes such titans as

"1. Polite Distances For Holding Open A Door

2. What is it with Kitties & Laser Pointers??

3. Incredible Shoot-out Goal (Voted best of 05-06 season)
[From YouTube: this is a video that was created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod. Ther]

4. Eye-Opening Stats: The Global Economy and Computers"

To me it is clear that this increase has not reduced our niche value; this is to say that I am interested in preserving the vibrant community that is at the heart of videosift, but I think we need to look at how we are going to grow.

I guess what I am trying to say is that essentially the front page is the life blood of videosift, long term members know how to find collectives, and playlists, but what about the first time visitor. When they come to the site I like to think that they see a representative of the sift ecology that we have all come to know and love. Currently I think the video turn over rate is too high, and in fact in contrast to promoting awesome videos, I think it suppresses them. If we promote 60 videos a day how can we expect the 59th one, a documentary about post Castro violence in Cuba, to receive the light of day it deserves.

Clearly this is an allusion to a false possibility, but what I am saying is that I have faith in the sift to promote these videos, regardless of the queue escape level to a point where more people might see them. In all honesty I think raising the bar to entry to such video goldmines is an ethical misstep, and would like to make sure that our community maintains its power to draw attention to such things. If we continue to allow queue turnover at this rate we risk driving attention from important issues to ones that merely garner x percentage of a niche support, and for me this is why we created collectives. Not everyone here agrees what should be on the sift, but if it dies an ignominious death the video shall live on in the collective. However, a video that should be seen by all might perish in the waste bucket that is continuous community creation. We owe it to our new users, and those who might not care to think, to provide bleeding edge access to all that is visually important, and I don't see how we can continue with our current queue escape.

This is not to say that I would not listen to suggestions, I merely ask those that are long term users to balance their desires for community growth, with what someone sees on their first visit to the site.

This is incredible. The helmet's got air-conditioning and a laser pointer. Make sure you watch the classic comedy moment at 4:44.

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It seems like Wenger wants you to do one thing: throw out your old knives. Actually, it wants you to do several things: throw out your bike tools, your toiletries, your laser pointer and so on, because you can find all of these instruments in a huge Swiss Army knife, which includes every tool the company makes. Wenger is calling the contraption “Giant Knife Version 1.0.” It debuted with all 85 features and can perform hundreds of functions.
Who doesn’t need a cigar cutter next to a bicycle chain rivet setter next to a golf divot repair tool? Wenger is on to something with this everyman’s gadget. It wouldn’t be a knife, though, without a blade, so Wenger put seven in the line-up. And it wouldn’t be Swiss Army unless it came with tweezers and a toothpick. (They’re included, too.)

Here are all 85 tools included in Giant Knife, Version 1.0:

1. 2.5” 60% Serrated locking blade
2. Nail file, nail cleaner
3. Corkscrew
4. Adjustable pliers with wire crimper and cutter
5. Removable screwdriver bit adapter
6. 2.5” Blade for Official World Scout Knife
7. Spring-loaded, locking needle-nose pliers with wire cutter
8. Removable screwdriver bit holder
9. Phillips head screwdriver bit 0
10. Phillips head screwdriver bit 1
11. Phillips head screwdriver bit 2
12. Flat head screwdriver bit 0.5 mm x 3.5 mm
13. Flat head screwdriver bit 0.6 mm x 4.0 mm
14. Flat head screwdriver bit 1.0 mm x 6.5 mm
15. Magnetized recessed bit holder
16. Double-cut wood saw with ruler (inch & cm)
17. Bike chain rivet setter, removable 5m allen wrench, screwdriver for slotted and Phillips head screws
18. Removable tool for adjusting bike spokes, 10m hexagonal key for nuts
19. Removable 4mm curved allen wrench with Phillips head screwdriver
20. Removable 10mm hexagonal key
21. Patented locking Phillips head screwdriver
22. Universal wrench
23. Laser pointer with 300 ft. range
24. 1.65” Clip point utility blade
25. Metal saw, metal file
26. 4 mm allen wrench
27. 2.5” blade
28. Fine metal file with precision screwdriver
29. Double-cut wood saw
30. Cupped cigar cutter with double-honed edges
31. 12/20-Gauge choke tube tool
32. Watch caseback opening tool
33. Snap shackle
34. Telescopic pointer
35. Compass, straight edge, ruler (in./cm)
36. Mineral crystal magnifier with precision screwdriver
37. 2.4” Springless scissors with serrated, self-sharpening design
38. Shortix key
39. Flashlight
40. Fish scaler, hook disgorger, line guide
41. Micro tool holder
42. Micro tool adapter
43. Micro scraper-straight
44. Reamer
45. Fine fork for watch spring bars
46. Pin punch 1.2 mm
47. Pin punch .8 mm
48. Round needle file
49. Removable tool holder with expandable receptacle
50. Removable tool holder
51. Multi-purpose screwdriver
52. Flat Phillips head screwdriver
53. Flat head screwdriver bit 0.5 mm x 3.5 mm
54. Spring loaded, locking flat nose nose-pliers with wire cutter
55. Phillips head screwdriver bit 0
56. Phillips head screwdriver bit 1
57. Phillips head screwdriver bit 2
58. Flat head screwdriver bit 0.5 mm x 3.5 mm
59. Flat head screwdriver bit 0.6 mm x 4.0 mm
60. Flat head screwdriver bit 1.0 mm x 6.5 mm
61. Can opener
62. Phillips head screwdriver
63. 2.5” Clip point blade
64. Golf club face cleaner
65. 2.4” Round tip blade
66. Patented locking screwdriver, cap lifter, can opener
67. Golf shoe spike wrench
68. Golf divot repair tool
69. Micro straight-curved
70. Special tool holder
71. Phillips head screwdriver 1.5mm
72. Screwdriver 1.2 mm
73. Screwdriver .8 mm
74. Mineral crystal magnifier, fork for watch spring bars, small ruler
75. Removable screwdriver bit holder
76. Magnetized recessed bit holder
77. Tire tread gauge
78. Reamer/awl
79. Patented locking screwdriver, cap lifter, wire stripper
80. Special Key
81. Toothpick
82. Tweezers
83. Adapter
84. Key ring
85. Second key ring

Dennis Pireta, Wenger’s marketing director put it succinctly when he noted, “This is not exactly going to win any awards for lightest, smallest or most efficient tools…” The knife is a brute, weighing 2 pounds, 11 ounces and measuring 8.75 inches. But don’t worry, it has a key ring so you can carry it on a belt loop.

Wenger set the price at $1,200.

Gods must be crazy is a good film :-p Me, I have cats that love vodka. KItty goes crazy when the vodka bottles come out of the bar. Nothing funner then a cat, vodka and a laser pointer.

"A cheapo laser pointer, a solar panel and a clear vase filled with water are transformed into a music controller.

...

A slightly more complex version of using a water surface as a music controller featuring five lasers instead of just the one. Please note that this is a prototype version, and as such does not represent the variety of output for the finished thing."

cant even see the laser pointer