Wireless helmet headsets for BatBoat?
Yeeeeeha! The basic V-24 is a 26’, 360 Hp, 70 knot racer designed a few years ago by Ocke Mannerfelt, and said to be relatively ‘safe’ and easy to drive. Panbo reader Tom W. has a custom version sporting 650...
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Ultrasonic wind speed, handheld version
Friday gizmo: Davis just announced WindScribe, a $129 ultrasonic wind speed sensor that apparently uses some of the technology seen in Airmar’s WeatherStation. WindScribe also measures temperature and computes wind chill, and can be mounted using an included...
LED lantern in a bottle
Tip of the hat to Scuttlebutt for today’s kind News Brief about Panbo. It’s been crazy here, it’s Friday, and I’m going to keep it quite light. So meet LightCap, a 32 oz water jug with a solar...
Virtual Tacking Puts Sailors To Test
Well this sounds like the fitness equipment I would like to have at home instead of a rowing machine… “The Virtual Sailor VS-1, which can replicate the physical stresses and technical demands of sailing...
VistaPix Binocular & Digital Camera
Wired’s Gadget Lab features Celestron’s VistaPix Model 72212 Binocular & Digital Camera in its newsletter. It’s not yet best of both worlds, but worth a look. Celestron VistaPix Model 72212 at Amazon.com “These stealthy...
White Teeth After Being Shipwrecked
So if you happen to get shipwrecked while cruising in a sunnier part of the world, at least you won’t need a dentist as long as you have Compact-Impact’s Soladey-3 onboard… “Possibly a little...
GripNweigh, How Much Weighs My Catch?
Like I said yesterday, I’m not really into fishing myself. But of course I do like the gadgets surrounding this sport. If you do too, and if you’re always claiming to have caught the...
7.2-Megapixels Underwater
Sony’s 7.2-megapixel digital still camera, the Cyber-shot DSC-P150, comes with an optional Marine Pack. “The camera sports circuitry that Sony says ensures fast startup and shot-to-shot times and speeds up auto focus and auto...
Waterproof Entertainment Trend
I already saw it in my logfiles, but looking at the press-coverage on waterproof MP3 players, I must conclude there is definitely a trend here. Oceanic’s DV-X has been mentioned on this website before,...
Bluetooth-enabled GPS
Lots of ‘gadget’ news today somehow…. A GPS/Bluetooth combination is not something new, but this implementation by Mobile Tracker is quite nice because the device is battery powered as well. Which allows for a...
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