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Inventor Creates Flotation Device Bazooka 144

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @01:37PM from the point-shoot-and-save dept.

Australian inventor Sam Adeloju has won the £20,000 ($32,000) James Dyson Award for inventing the coolest piece of life-saving equipment ever. The Longreach is a modified bazooka which can fire an expanding flotation device up to 150m to a person in distress. From the article: "Mr Adeloju told NEWS.com.au that the Longreach was inspired by a grenade-launch training session with the Army Reserves. Weighing just 3.5kg, it shoots the rescue device 150m in a manner similar to the way the army uses a grenade launcher to deliver flares and aerial observation devices. Hitting the water activates an expanding foam unit in the Longreach rescue unit, which also incorporates LED illumination and a vortex air whistle."

Submission + - Cisco to Allow Third Parties to access IOS (networkworld.com)

Submitted by MT628496 on Friday December 14, 2007 @11:08AM

MT628496 writes: Cisco plans to build IOS on a UNIX kernel and allow third party developers to access certain parts of it. IOS has traditionally been a closely guarded piece of software without any way for anyone to add functionality. There is not a time frame for when this is to occur.

Submission + - China: We Dont Censor the Internet

Submitted by

kaufmanmoore

on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @10:16AM

kaufmanmoore writes: "A Chinese government official claimed at a United Nations summit in Athens on internet governance that no Net censorship existed at all in China. The article includes an exchange by a Chinese government official and a BBC reporter over the blocking of the BBC in China. full article"

Submission + - GPS cell phone tells other owners where you are

Submitted by on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @09:26AM

An anonymous reader writes: According to Cnet, a company called Benefon has launched a cell phone with a built in GPS receiver — nothing new there. However, this particular GPS cell phone called the Twig does something extra. It can send your GPS coordinates to another Twig owner and then that person can navigate directly to you using the preloaded navigation software. Is it just me or would this save a lot of time and effort when trying to explain to the in-laws where your new apartment is?

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