Aqua Archive

  • Daily Crunch: Down Below the Ocean Edition

    Daily Crunch: Down Below the Ocean Edition

    Inverted, ocean-bound “seascrapers”: aqua-communes for the future? Did you know there was a Last Starfighter video game? Energizer battery charger contains a trojan SNES cartridge plays ROMs loaded from your computer Sony reminds us of the high-cost of first generation 3D TV

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  • Homestar Aqua: Sega Toys rolls out new planetarium for your bathroom (video)

    Homestar Aqua: Sega Toys rolls out new planetarium for your bathroom (video)

    Sega Toys' series of planetarium projection systems for home use, the so-called Homestars, is getting another update. The company has announced [JP, PDF] the so-called Homestar Aqua for the Japanese market (everyone living outside this country can pre-order the Aqua here). This version is smaller and can, as the name suggests, be used in the bathroom (it's water-resistant). And it's relatively inexpensive, too.

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  • RC model of Star Trek USS ENTERPRISE swimming underwater (video)

    RC model of Star Trek USS ENTERPRISE swimming underwater (video)

    I'm not an RC gadget expert, but modding static model kits of space ships so that they're water-proof and can be RC-controlled to make them then "fly underwater" seems like a very, very geeky thing to do to me. Take this 1/350 scale replica of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A space ship from Star Trek, for example. Some person [JP] in Yokosuka, Japan, bought the static kit and transformed it into a space ship that can move and be RC-controlled underwater. The people belonging to the "underground" circle of these self-made gadgets call themselves "Aqua Modelers" and meet up on a regular basis [IT] to exchange ideas and show off their works each year. The last one apparently just took place a couple of days ago. Video after the jump.

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  • CrunchDeals: A Peek for $19.99

    CrunchDeals: A Peek for $19.99

    The Peek, everyone’s favorite tiny email device, now costs $20 for the Aqua edition. Note that the Peek requires a $19.95 a month service plan for unlimited email, but with a price this low you’re almost getting the device for free. Considering this thing has moved from $80 to $20 in a matter of months I [...]

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