Friday, February 27, 2009

Tech Talk w/ Andrew Schultz

Today I have a few items that are of amazing detail and with great uses. Some of these products you could use to help your every-day life but one of them is for the extraordinary people in our military that may save lives and stop enemy factions and countries from using military force or weapons. Some of these products may help save lives, or they just may help stop from getting your ankle sprained, twisted, or broken.

Item: What if you need to hold that one thing in place just long enough so you could put a screw in it to hold it for good? Well, you would also be left over with the glue on the item. With this new product you can actually use this glue and it will just dissolve in hot water and allow a clean surface when you’re done. It will still allow you to hold that item in place.


Andrew’s Take: This glue is a very neat product that my come in handy if you need that third hand. When you go to use it, the adhesive actually will not come loose until you dump the hot water on it, which is what I think is the neatest part.


Item: When you run out of batteries for you favorite mp3 player or electronic you are always scrounging for more or you go out and buy brand new ones. Well, batteries are not cheap any more, running like $5-$6 at local stores. With this new product you may never run out of batteries again and you don’t even have to worry about the bulky rechargeable battery packs. These new batteries actually plug into your nearest electronic with a USB port to charge them, not taking up much space; they can just sit and recharge while you watch your favorite movie or play your game. The USBcell batteries last ten times longer than normal alkaline batteries, even though they are not very good for low-drain products like remotes.


Andrew’s Take: I think that this battery will bring new life to high-drain products like cameras and mp3 players just for the fact that it only takes 5 hours for a complete charge, which really isn’t that long of a time. Though not everything takes a AA battery, they are working on AAA and cell phone batteries that run on the same style of the AA batteries.


Item: Let’s say you’re taking a hike in the woods and you manage to fall off a rock, yet you land on your feet and you ankle starts to hurt. There’s now a new material produced to be used in football pads, boots, and bulletproof vests that will, when you just lightly touch it and put some pressure on it, will deform and be flexible, but when you put force into it like a bullet or a hammer, it will be as hard as a concrete wall. Theoretically, if you would have had this material in your boots, you would have never hurt your ankle. The material is made up of a polymer that will not dry, freeze, or melt.

Andrew’s Take: This product would be great for the people in the military overseas for their boots and their vest, but the only thing I wondered about the material is, will it get hot or will it get cold? Not like burning hot or freezing cold, but will it retain the temperature. Other than that one point, I don’t see one thing that I don’t like about this awesome material.