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Ricoh has announced the new rugged-looking, water and dust resistant camera - the G600. Passing the US Department of Defense standards as a shock resistant product that can withstand a 1.5-meter (about 5-foot) fall, the G600 packs of the same features as other Ricoh camera products, except for sporting an overall smaller and lighter camera body.

Users who live exhilarating lifestyles would benefit from the G600’s water, dust and impact resistant features as they can bring the G600 anywhere they want to without worrying about damaging the camera’s inner sensitive parts. The G600 features a 10-megapixel lens, a large 2.7-inch LCD, a 5x optical zoom with wide-angle focal point which is equivalent to 28-140mm for a 35 mm camera, digital image stabilizer, high ISO from 64-3200 and built-in flash. In addition to those features, the G600 also has USB support, a large-capacity and long lasting battery that gives 360 shots (as per CIPA standard) before it runs out of juice and support for SD/SDHC memory cards of up to 8GB for storage. Speaking of batteries, the G600 can also take AAA-batteries in case its lithium-ion runs out. Pricing for the G600 is not yet available at this time.

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The MacBook Air has been touted as the world’s thinnest and one of the most portable laptops ever, as we have all seen just how it can fit inside an envelope. There aren’t too many competitors because any laptop that can match it in thinness, usually can’t match it in price, such as the X300 from Lenovo. However, this new laptop called the Frontier, or FRLN, comes with a 12-inch LED screen, and only weighs at 2.75 pounds. Now, the MacBook Air comes with a slightly bigger screen, measuring out at 13.3-inches, also the MacBook Air actually weighs a little bit more, 3-pounds in fact.

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If you want to have something to shoot at your mom or your little brother (without hurting them), you should check out AirZooka.  AirZooka is a “gun” powered by air impulsion.  It’s easy to use, just pull the elastic and point the gun towards your target.

“The Airzooka is a fun gun that launches harmless rings of air up to 40 feet. You will be amazed when you are able to mess up a persons hair or knock down targets from over 40 feet away. Requiring no batteries, and shoots air, you will never run out of ammo. Because it shoots air, it is safe at any distance.“

This air impulsion effect is a physics phenomenon called “vortex generator.“ Tornados are a good example of this effect.  According to Wikipedia:

“A vortex generator is an aerodynamic surface, consisting of a small vane that creates a vortex. They can be found in many devices, but the term is most often used in aircraft design.“

I think this toy is more for getting to know a little more “how stuff works.“  I’m not too sure of how it works, but I bet you never heard of “vortex generator” before!  The toys sounds pretty useless to me, but useless or not, according to AirZooka’s official website, they’re are out of stock!

Check it out AirZooka in action after the break.

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