Showing posts with label Radio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Radio. Show all posts

Thursday, February 16, 2012

The WISPR Vaporizer Looks Like a Retro Transistor Radio [Smoking]

By Andrew Liszewski Oct 15, 2011 2:00 PM 10,882 17

The WISPR Vaporizer Looks Like a Retro Transistor RadioThere's an endless list of reasons why you should probably just quit smoking. But quitting isn't easy, so the WISPR promises to deliver everything you love about cigarettes, with a bit less of the stuff that could be killing you.

Thanks to design firms Thing Tank and Sequitur Creative, IOLITE's WISPR vaporizer looks like a retro-riffic transistor radio from yesteryear. But inside it packs a butane burner and a compartment for holding pipe tobacco. The IOLITE website actually suggests the use of "other herbs" here because everyone knows you look way cooler smoking tobacco from a pipe. And, let's be frank, there's only one type of smoker who's going to spend hundreds of dollars on a device like this.

Once filled with both fuel and your leaves of choice, you light the WISPR and wait for it to heat up to 374 degrees. At that temperature the tobacco is heated instead of burned, producing a vapor that's inhaled through a pop-up straw. Still not healthy but also less un-healthy, as the process reduces the amount of toxins you're taking in. Available in five very appealing colors for about $280. [WISPR via Wired]

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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Mexican Commandos Just Took Down This Secret Drug Cartel Radio Grid [Video]

Mexican Commandos Just Took Down This Secret Drug Cartel Radio Grid Mexico is fighting a war. A brutal, inexhaustible war against rich, powerful, merciless drug cartels. The rich part is key, as they're able to afford nice toys like a completely private communications network—until government commandos destroyed it.

As much as cartels like the might Zetas rule parts of Mexico, taking illegal drug talkin' (and war plannin') off the network is smart. So the Zetas built their own: solar-powered microwave radio towers that spanned distributed across ten Mexican cities in Veracruz, allowing completely encrypted, covert chatter.

But months of intel gathering by Mexican Navy commandos tipped them off to the network, and they were able to dismantle it entirely. Now the Zetas are without an important chunk of their country-wide strategy—but are still spray blood and bullets all over Mexico. It's tough to fight the bad guys when the bad guys are as well-equipped as you are—this is a hell of a leap beyond barely-floating cocaine subs. [Borderland Beat via DefenseTech]

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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Irene Emergency Radio Tracker Site Set to Ambient Music Is Helpful, Creepy [Hurricane Irene]

Irene Emergency Radio Tracker Site Set to Ambient Music Is Helpful, CreepyEmergency radio during a hurricane is undeniably fascinating (and potentially life-saving). But you need to know where to listen. You Are Listening To tracks emergency radio for you, combining it with ambient music for a mesmerizing, if creepy, experience.

You Are Listening To combines electronic music from SoundCloud with emergency radio channels from Radio Reference. Usually, it just has channels for cities (San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Montreal). Yet today site operator Eric Eberhardt launched a channel for Irene that tracks an Irene-specific repeater on Radio Reference.

If you're trying to follow the storm, and are having a hard time making sense of online scanning tools, it makes a good (if extremely unnerving) way to listen in.

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Friday, August 19, 2011

Grace Digital Victoria Nostalgic Internet Radio

by Edwin - on August 16th, 2011

Grace Digital has just announced their latest device for the masses, where it intends to add a touch of classic edge to your home. We’re talking about the Victoria Nostalgic Internet Radio that will merge a vintage design which ought to bring you back to the 1940s, where tabletop radios that look like it are all the norm in houses that can afford one, but Grace Digital’s offering adds a delicious, modern twist by sporting the advanced features of today’s internet radios and cloud music services.

Yes sir, do not judge a book by its cover, and in this case, a radio by its external housing. This is a high-quality radio that promises to deliver crisp highs, deep base, and a superior clarity which will let you enjoy your favorite music or talk radio program right in the comfort of your own home.

It isn’t going to come cheap though, as Grace Digital is offering their Victoria Nostalgic Internet Radio for $229.99, but why not see what it has to offer before you close your mind (and wallet) for good? Sporting a walnut exterior with birch inlay that certainly oozes with 1940s charm, this device will come with Class D digital 16 watt RMS amplifier (50 watt peak) that can fill just about any living room, bedroom, office, or kitchen with a rich, warm, and detailed sound.

The Victoria Internet Radio (model # GDI-IRN1941) will also be equipped with a 4-line adjustable backlit display, five alarm settings, 110 station presets/folder, built-in cutting-edge 802.11n wireless (Wi-Fi) connectivity, and integrated Pandora controls on the remote. To put it in a nutshell, you are able to take advantage of the full-function remote control, or take the other route of downloading one of Grace Digital’s remote control apps for iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone or Android smartphone/tablet.

If you’re a huge fan of Internet radio services, then this model won’t disappoint since your ears will be able to enjoy Pandora Radio, SiriusXM, Rhapsody, NPR, Live365, DAR.fm, WeatherBug, in addition to more than 50,000 AM/FM/HD radio stations and podcasts.

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