Blowing Out the Dust: Morning Edition

• Some Call It "Rental" – A company wants to try a cell phone-style subscription plans for cars. Free car, but you pay them for fuel. [Jalopnik]

• Stunning – Hands-down the coolest photo project of the year: Jonathan Harris' "Whale Hunt" project, with pictures of an Inuit whale hunt timed to his heartbeat in a lovely Flash interface. [TheWhaleHunt.org]

• Doubtful – A "jetpack & beverage company" claims they intend to sell a commercial jetpack in 2008. [Money.CNN.com]

• Best Worst – PopMech's top 10 worst gadgets of 2007. Nice to see someone else wonder what the deal is with the Pleo. [PopularMechanics.com]

[#1 posted by Moon , December 14, 2007 6:29 PM]

Hahahahaha! I'm sure they will have some crazy DRM style of electricity where you can't charge your car anywhere else but at their own stations!

[#2 posted by Moon , December 14, 2007 6:37 PM]

Hahahahahaha! AGAIN!

Key paragraph:
Actually, the gun is a just an oddly-shaped controller, with buttons and a directional pad. So, technically speaking, you do use it to shoot. But to aim at your target, you have to use your head. That is, you literally wag your head around until the crosshairs line up with your target. This does not simulate being a real person with a real gun; it recreates the experience of being a unicorn with a rocket-launching horn. From a virtual reality perspective, the 20-year-old Nintendo Zapper light gun is more advanced.

Tee hee.