World’s most powerful flashlight?

It is called Xenide and it comes from AE Light. That is a firm we have never heard of, but they make flashlights (torches) that may well be the most powerful around. The flashlight in the picture is the 25W Xenide and it sports an HID halide light-source (what we usually call Xenon) with 1,500 lumen that can illuminate a target over 900 meters (3,000 feet) away. The light is powered by a rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery with 120 minutes of endurance. The light is built tough, with IP67, which means it can survive being submerged in 2 meters (6.5 feet) of water for a short time. Comes with charger, shoulder strap (it weighs in a 2 lb) different colored lenses, protective caps and a travel case. How much is this goodness, we hear you ask. Well, you can get one for USD 435:- on Amazon.brbr

Gimbal bowl for little kids.

Why have no-one thought of this before? Here they have used the same tech that has been used to mount compasses on ships (before GPS) to try and make a less messy feeding utensil for the little rugrats. The handle and the outer bowl moves independently from the inner one, so that the inner bowl should always stay in the horizontal position. USD 8:-. Promised to survive the dishwasher.brbr

Energy tower may prove more efficient than windmills.

Swedish inventor Erik Stiig has designed a wind power plant that works a bit like a tornado, and where al moving parts are placed inside the construction. Besides the obvious safety advantages with this design, tests conducted indicates that the Energytower is 30 to 40 percent more effective than a conventional wind power-mill. To boot, a conventional windmill has to be shut down in winds over 25 meters/second (about 48 knots), while the Energytower can operate in wind forces up to 50 meters/second (about 97 knots). This means that they can be used for more hours and thus generate more power. The company are now working on energy towers from 2.5 meters (about 8 ft.) in height (picture) up to 90 meters (about 295 ft.). A 15 meter (about 50 ft.) tower is calculated to be able to provide power for a small farm. Next year the company are planning to build 40 towers in pre-serial production series and they are all but sold out beforehand.brbr

Finger wrench.

We could have used this numerous times. And we had no idea it even existed. Think of all the times you have to hold a nut on some inaccessible place, and you keep dropping the thing. Or when you do not seem to reach just far enough. Brilliant. Handles nuts and bolts up to 0.5 and it is USD 3:50 a piece.brbr