NET-2000 Traps You in My Web
Monday, March 17th, 2008
This NET-2000 device here may look like a flashlight, but if you turn it on, a net will shoot out. That’s right, someone actually took an idea from a comic book and made it into a publicly-available net-shooter that you can use to take out bad guys.
This net-gun uses compressed gas through a pneumatic system, which I’m told is a better alternative to “traditional gunpowder activated net guns”. Yes, I had no idea that there were any traditional gunpowder activated net guns before today. You learn something new everyday. I’m guessing the ones that use gunpowder are for official or private use, and I’m guessing you might not need a license for a net gun.
The NET-2000 can shoot over 3-8 meters in a few seconds for sixteen square meters of capturing potential. In fact, pictures from the China Grabber website show it taking out two bad guys at once.
This NET-2000 is a nice alternative to apprehending criminals who are fleeing the scene. It’s a little safer than guns and less shocking than tasers. Hey, I’d rather be netted in the back rather than shot. Then again, hopefully I would never be in a situation where I was fleeing the scene of a crime.
Blogs everywhere can’t help but compare this device to Spider-man, for obvious reasons. Well, if you want to live out those old dreams, it will only cost you $419.
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As we’ve seen already, algae is big business these days, and it now looks like the alternative source of fuel is getting another shot in the arm, with GreenFuel Technologies recently announcing a deal to build an “algae-to-fuel” plant in Europe. The company, as you may or may not know, is now headed (at least temporarily) by Ethernet pioneer Bob Metcalf, with its main claim to fame being a bioreactor that’s designed to grow algae from the carbon dioxide emissions of power plants. While complete details are still pretty light at the moment, that bit of technology was apparently enough to score it a $92 million deal with somebody (actually negotiated by the former CEO), which is reportedly contingent on it first building a small scale pilot plant and meeting cost and productivity goals along the way. As Xconomy reports, however, this latest development follows some hard times faced by the company, during which time it actually had to shut down one of its algae greenhouses after it produced more algae than the system could handle.
Of course, there’s really no big reason why it looks like that other than for aesthetics. But for the Japanese who view bonsai as a work of art, this baby has its charms.
It won’t do much to complement the Time Capsule’s minimalist looks, but if you’ve been itching to get a bit more range of out thing, you now have a new option to consider from Quickertek, which recently introduced its new TriBand Antenna for the device. Available either as a self-install kit or pre-installed on the Time Capsule of your choice, the slightly janky-looking rig promises a 50% increase in range over a standard Time Capsule, with ample coaxial cabling provided to let you position it just right. As if that wasn’t enough, Quickertek is also promising that the antenna will let you reach speeds “much closer to the theoretical yield of 300 megabits per second,” although it apparently isn’t making any firm claims on that matter. If that sounds like the boost you’ve been looking for, you can grab the self-install kit now for $130, get Quickertek to install the antenna on your existing Time Capsule for $200, or get a 500GB or 1TB Time Capsule with it pre-installed for $500 or $700, respectively. 
