The Daily Geek

What do you call something that is limp, does nothing, and is “cold” until you put your hand on it.  I’ll give you three guesses.  Nope.  Sorry.  You really are a sicko.  The answer is, a remote control.  Someone at Panasonic had the bright idea to make a remote control out of gel that responds to the touch of the human hand.  When it’s off, it’s limp, doesn’t move, and looks a lot like, well… Anyway, when it senses a hand approaching, the remote becomes rigid, appears to “warm up” (from a small led light inside it), and becomes responsive.  Seriously, we really need this?

I’ve seen some strange things in my day, but this slideshow takes the cake.  The gist of the slideshow is modifications people have made to surgical masks (ala SARS, SwineFlu, etc.).  I don’t really understand what a (hockey) Goalie’s helmet or paper bags have to do with it, but OK..