Submarine-Powerboat Hybrid Soon To Be On Sale For $3.5 Million

Not even James Bond would scoff at the beautiful Hyper-Sub. After all, how could he not want to step foot onto a $3.5 million submersible powerboat? We've been teased for quite a while with whispers of this craft designed by Marion HSPD, but now the powerboat-submarine hybrid will finally be heading to the production line.

Real Flying Nazi Soldiers With Jet Packs

here's probably only one thing more terrifying than Nazi soldiers: Nazi soldiers with jet packs—and Nazi UFOs piloted by nefarious hamsters. The difference is that, while the UFOs never existed, the Nazi jet pack did: Behold, the Himmelstürmer. The Himmelstürmer—or Skystormer—used a pulse jet engine, like the one that powered the Fieseler Fi 103 flying bomb. The Fi 103 was the official name of the the infamous V-1 Buzz Bomb , which terrorized England for a while, until the RAF pilots learnt to shoot it down over the Channel... and the Nazis introduced the V-2 ballistic missile, invented by Saturn V rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. The Himmelstürmer was designed for one purpose: To make Nazi soldiers in their engineering corps to jump over natural enemy defenses, like minefields, barbed wire, rivers, or any other large obstacle. It had two components. The main pulse engine—on the back—pushed up and forward. A second pulse engine on the front pushed only up. The engineer throttled the back engine to make him jump over greater or shorter distances. It consumed very little fuel, never ran hot, and didn't require special clothing because it wasn't designed to run for long period of times. All while achieving 180 feet jumps at an altitude of 50 feet. Impressive. Fortunately, like all their secret super-weapons, it arrived late in the war. While no photos of the Himmelstürmer remain—the image above is a recreation—Bell Aerosystems got the devices at the end of the war, but changed its design thinking they could turn every soldier into Superman, instead of just super-jumpers. Their version, however, wasn't reliable enough for real action, and was canned after a few years.

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Who Wants A Watch Containing Volcanic Ash From Last Week's Icelandic Eruption?

With you guessed it volcanic ash. Pretty fast, considering it only erupted last week.Romain Jerome's design looks burnt to the crisp, but if that's the style your wrist has been craving then be quick there's just one available. The price isn't listed as it's one of those cases where if you have to ask you really can't afford it—but considering there's still thousands of stranded people all across the world trying to fly home via Europe, you could probably trade them a loan of your speedboat for their far-classier Rolex.

Devon Tread 1 Watch Keeps Your Wrist Busy At All Times

Devon claims that their $15,000 Tread 1 watch, a motorized, belt-driven contraption, is "a big, bold sexy declaration of independence from the status quo." The status quo, in this case, being affordable, legible, sensible timepieces. But all those belts.If your sense of what defines a good watch is how many moving parts it has, and, better still, how many of those moving parts you can see at any given time, then the Devon Timepieces Tread 1 would be right at home on your wrist.All of the numbers are on independent belts, carefully interwoven, as the company says, to give "the illusion that the parts are floating." Floating there on your honking $15,000 watch, that is. The belts are driven by four tiny motors, all of which are coordinated by an on board microprocessor. Just for good measure, the window is made of a bulletproof polycarbonate.

Remote Control DSLR BeetleCam Goes On Ground-Level Photo Safari

Some wildlife photographers spend months immersed in muck to capture the perfect shot. The Burrard-Lucas brothers decided to let an RC car do the dirty work. Their BeetleCam came face-to-face with lions, elephants, and buffalo and captured these stunning shots:The BeetleCam is the ingenuous creation of Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas, two acclaimed UK wildlife photographers who wanted to get up close and personal with some of Africa's most dangerous animals (with a wide-angle lens, natch).They strapped a Canon EOS 400D on top of a four-wheel drive buggy and rigged up one controller to operate the entire contraption. The photographs, recovered only after the BeetleCam was "promptly mauled, and carried off into the bush" by a pride of lions, show the animals from a unique, "I'm-a-small-rodent-about-to-get-snacked-on" perspective.

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Sleek Audio's Aluminum and Carbon Fiber SA7 Headphones Will Last For Years

Buy these headphones, and they'll last your whole life. Or so Sleek Audio claims—but at $400, you'd hope they'd last longer than your last pair of Sennheisers at leastPictured above is the latest SA7 pair, which are made from military-grade solid aluminum and carbon fiber, with the two drivers both protected by shock-absorbent silicone which should most definitely survive your daily use—these babies can withstand 14,000 Gs, according to Sleek Audio.Audio quality is actually heightened by the aluminum design, with an extra octave of sound promised thanks to the extra space created by using the material. On sale soon, they'll be priced between $350 - $400, with the wireless option costing $100 extra

Bulletproof luxury submarine

Aspiring Bond villains take note: there's only one of these Nautilus VAS luxury submersibles on the market today, so if you don't act fast you risk losing out on a $2.7 million submersible joyride like few others.The VAS's "military grade" construction (which I'm assuming means "bulletproof," because life's more fun that way, but in full disclosure it could well not be) may leave it blimp-like in exterior appearance, but on the inside it's all class: a restroom, a minibar, video/music players, even full size stairs! It's perfect for you yacht owners who are starting to get the feeling that being above water is for plebes.The Nautilus VAS Mark III has room for five passengers and can travel up to six knots, and you can expect a total of up to four days underwater time without fear of drowning. It also features a Diver Lockout, meaning you can enter and exit at whim for a fully formed life under the sea.

Pilotless Navy Helicopter Busts Cocaine Deal During Trial Run

The US Navy's unmanned "Fire Scout" helicopter was out minding its own business on a trial run, when its home base warship detected a suspicious speedboat on radar. That's when Robocopter kicked into high pursuit—filming the whole way.

The subsequent three-hour chase finally ended when the speedboat rendezvoused with a fishing boat, at which time a U.S. Coastguard Law Enforcement Detachment unit from the USS McInerney swarmed. What they found: 60 kilos of cocaine, with another 200 kilos of narcotics presumed jettisoned. Oh, and all sorts of bad guy drug traffickers.

The Ultimate La-Z-Boy

You can have your plush periwinkle recliner with optional Big Gulp holder. I'm sticking with the Galatea Spa chair by designer Verenice Macedo. The reasons I like this chair are quite simple: it looks comfortable, it massages you and, most importantly, it's fitted with some badass 180-degree screen that looks multi-tasking friendly (and far more ergonomic than any tablet or laptop). Now if only the chair were any more attainable than the life of rest and relaxation. Like parking your prop plane on a sandbar for lunch, the Galatea Spa chair is little more than a fantasy.

Sensor Armor Transforms Pitchers Into Finely Honed Machines

With any sport, the more exhausted you become, the more prone you are to injury. In baseball, this is especially a problem for pitchers. But a new shirt can track a pitcher's form in real time Designed by three engineering students from Northeastern University, their smart shirt is essentially Under Armor fitted with sensors and a grid of conductive thread. When connected to a PC (currently a hardwire connection, soon to be wireless), the shirt can data-log every pitch thrown in a game, allowing managers and coaches to analyze the effects of fatigue on form in real time while possibly better predicting when relief will need to step in. And with so many billions of dollars invested in the pro sports industry, it's not hard to imagine a time, quite soon, when every athlete will be monitored and optimized for performance during a game.

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Portable PS3 Slim...But Only In Japan

The PS3 Slim wasn't much lighter than the previous model, but that hasn't stopped crafty Japanese manufacturer Hori from cobbling together a portable PS3 Slim with a 720p LCD screen. It also plays Blu-rays, so if you look at it like a portable Blu-ray player as well, then it's far cheaper than buying a new laptop with Blu-ray support. On sale only in Japan at the end of May, it'll be $275.

Zombie mode on ipad

Featuring 2 incredible Zombie maps and a host of iPad-specific improvements, Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies for iPad brings one of the most successful iPhone games to the iPad and is a remarkable example of what can be done on the platform.