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    It's Google's World, and You Only Live In It

    Cold Steel Pocket Shark Pen Is Literally Mightier Than Some Swords

    Pen Concept Uses Optical Scanner to Let You Choose Ink Color
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    07/15/09

    In reply to It's Google's World, and You Only Live In It
    Boston has the google pins all over. Took me forever to figure out thats what they were. I thought they were lollipops.
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    Image of NurseDave NurseDave
    07/15/09

    In reply to It's Google's World, and You Only Live In It
    Ah, one step closer to world domination by Google. I can't wait!
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    Image of G.O.D. G.O.D.
    07/15/09

    In reply to It's Google's World, and You Only Live In It
    Google should make the markers with build in touch screens so you could use google earth with them then the screen to become part of the marker when not in use
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    02/01/09

    In reply to Cold Steel Pocket Shark Pen Is Literally Mightier Than Some Swords
    This is perfect, because the last time I used my Sharpie to get a joint lock on one of my co-workers after he forgot to clean out the microwave, the cap totally popped off, and I had to take my tie off after it got all markered up.


    Now, I won't have to bring fresh ties to the office for my usual co-worker beat-downs!

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    Image of rikomatic rikomatic
    02/01/09

    In reply to Cold Steel Pocket Shark Pen Is Literally Mightier Than Some Swords
    I've always wondered if you really could kill someone with a pen, like Cusack in "Gross Pointe Blank."

    Now apparently you can.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/01/09

    @rikomatic: +1!!!

    I love that movie. Actually, I love just about everything with John Cusack. :)
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    02/01/09

    @rikomatic: See, now if they had just smoked that reefer, I am sure they could have worked it out..
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/01/09

    @Gary_7vn: Well, seeing as it was at least ten years old, I doubt it would have helped much...
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/01/09

    In reply to Cold Steel Pocket Shark Pen Is Literally Mightier Than Some Swords
    So then you could kill someone with this and then draw little cartoon X's over their eyes to illustrate that they are dead.


    Perfect. I'll take two!

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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    02/01/09

    In reply to Cold Steel Pocket Shark Pen Is Literally Mightier Than Some Swords
    With the tag of "Death by Pen" I think someone had to post the obligatory "Death by Tray" video. Beloved and obsessed over by all true Gizmodians. Especially Jesus (Diaz).

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/01/09

    @LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: "What? Did you dry these trays in a rainforest?"
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/01/09

    In reply to Cold Steel Pocket Shark Pen Is Literally Mightier Than Some Swords
    Jack,


    You're writing this for commenters. On Super Bowl Sunday. Most of us already have a deadly gas attack.


    Stay away from the blast radius.

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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/01/09

    In reply to Cold Steel Pocket Shark Pen Is Literally Mightier Than Some Swords
    Airport security?
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    Image of Andrew Young Andrew Young
    02/01/09

    In reply to Cold Steel Pocket Shark Pen Is Literally Mightier Than Some Swords
    [en.wikipedia.org]


    The yawara (also called pasak or dulodulo in Filipino martial arts) is a Japanese weapon used in various martial arts. It is also the specific weapon of yawara-jitsu. [1]It takes the form of one or two small, thick sticks which stick out about an inch from each side of the hand. They are usually used in pairs to initiate throws, bone breaks, pressure points and the like. When one becomes proficient with yawara, one can use them as an effective fighting weapon that is both legal (in most jurisdictions) and easy to conceal.


    [www.justfuckinggoogleit.com]

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    02/01/09

    @Andrew Young:
    But can it deflect bullets?
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    Image of Scazza Scazza
    02/01/09

    In reply to Cold Steel Pocket Shark Pen Is Literally Mightier Than Some Swords
    Yeah, but does it come in magenta?
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    02/01/09

    @Scazza: straight up pink would be more ironic, or better yet, pink sparkle gel...
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    01/29/09

    In reply to Pen Concept Uses Optical Scanner to Let You Choose Ink Color
    Q: How many Giz'ers does it take to explain the difference between CMYK and RGB?

    A: How many you got?
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    Image of Rob Andrews Rob Andrews
    01/29/09

    In reply to Pen Concept Uses Optical Scanner to Let You Choose Ink Color
    pzich has it right, inks are subtractive colors using CMYK (Cyan, Megenta, Yellow and K is BlacK ink since mixing CMY inks seldom results in a true black color)


    [en.wikipedia.org]


    LCD's and CRT's use additive colors so use additive colors

    [en.wikipedia.org]


    In additive colors red plus green = Yellow


    So the scanner might read RGB values, and convert them into CMYK values.

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    Image of Cordfucious of Tech Clan Cordfucious of Tech Clan
    01/29/09

    @Rob Andrews: damn beat me to it...thanks for the links...
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    Image of The_Gas_Man The_Gas_Man
    01/29/09

    In reply to Pen Concept Uses Optical Scanner to Let You Choose Ink Color
    Very cool idea. Maybe someday these could be mainstream.


    "Marker companies would become obsolete."

    I really get a kick out of how many naive conclusions you guys jump to whenever you see a futuristic product. They're usually funnier than most of the predictions from the Popular Mechanics archives on Google.

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    01/29/09

    @The_Gas_Man: I'm going to go out on a limb and suspect differing intentionalities.
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    Image of Zach Malloch Zach Malloch
    01/29/09

    In reply to Pen Concept Uses Optical Scanner to Let You Choose Ink Color
    How do you make yellow? :)
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    Image of Zach Malloch Zach Malloch
    01/29/09

    @Zach Malloch: i mean, seems like the three primary colors would make more sense than throwing green in there..
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/29/09

    @Zach Malloch: Yeah. Ink uses CMYK.
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    Image of Cordfucious of Tech Clan Cordfucious of Tech Clan
    01/29/09

    @Zach Malloch: The same way your TV makes it using the same colors
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    01/29/09

    @Cordfucious the CEO of Buy N Large: Err.... that's a completely different system using electron beams that excite phosphors of specific colors and intensities. Differing intensities of all three phosphors ramp up to make yellow. In pigment-based color mixing, it doesn't quite work that way. Mix red, blue and green all damn day, and you ain't gettin' yellow.


    The only way to get yellow with inks, is to make yellow ink. Hence CMYK process, which gives a bright, base, yellow, and then allows for varying saturation by wider droplet spacing, and varying shade by interspersing droplet dithering with mixed amounts of cyan, magenta or black.


    There is no way, with RGB ink, that you could get yellow. I'm sure it's just a technical bumble in the write up.

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    Image of mfusion mfusion
    01/29/09

    @Cordfucious the CEO of Buy N Large: err that's light. as was stated above, ink uses cmyk. and sometimes cmyk with a spot, it depends on the color of the paper being used.
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    Image of Cordfucious of Tech Clan Cordfucious of Tech Clan
    01/29/09

    @mfusion: well I guess the RGB dots on my old CRT is meagingless....


    BTW all colors are just different frequencies of light.. so yes... it works the same way old TV's did back in the say... Frequencies can translate to digital data that is then mixed appropriately by the pen...

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