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DESIGN – Trampoline Stairs I want in my Home!

by max on February 8th, 2010
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Here’s a rather great concept for a spiral trampoline that could be installed in homes so you can “bounce” your way down or up. Very clever, I would want this in my future home one day. JDS architects have proposed an experience which sees a trampoline net spiraling down the institution’s rotunda. this idea plays on frank lloyd wright’s original scenograp ...

Math DIY – How to Make a Skewer Hyperboloid!

by max on February 8th, 2010
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Here’s a great way for you to learn about hyperboloids, by learning to make one yourself! (via make) Very neat stuff indeed! Seriously, this could be used for crafts and other neat projects even if you don’t care about the math. This is a hyperboloid (also called a “hyperboloid of one sheet”). It is a smooth continuous surface that can be obtained by rotating ...

Binary Numbers DIY – How to Read Binary Numbers!

by max on February 8th, 2010
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Binary numbers are the utmost basics of computers. In essence, every image, file, or anything on your computer can be translated into 0s and 1s. So what are these binary numbers and how do you read them? Well, binary numbers are basically numbers based on zeros and ones instead of regular 0 through 9 numbers. For example, here’s a binary number: 01010 You always count from the ri ...

Photography DIY – How to Use Bokeh and Depth of Field!

by max on February 8th, 2010
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It’s been about 3 months since I’ve emerged myself into the world of photography. One of the reasons I decided to move to a DSLR camera is because of “Depth of Field” where you can focus on your objects sharply. Since I’ve owned a DSLR, I’ve been doing a lot of experimenting with depth of field and if you are just dipping your foot into DSLR photo ...

LED DIY – How to Make an LED Umbrella!

by max on February 8th, 2010
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Umbrellas can be great items to hack them into interesting LED objects such as this LED DIY which involves the author attaching/controlling LEDs on the umbrella. I think this could possibly great way to make special effects, perhaps very useful for light painting. Anyone undertaking this project sh ...

The mini solar powered car

by David Allen on February 8th, 2010
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These are like something that you find on Mission Impossible or some other technical related film that uses solar power to run, in fact these little cars recently took five days to travel from New York to Texas, and it just took five days! There are no batteries, just a tiny solar panel that powers up the motor and allows it to zoom along the road at deaf defying speeds. This little car ...

Survival of the fittest

by David Allen on February 8th, 2010
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When the world as we know it comes to an abrupt end, we are going to need to defend our families. But without direct access to a weapon or at least something that is going to be able to be used for survival. So it seems that the only alternative left is to make your own weapons, this may not be a difficult as it sounds. With these handy instructional posters, you could easily weapon up a ...

A unique alarm clock

by David Allen on February 8th, 2010
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The days of switches and knobs should well past us, but still here we are having to switch devices on and off, sometimes its feels like the stone ages. Especially when there is so much technology out there in the wide world, so why doesn’t anyone use it? Well in fact this technology is being used and this product is a result of the technology available today. The clock uses advanced vo ...

Arduino DIY – How to Make a Coffee Can Clock!

by max on February 8th, 2010
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Looking for a new clock that can make your home more modern and stylish? This DIY Coffee Can Clock certainly has the style and form factor which uses Arduino and matrix displays. Well done, I love it. For coffee lovers like me, this is BLISS! The electronics is based on Wiseduino (Arduino clone w ...

Alarm clock that detects motion

by David Allen on February 8th, 2010
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It is not a great time when the alarm goes off, it wakes you up, it is normally dark and if you are anything like me the clock normally ends up on the floor which makes it even harder to find and turn off. So it’s great to find this is motion sensitive alarm clock, once it goes off all you need to do is wave your hand or any other part of your anatomy and that should be enough to turn ...