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February 11, 2007

Cool LEDs

No DIY here but cool looking LEDs… urban_data on flickr has some good stuff… Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, Gadgets, photography, photography ... More

Posted in Circuits, Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, photography by max on the February 11th, 2007 at 11:42 am

DVD Region hack for DVD Players

Can’t play that DVD you bought in China last summer on your DVD Player? Check out this site and see if there’s a hack for your DVD Player. Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, Hack, Hack, Video, Video ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Hack, Video by max on the February 11th, 2007 at 8:33 am

DIY - IMbot

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool IM-bot, which let’s you know when your friends are online. This one is for Linux but it shouldn’t be too hard to make it yourself using a P ... More

Posted in Circuits, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Funny, Projects, Video, Web by max on the February 11th, 2007 at 12:12 am

February 10, 2007

DIY - CO2 System!

Here’s a cool DIY on making your own CO2 system. Carbon is the fundamental element that all life on this planet is based. Plants are no exception. Since plants have no way of getting to their food sources, nutrients have to be obtained from their surrounding environment. Plants use many macro and micronutrients, carbon dioxide (CO2) being o ... More

Posted in Chemistry, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Earth, Educational, Entertainment by max on the February 10th, 2007 at 9:35 pm

Nick Douglas’s new video show

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Check out a sneak preview of upcoming Lookshiny.com. via valleywag Blog, Blog, Business, Business, Cool, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny, Funny, lookshiny, valleywag, Video, Video, Web, Web, Zedomax ... More

Posted in Blog, Business, Cool, Entertainment, Funny, Video, Web by max on the February 10th, 2007 at 9:11 pm

How to get out of your Cingular contract, legally.

This is a funny article on how to get out of your Cingular contract. If anyone tried it, let us know. via hackszine cell phones, cell-phones, cingular, Consumer, Consumer, contract, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny, Funny, get, Hack, Hack, hackszine, HOWTO, out, Zedomax ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Funny, Hack, cell phones by max on the February 10th, 2007 at 8:33 pm

Chat Module added

Notice the gabbers image on the top right hand side? That’s our new chat module. Feel free to drop by if you are sleepless or just bored. chat-module, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, gabber, gabbly, Web, Web, Zedomax ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Web by max on the February 10th, 2007 at 8:17 pm

Round-up HOWTO Links for the day

We’ve decided to do some round-up links for the day for the hell-of-it. Check out How to fake a Web 2.0 logo for some hints on your next website’s new logo. Here’s Delicious bookmarking howto for anyone new to Web2.0 bookmarking. Check out HOWTO fight Companies Online. Their number advice is to start a blog. nice… In a ... More

Posted in Business, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Graphics, Storage, Web, delicious, photography by max on the February 10th, 2007 at 8:08 pm

Getting better sleep today

I have been struck with the zzzzz sickness lately. I can get to sleep at night and feel like my whole world is falling into (or needs to) the zzzzz world. If I start working out more often, this should be better… (this flu is killing me!?!) Regardless, you can read about psychology today’s article on how to get a better night’ ... More

Posted in DoItYourself!, Psychology by max on the February 10th, 2007 at 7:48 pm

DIY - Color Organ

Wow, check this color organ out, it almost looks like candy. The circuit itself consists of an electret condensor microphone feeding a two stage preamplifier with a sensitivity control. The signal is then split up into three channels with individual level adjustments. Each channel has it’s own filter circuit, so that they each respond to a ... More

Posted in Circuits, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Projects by max on the February 10th, 2007 at 6:26 pm

Magical induction heating - non-contact heat

Wow, I’ve always thought of this as pure magic but here’s the reasons behind the non-contact heating appliances. When an alternating electric current is passed through a coil, the coil creates a magnetic field. The magnetic lines of flux cut through the air around the coil. If a ferrous material, such a solid bar ... More

Posted in Circuits, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets by max on the February 10th, 2007 at 3:58 am

February 9, 2007

Maker Faire 2007 - SF Bay Area

Check out the Maker Faire this year and make sure to mark it on your calendars if you are in the SF Bay Area! via Business, Business, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, Shows, Shows ... More

Posted in Business, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Shows by max on the February 9th, 2007 at 11:47 pm

Zedomax DIY 127 - Make an Ethernet controlled Color Organ!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. For this weekend, we will show you how to make an ethernet controlled color organ that can be applied for some kind of stage lighting. We will be using the party light we made and simply plugin the MaxPORT module to the serial port of the CuSB22R. Click below for the full HOWTO: Then all you ... More

Posted in Audio, Circuits, Consumer, Cool, DIY Zedomax, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Garrett's DIYs, Graphics, Hack, Industrial, Microcontroller, Projects, Video by max on the February 9th, 2007 at 7:08 pm

Ship carries ships and other big stuff

Wow, check this ship out, it can carry anything from oil refinery to a luxury cruise! So that’s how they move big ships… via Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Educational, Travel, Travel ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Educational, Travel by max on the February 9th, 2007 at 6:45 pm

Egg Drop Experiments

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. This is kinda cool experiment on eggs and dropping them from the roof. I wonder if they’d try some memory foam… via acceleration, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, drop, Earth, Earth, Educational, Educational, egg, Entertainment, Entertainment, expe ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Earth, Educational, Entertainment, Funny, Games, Video by max on the February 9th, 2007 at 3:03 pm

Optical recognition LEDs

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool video of optical recognition LEDs. Seems pretty easy to make, can you hack one? via Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, Hack, Hack, Microcontroller, Micro ... More

Posted in Circuits, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Hack, Microcontroller, Video by max on the February 9th, 2007 at 12:40 pm

Radio controlled Dragonfly available at Radio Shack

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. All right, the dragon fly is finally available at my favorite store, Radio Shack! We’ve been secretly collecting some toys from Radio Shack, this WILL make us happy again. via video via pcworld blog Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Games, Motor, Robots, Travel by max on the February 9th, 2007 at 8:30 am

How Tofu is manufactured

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode My mom has told me of stories about how to make tofu starting with soy beans when I used to be a kid. It’s really interesting how it’s mass-manufactured at the factory. Although this tofu on the video does not look good (speaking from years of eatin ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment, Industrial, Video by max on the February 9th, 2007 at 3:23 am

February 8, 2007

DIY HACK - Computer FAN generator

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, check out how you can use your computer FAN as a generator to power your cellphone and other small electrical devices! via dabomb.tv Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Enter ... More

Posted in Circuits, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Hack, Motor, Video by max on the February 8th, 2007 at 6:19 pm

Samsung Ultra Smart F700 with 3G

Oh, I want this phone! via cell phones, cell-phones, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, Gadgets, Web, Web, Wireless, Wireless ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, Web, Wireless, cell phones by max on the February 8th, 2007 at 6:17 pm

Snowplow Robot with GPS and two cameras!

HOly cow, this is a tight looking snowplow, but it also runs by itself with on-board GPS and 2 cameras! This is a slight change from the Roomba… Dare anyone to build this guy. (looks like he’s got a face too ) via Auto, Auto, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Earth, Earth, Educational, Educational, Gadgets, Gadgets, Industrial, Industr ... More

Posted in Auto, Consumer, Cool, Earth, Educational, Gadgets, Industrial, Robots by max on the February 8th, 2007 at 4:51 pm

Dry Ice and Soap Experiment

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out the crazy amount of bubbles you can make with dry ice and soap! via randomgoodstuff Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment by max on the February 8th, 2007 at 4:03 pm

How to make a virus

Here’s a funny hack for making a virus yourself… (DO NOT USE THIS, informational purposes only!!!) Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Hack, Hack, Web, Web ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment, Hack, Web by max on the February 8th, 2007 at 1:18 pm