March 13, 2007
MIT HACK - Graffiti Machine
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Yeah, this would be awesome for some wall graffiti at Ocean Beach! cb, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, Hack, Hack, ocean_beach, Robots, robots, Video, Video, wall_graffiti, youtube ... More
danglony - Lightweight, retractable balcony
Okay, I know some of you need more space if you live in a small apartment. Use a Danglony, a lightweight retractable balony for relaxing over your streets. Suspended by two steel chains fastened on rescue rope hooks high up on the window frame (alternative suspension) Cost: 5 hours work, building materials for about 500 NOK balony, building_ma ... More
DIY - How to make a Colored Light!
Okay, this one doesn’t take a genius but it’s a really good idea. Maybe someone can take this color light concept further. color-light, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Energy, Energy, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, genius, Graphics, Graphics, Hac ... More
Youtube gets Google sued by Viacom
Just in, Viacom, the company behind MTV, sues Youtube (Google) for copyright enfringement and making money off their stuff. This sucks since lots of videos have been taken off…(don’t they realize they also do get some free advertising through Youtube for people who don’t watch TV? ) Well, at least both companies have enough mone ... More
DIY HACK - How to build your own laptop!
Here’s a cool DIY on how to build your own laptop using a microcontroller and an LCD. Well we should really call it, “MCU Laptop” but it’s a great exercise for anyone learning computer hardware. Ever thought to yourself, “Hey, I could probably build my own computer if I really tried.” Or maybe, “Man, I r ... More
DIY - How to build a Ferro-cement Boat!
Remember our post on building your own boat? Now this one is serious and can go on the ocean. Check out this cool DIY on building your own Ferro-cement boat. I probably wouldn’t try building my own boat since I don’t trust myself. (what if it sinks in the sea?) But you can build one and send us pictures of your boat for some free g ... More
DIY - How to build your own Penny Stove
Check out this howto on making your own Penny Stove for your next camping trip instead of buying one from Wal-mart. It is as powerful as stove top burners! The Penny jets produce a flame size about the same as those on a Viking stovetop. Obviously Viking thinks that big jets must be an effective way to burn gas and transfer heat to a pot and my ... More
DIY HACK - Cool LED POV
Ooooohhhh, check out this cool LED POV! You can do current time, signs, and more! Nicely done! From the pictures you can see there’s a motor on the rotor shaft (with the blue housing), and an additional one below the mounting plate. The first motor turned out have too little power to give the rotor enough speed. So I added another motor a ... More
Giggling Auto Factory Robots
This is a great video of giggling auto factory robots! [via] dabombtv 000000, auto-making, bgcolor, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, dabomb, Educational, Educational, efp, Entertainment, Entertainment, flashvars, Funny, Funny, giggling-robots, ifilm, Industrial, Industrial, macromedia, Robots, robots, TV, Video, Video, x_shockwave_flash, Zedoma ... More
Self modeling robot
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a tight ass robot! While simple yet robust behaviors can be achieved without a model at all, here we show how low-level sensation and actuation synergies can give rise to an internal predictive self-model, which in turn can be used to develop new be ... More
March 12, 2007
How to make your own 3D Stereogram!
I am very bad with 3D Stereograms, but here’s a site I used to make the one shown above. I know what it says, but just can’t see it. Can you guess what it is? Ok I’ll admit it this website has little technical value but in the course of another project it stumbled its way into my lap and is worth passing along. According to the nu ... More
John Chow dot com and making money blogging
Okay, it seems like there’s a lot of people making money just blogging including this guy, John Chow. Check out John Chow who made $7000 already in February. Actually some of his articles are very helpful such as the ReviewMe ad you see we put up today on the sidebar. I like how he uses terms like affiliate whores and google whores. Just s ... More
3G Cellphone Review - What’s your choice of 3G cellphone?
Are you thinking about getting a new cellphone or pda phone? Well, my HTC8125 with 2G just broke so I am thinking about getting a new phone. First thing you should really consider when buying a new cellphone is 3G support especially if it’s a pda smartphone you are buying. For your information, my HTC8125 with 2G is about as fast as a 11520 ... More
Portable B Ball
Check out this tight portable B-ball for your hummer or any car with a trailer hitch. (I wouldn’t use it on a hummer, unless you got money to throw in the toilet.) Portable B ballTM is a new generation of a basketball system that will revolutionize the game of basketball! This newly patented product offers you the freedom of playing basketba ... More
DIY HACK - Homemade Balancing Skateboard!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, check out this awesome homemade balancing skateboard. As a skateboarder myself, this is way too cool… It’s very similar to a snowboard to ride, requiring no user input other than the movement of your body mass. Leaning forwards and ... More
March 11, 2007
Test your website to see it’s sensored by great firewall of China!
Here’s a cool site that can test your website to see if it’s available to people in China. Looks like zedomax is okay with China’s great firewall. Yipee! I hear now people can get put into jail for using the internet too much, that sucks… china, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, cool_site, Educational, Educational, Ente ... More
DIY HACK - How to make a USB Charging Flashlight
Here’s how to make a USB charging flashlight. But you can probably make this work for many other devices that run 5V including MP3 players, cellphones, whatever it is. Just don’t complain if you try to power something less than 5V and blow it up… After reviewing the Forever Flashlight for The Gadget Panel I couldn’t help bu ... More
Octopart is a search engine for electronic parts
Check out this octopart search engine for electronic parts. It seems to searching mouser, digikey, and other major electronic part companies for stuff. The creator dropped out of school to make this so everyone please take a look! P.S. I couldn’t find any Make controllers, Cublocs, or any controllers that are not being sold through the majo ... More
Light Sculptures
Check out some of these cool light sculptures from Berlin. Thanks again to Crustea for the link! berlin, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, cool_light, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, Graphics, Graphics, Hack, Industrial, Industrial, light_sculptures, Shows, Shows ... More
Nintendo Wii HACK - Wiimote to MIDI!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this cool wii hack that allows you to use wii controller as a Midi controller! This is very s