Here’s a cool ethernet-enabled mechanical hit counter. It seems kind of over-powered using a relay but this can be a great source of information for similar applications.

So, when you ping salem, you’re actually hitting my firewall, which redirects ICMP type 8 (Echo Request) so the board, whose internal address is 192.168.0.2.The BX decodes the ping request and asserts a TTL output high for 50ms. This turns on the transistor, which fires the relay, which cycles the power, which increments the counter. Then, the webcam takes a picture of it every 5 seconds and stores the image in the www directory. Voila!

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Wow, check out this awesome electronic drum controller that sorta mimics the Nintendo Wii controller without the controller…tight…

BillaBoop is a real-time audio driven drum controller which allows the user to control up to 3 drum instruments. The user can control any drum synth with the voice (beat box), or any object or musical instrument

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Check out these guys making a stretch Ferrari Limousine by cutting up a Ferrari 360 Modena.
Yikes, I probably be happy with a non-stretched one…

The motorsport press thought it was a big deal when Ferrari made their F1 car longer than last season’s by a couple of inches. Well, some nutjobs in a chop-shop somewhere have taken things a step further by hacking a perfectly good Ferrari in two and adding a few seats, turning out a gran turismo even longer than the 612 Scaglietti.

To make matters worse, this wasn’t some 80’s-era $30k Ferrari, either: they’ve chopped up a previous-generation 360 Modena, arguably among the most beautiful of modern road-going Ferraris.

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Here’s a cool plugin that seeks out malicious spam-bots before they even get to put a comment on your blog…  Our load on over servers were getting hectic so we had to use some type of plugin that will hopefully eliminate some of the 1000 spam comments we get everyday.

Right now it supports:

• DotClear
• Drupal
• Geeklog
• MediaWiki
• WordPress

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Wow, check out this cool laptop that can be converted into a small desktop.

Like its predecessors, the Flybook VM has a display that is capable of being positioned upward like a desktop LCD monitor. On the inside, you’ll find a 1.66GHz low-voltage Intel Core Duo processor, 512MB of RAM, 30GB HDD, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi, and stereo speakers. Plus, it has an integrated VGA webcam for easy video conferencing. It measures 29.2 x 22.2 x 2.6cm and weighs just 3.6-pounds. Continue reading for a short video preview from CeBIT 2007.

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Check out these $2 Million wheels. Just don’t leave your car on the street ever though…

Last week, we told you about the $150,000 diamond-studded Bentley Knob. Then there was diamond-covered Mercedes, gold-plated cars and what not! The uber-rich just can’t have enough of diamonds and gold and just like they love to dress-up in priceless jewels, so do they want their rides to be as fancy as they are! So, the creators of the Lexani Wheel line have yet again come up with their luxurious wheel line that is studded with diamonds and rubies! The Asanti ASF 130 Series feature a set of four 34 inches wheels with 26,000 diamonds and 1,200 rubies. And, a set of four costs more then most of the priciest roadsters in the world, for an exceptional $2 million.

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Here’s a cool open-air rotating pizza-oven for all you pizza lovers. I think it’s only available Japan right now…

直径30cmのサイズまで焼けるピザ焼き専用
マシーン！ピザ生地をターンテーブルに置き
スイッチオン。ターンテーブル下部のヒーター
で一気にあたためます。さらに上部にもヒー
ターがありピザ表面を焼き上げます。こげ目
もばっちりです。オーブンでは焼けない大型
サイズもこれならおいしく仕上がります。

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Check out this really cool wall art you can make using your clock!

In this instructable we’ll convert an inexpensive clock into wall art with a subtly changing moire effect. I’m expecting the MoMA to call any second.

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Wow, check this out. A high school student has built a nuclear fusion reactor. Maybe he can make the next Back-to-the-Future car…

High school student Thiago Olson has gone beyond basic physics class. Way beyond. Using parts and materials scrounged from the local hardware story and eBay, Olson built a working fusion reactor. In November 2006, a few tiny bubbles in his neutron dosimeter told him that he’d achieved success: Fusing hydrogen nuclei into helium.

[via] wired