This is awesome! Johnny 5 (Short Circuit) is one of my favorite movies ever and here’s a Johnny 5 Mindstorm NXT you can make!

Johnny 5 is ALIVE!

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You gotta check out this FlickrBlocker that you can use to block your identity… Fake but hilarious.

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Here’s a fun site you can paint your own robots. cool…

I decided to run down to Techshop in Menlo Park this evening and get OK’ed on the laser cutter/engravers. There are a few projects coming up that may need some fancy parts. Anyway, I had my old nearly-dead laptop along and decided to make it my first project ever, after the training class. I copied a fractal image that was stored on the laptop’s hard drive and etched the design onto the back of the lid. I probably could have dialed the DPI down a little, the file took an hour to run. Anyway, it looks pretty cool! Thanks to Jim Newton for setting up Techshop so anyone can have access to the best tools (toys)! I keep trying to convince Max to come check it out, maybe this will do the trick…

OOooh, I need somethin’ like this that’s compact and easy to setup.

There’s also Toolbox grill if you are more of a hardware guy.

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I was at my local Dollar Store the other day and when I saw this Heart shaped Touch Light, I had to hack one for my gf.Here’s a quick hack on how to make a regular Touch Light and make it into a Glowing Heart Night Light.

Click on “Continue reading” to see the complete howto.

Continue reading ‘Zedomax DIY 128 - HOW TO Make a Glowing Heart LED Night Light!’

Here’s a great DIY on how to make a solar heater. Although the one he made is not functional you can probably easily make it functional by adding an inlet pipe and outlet pipe plus a small PC fan. But the theory is very impressive and this thing could be made more efficient with a little bit more work.

Using the same equipment and methods, I determined the outlet temperature to be about 95 degrees - thus a 15 degree temperature differential. Not 110 degrees, but not bad , considering I didn’t even break $50 in materials - most of that being the plexiglas window.

Obviously don’t have the inlet and outlet attached to the garage - figures that the day I finish the furnace, it’s 80 degrees and sunny and it looks like we’re finally done with winter. Dad recommends wiring a pusher fan at the end of the inlet tube to keep the air circulating through the furnace.

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Check out tourette’s syndrome. Just know someone in this world has one so don’t trip if you someone like this. (18 and over only, adult language used in this video)

You know that this is not funny, it’s real and you are gonna have to accept it… (well it is kinda funny too which IS acceptable…)

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Here’s some cool pics of the new Lancer Evolution X! I’d get some intercooler and turbo upgrades and maybe…maybe hack up my own touchscreen fuel management system. Well, I really don’t have the time, I need to keep blogging… are you blogging??? If not, you should be blogging!

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More cool stuff for the Lance Evolution X:

• See history of the Lancer on Wikipedia
• 2008 Lancer preview
• Lancer in snow
• Lancer video

Cool, one of my friends loves playing sudoku but now you can get one of these touchscreen sudoku and play all day long.

Puzzle progress, however, can be very challenging. With this portable electronic Sudoku game, now you can challenge yourself wherever you go. 750 puzzles are grouped by difficulty and the “hint” and “undo” functions let you experiment with different moves. There’s also a timer to test your speed.

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