April 12, 2007
DIY LINUX HACK - XEYES
If you use Linux, you know Xeyes is a simple program that follows your mouse movements. You can check out some web examples of Xeyes. You can even paste this javascript code on your website for Xeyes on the web. Anyway, Hunz created physical Xeyes that stands on his window and follow people’s walking movements. Tight! We want one. The ... More
TrackStick is a GPS with belt clip that works with Google Earth
Check out this cool Trackstick, a GPS with belt clip that you can track stuff on Google Earth! Will they send us one so we can try it out? (Thanks Andreana for the link!) The Trackstick IITM is the perfect fit for personal GPS tracking. Bring it on vacation to keep a satellite scrapbook of all your travels and record your explorations. You can c ... More
.xxx internet addresses coming soon!
.xxx internet addresses coming soon! Cool, we will have some .xxx internet address such as zedomax.xxx for adult related stuff… Wednsday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers revealed plans to create a virtual red-light district. This fall adult webmasters will be able to buy addresses ending in “xxx”, the price of the ... More
April 11, 2007
DIY Circuit HACK - How to build An inexpensive Hall effect Gaussmeter!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Oh, check out this cool DIY on how to build an inexpensive Hall Effect Gaussmeter! If you don’t want to build one, you can always buy a gaussmeter here. Have you ever wanted to find out how strong a magnet really was, or how the strength of the magneti ... More
USB Sushi Storage Devices
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Cool check out some of these cool USB Sushi Storage Devices. (My favorite is Natto and Tuna) Next time you are at the sushi bar, you can just show the sushi chef your USB drive to order. Never again will you have to choose between having s ... More
Cheap MP3 Player
Check out these really cheap MP3 Players you can get one for around $15. These are actually way cheaper than the Motz and probably better since it supports SD/MMC cards. Audio, Audio, cheap-mp3-player, cheap_mp3_players, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Gadgets, Gadgets, mmc_cards, mp3, mp3, sd_mmc, small-mp3-player, Suppliers, Suppliers, tiny-m ... More
DIY MP3 HACK - How to make your own MP3 Player!
(Above: Funny MP3 players made with the Motz) Check out this Motz Music Box which is a very small MP3 Player you can embed in anything pretty much. Too bad it only has 256MB of memory and no LCD display. Check out the Nut MP3 player RedFerret made. Ha! You can even get a ready-made wooden box for the Motz MP3 too! It’s ... More
Retro-lookin’ robots!
Check out some of these cool retro-lookin’ robots. Although they don’t really seem all that functional, they kinda have the cool “retro” look to them. amd, Blog, Blogs, chips, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, crack, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, 로봇, Gadgets, Gadgets, Hack, hackers, hacks, home-pc, intel, machine, ma ... More
Electric Giraff, Submarine maker, and more at Maker Faire!
Check out some of the cool stuff and people that are going to be at the Maker Faire! (Including us but we have no idea what to bring…yet) We will get to play with an electric giraff (hopefully) and meet with submarine maker Mike Wernecke. You can get some tickets for the Maker Faire in San Mateo Fairgrounds here. And check out Maker Fair ... More
DIY Project - How to build your own chopper!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Cool, check out these plans for that show you how to build your own chopper for like 40 bucks and also check out the electric conversion of a Honda bike resulting in 0 emissions! Here’s a book you can get that will help you build a chopper from scrat ... More
April 10, 2007
Dancing USB Shoe in espanol!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Tight, check out the dancing USB Shoe! I wonder what kind of motor is used inside that shoe… via getusb.info Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, dancing-usb, dancing-usb-shoe, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny, Funny, Gadgets, Gadgets, getusb, info, usb- ... More
Color Changing Showers!
Wow, check out these color changing shower heads! It seems pretty basic (probably just high intensity LEDs on top), regardless, we like the overall design and originality! I’d love to have one of these showers, it’d be really cool… (well, maybe we can hack one easy…) Perfect for creating a dramatic accent color, or mere ... More
Cleaning Robot from Japan that even apologizes
Check out this really cool robot that will even apologize to you if he/she bumps into you! This cleaning robot from Japan can scoot around on its own, cleaning up, and features WiFi and a video camera to keep it connected to home base. It can even apologize when it detects that it’s bumped into a person. Yes, that’s good; train the rob ... More
Do you have computer addiction?
Do you have computer addiction? I know I do. It takes me hours just to get off the PC not to mention how many times people yell at me to get off during that time… Check out the 12 signs you have a computer addiction over at random-good-stuff. There’s also a website dedicated to computer addiction services… You can also get s ... More
DIY HACK - Sound Trigger Circuit for High Speed Photography
Wow, check out this cool sound trigger circuit DIY for High Speed Photography! The general use is quite simple: setup a noisy event to trigger the flash. Since I am using the Sigma EF-500 Flash, which have an internal “dumb slave”, I activate a led to tell the flash when to fire. A more general solution can be found here. he circuit ... More
Tofu Robot from Japan!
Check out the hilarious tofu robot. The original pictures of the tofu robots are on Flickr too. Although it’s non-functional, you can get it at spicybrown for $20. Maybe someone can hack this tofu robot to be functional… maybe serve up some tofu soup…(talking about tofu soup, there’s tofu sauce, tofu seasoning, tofu se ... More
April 9, 2007
DIY UNDERWATER HACK - Shark Cam
Check out this cool DIY on making a submersible shark camera! I’ve never gone shark fishing, well I don’t fish anything I can’t eat and big sharks don’t look like they would taste good. (But I like Tuna and all the other cool edible fish in the big ocean…) Here’s a cool cheap way to make a submersible cam ... More
DIY HACK - AVR Ethernet Weather Station
Wow, check out this cool AVR ethernet weather station! My original plan was to have sensors for temperature, air pressure and wind. I started a prototype and it worked very well except for the wind measurement part. I have written a separate article about it: wind-vane-ver01.shtml. I plan to improve the wind measurement hardwa ... More