April 9, 2007
“Smoke Bomb” Alarm System
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember the funny alarm system that rocked the steering wheel? Well, check this one out. The alarm system consists of a smoke bomb (kinda)! Well… it’s a device you can set up in your car.. and everytime a thief wants to do his job, that gadget eli ... More
Steam powered R2D2!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Cool, check out the steam powered R2D2 that also got some servos! The first robot that I ever built, was a R2…. out of legos when I was 5 years old. So after building over a dozen steam powered contraptions, when I “grew up”, I knew I had to ... More
Wha, wha, what about Google Pagerank Patent?
I was reading up on some new books over the weekend and came up googling some Google Pagerank Patent stuff. There’s some interesting stuff including the Google Pagerank Algorithm on Wikipedia. Check out the Method for scoring documents in a linked database by Lawrence Page if you haven’t yet. I think this is the original document. T ... More
The Top 5 Engineering Magazines
Here’s a good list of magazines that should help you get a feel for the engineering industry including application, products, and just for the hell of it. (It’s also the ones we subscribe to regularly…) (Click on the magazine to go to their homepage) Make has bunch of cool projects including the DIY coffee roaster among other c ... More
April 8, 2007
Robot Chicken from Japan!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, these are really cool robots… via gizmodo Blog, blogging, Blogs, build, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Gadgets, Gadgets, gizmodo, Hack, hacks, HOWTO, internet, make, Robots, robots, science, tech, technology, Video, Vide ... More
Funny Robot Video
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a funny robot video of a robot smashing some neighborhoods. Blog, blogging, Blogs, build, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny, Funny, Gadgets, Hack, hacks, HOWTO, internet, make, Robot ... More
Funny Roomba Comic Strip
Check out this funny comic strip about Roomba. hehe. Blog, blogging, Blogs, build, comic_strip, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny, Funny, Gadgets, Gadgets, Hack, hacks, hehe, HOWTO, internet, make, roomba, science, tech, technology, Web, web2-0, web2.0, weblog, Wordpress, Zedomax ... More
Soccer playing robots!?!
We will have some cool action in about 43 years between humans and robots playing soccer! Unless they put some memory foam on the robots, it’s going to hurt to kick each other in the shin.. Good thing they are not trying this with American Football. (We will either have broken bones or expensive robots that are being trashed) The ultimate ... More
LaptopTablet turns any laptop into a touchscreen!
Wow, check out this cool gizmo that will turn your laptop into a touchscreen! (if it ain’t touchscreen already) NAVIsis(www.navisis.com) presented its ‘Laptop Tablet’ that supports tablet functionality to a general laptop. Just attaching it on LCD monitor frame and connecting it to USB port, you can enjoy tablet on your laptop monitor. ... More
Use iPod as bullet-proof vest!
Now, you can use the iPod to stop bullets! Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side. The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hi ... More
April 7, 2007
Snow surfing with a Antartic Snowbot
Check out some of the cool Antartic autonomous solar robots being developed here. Above is a picture of a guy (yes holding a laptop), snow-surfing at about 5mph… Not too bad on solar power, we give thumbs up for that. One morning, while taking walking behind the robot and dragging a sled of equipment for quantitatively measuring the strengt ... More
200X USB Magnifier
Check out this cool 200X USB Magnifier you can use to magnify stuff… Cool… via AVING 200x, amd, Blog, Blogs, chips, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, crack, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Gadgets, Gadgets, Hack, hackers, hacks, home-pc, Industrial, Industrial, intel, machine, make, Medical, Medical, nintendo, ... More
DIY HACK - Double the battery life
Check out this howto on doubling your battery life by replacing a linear voltage regulator (the thing that converts DC voltage, e.g. from 12V to 5V) to a switching regulator. Switching regulators are way more efficient than your typical off-the-shelve crappy regulators such as 7805 which get too hot too fast. Get the Dimension Engineering regul ... More
Steel Mouse
Check out this cool steel spider mouse from Japan! Looks like it goes for around $100… These mouse controls, like the Daruma mouse, are optical with motion sensors so you can control the cursor by tilting the mouse instead of sliding it over a pad. These also have directional button on the back of the ball if you want to manipulate the curs ... More
Weightlifting Champion Robot
Check out this robot that can lift patients in hospital beds. Wow! In a public demonstration held in Tokyo on March 28, a human-sized android showed off its weightlifting skills by successfully picking up a 30-kilogram (66-pound) package from a desk and lifting a 66-kilogram (145-pound) humanoid doll out of bed. via pinktentacle amd, android, B ... More
DIY - How to Collect Hydrogen and Oxygen!
Here’s a cool instructable on how to collect some hydrogen and oxygen! In this instructable I’ll give you a simple way to collect Hydrogen gas and if you want also, to collect Oxygen. Depending on the voltage and current that you use for the project this could be hazardous. I used a 14.4 volt power drill battery pack for the process bu ... More
April 6, 2007
Sanki Manner Jet
Check out the Sanki Manner Jet, which you can take “pollen showers” to get rid of those allergic pollens from the environment. I ’spose I got carried away with the title as this is for removing pollen rather than cleaning the skin. You step in and your weight sets off the jets which spray you with clean air to knock off the pollen t ... More
DIY HACK - How to add LEDs to your CAR interior switches!
Check out this cool DIY on adding LEDs to your car interior switches. Although the instructions are in another language, I think you get the idea here… via glay0322 amd, Auto, Auto, Blog, Blogs, car_interior, chips, Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, crack, daum, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, ... More
