May 24, 2007
Maker Faire 2007 - Make Controller Peripherals
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool review of Make Controller and peripherals from MakingThings.com. Thanks Ann for the video! Consumer, Consumer, controller, Cool, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, make-controller, Maker Faire, Maker Faire, maker ... More
Maker Faire 2007 - DIY - Use your Icebox as a Photography Studio!
Here’s a really simple cool way to use your icebox as a Photography Studio. Since I got one for fishing, I can use it for my photo shoots too! (except anything I put in the icebox WILL start to smell like the ocean) I think this is their website. You can check out more pictures from our flickr Maker Faire Day 1 and Maker Faire Day 2. Co ... More
Circuit Board Earings and Keyboard Cufflinks!
Check out some of the cool circuit board earing and keyboard cufflinks if you are a hardcore hacker! Thanks Nicola for the tip! Thought your might get a kick out of my DIY geekware over at www.acornstudios.ca I’ve just finished updating with a whole bunch of new creations that I think your readers might like if they are into fun geeky gift ... More
Little golden piggy
Now this looks like it could be something traditional from the Far East, yet once again it turns out to be another USB Flash drive and micro SD card reader in the shape of a golden pig. It has all the information on the Website, but there does not appear to be any mention of memory size, so we will have keep looking for that one! # Features: #Dir ... More
Serious 14X Digital camera
The camera has a scope with fully refracting optics, giving 14X magnification. The camera part has 3.1 mega pixel with 32 MB of built in memory, this should be able to store 38 hi res images or around 30 seconds of continuous VGA video, you can also add up to 2 GB of addenda memory, by using SD cards. The camera also has a 2 inch LCD screen for i ... More
Top of the range pet food bowl
Now for someone who likes to treat their pet, whether it is a dog or cat, then a how about spoiling them with an automatic feeding bowl. The bowl can be set to feed the dog or cat at intervals of your choice, this can be either 8, 12, or 24, the bowl itself is split into three sections, which means you can leave the pet indoors, knowing full well ... More
The healthy mouse
There cannot really be many reason for checking your heartbeat constantly especially while surfing the net, I mean your bound to get your pulse racing a sometime, it stands to reason. But for those who are health conscious or have to monitor the heart for health reasons then the new mouse from those clever people over at Yanko Design, have combin ... More
A heated keyboard
Just what we need here in the UK, where it is either raining or cold and people who work with computers all day long get a problem commonly known as “Mouse Hand” that is where you hold the mouse all day long coupled with the cold, means your hand is stuck around the mouse. Now if we all had one of these, life would be so much better, the heat ... More
May 23, 2007
Homebrew CPU
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, this was the coolest thing there, a homebrew CPU LIVE! Anyways, I got to meet Bill, maker of the homebrew CPU and take lots of cool pics and see it in action. Thanks Bill for explaning all the cool stuff on your homebrew CPU! Just check out the video ... More
The lost game on iPod
For anyone who has watched the series lost, the opportunity to play a game based on it would be hard to miss up, playing the characters, doing it how it should be done etc, I am getting excited already. You will be playing Jack; I suppose that is not bad, I would prefer to be Mr. Eco! But he is dead already, so not much joy there then. So what yo ... More
Pico Wi-Fi radio
This neat little radio has the added bonus of having an integrated battery pack, so now you will not need to have your radio plugged into the mains in order to listen to your favorite music or radio station. You get a two line display for the info that you need, and the machine is able to stream up to 5,500 digital radio stations via the internet ... More
Audio Pro Porto
It seems that every day there is any iPod docking station with speakers etc, but this one is different to the rest, as the tall and slim design give the product a quality look and feel, the dock for the iPod is located in the top and the speakers are below, the design works because the maker states that they can still achieve a quality stereo soun ... More
Zedomax Maker Faire 2007 Coverage - Electric Motorcycles
I love motorcycles in general since I own a Gixer but WOW; I was amazed at these really cool electric motorcycles at the Maker Faire. These things have like 30 batteries hooked up to it! Auto, Auto, Batteries, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Earth, Earth, Educational, Educational, electric-motorcycles, electric_motorcycles, Energy, Energy ... More
The big keyboard
At last there is a big keyboard, with large keys that even the most short sighted person would not have trouble with. The keyboard from Chester Creek Tech has designed this not just for people with bad eyesight, because when you work on the computer all day long, the letters on the keyboard actually begin to blend together anyhow, some evenings I ... More
HPV - Human Powered Vehicle or Cool Bike we say
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, there’s so much stuff still to come from our Maker Faire 2007 coverage. It’s like a massive virus or a bomb that hasn’t released itself yet… With all the cool bikes we’ve covered in the past, this is probably the coolest bik ... More
Hanging out at Hackszine
While Garrett was working hard at the booth, I went around and made some friends like Jason Striegel from Hackszine. He’s a very friendly guy and we took some pictures together. The guy taking the picture on the left is also the author of Google Maps Hacks, cool… You can check out more pictures from our flickr Maker Faire Day 1 and ... More
May 22, 2007
The light snake USB headset
The iChat USB headset, can separate the parts as with all Light Snake products, you can use ear buds, head phones and the micro phone, they have a range of 20 Khz, the microphone is 100 Hz. These are quite a smart set ear phones, and have features of: USB Headphone/Microphone Perfect for multimedia applications, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol ... More
No batteries required
The problem with the wireless mouse is the amount of batteries that they use, and that they always appear to run out when you have not any spares. This mouse works differently to the rest, by because it comes with its own mouse mat which connects to the computer via the trusty old USB port, the mouse itself actually gets its power through the mou ... More
A water proof video cam
At last a video cam that is actually water proof, unlike many others that just say that they are, we have all been there, I know. Well Sanyo has developed a video cam that is truly water proof in fact in can be submerged up to 5 feet under water, not that is water proof. The Sanyo Xacti E1 is a combination of great camera and water proof casing, ... More
Emergency Power and Light
If you live in area that is prone for storms, flooding or both! Then you will understand the need to be prepared all of the time, you need proper rugged tools that will get the job done, as in some cases your life may depend on it. Black and Decker have introduced a device that they call Storm Station this will provide you with emergency light, r ... More
Now it’s the iLoad for the iPod
Forget using the computer for transferring your favorite tunes onto the iPod, its just to slow! Try the iLoad, it may just look like a white cube, but when comes to transferring tracks it can do it up to five times faster, which means that a full album onto the ipod in around eight minutes, now that is quick. Although it can depend on how old the ... More
May 21, 2007
Mini filling cabinet
This filling cabinet has all the features of a regular sized one, yet as you can see from the image the size of it is considerably smaller, in fact it is only a few inches high and wide, which makes it perfect for the storage of business cards. This cabinet does add a bit of class to your desk or workspace, and it is always great to keep all your ... More
Zedomax Maker Faire 2007 Coverage - Sit and Pedal Persistence of Vision!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode It’s been a blast yet we’ve been able to get barely 5 hours sleep. But we will get all this cool stuff posted. Mayhem & Chaos brings you some really cool sit and pedal POV (Persistence of Vision) using recycled bicycle parts. I guess Mayhem to ... More
