May 16, 2007
Walmart to sell more gadgets
The store that is renown for selling cheap and in bulk are looking to revise their damaged profit margins by selling more gadgets and electricals, at last someone has seen the light! For us mere consumers there can be nothing better than a super store price war, they lose and we win, with prices cut to the bone it will be a great time to get over ... More
DIY HACK - Wireless Keyless Entry using Relays
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a very simple wireless keyless entry DIY using some relays and stuff, very similar to the Wiimote Door Unlocker. The mechanism is simple enough, just a momentary button on the panel in my apartment, but the mess of wires in the wall is a little un ... More
May 15, 2007
DIY HACK - HOW TO make a Rotating LCD!
Wow, check out this cool DIY on how to make a rotating LCD! This IS very useful for reading PDFs and whatnot. If you don’t want to make one or you are about buy a new LCD, there’s also bunch of LCDs out there that already rotates. (which I use at work) CNET has a great review of rotating LCDs. This fixture is very usefull for rotate ... More
Take photos under water
For people who are into extreme sports, capturing an image of something that they have seen or done has always been a problem, simply because of the extreme nature of their interests. Good news for all of them now as they can now use the Hero 3 Digital Wrist Camera, which can take photo or short video of almost anything and in some very extreme c ... More
Cufflinks that show your emotion
You could say that these are cufflinks for geeks, but do geeks actually use cufflinks? Or rather would they even have a shirt that requires cufflinks? Maybe I am being just a little bit harsh there, no hard feelings. Any how for everyone who has those little holes in the cuffs of their shirts, cannot find any buttons to do them up with and know a ... More
It’s a chair but not as we know it
At first glance this contraption looks slightly rude, in what way I am not completely sure, but having read about the Solar System Chair it appears to be the cutting edge design for furniture, even though it does look somewhat uncomfortable. The solar system part of this chair has nothing to do with technology of gadgetry but in fact if you study ... More
Steam turbine tank!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Cool, we are looking forward to Maker Faire for cool steam tanks like this! So what do you do after you’ve made a bunch of steam powered r/c tanks? Well you try making a steam turbine tank of course! Making a steam turbine r/c machine has sort of been one ... More
New type of camera tripod
Tripods for cameras are great unfortunately even though they three legs, hence the tri, they can sometimes be a bit unstable and either topple over or in some cases it may just move slightly because of the uneven surface that it is placed on. But never fear there is always help at hand, and this time it comes in the form of the All Terrain Tripod ... More
May 14, 2007
The iRiver soon to be on sale in the UK
The budget 4 GB mp3 player, the iRiver T60 will soon be on the shelves in stores for customers in the UK. The device features, up to 19 hours of playing time, FM radio, Alarm Clock, Voice Recorder and of course you can store music on it, if you want. All for just £99 ($200).Source [Shiny Shiny] Product Page [iRiver] device_features, fm_radio ... More
See in the dark slippers
Nothing could be worse than walking up stairs in the dark when suddenly there is a power cut of even just a bulb blows, your stuck half way up the stairs in the total darkness. These slippers have a powerful long lasting LED bulb in each slipper right at the front, a bit like a couple of headlights on a car, the lights are powered by battery and ... More
IPod covers from Sena
There’s nothing worse than scratching up your brand new iPod, so what sort of covers are available? Sena have introduced two new designs for the iPod, made from leather they come in massive choice of colors, seventeen in all! One of the designs simply covers the iPod leaving the control wheel open, while the Magnet Flipper, has a magnetic cover ... More
Shredding documents is safe right?
Unfortunately if you believe the claims of some German research studies, they believe that they have developed a program that can actually fix, shredded documents, oh yes that is what they are claiming. Basically the software can put together the text that from the original documents, to most of us it is a frightening prospect, however if we look ... More
Get the new iPod gear
With any success there are always spin offs, I this case the clothing has become part of the Apple money making industry, but this is not the actual clothes, rather an invisible iPod casing that connects to your clothing, virtually anywhere and the iPod is simply and securely slipped into the casing and is ready to use. Product Page [iWear] Sou ... More
DIY HACK - Supercharged Airplane
Check out this cool supercharged airplane you can make in your free time! The single-sheet paper airplanes you made when you were a kid (or perhaps last week in your cubicle) were, well, kid stuff compared to this beefed-up paper craft, which uses an electric motor from an old pager or toy powered by a big electrolytic capacitor. Known as a ... More
Sustainable Skyscrapers
Erin joins our new Blog network site, Keetsa! Blog, which is a new blog about eco-friendly and green. Well, here’s a cool post she wrote about the sustainable skyscrapers, similar to previous post on the Rotating Towers to be built in Dubai. On the side note, can you believe it? I went from hacking gadgets and embedded devices to selling ... More
May 13, 2007
Eco-design - rotating towers that can power itself
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, check out these rotating towers that can power itself! While the technical details of the wind-power system are sketchy at best, the architect, David Fisher, claims that the tower could power itself and ten other similar sized buildings. Frankly, the cl ... More
May 12, 2007
Atari Pong’s history!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Here’s one of the first video games made, the Pong from Atari. Check out how interesting the company came to be. Absolutely crazy people who made it to the market big, we applaud them for their courage! Atari rules! Pong rules! atari-pong, Business, Business, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, ... More
ThinkGeek’s Magic Numbers T-shirt
Cool, ThinkGeek’s got their magic numbers going too! Very clever. Hmm…. I wonder what comes after bf…c0??? via boingboing More 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0? 09-F9-11-02-9D-74-E3-5B-D8-41-56-C5-63-56-88-C0, bf, boingboing, Business, Business, c0, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Educational, Educational, Ente ... More
May 11, 2007
Fast SanDisk 16GB for 159 US buckies!
Tight, with a 16GB SanDisk memory, you should be able to take a lot of pictures… Check out the features: Designed to meet the critical speed and performance needs of serious professional photographers, lets you quickly capture, view, Upload and transfer large image files Ideal for demanding photo shoots under severe weather condition ... More
DIY Thumb Pianos!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, check out some of these really cool DIY Thumb Pianos! Sometimes an instrument you know can become something else altogether. Bob Collier has been constructing his own thumb pianos, adding amplification, effects, self-sampling features, and novel cases in ... More
Funny Escalator
After work, instead of taking the usual elevator, stairs, or escalator, you can simply slide down the Funny Escalator and save some time too. If we ever get a chance to build our own building, this would definitely be one of the features. But you’d probably need to pay a lot of money for insuring it. via picture-mania.blogspot blogspo ... More
DIY USB HACK - Unlocking USB Disk Drives
Here’s a cool USB disk drive hack that shows you how to bypass the password retries with 1 wire and tips to getting started with cracking the actual password. This shows how vulnerable those USB disk drives are in the hands of smart hackers. The package seems to be made of black velvet, and there’s a nice keychain hidden in a compar ... More
DIY Podcast Studio - iPod Nano Podcast Plug-in
Are you into Podcasting and iPod Nanos? Here’s a device that turns your iPod into a recording studio. (maybe we will get one…) The MicroMemo clips onto your 2G Nano and turns it into a hi-fi recording device. It comes with a microphone, but also has line-in and a mic socket so you can rip CDs or mix down from a whole studio setup. T ... More