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May 29, 2008

Hand Ladder Truck!

Here’s a nifty hand ladder that acts as both a ladder and a hand truck. he 2-in-1 Ladder/Hand Truck. Unlike traditional step ladders, this unit easily converts to a heavy-duty hand truck, combining two indispensable household tools in one, while taking up half the storage space of keeping both items at hand. The strong, durable aluminum fram ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, Industrial by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 8:17 pm

The $460 Lifesaver filters water ultra clean on your next Outdoor Camping Trip!

Here’s a really cool water filter device that could save your life the next time you are out in the wild. Although it costs $460 for one of these, it could definitely turn any yucky water into water you can drink in just under a minute. The unit uses replaceable filters, which can treat about 4000 liters of water – five and a half years of ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Earth, Educational, Gadgets, Water by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 7:27 pm

Eurdora Fiberglass Lamp Chair!

Here’s a chair that can multi-task by helping you rest and give you lights all in one piece of furniture! At $3,000, it’s not cheap. Eudora is a fiberglasss chair, upholstered in fabric, and encased in resin. Illuminated from within, it’s both enticing and surreal. Each chair is made by hand to ensure serendipity and beauty. Fa ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Furniture, Gadgets, Household, lights by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 6:21 pm

Innovative Cup Holder better than McDonald’s or Burger Kings!

Okay, here’s a coffee cup carry back that actually makes sense. This isn’t innovative, it’s probably more common sense. I’ve gone to McDonald’s about 2 times last week and their cup holders straight up SUCK because you have to hold the thing at the bottom and it wobbles. To demonstrate what I mean take a look at the ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Gadgets by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 4:50 pm

DIY - How to Make a Cork Lamp!

This has to be “da” coolest lamp I’ve seen in a freakin’ long ass freakin’ time! Kate over at Design Sponge shows you how to make one yourself. ever since i saw one on a bedside table in domino magazine, i have been in love with and searching for vintage cork lamps. they are hard to find though, and often pretty expen ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Gadgets, HOWTO, Household, lights by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

Comcast Hacked in BitTorrent Throttling Payback!

Comcast’s DNS records were hacked…wow. The hackers appear to have changed the Comcast DNS/WHOIS records which were pointing at a non-Comcast address. Although back to normal now, for a while the records displayed this data: Administrative Contact: Domain Registrations, Comcast kryogenicsdefiant@gmail.com Defiant still raping 2k8 ebk 69 ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Hack by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

Samsung Launching a Dual Monitor with Webcam!

Samsung will be launching their new dual monitor setup which includes a 22-inch monitor and a mini detachable 7-inch monitor you can attach on any side of the bigger monitor. This seems like a really good idea and I think other LCD manufacturers will quickly start copying it. It makes sense since sometimes you just need about 7 inches of extra s ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, LCD by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

Design Concept - Tennis Racket Trainer!

Here’s an interesting concept, it’s a tennis trainer that coaches you by acting as a virtual coach. For one, as an experience embedded controller developer, you’d need some type of 3D accelerometer and lots of fun math calculations for the computer to figure out exactly how the tennis player is swinging then the virtual coach wou ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Sports, Tennis by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 3:55 pm

Sony’s new 360 degree Glass Speaker!

Check out this 360 degree glasss speaker from Sony. It won’t be available here in the US for awhile but still…it looks cool and I bet the sound is good too. Sony announced the launch of its unique glass speaker system named Sauntina (model: NSA-PF1). It vibrates with a single three-dimensional depth, producing clear sound in 360 degr ... More

Posted in Audio, Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, Music, Speakers by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 2:19 pm

DIY - How to Make Biodiesel!

With the crazy fluctuation in gas prices, especially here in San Francisco, you can cut down on additional carbon footprint through biodiesel and here’s how to make your own biodiesel at home! This is my tutorial for using my appleseed processor to make biodiesel. This tutorial will get you through the process of making biodiesel, but not th ... More

Posted in Bio-diesel, Consumer, Cool, Earth, Eco-friendly, Energy by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

Pong Table!

Look at this cool Pong Table, I would probably eat cereal with one hand and play pong with my other hand. Designed by Moritz Waldemeyer, it’s part of MoMA’s Design & the Elastic Mind Exhibit. A Corian table embedded with 2400 LED lights and 2 trackpads turns it into a modern version of the 1972 Atari Pong game. Pushing the technology a bit ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Furniture, Gadgets, LED by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 11:23 am

Samsung Slide Phone L870 will use iPhone Browser!

Tight! Samsung Slide Phone L870 will use the same browser used on the iPhone, mobile Safari browser. It’s the very first phone other than iPhone to use mobile Safari browser so keep your hands crossed as this thing’s also based on Symbian. via akihabaranews Full Press release after the jump. SEOUL, KOREA – May 28, 2008 – Samsung ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, News, Samsung, cell phones by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 10:44 am

Bikers now can get Garmin Edge 705 GPS for Bike Navigation!

Garmin, a popular GPS manufacturer, has just introduced Garmin Edge 705 GPS for bikes. The GPS system features the ability to monitor where you’ve gone by downloading data to your computer after your long cycle ride. Looks great for people who are serious tracking their cycle data but if you just need a GPS, you could probably just stick a ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Cycling, Educational, Gadgets, Sports, bikes, gps, technology by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 8:37 am

DIY - How to Make a 2 Tap Cornelius Kegerator!

HEre’s a fun DIY that shows you how to turn a small refrigerator into a 2 Tap Cornelius Kegerator so you can drink all day and night long. Great job guys, this is the best DIY this year so far, cheers! Recently we decided that we were tired of bottle conditioning our beer ( a 1 to 2 week process that gets you carbonated beer) it’s lon ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Drinks, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, HOWTO, Household by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 7:32 am

Microsoft Multi-Touch Demo Video at Windows 7!

Okay, I do bash Microsoft a lot but here’s a really cool multi-touch demo from Microsoft! The thing is running Dell’s Latitude XT Tablet, one of Microsoft’s core monolpoly gang banger members. via engadget Computer, Consumer, Cool, dell, demo, Design, engadget, Gadgets, gang banger, latitude, microsoft, Multi-Touch, technology ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Cool, Design, Gadgets, Multi-Touch, Touchscreen, technology by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 6:44 am

0.3mm OLED TV by Sir Howard Stringer

OLED TVs now will come in 0.3mm thickness!!! Please get me one!!! [via techeblog - allthingsd - engadget] Here’s a video from CES: Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode .gallery { margin: auto; } .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Gadgets, OLED, TV by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 5:26 am

DIY Giant Fabric Keyboard!

Here’s a giant fabric keyboard for those of you who would rather use your feet and your fingers to type. [via make - ladyada - hackaday] .gallery { margin: auto; } .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } .gallery img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } .galle ... More

Posted in Computer, Computer Keyboard, Consumer, Cool, Design, DoItYourself!, Gadgets by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 4:22 am

Air Conditioning Add-on for your Chair!

Oh my God! I saw this and told myself this is exactly what I’ve needed for years! It’s an air conditioning add-on for your shair so you can cool your butt while you work, drive, etc…etc… It seems like it’s only available in Japan right now, maybe I get a couple next time I head over to Japan. (I’ve only be ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Gadgets by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 3:41 am

DIY Hacked Wii Surf board can surf Google Earth!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember the bike that can fly Google Earth? Well, here’s something a little cooler, a hacked Wii surf board that surfs Google Earth! Diese ist sehr gute! (Yeah, I took German in high school) We’ve seen how one can cycle around the world virtually ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Earth, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Games, wii by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 2:01 am

Leaked iPhone 3G Pics!

There, happy now? Now, make sure to not buy the 3G iPhone, I “heard” it’s real slow. Dutch communitysites iPhoneclub.nl and Macfreak.nl both received a couple of pictures of the supposed new casing of the second generation iPhone. These pictures haven’t surfaced on the internet before. via iphoneclub .gallery { marg ... More

Posted in Apple, Consumer, Gadgets, cell phones, iPhone by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 12:53 am

Google Earth API now let’s you put Google Earth in your website!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a great news that you can now put Google Earth into your website using Google Earth API. The Google Earth Plug-in and its JavaScript API let you embed Google Earth, a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages. Using the API you can draw markers and ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Earth, Educational, Google, Hack, Video, Web by max on the May 29th, 2008 at 12:05 am

May 28, 2008

Bill Gates Confessese “ALL Microsoft Products Are Disappointing”

Bill Gates sums up all of Microsoft’s products in one sentence yesterday, There’s no product we’ve ever shipped…that is 100% of what I’ve wanted. Thank you Bill for your honest answer and could you get that ugly Vista butt out of our world! At least refund my money for the Vista I purchased and never used. via alleyin ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Entertainment, Stupid by max on the May 28th, 2008 at 11:20 pm