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Top Five Gadgets That Are Just For Christmas

Posted on December 8, 2011 by David Allen
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The great thing about Christmas and this time of the year in general is the amount of gadgets that appear on the market. Some are new and some are classics, but they all add a bit of excitement to these dull and cold days. In this Top Five, we are going to be looking at some cool gadgets all of which have a Christmas theme, because it is that wonderful time of the year, again!

Cool Christmas card with LED light

Here is a very interesting and low cost idea, it appears to be a flat festive card that is sent to family and friends, but built within the card is a LED light that pul

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Top Five Tech Designs That You Can Wear

Posted on September 29, 2011 by David Allen
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Technology is a new direction in clothing; it is the sort of thing that you would expect to see in movie, but not in real life! However, tech and clothing are great together, especially now as technology is more reliable and not as expensive so now, it can be used for design features or as a practical application, the possibilities are literally endless. In this Top Five we are looking at technology used in clothing in general, we can at a later point be more specific by looking at specific fashion and tech lines.

The Zapparel Augmented Reality Clothing Line

Augmented Reality

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DIY QuadroCopter Built with Arduino and Wii Motion Plus!

Posted on September 15, 2011 by max
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Officially (or unofficially), RC helicopters are DEAD as we know it but quadrocopters are become ever more popular.  For those of you who’s thinking about building yourself one, you might want to take a look at this particular setup using Arduino and Wii Motion Plus.

The project uses Wii Motion Plus coupled with I2C communication to Arduino unit to make use of the gyros

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DIY LED Mohawk Helmet!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by max
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If you are looking for something really cool to wear to your next rave party, here’s a DIY LED Mohawk helmet you can make, which gives you powerful RGB color-changing lights and I am sure everyone will complement you on this for sheezy.

Best of, this LED Mohawk helmet doesn’t just impress you with changing colors but it “syncs” to the music, very well done indeed.

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How to Make a Tree Climbing Arduino Robot!

Posted on August 26, 2011 by max
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Here’s the coolest robot of the week you can build, a tree climbing Arduino robot!  I love this idea and would like to take the concept further by adding some wireless cameras so I can snoop on the baby birds hatching. See Instructables for full instructions on how to make one yourself.

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How to Make DIY Animatronic Mouth Robot!

Posted on August 25, 2011 by max
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Want to make yourself a DIY animatronic mouth robot?  Check out PyroElectro.com’s instructions on how to build one of these using PIC controller and servos.

In this tutorial I will show you two simple methods for building a believable robotic mouth. One articulated and moveable, the other an LCD flashing design. Both animatronic mouth designs create a believable illusion for your animatronic robot and can be built on a modest DIY budget.

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How to Make a Kid’s Learning Tool, The DIY Counting Box!

Posted on August 25, 2011 by max
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Want to make your 3 or 4 year old get good at numbers super quick? How about building your kids a DIY counting box?

My son—now four, but three when I conceived this project—loves numbers and counting. More than a few times I’ve peeked in at night to find him asleep with a calculator in one hand and a flashlight in the other. And one of his favorite things to do with the calculator is incrementing “1 + = = = = = = = = = =” until he can’t keep his eyes open any more. I decided to build him a dedicated machine that would do nothing but count up and count down.

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How to Make a DIY Homemade Cathode Ray Tube!

Posted on August 23, 2011 by max
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Most of would use cathode ray tubes off junk electronics to make something cool. Well, not this guy, YouTube user Xkcdification has made a DIY cathode ray tube completely from scratch, using wine bottle as vacuum source.

You can catch his full howto guide over at

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How to Build a Music-Syncing LED Display!

Posted on August 22, 2011 by max
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Next time you listen to your favorite dubstep music (one of my favorite genres btw), you will definitely want to enhance your listening experience by building yourself a music-syncing LED display that will sync to every beat and it’s a great project that anyone can tackle.

See full HOWTO at Wired.com

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TSA Closes Terminals Over a DIY Mint Tin Project!

Posted on August 11, 2011 by max
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TSA recently closed one of its terminals due to a bomb threat (or so they thought it was) and calls in the bomb squad and the FBI.   Of course, this wasn’t actually a bomb but a DIY mint tin project.

The Omaha Police Department’s bomb squad was called after a suspicious-looking item was found in a carry-on bag shortly before noon at the airport’s north checkpoint in Terminal B.

Screening operations were suspended, and the B concourse was evacuated. Operations were not disrupted in Terminal A, according to a Transportation Security Administration official.

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