June 11, 2008
Keyboard Waffle Maker!
Anyone up for a tasty keyboard waffle? It’s not a real product but does look geekly tasty. It was created by Chris Dimino as part of a project that involved breathing new life into a now useless product by giving it another purpose. In this case the ‘useless product’ was an old Corona typewriter that was reborn as the Corona-Matic whic ... More
June 10, 2008
Freestyle Keyboard is perfect for freestyle snowboarders.
Yey, finally a keyboard custom made for freestyle snowboarders, skiiers, hairstylists, etc…etc… via ohgizmo - everythingusb Computer, Computer Keyboard, Consumer, Cool, Design, Entertainment, freestyle keyboard, Funny, Gadgets, keyboard, split keyboard ... More
Rechargeable Wireless USB Mouse!
Here’s a great idea for a wireless mouse. Why don’t Logitech make them like this? This USB wireless Rechargeable Wireless Opitcal Mouse offers RF technology coupled with 800 dpi resolution, allowing for accuracy and precision in mouse. An additional feature is that you can maintain continuous operation of the mouse nevery worry about ... More
GeoQuake brings you GoogleMaps Driving Game!
Now, you can drive on GoogleMaps or fly on GoogleEarth. It’s really fun, I think there’s a potential for dozens of games and money to made off these types of apps. The first, taking advantage of Google Maps’ new ability to work with Flash applications, lets you drive a car, bus, or truck around Google Maps. It won’t bat an ... More
DIY - How to Make Ping Pong Lights!
Here’s a great DIY on how to make Ping Pong Lights! Actually, the “idea” or the “concept” is very creative. At some point last semester I realized that ping pong balls make great diffusers and look really cool when they are glowing. Next we concluded that a hundred glowing ping pong balls would look even cooler. It ... More
Wine Cork USB!
Awesome, we should be expecting to see wines shipped with a 4GB USB embedded into the corks, stuffed with music/videos about the company who made the wine… Designer Arwye Wan wants you to taste the finer side of Universal Serial Bus with his “Wine Stopper USB Memory Stick”. Hand made and aged to perfection with 1GB of built memory goodne ... More
June 9, 2008
Roadrunner Supercomputer - The Fastest $133 Million computer in the World!
I’ve always been fond of supercomputers and I even did a college final project on supercomputers. (That’s 10 years ago..) Here’s Roadrunner Supercomputer, based out of Los Alamos National Laboratory, supposedly a lot faster than the now-runner-up BlueGene from Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in Livermore, California. Damn, I wish ... More
Floppy Drive Disk Plays Horrible Star Wars Music!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a floppy disk that plays some really horrible Star Wars music. Why!!! I assume it’s a hardware hack that manually controls the floppy drive’s stepper motor, but it’d make my day if this was done in software using standard I/O req ... More
June 8, 2008
Play Drums in the Dark with LED Drumsticks!
Now, you can play drums in the dark AND look cool. Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Order one here via technabob Audio, Consumer, Cool, drums, Entertainment, Gadgets, LED, led drumsticks, Music ... More
Lighter that Looks Like a Computer Keyboard!
Anyone up for a computer keyboard lighter? Order one here [via ohgizmo - nerdapproved] Computer Keyboard, Computer Keyboard, Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, Gadgets ... More
June 7, 2008
Butterfly USB Web-cam!
Here’s a cool webcam for your daughter although we recommend buying a laptop with a webcam already embedded. # Feature & Specifications: USB 2.0 Compatible, driver Free Web Cam # 6 white LEDs with LED brightness controller # High definition: 1.3 Mega pixels CMOS (640×480) # Frame rate: 640×480 @ 15 frame/sec, 24-bit RGB # Foc ... More
Geek Gang Signs? - This is Too Funny!
Starting a gang? You will need to definitely learn these geek gang signs… I did start a gang in middle school once… that was fun. [via newlaunches - joeydevilla] Computer, Cool, Entertainment, Funny, gang signs, geek gangs ... More
DIY - How to Make Color-Changing Ambient LED Lights for your room!
Here’s a cool DIY showing you how to make color-changing ambient LED lights. Mind you, you don’t have to make one, you can probably go to IKEA and buy one for a lot cheaper nowdays. This instructable covers how to build, mount and control LED light bars to provide for full color ambient room lighting as well as “ambilight” ... More
Ultimate Gamer’s Portable PC with 3 foldable screens!
Looking for that ultimate PC with 3 LCD displays you can carry with you? TAIPEI, Taiwan (AVING Special Report on ‘COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008′) — <Visual News> Acme Portable(www.acmeportable.com.tw) presented its triple-monitor portable PC ‘GTS370′ during Computex 2008. .gallery { margin: auto; } .ga ... More
Asus Laptop with an embedded Projector!
Whoa! This is a great idea! Watch as every laptop manufacturer start making a projector a necessary feature. No details on the resolution or brightness were available, but from the photo we snapped at Computex in Taiwan, it’s apparent that the current iteration will be viable only in total darkness. Moreover, the top bezel of the LCD is s ... More
June 6, 2008
Eye-Fi - an SD card that catches thieves!
Lol… make sure to check the SD card label before you hook it up to your computer. The Eye-Fi hooks up to the internet and sends your photos to either an online sharing site or directly back to your home machine. In this case it was the latter, and the hapless thief not only sent the precious vacation shots back to Alison’s computer, b ... More
DIY Living Room PC!
Wow, this does look cool… awesome job buddy! The aim here is to build a case that could be used in any living room without scaring your grandma out of her socks. For me that is a bit of a challenge since I have no experience in this type of design. But, enough with the small talk - lets get to it and do some case building. .gallery { ... More
Xbox HACK - How to Run Xbox Media Center from a USB Drive!
Yes, run your Xbox media center from a USB drive. How cool is that? We’ve shown you how to turn your classic Xbox and Mac into a super-powered media center using Xbox Media Center, but what about everybody else? Well, if you’ve got at least a 1 GB USB drive and a computer that can boot from it, you’re in luck. LiveXBMC, a blend ... More
Microdia 64GB CompactFlash Card!
CompactFlash, 64GB!!??!! BRISBANE: Flash memory company, Microdia, launched its new business in Australia with a world-first 64 GB compact flash card shown first at PMA — the Microdia XTRA ELITE CF card has a 45 MBS data transfer rate and can store up to a claimed 19,000 photos. Microdia founder and CEO, Louis Leung, said that it specifically c ... More
DIY AVR tri-color LED controller
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s an interesting AVR tri-color LED controller. The new project based in AVR microcontrollers Its an “Habitat Mirror Hack” with RGB Leds (superflux). Its the Peggy Muppets Mirror. I replace the regular bulbs that it has, with superflux RGB ... More
June 5, 2008
Top 10 Reasons Why Linux will be on every PC in 10 Years!
1. Linux is free, open-source platform operating system that’s being developed by engineers all over the world. 2. Linux is not 1 operating system, there are hundreds of different Linux systems including embedded Linux. 3. Google is supporting embedded Linux for mobile phones with its Android platform with thousands of app builders. 4. In 5 ... More
DIY - How to Make a Wireless Accelerometer Mouse Pointer!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode This is a great project for your school final project. Human Interfacing Device is key area in modern electronics era. Gesture recognition can be well introduced in modern day computers to play 3-D games. Virtual Reality is not far away from our doorsteps. Simp ... More
Linux starting to take over the world with Mini-notebooks and netbooks!
Recently, I’ve been noticing that more and more laptop manufacturers are putting Linux on their mini-notebooks inluding the Eec PCs. I’ve actually predicted that Linux would take over Windows back in year 1999 within 5 years. Boy was I wrong but my prediction that Linux will take over Windows will be true in about another 5 years AF ... More
