August 5, 2008
Bullet-proof Bras for German Policewomen!
Not sure how well these bullet-proof bras would work in real life but it surely doesn’t look like too much protection in comparison with the metal bra. These bullet-resistant bras are made available for 3,000 German police women who are in front-line duty. If a female office is shot wearing just a bullet-proof vest, she can suffer from injur ... More
Some Cool Hacks for GMail, GoogleDocs, and more!
Lifehacker has a new post that features some cool hacks for GMail, GoogleDocs, and some other hacks you can’t miss. Are you using Google Spreadsheets as your web-based spreadsheet editor alternative to desktop programs like Excel? If you do, give the “magic” auto-completions a try. To understand what this does, enter “Super ... More
DIY HACK - How to Build a Magnetic Stripe Card Spoofer!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a fun little hack that will allow you to spoof most magnetic stripe readers including your local groceries’ credit card reader. This instructable demonstrates how to use an electromagnet, a simple amplifier circuit, and a personal music player ... More
August 4, 2008
Original Google Storage Server Made with Legos!
It’d be hard to believe but yes, Sergey Brin and Larry Page made their first 40GB Google Storage Server with lego casing. Perhaps they might have been great lego-designers if they didn’t come up with Google. The development of the Google algorithms was carried on on a variety of Computers, mainly provided by the NSF-DARPA-NASA-funded ... More
August 2, 2008
ATM Bank Teaches your Kids How to Bank!
Check out this ATM Bank you can get for your kids. It comes with an authentic ATM card so your kid can start saving and also take money out for buying candy. Now, get one of these blackjack machines to make a whole kids’ casino. Just like a real ATM, you can deposit, withdraw and track your savings with this YOUniverse Teller Machine Ban ... More
July 31, 2008
DIY LED Dragon with Fire Animation!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out the LED Dragon, kind of a cool DIY project if you know how to engrave glass. I have to say that even I was surprised how well the dragon version turned out. Three very simple flames and bit of light and magic can really spice up the engraving. And th ... More
How to Teach your Female Humanoid Robot Femisapien!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember the female humanoid robot, the Femisapien? Well the guys at Robots Rule have made couple videos on how to teach the Femisapien how to dance and do lots of other st ... More
July 30, 2008
DIY - How to Make a Chapstick LED Flashlight!
Here’s a fun DIY on how to make a chapstick LED flashlight. It’s pretty simple to do but a great idea. Maybe Chapstick companies will pick up on this and make them as promotion materials. This is an instructable on how to make a flashlight out of a ChapStick tube. After reading up on multiple LED instructables I thought it would be ... More
July 29, 2008
DIY USB HACK - How to Make a Cheap USB Vacuum!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a fun little project. Get a PC fan, a sawed-off USB cable, and some carboard to make a cheap USB Vacuum running off 5 volts DC. via getusb carboard, Computer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Hac ... More
Microsoft Sphere for the Educational Market
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool Multi-Touch Sphere thingee in development by Microsoft. REDMOND, Wash.– A group of academics will be among the first people outside Microsoft to see Sphere, a spherical surface computer developed by Microsoft Research. The sphere-shape ... More
DIY Fridge HACK - How to Make a Refrigerator!
Here’s a really cool DIY on how to make a PID controlled fridge. For this project, you will need to grab an icebox, thermoelectric cooling part, and a PID. Heck, if you want to skip the steps, you can also get a Kimchi refridgerator, which does the same thing. I had an old beer cooler sitting in the garage that Kylie picked up on the street ... More
Martin Jetpack
Yey, the Martin Jetpack is out. It looks like a lot of fun, maybe even more so than hang gliding. Little is known about the capabilities of this flying machine, though sources familiar with its design say it can fly 100 times longer than previous jetpacks. Historically, 26 seconds has been the endurance of previous technology. This being the c ... More
July 28, 2008
Digitally “Hand-Encode” Music with the Piano Roller!
watch video here - music_box_set Here’s a cool Piano Roller that lets you digitally “hand-encode” your music. This is the ‘big brother’ version of the Music Box Set. It has 20 notes instead of 15, so it can play 2.5 octaves. As a music box, it is quite a bit bigger, at 14.5 x 7 x 2.75cm high. Again, like the smaller m ... More
DIY Arduino and Wiimote Controlled Boat!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool DIY Arduino and Wiimote Controlled Boat all by flick of the wrist. Now, just don’t drop that Wiimote and you will have some serious trouble getting out of the water. (I am sure there’s a backup plan for that) Last winter I dec ... More
DIY - How to Make your own iPhone Charger!
You could probably take any cellphone adaptor and convert it into an iPhone charger pretty easy but here’s a cool DIY showing you how to make your own iPhone charger. All you need are the 4 resistors stated above. I have modified some values of the resistors because of some miscalculation. Connect them as shown and provide the circuit with ... More
July 27, 2008
DIY - How to Make an LED Cube!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool DIY on how to make an LED Cube! 64 LEDs makes up this 4 by 4 by 4 cube, controlled by an Atmel Atmega16 microcontroller. Each LED can be addressed individually in software, enabling it to display amazing 3d animations! via instructables 3d ... More
DIY Green/Red Laser Projector!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, check out this green/red laser projector which can do animations. This is one of my experimental Dance/Trance songs from 2000. I build laser systems for fun so I have put together pictures and clips from assembly to a full working system to go with the son ... More
July 26, 2008
Skull Made from Recycled Cassette Tapes!
While the skull looks pretty normal from a far distance, you will notice that a bunch of old cassette tapes have been used for constructing the skull if you look very carefully. This is a cool way to recycle your old cassette tapes and make a scary plastic sculpture for your home. Just make sure to transfer all your music digitally using a cass ... More
Sea Bream Fish Robot!
Check out this giant Sea Bream fish robot. It’s almost real you want to chop it up for some nice stew or sushi. The fish weighs a whopping 15.4 pounds, but it has a unique propulsion system that lets it move its tail and silently scoot through the water like a real fish. The body is made of silicone and the scales were hand-painted on for ... More
DIY - How to Make a Paper Wallet!
I too, admit to having to endure endless months without money to buy a new wallet. Here’s a great way to make a paper wallet when you are hopeless to even buy a $5 wallet. One sheet of 8.5 by 11 paper folded, with minimal cutting, and one piece of tape = durable, seamless, useable, write-onable, minimalist wallet. via instructables Consu ... More
Interactive Multi-Touch Projector Screen!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a really cool demo of an interactive projector screen or is it Multi-Touch Projector? The basic idea is really simple: a program running on the PC will process t ... More