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Toyota Develops DIY Brain Powered WheelChair!

by max on June 29th, 2009
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We’ve seen the brain-powered Twitter machine for people with spinal cord injuries. Well, Toyota has just announced a fully-capable brain-powered wheelchair that you can control with your favorite human body part, the brain! I too, wonder when we will be able to drive a car with our brains but the wheelchair is no small feat for sheezy. According to Toyota, the company’s B ...

The Phantom F4 office chair

by David Allen on June 24th, 2009
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For the executive who has everything, it is difficult to find something that they need. However, that was before this authentic Phantom F4 ejection seat became available. This is a chair that really makes a statement, I am not sure what sort of statement but it is a truly great piece of engineering. Pricing details only from the phone numbers below: Los Angeles - (310) 375-4531 Ma ...

It is a tiny drill

by David Allen on June 19th, 2009
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Power tools come in all shapes and sizes, they are really a man thing according to many jokes and TV shows, but I am sure that we do not believe for one minute. Anyway below is a tiny drill, it looks as if it is real and works. However, the question that we have here is what is this for, a very small man or a very larger animal, either way in the wrong it can be deadly. The attent ...

What is Sonic Boom?

by max on June 3rd, 2009
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Today, I was just surfing around the web and found “Sonic Boom”! What is it? It’s when the aircraft goes faster than the speed of sound and creates water vapors basically or according to Wikipedia: When an object passes through the air, it creates a series of pressure waves in front of it and behind it, similar to the bow and stern waves created by a boat. These waves t ...

Flyin’ High Voltage Jobs!

by max on June 3rd, 2009
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Here’s a cool video on people who actually work on the high voltage lines, they get there by a helicopter so they are not grounded while millions of volts of electricity go through their body while they work. (via hackedgadgets) Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode ...

Waterproof, Tough Netbook Bag!

by max on June 2nd, 2009
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Here’s one little tough beast netbook bag for waterproofing/drop-proofing your investment. Waterproof, crush-proof and dust-proof Pick ‘N’ Pluck with convoluted lid foam Easy snap anodized aluminum latch O-Ring seal Vent with Gore-Tex membrane for auto pressure balance Price: $89.47 on Amazon (via laptop blog) ...

Forge DIY - How to Make a Knife!

by max on May 28th, 2009
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I have always been fond of knife-making, makes me twitch every time I see it on TV, here’s how to build your own knife, you will first need to make some type of iron-burning system as shown below. The implications are tremendous, this forge can easily double as a small melting furnace exactly as it sits for Aluminum and copper based alloys. And this opens the door to cast alloy han ...

Call for the Batman

by David Allen on May 28th, 2009
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This is brilliant piece, it is only a foot high, has a built cooling fan and when it is late at night it can lit up and the beam sent up into the sky, you never know the Dark Knight may make an appearance. Features: Powered by a plug-in, UL adapter and two ultra-bright bulbs, the piece also includes a fan to keep it cool With a swivel feature enabling the Bat-Signal to pan across ...

This lamp is a yolk

by David Allen on May 25th, 2009
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It is amazing what lights can be made out of these days, so many ideas to choose from and yet only the better ones make it. Yet this has to be one of the best battery powered light around and that is no yolk. Product Specifications: Special fried egg design light The egg yolk is the power on/off switch and also the emitting part Powered by 3pcs AA batteries (Not included) Size ...

Bushbunker saves lives

by David Allen on May 21st, 2009
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This is a really useful concept that can really save lives in very dangerous situations like forest fires; the idea is that this bushbunker, which is a container sized unit, can be dropped into the most dangerous areas and save the lives of the fire crews on the ground. These bunkers come fully equipped with: Bench seats Battery powered electric lighting UHF Radio Emergency tr ...