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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 this was the whole point of this project.

It took only minutes to engrave the flames but I have to admit that it took way longer that I expected to get all the taping done, leds mounted and hooked up. On top of all this, it was pain to keep all the layers clean during the assembly.

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Here’s USB iBuddy, an MSN Messenger alert light basically. It even has wings, just like RedBull.

You can buy it here:

iBuddy at Brando.com.uk for $20

iBuddy at Firebox.com for $24.95

iBuddy at BuyiBuddy.com for $24.95

iBuddy at Prezzybox.com for £14.95

i-Buddy is specially designed for Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger) users. It is a physical representation of your buddy. You can program it to recognize a particular buddy account, and it will response to all messages and status events sent from your buddy.

It is a 3-inches tall figurine connected to the computer using a USB cable. Specially designed in tiny size, so that it does not consume much space while you are at work. It is perfect to put on top of your monitor too.

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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 music box, it just plays the white notes, and does not play sharps or flats.

Included is the Music Box, one pre-punched strip which plays Romeo and Juliet, 2 blank strips, and a hole punch, so that you can create your own tunes! The strips are 66 x 7cm.

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Here’s a perfect set of lego sushi, all definitely authentic except you probably won’t be able to dip it in real soy sauce.

Let me guess what these are.  Obviously, the one on the left is a roll with egg.  The center is shrimp sushi.

The one on the right must be tuna sushi, my favorite. (I think it’s called Maguro)

Okay, the one on the right is Ikua Roe.  (Bunch of small orange eggs, real good)

Well, I guess the one on the left is Tuna with some spicy sauce.  (maybe perhaps a Korean-Japanese version)

I guess if I get hungry, I can always look at these pics.

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Thinking of making your own box kite?  Here’s a cool set of photos you can refer to making your own box kites!

I’ve been making these [box kites] for few years, and tomorrow I’m getting a bunch of people to make them at gas works park in Seattle. So I figured I would spice up my usual instruction set and put it on flickr.

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I’ve had plenty times where my cup would be too long for the cheap set of straws I bought at the dollar store.

Well, here’s Constructable Straws to help you make any shape and size to fit whatever you are drinking out of.

Fun for kids and adults, this set allows you to create your own unique, twisting, bending straws. Use the rubber connector pieces to construct a variety of designs, including straws that allow you to drink from multiple glasses at the same time. Made of non-toxic plastic. Dishwasher safe. For ages 6 and up.

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If you ever wanted to become like Batman, you will have to get this Batman Training Cuff.  You wear it on your arm of course and it will teach you many logic and reasoning crap.

The training cuff is a completely new concept in electronic learning. It’s worn on the arm for training on the move! The Batman Training Cuff employs an all-new design, to contrast with the laptop concept. This mobile training unit is worn on either wrist, with a detachable LCD-unit for game play in different environments. It includes a speaker, LED backlight and a compass. 13 challenging activities across several areas of curriculum, with a focus on logic and reasoning, test the player. The Cuff has multimedia content employing graphics, voice, music and sound effects.

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(Get it cheaper $24.99 at Amazon)

If you live in an area with little dragonflies, you might want to consider getting the solar powered dragonfly robot, which is just as good in my mind.

These may like the replicators off of Stargate SG1 but we are assuming that these solar powered robots are totally friendly and apart from the occasional burst of energy when it begins to flap its wings the bug will remain where it has been placed.

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Here’s a really lame robot that someone used a cheap hobby robot arm to digg stories.

It could, however, be used for some really useful stuff I think…

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