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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 ...

Sharp replace the Brain

by David Allen on June 26th, 2009
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This is a nice little hand held device named the PW AC900, that can store plenty of information from many of the worlds important dictionaries and organisations. It’s nice looking with a cool touch pad that can be written on using the stylus and a five inch LCD colour screen, inside there is about 100 Mb worth of memory, so that will come in handy for storing a bit of data or no ...

DIY Robot Duck Kit!

by max on April 20th, 2009
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Middlesex University’s DIY Robot Duck Kit might be perfect for anyone who has baby or kids. Either you can make this robot duck for your kids or let them do it if they are old enough but clearly, these DIY robot duck kits might be better for your kid’s brain than another barbie doll or a toy car. Why didn’t they have these when I was a kid? I would get them and also ...

Metal DIY - How to Remove Rust!

by max on February 5th, 2009
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Removing rust can be a big headache but not if you use your brain a little and some electricity. I used a 12V .5A power supply and attached the negative end to the pipe wrench and the positive end to a old piece of steel remesh. Both pipe wrench and remesh were put in a bucket of water that had some baking soda. After a few hours of bubbling I removed the pipe wrench and let it sit fo ...

Robot Hack - How to Build a CNC Robot Router!

by max on November 13th, 2008
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a really cool “robot” that is also a CNC machine to make different shape and sizes of “stuff” for you. You can read details on how to build this CNC robot router here. On another note, HackNMod, one of our favorites sites, was featured in a UK Newspaper. (Great jo ...

Words of Wisdom will teach you Everyday!

by max on October 26th, 2008
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One of my best friend’s bathroom has a big poster with lots of “words of wisdom” from famous people featuring lines like, “If you can’t help yourself, no one can help you.” Anyways, here’s a device that will spit out some random “words of wisdom” to teach you or your kids, one good thing or two everyday for one time payment of $29.95 ...

Interactive Multi-Touch Mirror!

by max on October 24th, 2008
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Here’s a really cool concept for a mirror, an interactive multi-touch mirror that lets you draw things, check photos, well, it’s basically a computer in the mirror. The only downfall about this product I see is that people would rather sit than stand while using a multi-touch system but a great concept. The cognitive machine that is your brain automatically deals with things ...

Skateboard Deck with Brains!

by max on September 16th, 2008
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Wow, check out this cool Skateboard deck at $69 each. They come with “real” brain, intestines, and nerves. via random-good-stuff, Product Page ...

Robocut - Lawnmower Robot with Basic Stamp!

by max on September 16th, 2008
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Check out the Robocut, a lawnmower robot with Basic Stamp as controller. You can even buy the kit so you can build one yourself. Now, if you can get one of these DIY kits and make it solar, that’d be something to watch. “RoboCut, is a BASIC Stamp powered robot. Two 12Volt motors with gearbox gives the two large drivewheels good traction and the robot can manouver in very s ...

Robotic Dog Fetches the Ball!

by max on July 14th, 2008
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember the Automatic Ball Throwing Machine for your dog? Well, get one of these Robotic Dogs and you will have a complete dog throwing/fetching automation. Why not? This robot uses an Acroname CMUcam2+ for its eye and an Acroname BrainStem GP 2.0 microcontroller for its brain. It chases down a b ...