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Dirt-Powered Soil Lamp!

by max on March 17th, 2009
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We’ve seen a slew of solar-powered lamps in the last couple years but this is the very first time “dirt”, (yes, the stuff that’s on your ground) has been used to power a lamp. We wonder how long this will go, specifically when it will be available to the consumers. The soil lamp uses the chemical reaction between copper, zinc, and slightly moistened mud to crea ...

Solar powered rechargeable batteries

by David Allen on February 18th, 2009
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This has to be one of the great ideas if only it can be made to work properly and at a price that is right. Unfortunately, this is still in the prototype stages but as you can see from the images, there is the potential there for a great device. The system has been named the SunCat and is the brainchild of designer Knut Karlsen. He uses a set of ordinary NiMH rechargeable batterie ...

Mongoose, the Powerful DIY Electric Bike!

by max on January 24th, 2009
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Here’s a guy who built a really powerful (lookin’) electric bike, fitted with batteries that can jump even cars. There’s even an onboard GPS so you can never get lost while a full charge gets you up to 150 miles. Watch the video and become “impressed”: Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode 432 Sony 18650V ...

UV O3 Baby Pacifier Sterilizer!

by max on September 8th, 2008
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UV O3 Baby Pacifier Sterilizer! For the ultimate baby pacifier sterlization, you will need to try out this UV O3 Baby Pacifier Sterilizer by Pipila. It uses a combination of ultraviolet rays and ozone (O3) to kill harmful bacteria. Now, you have a better solution than traditional pacifier sterilizers that use water and microwave. Using a patented UV/O3 (ozone) sterilising lamp, Pipila f ...

Robot with Rat Brain!

by max on August 18th, 2008
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode I have once played golf with one of the executives at AMD and he was telling me that future of computer chips are in organic chips sorta similar to human brain. Well, here’s one of the first signs of that, a robot controlled by rat brain! The robot’s biological brain is made up of culture ...

Some Cool Hacks for GMail, GoogleDocs, and more!

by max on August 5th, 2008
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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 “Superman” in the top left cell, and ente ...

Infection Watch from TokyoFlash!

by max on May 21st, 2008
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Oh boy, this reminds me of all the cool watches reviewed plus some more… Housed in a smart new case, Infection is ergonomically designed to neatly fit the contours of your wrist, the tapered edges providing a smooth transition between the case and lens. Twenty-seven multi-colored LEDs pulsate and move like cells across the curved face to present the time from beneath the attractiv ...

Artificial corneas could save eyesight

by max on October 11th, 2007
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Cool, artificial corneas might save your eyes in the future. Or even your loved ones… This is great news for myself since I wear contacts and have a very bad -10.5. (I can’t even get Lasik because my eyes are so bad!) Well, just in case my cornea goes bad….that’s what I meant…. Working with other colleagues in the EU-funded CORNEA project, research scient ...