These little lights look like a lipstick at first, but you can quickly work out exactly what it is and how it works, for the battery is makes up part of the lights body and blends in pretty good too.

But these light were originally designed by Richard Lawson as an entry for a competition, however this design was not one of the chosen pieces to go into production, but that has now been rectified and they are in production and have now been put up for sale on the Charles and Marie website.

These little lights are ideal for emergencies or camping etc; the colors are red and blue.

Source [Techna Bob]

This clock looks similar to an old computer from the pre PC days, or the countdown clock used in the nuclear bunkers.

But rest assured that this is a regular clock, designed by Dutch designer Frank Clewits and his studio Puhlmann. Using Nixie vacuum tubes, which are forward facing and held into a frame of steel, this does indeed look really cool.

Although this may look like a piece of modern art and should be in a museum or gallery, it is fact for sale on the designer’s sites store.

The price this retro styled clock is $343.

Source [Techna Bob]

Here’s a cool iPhoneInterface Tool for hacking your iPhone!!!

This tool will help you do the following stuff:

• Run any desired application already residing on the phone.
• Control what processes run on the phone (currently implementation is very hackish)
• Move files around on the phone
• Enable viewing of verbose information during the restore process
• Activate the phone without iTunes and without a token

Link to tool:
Mirrors (MD5: f73883e5158048aee51eb15c2047fd00 *iPhoneInterface.zip — MD5 checker):

• http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XY4UHTGG
• http://rapidshare.com/files/41288277/iPhoneInterface.zip
• http://devices.natetrue.com/iphone/iPhoneInterface.zip
• http://oregonstate.edu/~bettse/files/iPhoneInterface.zip

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The standby button on a lot of electrical devices, and also that fact that people leave a lot of appliances plugged in the socket, means a lot of power wasted over the year, and if every home does the same, it works out at a lot of wasted power.

There are calls to have the standby buttons removed, but that would mean replacing all of your appliances and not everyone wants to that.

So here is a simple solution, the Standby Energy Saving Kit, which is great for home and office use.

Typical uses for Bye Bye Standby …

You can use this Standby Kit on a number of different devices, but typically you can use it on your:

Television
DVD player
Set top Box
VCR player (only if you don’t need to reset the clock each time!)
Stereo
Microwave
Games Console
Computer
And much more…

Standby Kit can also be used in your office…

Office energy management via smart sockets & intelligent software
Ability to customize and monitor specific zones of activity within office
Energy usage reporting system
Simple installation - wireless system
System pay back within 12 months

Technical Information

Supply Voltage: 220/240V 50Hz
Max. Load: 1000W
Frequency: 433.92MHz
Battery: CR2032 (included)

Dimensions: 75mm x 45mm x 9mm (remote)
Dimensions: 77mm x 50mm x 50mm (appliance switch)

Priced at around $50.

Product Page [Nigels Eco Store]

If ever you have been in a situation where you needed some light, then you will appreciate this device, as it is quite small, and wireless, which is always the best way with things, like this.

This is ideal if you have a dark cupboard or doorway, what happens is you place the two parts on either side of the opening, so that when the door or drawer is open the light comes on, this is great for places that need a little illumination, but it is impractical to place a wired device in.

Features:

Super bright white LEDs
Have the flexibility to position the light where you need it
The LED lights are wireless. No wires, no plugs!
Mounting via double-sided tape or velcro
Takes 3 watch style batteries
Comes in a 2-pack (two LED lights and two magnetic pieces)

This light is only $6.99!

Product Page [Think Geek]

Wow, this is an awesome instructables on how to make an LED Hoola Hoop!

Some friends wanted a lighted hula hoop for burningman, and when they turned out to be about $200 each, I decided to make one. All the parts cost about $15 . . . total time to make the hoop was about 3 hours, but that included time for figuring things out. You could probably make one in less than 2 hours with this instructable and soldering skills . . .

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These are really cool, a pack of six great looking coasters made from old and discarded circuits boards. The have a ring of vinyl until around the edges, which will help to protect your furniture, they come with a nice little tin, which can house the coasters when they are not in use, or alternatively the tin can be used for storing small items like pins or screws.

This is a nice little idea that uses an old circuit board, which would otherwise be thrown into the landfill or something even worse.

The cost of this set of six circuit board coasters is around $22.

Product Page [Fractual Spin]

This clock is most unusal with gears and cogs that make it look as if it is part of some sort of machine or something.

The numbers flicker down, like an old fashioned clock that you would have seen in an office during the 1940’s or there abouts.

It is weird though as it looks like different things from different angles, pretty cool though.

The cost of this clock is only $80.

Product Page [World Lingo]

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Wow, this is sweet… This could easily be implemented for medical robotic arms.

A master/slave system I built using potentiometers, servos, and an IFI robotics controler .

I took this robot apart a couple of years ago, but I am re-building it for a class at my university.

The shoulder rotation, elevation, and elbow joints are Expert Electronics SL820(shoulder elevation) or SL800(rotation and elbow) giant ball bearing servos. I don’t have the original gripper as it broke. it was just a regular servo with a piece of balsa wood attached to the side, and one attached to the servo horn. I used epoxy to attach the wood.

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