July 22, 2008
DIY - How to Make a Box Kite!
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. via m ... More
May 29, 2008
Samsung Launching a Dual Monitor with Webcam!
Samsung will be launching their new dual monitor setup which includes a 22-inch monitor and a mini detachable 7-inch monitor you can attach on any side of the bigger monitor. This seems like a really good idea and I think other LCD manufacturers will quickly start copying it. It makes sense since sometimes you just need about 7 inches of extra s ... More
May 20, 2008
Speaker Dolls!
Cute speaker dolls! Flickr pool member Fungus Amungus made these chic speakers using Munny figures as enclosures. Not sure what level of hifi those little guys can deliver, but considering the cuteness factor - I might not even care much. - Munny speakers on Flickr via make Consumer, cuteness factor, dolls, flickr, fungus, little guys, pool memb ... More
May 3, 2008
Maker Faire 2008!
Wow, Maker Faire was a lot bigger this year over at San Mateo Fairgrounds near where I used to work. Anyways, it was a lot of fun watching some cool gizmos, DIYs, and makers but it’s really crowded this year. Wow, this is great structure of woman! Phew, there’s a lot of stuff. You can check out my Flickr over here for all the pi ... More
January 21, 2008
Flickr 3D Tiltviewer!
Wow, these guys know how to make use of Flickr API. Here’s a 3D Tiltviewer that let’s you hop different Flickr pictures in 3D! TiltViewer allows you to browse Flickr’s most interesting images in a 3D space. Images are pulled from Flickr’s Interestingness list. TiltViewer was built using Away3D, a branch of Papervision. Currently A ... More
October 9, 2007
Engadget San Francisco reader meetup
Engadget is having a meetup for its readers in San Francisco! They are giving out lots of FREE stuff, so don’t miss it if you live near here! (I will try to be there…) We’re giving away literally tens of thousands of dollars in gear, including… A free Sandisk Sansa Connect (4GB with WiFi) to the first 200 people! (And fr ... More
September 12, 2007
Green Laser Drawing
Here’s something you can do with your Green Laser and a camera. I will have to try this and post one soon… via flickr Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, flickr, Graphics, Graphics, green_laser, photography, photography ... More
August 30, 2007
DIY HACK - Sparkfun playing around with Touch Tetris
I need one of these touch Tetris where you can actually move your whole arm to guide your boxes. (If I can only do this in the warehouse where everything fits, we’d save a lot of space…) (thinking of our warehouse pictures, i forgot to updated with ALL our Mattress-in-a-box(es)…visit our mattress store within 26 hours and you c ... More
July 3, 2007
Broken Apple gets replaced
Remember the guy who was so excited when he finally got his hands on the iPhone, that he dropped it. Well those good old guys at the Apple Store replaced for him free of charge. Its great to hear a nice story every now and then. I just feel sorry for the person who gets the phone next! Only joking guys!! No it is very refreshing to see this, just ... More
May 25, 2007
Make Faire 2007 - Lawnmower Bike!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, this is an awesome lawnmower bike! You could probably build these one yourself and make your next lawnmowing easier! You can check out more pictures from our flickr Maker Faire Day 1 and Maker Faire Day 2. Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Educational, Ed ... More
May 20, 2007
Maker Faire Live Blogging - ALAVs by Jed Berk!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out these Cool ALAVs (Autonomous Light Vessels) by Jed Berk! Tight! It uses Sun Microsystems SunSpot microcontroller, which can be programmed in Java. I like this idea since there’s a lot of Java embedded processors out there but this ones from ... More
May 2, 2007
Golf Ball Cake
The news is that someone is selling their house using Digg, but the best part is that this guys made a Titleist golf ball cake! As an avid golfer and user of Titleist golf clubs and balls, I had to post this… Thanks Jack for the tip! More cool cake here. Yes, I need to go to the links more and blog less definitely. But are you blogging? ... More
April 30, 2007
Snipshot
Here’s a cool little tool you can use to edit pictures online. It works flawlessly with Flickr hopefully… (well it says…) But I’ve always thought we need somethin’ like this. Using a Photoshop is an expensive option for most people and takes way too long to load. via craftzine Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, craf ... More
April 10, 2007
Tofu Robot from Japan!
Check out the hilarious tofu robot. The original pictures of the tofu robots are on Flickr too. Although it’s non-functional, you can get it at spicybrown for $20. Maybe someone can hack this tofu robot to be functional… maybe serve up some tofu soup…(talking about tofu soup, there’s tofu sauce, tofu seasoning, tofu se ... More
January 11, 2007
Search Engine using tags!
Here’s a cool search engine that searches all type of tags on the world wide web for your image, video, audio, web, etc…etc… Thanks Veerendra for the info!~ Veerendra Shivhare says, “Tagbulb offers a mashup of search engines for tags allowing searches against just about any web 2.0 site you can think of. You can search ... More
October 26, 2006
Robot Video - HOWTO Build a robotic Dalek Pumpkin
Here’s a little cute robot right in time for halloween! Oh my! MAKE FLickr photo pool member Oskay made robotic pumpkin Dalek - “We Evil Mad Scientists like Halloween. A lot. You might have already seen our old-school Cylon Jack-o-lantern. Here is another halloween electronics project, hopefully in time for you to make your own: It& ... More
September 20, 2006
Cool Innovators videos
Here’s some cool video interviews from technology review that you can check out some of the innovators of today’s technology. via technology review (Submitted by Jason) Jason of Technology Review says, It features some cool innovators you’ve heard of, like Stewart Butterfield of Flickr, and Sebastian Thrun, winner of the DARPA ... More
