June 10, 2008
GeoQuake brings you GoogleMaps Driving Game!
Now, you can drive on GoogleMaps or fly on GoogleEarth. It’s really fun, I think there’s a potential for dozens of games and money to made off these types of apps. The first, taking advantage of Google Maps’ new ability to work with Flash applications, lets you drive a car, bus, or truck around Google Maps. It won’t bat an ... More
June 9, 2008
Roadrunner Supercomputer - The Fastest $133 Million computer in the World!
I’ve always been fond of supercomputers and I even did a college final project on supercomputers. (That’s 10 years ago..) Here’s Roadrunner Supercomputer, based out of Los Alamos National Laboratory, supposedly a lot faster than the now-runner-up BlueGene from Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in Livermore, California. Damn, I wish ... More
June 8, 2008
DIY - How to Install a Rain Tank and Re-use Rain water!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Here’s a really simply way to re-use your rain gutter water for feeding your plants. Why didn’t I think of this before? Rain tanks collect and store rain water, and they’re a viable green alternative for lawn maintenance since landscaping represents a huge drain on water resources ... More
June 6, 2008
Larry and Sergey AND The Google Party Jet - The Googleplane!
Hey, I want a party jet too! Keeping tabs on Google (GOOG) founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin got a lot easier when they bought an old Qantas 767 for about $15 million and converted it into their private party plane. Hobbyists tag their photos with info like airplane make and model, registration number, date, location, etc., and upload them to s ... More
June 5, 2008
Top 10 Reasons Why Linux will be on every PC in 10 Years!
1. Linux is free, open-source platform operating system that’s being developed by engineers all over the world. 2. Linux is not 1 operating system, there are hundreds of different Linux systems including embedded Linux. 3. Google is supporting embedded Linux for mobile phones with its Android platform with thousands of app builders. 4. In 5 ... More
DIY - How to Make an Underwater Microphone (Hydrophone)!
The fish says, “nice work bud, now I can start vlogging about my life in the fish tank!” Construct a inexpensive hydrophone out of things laying around your house. I decided to put up this instructable because (to my surprise) no one has a hydrophone instructable up yet. I made mine using a mixture of other people’s hydrophone c ... More
June 4, 2008
iPhone Lego NXT Mindstorms Robot
God, it’s a Lego NXT Mindstorm robot with an iPhone!!! Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode This is a demonstration of iPhone to Lego NXT Robot communication via the Safari browser and Lego’s Light Sensor. To build this, you’ll need a laptop, two iPhones, and a Lego NXT Robotics ... More
June 3, 2008
Zedomax.Net Web2.0 Crunch…
Here’s this week’s wrap up of Web2.0 companies and ramblings over at .Net: Craigslist needs to update their graphics… Google Adsense will be available for RSS feeds, more money for bloggers. Jobirn, a new type of job referral network launched. The Dot Com Boom history of miserable failures can be seen here including webvan. Fre ... More
June 1, 2008
Android Application Store?
As they say, “nothing is really free”, especially anything from Google. Hey, they gotta make money one way or another. It’s just as simple as that. According to Android project leader, Andy Rubin, Google might offer an application store–similar to one for the iPhone–for its Android mobile operating system sometime ... More
North Oaks, Minnesota tells Google Maps to Fu** off!
Uh oh… It looks like Google Maps Street View is invading privacy of private lands. Although most people probably won’t care that much but how did Google Maps get pictures of private lands in the first place? Since the introduction of Google Maps’ Street View last spring, the feature has caused controversy in several cities an ... More
May 31, 2008
Google has a new favicon, a smaller “g” instead of the big “G”!
Today, I’ve noticed that Google (GOOG) now has a smaller favicon, a “g” instead of the big “G”. It seems like they have replaced the first letter with the 4 th letter. Why??? big g, Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, favicon, Funny, goog, Google, Google, google favicon, google new favicon, th letter, Web ... More
May 29, 2008
More Cool Android Videos!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s more videos of the Google’s new mobile linux operating system, the Android. I am starting to like it more and more… Google’s latest Android prototype is miles improved over the versions we last saw. Back at CES the GUI was clunky and ... More
Google Earth API now let’s you put Google Earth in your website!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a great news that you can now put Google Earth into your website using Google Earth API. The Google Earth Plug-in and its JavaScript API let you embed Google Earth, a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages. Using the API you can draw markers and ... More
May 25, 2008
iPhone Earth lets you view the Globe by tilting your iPhone!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a really cool 3D iPhone application that is coming soon. (You can sign up for the beta for now…) The iPhone Earth lets you view satellite imagery of the globe in 3D, sorta like Google Earth, but customized for the iPhone so you can rotate it ... More
Linux May Power New Nokia Phones
Here’s some great news for Nokia phone users that Nokia may start using Linux to power their new phones. Why do I think it’s great? Well, I’ve looked at every new Nokia phone at the Web2.0 2008 and sadly, they all really suck and incorporate outdated technology. Don’t get me wrong, Nokia does make great hardware, but their ... More
May 23, 2008
DIY HACK - How to Make a Wii Whiteboard!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode This is exactly what I need instead of my whiteboard and pens that wear out. This is a port of Johnny Chung Lee’s Whiteboard app for the actual Wii. Kudos & thanks to Johnny Lee, Team Twiizers, svpe, shagku and para. To use this application, you need t ... More
May 21, 2008
Bike the “flies” Google Earth!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, this is thing is AWESOME!!! This guy could make a lot of money making this into a “world” travel virtual world. Sun has been very successful in spreading Java to over 6 billion devices throughout the world. Well over a billion cell phone run Jav ... More
Resealable Can!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Wow, check out this resealable can baby! and press release here: via youtube Snellville (Atlanta), GA USA. A Ukrainian inventor, Johan De Broyer has conceived the idea for a re-sealable aluminum soda can featuring hidden advertising messaging. The idea was developed/designed by Robert Davis, Davis ... More
May 20, 2008
Wrist Tracker does GPS + GPS Tracking
Here’s an interesting concept or prototype wrist tracker that can log all kinds of jogging details including but not limited to GPS + GPS tracking. You can even hook up to GoogleMaps to get your directions. Look at this new product.It’s a Cell phone+GPS tracker+GPS datalogger+Sporty watch With GPS trakcing/find friend/sporty manageme ... More
Google HACK - How to put Google Reader iPhone Edition in Your Firefox Sidebar!
Here’s a cool hack that let’s you put the Google Reader iPhone edition into your Firefox sidebar. If you are a big fan of both Google Reader and Firefox, you’ll be interested to know that Google’s iPhone version of Reader is a perfect fit for the Firefox sidebar, and with a few tweaks we can make it really fit well. via how ... More
May 17, 2008
DIY HACK - How to Make a Solar Powered DC Welder!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Remember my post on how to make a DC Welder powered by a golf cart? Well, these guys must be golfers and must own a golf course. (or at least work at a golf course.) Now, they figured out a way to power their batteries with a big solar panel on top of the golf cart. Now the question is, can you ... More
May 16, 2008
DIY HACK - How to Make a DC Welder with a Golf Cart!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Here’s a cool way you can make a DC welder powered by a golf cart! Of course, you don’t have to use a golf cart but it is creative the way this guy did it. Here’s the simplest welder you can make. It’s just a pair of jumper cables and a welding rod. Oh yeah. And some batte ... More