April 11, 2007
Retro-lookin’ robots!
Check out some of these cool retro-lookin’ robots. Although they don’t really seem all that functional, they kinda have the cool “retro” look to them. amd, Blog, Blogs, chips, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, crack, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, 로봇, Gadgets, Gadgets, Hack, hackers, hacks, home-pc, intel, machine, ma ... More
April 10, 2007
Color Changing Showers!
Wow, check out these color changing shower heads! It seems pretty basic (probably just high intensity LEDs on top), regardless, we like the overall design and originality! I’d love to have one of these showers, it’d be really cool… (well, maybe we can hack one easy…) Perfect for creating a dramatic accent color, or mere ... More
Cleaning Robot from Japan that even apologizes
Check out this really cool robot that will even apologize to you if he/she bumps into you! This cleaning robot from Japan can scoot around on its own, cleaning up, and features WiFi and a video camera to keep it connected to home base. It can even apologize when it detects that it’s bumped into a person. Yes, that’s good; train the rob ... More
April 9, 2007
Technological Breakthrough Sculptures
Check out some of these really cool Terminator-like technological breakthrough sculptures. Although none of them are really functional, it’s a really great artwork… (I’d want one in my livingroom…) Actually, the bug robots seem like they can do stuff… via microbotic amd, artwork, Blog, Blogs, chips, Consumer, C ... More
David Copperfield makes Statue of Liberty Disappear!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode This is very old but cool! amd, Blog, Blogs, chips, Consumer, Consumer, crack, david-copperfield, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Hack, hackers, hacks, home-pc, intel, machine, magic, magic, make, metacafe, nintendo, password, pc, Sony, statue_of_liberty, Video, ... More
Humanoid Robot Platforms
Check out these funny lookin’ Humanoid Robot Platforms from Hubo Lab at Kaist(Korean Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, kinda like MIT of Korea). HUBO-FX1 is the human-riding robot having 12 DOF. The development concept is that the robot can walk naturally with carrying a person or a load of 100kg, so the lower body takes afte ... More
April 8, 2007
LaptopTablet turns any laptop into a touchscreen!
Wow, check out this cool gizmo that will turn your laptop into a touchscreen! (if it ain’t touchscreen already) NAVIsis(www.navisis.com) presented its ‘Laptop Tablet’ that supports tablet functionality to a general laptop. Just attaching it on LCD monitor frame and connecting it to USB port, you can enjoy tablet on your laptop monitor. ... More
Use iPod as bullet-proof vest!
Now, you can use the iPod to stop bullets! Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side. The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hi ... More
April 7, 2007
Snow surfing with a Antartic Snowbot
Check out some of the cool Antartic autonomous solar robots being developed here. Above is a picture of a guy (yes holding a laptop), snow-surfing at about 5mph… Not too bad on solar power, we give thumbs up for that. One morning, while taking walking behind the robot and dragging a sled of equipment for quantitatively measuring the strengt ... More
200X USB Magnifier
Check out this cool 200X USB Magnifier you can use to magnify stuff… Cool… via AVING 200x, amd, Blog, Blogs, chips, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, crack, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Gadgets, Gadgets, Hack, hackers, hacks, home-pc, Industrial, Industrial, intel, machine, make, Medical, Medical, nintendo, ... More
DIY HACK - Double the battery life
Check out this howto on doubling your battery life by replacing a linear voltage regulator (the thing that converts DC voltage, e.g. from 12V to 5V) to a switching regulator. Switching regulators are way more efficient than your typical off-the-shelve crappy regulators such as 7805 which get too hot too fast. Get the Dimension Engineering regul ... More
Steel Mouse
Check out this cool steel spider mouse from Japan! Looks like it goes for around $100… These mouse controls, like the Daruma mouse, are optical with motion sensors so you can control the cursor by tilting the mouse instead of sliding it over a pad. These also have directional button on the back of the ball if you want to manipulate the curs ... More
Weightlifting Champion Robot
Check out this robot that can lift patients in hospital beds. Wow! In a public demonstration held in Tokyo on March 28, a human-sized android showed off its weightlifting skills by successfully picking up a 30-kilogram (66-pound) package from a desk and lifting a 66-kilogram (145-pound) humanoid doll out of bed. via pinktentacle amd, android, B ... More
DIY - How to Collect Hydrogen and Oxygen!
Here’s a cool instructable on how to collect some hydrogen and oxygen! In this instructable I’ll give you a simple way to collect Hydrogen gas and if you want also, to collect Oxygen. Depending on the voltage and current that you use for the project this could be hazardous. I used a 14.4 volt power drill battery pack for the process bu ... More
April 6, 2007
Sanki Manner Jet
Check out the Sanki Manner Jet, which you can take “pollen showers” to get rid of those allergic pollens from the environment. I ’spose I got carried away with the title as this is for removing pollen rather than cleaning the skin. You step in and your weight sets off the jets which spray you with clean air to knock off the pollen t ... More
DIY HACK - How to add LEDs to your CAR interior switches!
Check out this cool DIY on adding LEDs to your car interior switches. Although the instructions are in another language, I think you get the idea here… via glay0322 amd, Auto, Auto, Blog, Blogs, car_interior, chips, Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, crack, daum, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, ... More
Google Voice Local Search
Cool, now you can call 1-800-GOOG-411 to say what you need and wait for Google to call you back. This is tight since I don’t like callin’ 411 that much. Plus, it’s FREE! via therawfeed 411, 411-google, amd, Blog, Blogs, Business, Business, chips, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, crack, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, goog, Googl ... More
Color Changing Wall Lights
Check out these color changing wall lights. Looks pretty simple, doesn’t it? We could probably hack one out… …presented its home lighting ‘BAROM Light’ with LED during Kyung Hyang Housing Fair 2007 in Seoul, Korea. Various interior moods could be made; besides three colors(RGB), it offers nine pastel colors as well. It c ... More