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October 28, 2007

Neat way to hide your cables

If you want to hide your wires and cables, but at the same the same to you may wish it a small bit of New England charm to your place. If that is so then look no further than this picket fence idea that skirts around the bottom of the wall and at the same time hides all of those nasty looking cables. This may not work in a really modern apartment ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Household, TV by david on the October 28th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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A single cup of coffee

If you live the bachelor life or are just too mean to even make anyone else a nice cup of coffee, then this device is right up your street. It makes a single cup, just the one cup for you and nobody else, and its ideal for taking to work or maybe to have at home when making a single cup of coffee id all that you need. The machine will make a pipi ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, Household by david on the October 28th, 2007 at 10:00 am
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Solar Powered Xmas Lights

This is a great idea, and will definitely save on the electric bill and will help the high usage of the power that builds up over the festive season. There are some other great reasons for using these lights, no need to turn them on and off everyday, and there is no need to have wires hanging out of your windows or doors. Priced at a very seasona ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Household, LED by david on the October 28th, 2007 at 8:00 am
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October 26, 2007

Neat ping pong table

This is a great item that would give hours of indoor entertainment for kids of all ages, as you can see this one is for playing table tennis on. It fits inside the door frame, which is a great space saving idea, when the game is over it can then be put back to its normal use, the door! Clearly there is going to be an issue for some people, like ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, Household, Sports by david on the October 26th, 2007 at 10:00 am
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Giant Paperclip Lamp

Now this is the sort of paperclip that you need when you have got a lot of paper work to be getting with. The lamp is quite neat really it folds flat when not in use, which is great for storage etc, but when you need to put a bit of light on the subject. Unfortunately this is a prototype model, but it may not be too long before we see these in t ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, Household by david on the October 26th, 2007 at 8:00 am
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You can go anywhere in this!

Hitting the open road in an RV has taken on a new meaning with this saying with this vehicle. At 42.5 feet long it would take some serious driving too, yet as you can see from the images this is no ordinary vehicle. Features include a 42″ plasma TV, an In Motion satellite with Direct TV, a trash compactor and a combination washer/dryer. As ... More

Posted in Auto, Consumer, Cool, Funny, Household, Motor by david on the October 26th, 2007 at 6:00 am
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October 24, 2007

No more tears

For anyone who suffers from tears when pealing onions then you will know how painful it can be, as well as embarrassing if there are other people around at the time, but what can you? Everyone always says that there is no way of stopping this. Ah but they did not count on getting a pair of these glasses, did they? Put them on when you are just ab ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, Household by david on the October 24th, 2007 at 6:00 am
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October 20, 2007

The ultimate gamers gear

Some people just their obsessions get too far, and maybe this guy is one those because at first you think that he wants to fly and so therefore is taking lessons. Well that may be so; however the flight simulator that you see in the picture is in his home, in Coventry, UK. What’s even more spectacular is the fact that this 747-400 flight simula ... More

Posted in Computer, Cool, Gadgets, Household, Travel by david on the October 20th, 2007 at 6:00 am
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October 18, 2007

Wallpaper cracks you up

Some wall coverings can literally drive you mad. This light emitting wall covering gives a new style to lighting and design by creating a pattern of light across the wall, changing the look of the wall and the entire room in the process. I doubt very much if this will be seen in the stores yet, but I can imagine there being some sort of similar ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Gadgets, Household by david on the October 18th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
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October 17, 2007

The light up roof tiles

Imagine a world where the all of the buildings have roof tiles that could be programmed with a message! Wouldn’t it be great? All those messages ranging from love right through to hate and virtually every advertising message that you could think of, now that would not only be great, it would be really interesting to see what people would be wri ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Cool, Funny, Household, LED by david on the October 17th, 2007 at 10:00 am
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The lamp makes you laugh

At first this lamp may seem pretty normal, but it is only when you see where the light switch is, that it brings a smile to your face (and his!) The cog shaped thing by his feet is in fact a removable lampshade, to cover his embarrassment I suppose. Lamp measures approximately 6″W x 14″H x 5″D, and comes packaged in a Kraft gift ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, Household by david on the October 17th, 2007 at 8:00 am
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October 14, 2007

Don’t turn off the taps

There is one thing that is stupid about washing your hands, that is the fact that you have to turn the tap off after, which makes your hands dirty all over again. These newly designed tap do not need to be touched to control the temperature, flow and even disinfect your hands. Now this would really impress your friends, but only after they have m ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, Household by david on the October 14th, 2007 at 10:00 am
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October 11, 2007

Chair made from CD’s

Chairs come in all shapes and sizes these days, and this one is no exception at all. This is the chair that has been made from CD’s If you had the frame I suppose that if would be possible to make this one yourself, however having looked at it, this chair must be extremely heavy, it you put a few CD’s together and try to them up, the ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Funny, Household by david on the October 11th, 2007 at 8:00 am
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October 10, 2007

DIY Garden Sprinkler

Why go out and but an expensive garden sprinkler, when you can quite simply make your own, instructions below: The DIY Sprinkler: Take a 20oz plastic bottle with a cap Measure the thickest width of male hose attachment. Drill a slightly smaller hole in the cap, than the hose attachment width. Drill three rows of five holes each, vertically on th ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, Household by david on the October 10th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
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October 8, 2007

DIY HACK - HOWTO make a Arduino Beer Thermostat

This project deserves an A++ for making something related with beer! As I am gulping a Budweiser 40 down my throat, I find this email in my inbox about HOWTO make a Arduino Beer Thermostat! Cool… Keep up the great work David and thanks for the tip! I belong to a diverse group of amateurs who have a fascination for brewing our own beer. I ... More

Posted in Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Hack, Household, Microcontroller, PLC, Projects by max on the October 8th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
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Wiper for the bathroom mirror

Now just why hasn’t anyone ever thought of this before, those of us who are drivers have used them for years and yet these have never appeared in the place that we really could use them as well, in the bathroom. Unfortunately it is not electric that would be just too risky, so you may have to a bit of manual wiping. The mirror measures 500 cm x ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Funny, Household by david on the October 8th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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October 5, 2007

The Fabric Oven

Those smart guys over Taiwan have come with this ingenious idea that makes the idea of cooking outside or just about anywhere a reality. They have tested it and found that it can cook a chicken and other stuff. But using this outside may not be a brilliant idea, but this is great for going on holiday and for emergency situations etc. It is suppos ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Funny, Household by david on the October 5th, 2007 at 6:00 am
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September 30, 2007

My kind of fridge

Now this is the sort of fridge that every gut would need to have in his house. You can party on into the night with cool beer right on tap, until the barrel the runs out that is. HomePub™ Fridge/freezer Colour: Stainless steel CAPACITY: - 301 litres net volume (218 litre fridge, 83 litre freezer) - Freezing capacity 5 kg/24 hours ENVIRONMENT: - ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Funny, Household by david on the September 30th, 2007 at 10:00 am
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Fancy coloured lighting

If you fancy a change from your average household or office lighting, then maybe the Lite Source is what you are looking for. The light effects will be different depending on the style of lamp chosen. Size is 3.5 inches wide by 9.5 inches tall. Prices start at around $70 and rise to $85. Source [New Gadgets] Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, G ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Gadgets by david on the September 30th, 2007 at 6:00 am
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June 3, 2007

Make tea without lifting the pot

The busy person dream come true, a tea pot that comes with a base, that is rounded so that the pot fits nicely into it, that way the teapot when full can just easily and effortlessly swing back and forth pouring the tea into the cup, and when finished the teapot ids gently released back into the upright position and there you have it, a perfect cu ... More

Posted in Consumer by david on the June 3rd, 2007 at 1:00 pm
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February 19, 2007

Zaragoza Solar Hot Water System

Check out this Zaragoza Solar hot water system used in a desert oasis town.  They also have lots of other cool stuff like the solar heating system for pools. The complete solar hot water system involves heat exchange between three liquids: Solar collector fluid. The fluid which is heated in the solar collector (above, fig. 2) and which flows int ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Earth, Educational, Industrial, Solar by max on the February 19th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
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August 30, 2006

DIY - Make a computer controlled party light in 90 seconds!

View This Video on You Tube Today, I was thinking about how I can turn a household bulb into a party light by connecting an embedded computer for my next party in my garage. We will use a SSR (solid state relay) relays to enable common AC household light… via Link via Link [html in English] Consumer, Consumer, control_device, DIY Zedo ... More

Posted in Consumer, DIY Zedomax, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Microcontroller, Robots by max on the August 30th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
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