May 7, 2007
DIY KITS - Container Home Kit CHK
Check out these cool Container Home Kits from Lot-EK. These would be great for quick setup of your new vacation home while saving earth too by re-using. Lot-ek’s scalable system can accommodate anywhere from 640-2560 square feet, and comes fully equipped and ready to plop on-site with built-in electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and fully insulated A ... More
May 6, 2007
DIY - Z glass house and cool house plans!
Check out some of these cool house plans you buy before building your own vacation home! Above it my favorite, the Z-Glass House. It looks modern and very stylish yet retains a minimalist look. Nothing can justify minimal things especially in this material world we live in. (As a rule, I try to only have 2 glasses, silverware, and only 2 pla ... More
May 2, 2007
Wind Power from Highways
Here’s a great concept for re-using the wind generated from cars racing on the highways. Great idea! Save earth and peace! Average vehicle speeds on the valley highways are approximately 70 mph. Using average annual wind speeds of 10 mph as a baseline, each single wind turbine will produce 9,600KwH of energy, annually (enough to fully p ... More
Wifi Video Phone with IEEE 802.16e support
Check out this cool new phone from LG that can you can place anywhere in your house to monitor stuff when you are away. It also supports IEEE 802.16e, which is basically wifi. Here’s some more video phones you can check out: Ojo Personal Video Phone from Motorola Amazon has a good selection of video phones that you can actually buy right ... More
Solar Hot Water Heater for your home
Check out this site for information on installation and the works behind solar hot water heaters that might actually save you big bucks and save the earth at the same time. Some of the key benifits: Eliminate 80 to 95% of your water heating bill. Constantly increase savings in a non-taxable income. Your home’s equity value increases with yo ... More
Video - Building dinosaurs!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out these guys makin’ some dinosaurs! Cool… [via] building-dinosaurs, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, dinosaurs, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, Industrial, Industrial, make, makezine, Shows, Shows, ... More
April 30, 2007
Cool Human built UFO!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this cool human built UFO! Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Cool-Human-built-UFO, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Human-built-UFO, Industrial, Industrial, magic, magic, Motor, Motor, Travel, Travel, Video, Video ... More
DIY HACK - Robotic DAT Tape Loader
Here’s a really cool DAT backup tape loader robot that being worked on. This might be a great way to automate your server backups especially if you own a hosting company. Thanks to D. Wilstar for the link! This is another cheap project, useful to those peoples too lazy to change backup tapes every night (If You said “What’s Ba ... More
Cingular vs. Sprint - HSDPA vs. EDVO
I’ve been doing a lot of research lately after my HTC 8125 broke, but it came back to life about a week later. Since my HTC 8125 is so slow, I had to find a new phone that was FAST. I went to all the stores with demo phones including Cingular, Verizon, Sprint, and didn’t really bother going to T-mobile. Anyways, some of the Cingular ... More
April 28, 2007
Laser Etching at Techshop
I decided to run down to Techshop in Menlo Park this evening and get OK’ed on the laser cutter/engravers. There are a few projects coming up that may need some fancy parts. Anyway, I had my old nearly-dead laptop along and decided to make it my first project ever, after the training class. I copied a fractal image that was stored on t ... More
April 26, 2007
Lancer Evolution X
Here’s some cool pics of the new Lancer Evolution X! I’d get some intercooler and turbo upgrades and maybe…maybe hack up my own touchscreen fuel management system. Well, I really don’t have the time, I need to keep blogging… are you blogging??? If not, you should be blogging! via mobilemag More cool stuff for the L ... More
April 25, 2007
Mini Cooper Billboard in San Francisco
You can see this Mini Cooper Billboard in San Francisco on your way towards Bay Bridge. I guess this is actually RFID enabled which is kinda cool. Yes, it’s a very effective way of advertising as I do read it about 75% of the time that I pass by this spot looking for changes in what the Mini Cooper is saying… (mostly kinda stupid ... More
April 24, 2007
Darth Vader Hot Balloon?
Cool, here’s Darth Vader Hot balloon for all you evil-spirited Star Wars lovers! Lucasfilm gave its approval for Lambert to have the balloon built with his own funds, using one of the most recognizable characters in cinema, as long as the balloon was not used for commercial pursuits. “We contacted Cameron — the world’s larg ... More
Fogshield Smoke Alarm System
Remember the “Smoke Bomb” Alarm System video? Well, here’s a commercial version called FogShield that will protect your car or they have nightclub version for smokin’ up your weekend pleasures. ShatterGARD Inc., an industry leader in glass protection, today announced the launch of its most recent security offering ... More
Rotating house!
Check out the Rotating House! They must have put a lot of work on it. Think about all the water pipes, electrical wires, and etc… that’s rotating with it… The Everingham rotating house is a 24-metre diameter octagon with a 3-metre, 360-degree verandah. The exterior walls are mostly glass and steel, and it has a COLORBOND® roo ... More
April 23, 2007
Maker Faire Showcase Video
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Cool, check out the Maker Faire Showcase video. Nice hat Phil! (Are you going to wear it at the faire?) Yes, make to check out Zedomax at Maker Faire. We will have live blogging where you can get yourself on Zedomax! We will have some fun stuff like USB Mouse Prank and USB Games. via Blog, Blog ... More
DIY ROCKET - Homemade Rockets!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Holy cow, check these guys out, they made cool homemade rockets that almost resemble powerful bottle rockets! This is the first static test with our homemade tar/oxygen hybri ... More
April 21, 2007
DIY - How to demolish a car!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool vid about how to demolish a car! The narrator uses some interesting ways to demolish his car including 4 dynamites. via Auto, Auto, Business, Business, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DIY-How-to-demolish-a-car, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself ... More
April 19, 2007
Rolling Wind Tunnel that goes at 180MPH!
Check out this rolling wind tunnel that goes 180MPH! It looks insane! (What happens if there’s failure? Will the race car just fly off there?!?) Haas CNC Racing NASCAR team owner Gene Haas in conjunction with Jacobs Engineering has created the first rolling road testing facility in the United States known as WindShear Inc. The one-millime ... More