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Maker Faire 2009 in San Mateo Expo!

by max on May 23rd, 2009
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Maker Faire will be coming home to San Mateo Expo center in California again. Don’t miss out and check out the biggest “re-make” event of the year. Go here to get your tickets online. Of course, I will be there to take some pics and videos on the latest DIY gadgets. 4th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area: Re-Make America Following on President Obama’s call to “ ...

Gold Plated Toothbrush!

by max on January 30th, 2009
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(Gold-plated Toothbrush from South Korea, 2000 Won, which is about 2 US dollars.) Close-up (the bristles are gold plated?) Believe it or not, people in South Korea have been going kinda crazy with gold-plated toothbrush. I recently saw one at my local Korean supermarket in San Francisco, then my mom gave me an authentic gold-plated toothbrush she brought over from Korea. (Thanks mom! ...

Intel and ASUS doing Consumer Research on Laptops!

by max on October 30th, 2008
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Intel and ASUS have launched a site called WePC.com, a site that allows regular internet users (consumers) to create their dream PC online and vote on them. It’s like a social network for consumer research, a very clever idea for getting great marketable response from consumers. I, too, have involved in physical consumer research programs for my previous jobs where we would sit ...

DIY Chinese Solar-powered Car gets 90+ Miles on a 30-hour Charge!

by max on October 17th, 2008
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We’ve all heard of what some Chinese people can do such as the DIY Helicopter and DIY Submarine. Well, here’s comes another cool innovation, a Solar Powered car that does 90+ miles on a single 30 hour charge. Of course, if there’s sun while you drive, that’s additional miles to add. Now, let me ask GM, Toyota, and Honda, where are your “Chinese” sol ...

Fake Glue-on Brembo Brake Add-ons!

by max on August 12th, 2008
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As a proud owner of a Suzuki GSXR600, which comes with Brembo brakes as factory default, I can see why people might want to soup up their card by gluing this fake Glue-on Brembo add-ons. Now, make sure to wait 2 to 4 hours after glueing, you don’t want those expenisve brakes falling out on you while you drive. bogus, glue-on brake caliper covers that give you the high-performance ...

Radical New Bike - The Extertec Spykster!

by max on June 4th, 2008
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Wow, check out this 3-wheeled radical new bike called the Extertec Spykster! I wonder if it’s street-legal. 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 The Extertec(tm) “Spykster” Key Points & Advances: Patent pending leading edge ...

Asus 7 inch Digital Photo Frame is also an LCD monitor!

by max on June 2nd, 2008
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Asus has launched their 7″ digital photo frame which can also be used as a monitor. I told you people will start copying Samsung’s small LCD idea… Asus has recently launched a new 7’’ digital frame, the UFOTO UF735. Our device features a 7’’ LCD screen in high-resolution (800×480), 128MB of internal memory, a USB 2.0 port, earphone jack. It supports CF/ ...

Billboards that detect your age and demographics!

by max on June 1st, 2008
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A french company has invented a billboard that will display advertisements based on your detected age and demographics… Man, this sucks… or is it innovation? Great for advertising, too much invasion of privacy in public. LEAVE US ALONG YOU JERKS! They are equipping billboards with tiny cameras that gather details about passers-by–their gender, approximate age, and ...

Toyota rolls out Night View “Body Detection” system!

by max on May 30th, 2008
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Speech Controlled Wheel Chair

by max on May 18th, 2008
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode I believe speech controlled wheel chairs have been around for years but here’s a DIY version. [Amnon] sent in this demo of his groups voice controlled wheel chair. I couldn’t find any details, but sometimes just a demo is enough to find some new inspiration. They connected a hm2007 speech ...