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August 4, 2008

Original Google Storage Server Made with Legos!

It’d be hard to believe but yes, Sergey Brin and Larry Page made their first 40GB Google Storage Server with lego casing.  Perhaps they might have been great lego-designers if they didn’t come up with Google. The development of the Google algorithms was carried on on a variety of Computers, mainly provided by the NSF-DARPA-NASA-funded ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Cool, Design, Educational, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Hard Disk, Storage by max on the August 4th, 2008 at 10:11 am
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July 24, 2008

Lego Sushi Makes Sushi-Geeks Drool!

Here’s a perfect set of lego sushi, all definitely authentic except you probably won’t be able to dip it in real soy sauce. Let me guess what these are.  Obviously, the one on the left is a roll with egg.  The center is shrimp sushi. The one on the right must be tuna sushi, my favorite. (I think it’s called Maguro) Okay, the ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Entertainment, Food, Funny, Toys, delicious by max on the July 24th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
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June 22, 2008

Milkscanner - 3D scanning with LEGO and milk!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s milkscanner, a 3D scanner that gets each slice of the 3D scan with a spoon drop of milk! Friedrich Kirschner’s Milkscanner is a clever method for scanning 3D objects using only a webcam, some milk, and a camera rig made out of LEGO. The basic ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets by max on the June 22nd, 2008 at 11:10 am
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June 18, 2008

DIY Lego-Built Wall-E!

Cute lego Wall-E huh? Joe Meno, editor of BrickJournal magazine, built the first well-done model of Pixar’s adorable little robot Wall-E. The creation features moving parts including the neck and arms and rolling treads and took three months to plan. via gizmodo - brothers-brick brick, Consumer, Cool, Design, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entert ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Toys, kids by max on the June 18th, 2008 at 5:18 am
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May 27, 2008

Did you say Lego Batmobile, Batman, and Robin???

That’s right, we said it. Batmobile, Batman, AND Robin is here in LEGO style. Care to replicate them yourself? Or maybe you can print out the pics and hand them to your kids. One of his recent creations is this rather spectacular, unbelievably detailed (dig the Bat Phone in the cockpit) ‘66 Batmobile he made for a builder challenge. ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Toys by max on the May 27th, 2008 at 5:45 am
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December 30, 2007

Homemade Lego gramophone

This is a great hack that will let you play all of those old vinyl records that you have stashed away at the back of the cupboards. Lego and vinyl records, well that takes you back! Source [Josepino] Cool, Cool, cupboards, Entertainment, Entertainment, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs, Funny, Funny, Gadgets, Gadgets, lego, Music, Music, old_vinyl_r ... More

Posted in Cool, Entertainment, Entrepreneurs, Funny, Gadgets, Music by david on the December 30th, 2007 at 10:00 am
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February 23, 2007

Wii HACK - Wiimote Controlled Robot

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a simple but a cool hack on controlling a LEGO robot arm using the Nintendo Wii controller! Make sure to check out the industrial robot arm controlled by Wiimote also! via Blog, build, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, E ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Games, Hack, Robots, wii by max on the February 23rd, 2007 at 9:45 am
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December 14, 2006

Self parking lego mindstorms

View This Video on You Tube Nicely done parking job! It has got an ultrasonic sensor that detects the length of free spaces. Then, when it detects enough space, it makes the necessary movments to park. And when you say “GO!” it returns to the road via via Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainme ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Hack, Microcontroller, Motor, Travel, Video by max on the December 14th, 2006 at 11:41 am
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October 22, 2006

Lego Flame-thrower

View This Video on You Tube wow, great achievement by the kid with legos, just be careful… This deathtoy is built complete from Lego bricks, except for a “piece of string” and refill bottle of butane. And you thought Legos were just a choking hazard. When the Gizmodo staff goes postal, this will definitely be our weapon of choi ... More

Posted in Cool, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Microcontroller by max on the October 22nd, 2006 at 9:22 pm
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September 24, 2006

Cool Building Robot Video using Lego

View This Video on Google Cool video on robot building w/ Legos Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, Games, Games, lego, lego_mindstorm, mindstorm, Robots, robots, Zedomax ... More

Posted in Cool, DoItYourself!, Games, Robots by max on the September 24th, 2006 at 10:45 am
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September 12, 2006

DIY - Make your own Lego Computer

Here’s a good DIY on how to make a Lego computer. via Winston build, Consumer, Consumer, do-it-yourself, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Entertainment, Games, Games, lego, lego-computer, make, winston, Zedomax ... More

Posted in Consumer, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Games by max on the September 12th, 2006 at 2:29 pm
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