April 12, 2007
DIY LINUX HACK - XEYES
If you use Linux, you know Xeyes is a simple program that follows your mouse movements. You can check out some web examples of Xeyes. You can even paste this javascript code on your website for Xeyes on the web. Anyway, Hunz created physical Xeyes that stands on his window and follow people’s walking movements. Tight! We want one. The ... More
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
Electric Giraff, Submarine maker, and more at Maker Faire!
Check out some of the cool stuff and people that are going to be at the Maker Faire! (Including us but we have no idea what to bring…yet) We will get to play with an electric giraff (hopefully) and meet with submarine maker Mike Wernecke. You can get some tickets for the Maker Faire in San Mateo Fairgrounds here. And check out Maker Fair ... 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
Tofu Robot from Japan!
Check out the hilarious tofu robot. The original pictures of the tofu robots are on Flickr too. Although it’s non-functional, you can get it at spicybrown for $20. Maybe someone can hack this tofu robot to be functional… maybe serve up some tofu soup…(talking about tofu soup, there’s tofu sauce, tofu seasoning, tofu se ... More
April 9, 2007
DIY UNDERWATER HACK - Shark Cam
Check out this cool DIY on making a submersible shark camera! I’ve never gone shark fishing, well I don’t fish anything I can’t eat and big sharks don’t look like they would taste good. (But I like Tuna and all the other cool edible fish in the big ocean…) Here’s a cool cheap way to make a submersible cam ... More
DIY HACK - AVR Ethernet Weather Station
Wow, check out this cool AVR ethernet weather station! My original plan was to have sensors for temperature, air pressure and wind. I started a prototype and it worked very well except for the wind measurement part. I have written a separate article about it: wind-vane-ver01.shtml. I plan to improve the wind measurement hardwa ... More
Google bought the WHOLE country!
Google buys a European country Luxemburg for 37 billion dollars! Wow, I wonder what country they will be buying next. Well, eventually a lot of small countries will have to be renamed to Googleburg, Googlece, Googland, Googrea, Googpan, Googmerica… This is much greater than Google buying a search algorithm from an Israeli student. This i ... More
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
Paper Airplane Contest
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Cool, Bre’s making some cool paper airplane contest… We will have to make some too… These paper airplanes are for the person who wants to break out of their dart habit. There are millions of cool designs out there, but these two are easy and will impress your family and friends̷ ... More
The Top 5 Engineering Magazines
Here’s a good list of magazines that should help you get a feel for the engineering industry including application, products, and just for the hell of it. (It’s also the ones we subscribe to regularly…) (Click on the magazine to go to their homepage) Make has bunch of cool projects including the DIY coffee roaster among other c ... More
April 8, 2007
Robot Chicken from Japan!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, these are really cool robots… via gizmodo Blog, blogging, Blogs, build, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Gadgets, Gadgets, gizmodo, Hack, hacks, HOWTO, internet, make, Robots, robots, science, tech, technology, Video, Vide ... More
Funny Robot Video
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a funny robot video of a robot smashing some neighborhoods. Blog, blogging, Blogs, build, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny, Funny, Gadgets, Hack, hacks, HOWTO, internet, make, Robot ... More