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Motorcycle Hack - How to Make a Motorcycle Control Panel!

by max on June 10th, 2009
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I am not really sure what the point of gathering data on a motorcycle would be for, (as I rather just go really fast) but you can surely make one of these motorcycle control panel from Arduino and gather data for fine-tuning your motorcycle. Hey, I’m really pleased with how this is going. This is still a prototype but it’s functionally complete and works very well. It’s messy b ...

New iPhone Prototype Video!

by max on March 10th, 2009
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this iPhone prototype, it features a full-length keyboard. It looks like the video has been disabled for certain countries including America, darn. via engadget ...

Oyster Wave Energy Converter!

by max on March 9th, 2009
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San Francisco will be investing some of its tax dollars to wave energy and boy, do we have the perfect gadget for that, an Oyster Wave Energy Converter! I won’t get into details here other than that it looks very promising and will produce a LOT of energy that might simply wasted as waves for surfers. When moved by waves, the device’s double acting pistons push seawater asho ...

DIY LED Scrolling Eye Mask Tells “Others” when you ne ...

by max on October 18th, 2008
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool DIY LED scrolling eye mask gadget that tells others when you need to get off the subway. Apparently, people don’t seem to care enough to tell the person to get off the train but we think maybe they add some “vibrating” option to the eye mask, then it might be a pr ...

MIT DIY Robotic Wheelchair is Smart and Learns your Environment!

by max on September 20th, 2008
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Check out this awesome prototype Robotic Wheelchair that the MIT researchers have been working on and it might just change the way physically-challenged people get around town. The Robotic Wheelchair uses voice commands to navigate the wheelchair itself (which is nothing new) but what is interesting is the fact that the Robotic Wheelchair will remember the places you go such as your liv ...

DIY Canoe Made out of PVC Pipe & Duct Tape!

by max on July 18th, 2008
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One of my best friends from college is a fully-redneck dude who will use duct tape for anthing that leaks. He also told me if you duct tape anything, it’s probably redneck. Here’s a canoe made out of PVC pipe and duct tape that’d definitely qualify as redneck boat. I wanted a boat that would allow me to cast into the shore instead of from the shore. Being a mechanical ...

Sharp working on Solar LCD TVs!

by max on July 6th, 2008
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Sharp is working on solar LCD TVs for houses without electricity. The only question I have is, if they don’t get electricity, will they get any TV reception at all? (Maybe air reception is good… real good…) LCD prototype which uses just a quarter of the power (or a third measured annually) of a conventional CRT with the same screen size. That’s low enough to be ...

2011 BMW 5-Series Spied!

by max on July 5th, 2008
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Heck, if it’s 2011 BMW, we probably won’t see it for couple years but here’s some spy shots of the prototype. TheCarConnection.com’s spy photographer ring has nabbed these new photos of the next BMW 5-Series, including the first interior photos. The cabin shot shows a relocated iDrive controller with satellite buttons, which may provide shortcuts like the buttons ...

Green PC uses 27 Watts of Power!

by max on June 19th, 2008
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Here’s a green PC that uses only 27 watts of power. Well, we should see more and more of these green PCs pop up in the near future. The working model is just that, a prototype, but if given funding and with the right marketing arsenal, a model for the masses shoudn’t be too far off. The green computer is upgradeable through the use of easy pull out modules, and runs the Window ...

Crank TV Remote with No Battery!

by max on June 10th, 2008
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Here’s a prototype TV remote that works by user squeezing the handle to generate little itty bits of electricity to change the channel or the volume. Nice work, this might be the start of many other battery-free remote controls. This is the No Battery Remote Control by the SMK Corp. it works on the principal similar to one of those toy ray guns, where the user squeezed the trigge ...