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DIY - How to Install a Rain Tank and Re-use Rain water!

by max on June 8th, 2008
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Here’s a really simply way to re-use your rain gutter water for feeding your plants. Why didn’t I think of this before? Rain tanks collect and store rain water, and they’re a viable green alternative for lawn maintenance since landscaping represents a huge drain on water resources. Erin’s tank directs water from h ...

DIY balloon sent up 30km

by max on October 28th, 2007
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a href=”http://vimeo.com/359554/l:embed_359554″>Launch and Retrieval from natrium42 on Vimeo.Check out this DIY Balloon that made it 30km! High altitude ballooning is an emerging hobby, since price of GPS and communications equipment has gotten quite low. It is an excellent hobby for people fascinated by space flight and telerobotics and has many learning aspects — from ...

How fast can you type?

by max on June 6th, 2007
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I found this site on digg last night while having some beers with my friends and twitting all night. My friends and I were laughing so much playing this game. It’s a lot of fun. Anyways, check out this cool typing game where you can test how fast you type and also it’s very good for improving your typing speeds. I came to be about 43wpm. What’s yours? ...

Cool Bike Stand

by max on April 30th, 2007
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Oooh, make sure to check out these cool bike stands if you got a bike. The patented locking mechanism effortlessly and securely supports your motorcycle in an upright position on the ground or on a trailer. See The Video The Pit-Stop also serves as a Trailer-Stop and easily snaps onto trailers or pick-up beds with the adapter kit. With the Trailer-Stop, tying down a motorcycle become ...

DIY - How to make a noise-cancelling headphone!

by max on April 26th, 2007
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Fogshield Smoke Alarm System

by max on April 24th, 2007
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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, FogSHIELD. The FogSHIELD securit ...

Microsoft’s Future of Communication Technology

by max on March 13th, 2007
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Video: Career in Computer Science - MS Research Check out this cool little guy that will follow you around as you skateboard. This is the tightest thing we’ve seen from Microsoft so far. (Our take on Vista? it sucks…not even going to try it until they got service packs…call us old school…not an early adaptor exclusively for MS products…) via ministryoftec ...

iPhone Parody Commercial

by max on March 8th, 2007
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a funny iPhone parody that shows you how you can use the iPhone as a cheese grater, shaver, mouse trap, lip gloss, condiment dispenser, mace, treadmill, thermometer, portable shower, bookmark, hand grenade, and more! ...

DIY - sycophant, AI Experiment, moving and taking Human head!

by max on September 22nd, 2006
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Here’s a really cool AI experiment. The moving head will talk to visitors while the head follows them… Thomas says, Sycophant explores the relationship between viewers and a human-like robot. The human head is mounted on a motorized base which moves along a track. As a viewer walks by, the head follows on the track, while plying him or her with a cornucopia of compliments s ...