May 15, 2007
Steam turbine tank!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Cool, we are looking forward to Maker Faire for cool steam tanks like this! So what do you do after you’ve made a bunch of steam powered r/c tanks? Well you try making a steam turbine tank of course! Making a steam turbine r/c machine has sort of been one ... More
May 14, 2007
DIY HACK - Supercharged Airplane
Check out this cool supercharged airplane you can make in your free time! The single-sheet paper airplanes you made when you were a kid (or perhaps last week in your cubicle) were, well, kid stuff compared to this beefed-up paper craft, which uses an electric motor from an old pager or toy powered by a big electrolytic capacitor. Known as a ... More
May 11, 2007
Funny Escalator
After work, instead of taking the usual elevator, stairs, or escalator, you can simply slide down the Funny Escalator and save some time too. If we ever get a chance to build our own building, this would definitely be one of the features. But you’d probably need to pay a lot of money for insuring it. via picture-mania.blogspot blogspo ... More
May 7, 2007
Newest Navy Aircraft Unveiled by Northrop Grumman
Oooh, this is a cool plane… t the heart of the aircraft is the new radar, the APY-9, designed and built by Lockheed Martin Corporation. It can “see” smaller targets and more of them at greater ranges than the E-2C. The new rotodome, developed by L-3 Communications Randtron Antenna Systems, contains the critically important, conti ... More
April 30, 2007
Cool Human built UFO!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this cool human built UFO! Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Cool-Human-built-UFO, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Human-built-UFO, Industrial, Industrial, magic, magic, Motor, Motor, Travel, Travel, Video, Video ... More
Cool Bike Stand
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 Trai ... More
April 25, 2007
DIY Boat - THis guy makes a Paddle Boat for under $20
Wow, check out the cool paddle boat this guys in China made for under $20! Li Zhiyuan assembles a paddle boat made of recycled materials on the river at a park in Hefei, east China’s Anhui province, April 23, 2007. Li, the designer of the paddle boat, spent one and half months making the boat using trashed wood, bottles, cans and bicycles w ... More
April 24, 2007
Darth Vader Hot Balloon?
Cool, here’s Darth Vader Hot balloon for all you evil-spirited Star Wars lovers! Lucasfilm gave its approval for Lambert to have the balloon built with his own funds, using one of the most recognizable characters in cinema, as long as the balloon was not used for commercial pursuits. “We contacted Cameron — the world’s larg ... More
April 23, 2007
Booster Blades!
[via] Booster-Blades, bp, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, cool-stuff, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, roller-blade-alternative, Sports, Sports, tech, technology, Travel, Travel, Video, Video, Zedomax ... More
Cool Go-Cart
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this cool Felixtimlock Electric Go Kart! via Auto, Auto, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Cool-Go-Cart, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, go_kart, hackedgadgets, Motor, Motor, Travel, Travel, Video, Video, Zedomax ... More
April 20, 2007
Roomba HACK - Roomba with Laser sighting Soft BB Gun
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this cool Roomba that can shoot continuous soft BBs to the target which it tracked through it’s laser sighting. This is a current project of mine, hacking a Roomba Red. After seeing all the roomba hacks on MAKE and Hack A Day I really wanted to ... More
April 19, 2007
Human Powered Vehicle
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Wow, check out this cool human powered vehicle! via Auto, Auto, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, Google, human-powered-vehicle, instructables, make, makezine, Projects, Projects, Travel, Travel, Video, Video, videoplay, Zed ... More
April 16, 2007
Make Balloon headed for space!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Here’s a cool video of Bre trying to track his ballon that’s headed for space. You gotta check out the real-time data tracking which is the coolest part. Good luck in spotting your balloon! via ballon, balloon, blip_tv, bre, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, ... More
April 14, 2007
Silicon Valley Electronics Fleamarket
I went to the Silicon Valley Electronics Fleamarket in San Jose this morning. It was great, I wanted to buy everything! I was too busy looking at all the cool stuff to actually buy much. I’m definitely going to this every time they have it…next one is May 12th, 5am to noon. Here’s a Flickr photoset with some pictures and comm ... More
April 13, 2007
The next generation skateboard - Flowboard!
Check out these cool flowboards, the next generation of skateboards. I don’t know how well you can balance yourself on one of these new skateboards with 7 WHEELS per truck. But you know that Bush doesn’t want you to take his away from him. Well, we will just have to get one soon and start doing some crazy nollies near downtown S ... More
SnoDeck - a motorized snow skateboard!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Tight, here’s SnoDeck, a motorized snow skateboard! Although you can do nollie or take it to your nearest swimming pool for some crazy ghetto half pipes, at least you can go out in the snow and enjoy ridin’ around before the snow melts. (if the sno ... More
April 12, 2007
TrackStick is a GPS with belt clip that works with Google Earth
Check out this cool Trackstick, a GPS with belt clip that you can track stuff on Google Earth! Will they send us one so we can try it out? (Thanks Andreana for the link!) The Trackstick IITM is the perfect fit for personal GPS tracking. Bring it on vacation to keep a satellite scrapbook of all your travels and record your explorations. You can c ... More
April 11, 2007
DIY Project - How to build your own chopper!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Cool, check out these plans for that show you how to build your own chopper for like 40 bucks and also check out the electric conversion of a Honda bike resulting in 0 emissions! Here’s a book you can get that will help you build a chopper from scrat ... More
April 9, 2007
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
“Smoke Bomb” Alarm System
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember the funny alarm system that rocked the steering wheel? Well, check this one out. The alarm system consists of a smoke bomb (kinda)! Well… it’s a device you can set up in your car.. and everytime a thief wants to do his job, that gadget eli ... More