September 3, 2008
DIY Rangefinder can tell distance using a Web Cam!
DIY Rangefinder can tell distance using a Web Cam! Here’s a great free application that will turn your web cam into a range finder that can tell distance simply by calculating the height of stuff. Now, this will work really well on the golf course as the flagstick in golf is always the same. (of course, there’s a different stand for US ... More
July 26, 2008
Interactive Multi-Touch Projector Screen!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a really cool demo of an interactive projector screen or is it Multi-Touch Projector? The basic idea is really simple: a program running on the PC will process t ... More
July 12, 2008
Belkin Laptop Cooler/Mat
Belkin introduces their new laptop cooler/mat. The design does seem to make sense as the center of the laptop has some space for cooling of the laptop. Belkin International, Inc., announces four new products to round out its laptop accessories offering. Belkin’s new CushTop Hideaway protects your lap from a hot computer and conveniently stores ... More
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
June 7, 2008
Butterfly USB Web-cam!
Here’s a cool webcam for your daughter although we recommend buying a laptop with a webcam already embedded. # Feature & Specifications: USB 2.0 Compatible, driver Free Web Cam # 6 white LEDs with LED brightness controller # High definition: 1.3 Mega pixels CMOS (640×480) # Frame rate: 640×480 @ 15 frame/sec, 24-bit RGB # Foc ... More
April 30, 2008
DIY HACK - How to make your own White Board Plotter!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Lol, this has got to be the best DIY project I have seen this year. A white board plotter! I need this as I used my white board a lot but do feel if I had such an automated plotter, I could be doing a lot better at jotting down my ideas more clearly than what ... More
January 31, 2008
The Mr Burns web cam
This is an “excellent” idea that would go down well with both kids and adults alone, but only if they like the Simpson’s. The webcam will capture video at thirty frames per second with a resolution of 640 by 480 pixels, to make things easier it has a built in mic which is handy for internet calls etc. Priced at $50 Source [Inventor Spot] ... More
November 12, 2007
The retro webcam
This little retro webcam is really cool, it looks like one of those cameras that they used to use in the 1950’s and 1960’s or one of those trick ones that when you press the button it squirts water all over the person in front. The specs: Imaging sensor: 1.3M CMOS Max. webcam resolution: 640×480 VGA Frames per second: max 30 Still pictures f ... More
September 28, 2007
Erector - Spy on your own home!
Here’s a cool spy gadget you can get which comes with built-in webcam and MP3 plus the ability to spy on your family. Well…not exactly spying but you can use it security I guess… Preorder one at Amazon. Nikko and Erector just launched the Spykee Spy Robot, a Johnny-5-esque little fellow that recharges itself and includes a webca ... More
July 7, 2007
Robot with Webcam and LED Lights
It’s not always possible to recreate your childhood, unless you need a new webcam. Because then you can get away with buying yourself a robot with built in webcam and four LED lights that come on when it gets dark. Oh how technology feeds the inner child. The webcam uses the USB port for power and connection, but it’s a robot and that’s al ... More
March 29, 2007
DIY HACK - Transforming a Webcam into an Infrared Cam
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, here’s a cool little hacks for transforming a plain old webcam into a infrared cam. [via] funhouse build, Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Enter ... More
March 20, 2007
Mechanical Hit Counter
Here’s a cool ethernet-enabled mechanical hit counter. It seems kind of over-powered using a relay but this can be a great source of information for similar applications. So, when you ping salem, you’re actually hitting my firewall, which redirects ICMP type 8 (Echo Request) so the board, whose internal address is 192.168.0.2.The BX ... More
March 19, 2007
FlyBook VM V33i
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, check out this cool laptop that can be converted into a small desktop. Like its predecessors, the Flybook VM has a display that is capable of being positioned upward like a desktop LCD monitor. On the inside, you’ll find a 1.66GHz low-voltage Intel Core ... More
September 24, 2006
DIY Hack - How to build a wireless cam sniffer
Here’s a really cool video on how to build your own wireless cam spying device from scratch! To demonstrate the dangers of unencrypted wireless cameras, Kevin Rose and Dan Huard reveal how to build and use the first ever handheld … all auto-switching warspying device. Designed from the ground up, they take a helpful step-by-step pro ... More
