Category Archives: Gadgets

Anything that could be considered a consumer gadget…

Concept Multi-compartment Refrigerator!

Concept Multi-compartment Refrigerator!

This concept multi-compartment fridge lets you store different food groups separately.  Of course, it’s a good way for students to share their fridge without eating up each others food.

This concept (?) fridge from Electrolux uses modular stacking mini-units to provide personal refrigeration compartments for everyone in the household — it’s designed for shared student accomodation:

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DIY Lego Skateboard!

Lego Skateboard!

Wow, check out this Lego Skateboard with Skull deck, yellow wheels, and blue trunks.  What a combination…

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2 7-feet-tall Tesla Coils play Mario Brothers Theme Song!

You have to agree that 2 7-feet tall Tesla Coils playing Mario Brothers is an awesome music.

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DIY – HOWTO Make an Origami Cube!

Looking for that perfect origami make?  Don’t need to look further as this New York style Origami Cube HOWTO will suffice your desires.

i was living in NY and saw this cube inside a subway booth on the 7 line (46th st) and for days i wonder about the structure until one day i found the way to build it … yes!

so , is not my original idea, but looks cool!!!

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LED Coffee Table from Sparkfun!

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udXM0asgzu8

Remember those DIY Coffee Tables from Evil Mad Scientists?  Well, here’s a similar one from Sparkfun.

“The table itself was bought secondhand and refinished. Then it was retrofitted with proper mounting for the big LED matrix. The individual LED matrices were mounted on a custom plastic frame. All this work was done by resident mechanical engineer and lady-killer Casey Haskell. The matrice

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Laptop Pimp Blog Weekly Wrap of Reviews

Okay, here’s some of the interesting highlights this week from our Laptop Blog:

Tom Bihn TSA-approved Checkpoint-friendly laptop bag looks really nice at $220.

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DIY – HOWTO Make a Serial port IR Receiver!

Here’s a cool DIY on how to make your own serial port IR receiver.

What does it do you ask?

Well, IR receiver can be used for controlling any IR devices or reading from them such as TVs, DVDs, etc…etc…

The best part about this DIY is that it can be used for making your custom DIY media center.

This circuitry allows you to control your computer with a simple remote, like the one you already use for your TV-set. It’s very useful when you want to control a DVD or an mp3 player without having to stay at the

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Chainsaw Bike – A Motorcycle with 24 Chainsaw engines!

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Wow, check out this funky motorcycle with 24 Chainsaw engines.  Although this thing is not fuel-efficient nor powerful, it would be an honor for anyone to drive the god-lovin’ thing while the sounds of 24 chainsaws scare off any by-standers.

The combined power of 24 DOLMAR chainsaw engines is fed into to a 5-speed Harley-Davidson transmission by a series of twelve toothed belts. The engine in question is the one used in the PS-7900 professional chainsaw, which currently boasts the best power

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HP shifting focus to Linux in order to get over Vista Unpopularity!

HP shifting focus to Linux in order to get over Vista Unpopularity!

Well, I am not a big fan of Vista, maybe XP at the least, but here’s another great news that HP might be using Linux to increase sales while not having to deal with Vista’s unpopularity.

If you have noticed, many computer manufacturers including HP, Dell, and others who have been putting the sign, “This company recommends Vista”.

Now, that’s what I don’t get.  How could companies expect to increase computer sales while recommending Vista, an o

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iPhone Firmware 2.1 Update is Out!

iPhone Firmware 2.1 Update is Out!

Yey, iPhone Firmware 2.1 is out, supposedly faster and better of course.

Update includes:

    Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls Significantly better battery life for most users Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts Faster installation of 3rd party applications Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications
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