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Solar Kettle – Boil an egg using power of the sun

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Cool little interesting howto on boiling an egg using power of the sun!

Now this was one of those bizarre challenges that Jezza Bear from a web forum and that was to boil eggs and I was challenged to boil an egg with the power of the sun.

This project infuriated my because this type of experiment only really works well when there is a very bright and hot day. Not the easiest thing to find

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DIY – Amphibious Houses

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Check out these amphibious houses so you can be ready when earth sinks.

Leave it to the Dutch to come up with “amphibious houses” – a concept that makes sense in a landscape where solid ground is yearly sinking. Residents and planners are looking into the future with concern over flooding and heavy rain, an issue that will be compounded by rising water levels from global warming.

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UFO lands on earth!

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Okay, this video’s got to be fake, what are your thoughts? via metacafe

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DIY – Matchstick rocket on instructables

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Check this instructables out on how to make one.

How to make a rocket from house-hold materials. It will fly from a foot to 22 feet. I have perfected the match rocket!

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DIY – Kite + Ice + Butt + Board

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Here’s a way to make your old skateboard to work during your cold winter holidays! I’d make one myself with my old skateboards but here in Cali, we have no frozen lakes…

Your screaming steel blades carve the ice. Your straining kite hurls you along at incredible speeds. You are mere inches above the ice. Or suddenly wiping out all

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Energy saving Billboard LEDS powered by a bike!

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Here’s some good effort to saving earth’s energy and good advertisement for the company mentioned in the billboard ad.

Last week in downtown Vancouver the billboard you see above was exlusively powered by volunteers pedaling a single bicycle over a span of about 5 days. The advertisement was sponsored by DDB/Vancouver and BC Hydro (hydro is a Canadian term for power or electricity) to show off how energy-efficient LED Christmas lights are. While the reindeer used on the billbo

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Gadget Time – Koban’s SP-220E plays music, detects earthquakes

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Check this out audio gadget that also detects earthquakes.  This might be good for zedomax as we are

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Bugbots – “real” Bug clocks

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Check out Bugbots or real bugs with clock embedded in them!  Our review is two thumbs up for ingenuity and creativity.

It’s the though that counts right, well if you get your special someone this gift for the holidays I am not sure you will be around to celebrate next years holiday season.

“Each bug is a real bug, with it’s carbon guts removed, and metal/silicon guts put in their place by artist Mike Libby.

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DIY – Make your own bed using UPS or FedEX Boxes

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I have been thinking about making a bed at my workplace recently. I think this would be a good solution!

A new bed for $10 in 5 minutes.

Having blown $300 on a mattress, I wasn’t about to blow another $300 on a bed frame or box springs. I had all these archive boxes that I used for moving, so here’s a cheap-ass substitute.

Its as strong as a regular bed, environmentall

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DIY ideA! – Kyoto Power Consumption Device

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Cool looking power display…

The Wattson displays how much power you’re using in your house so you can actively see how much electricity your going through… I think if I had one of these I’d be more likely to walk around the house and turn off more stuff to always keep the number as low as possible, looks handy…

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