Category Archives: Gadgets

Anything that could be considered a consumer gadget…

DIY – How to build The Amazing Steam Candle

Posted on December 28, 2006 by max

Here’s a cool steam candle you can make!

How to make a cool rotating steam engine using only a candle and a thin tube. VERY easy to do and fun to watch! Runs for hours! This is my personal favorite for Christmas decoration 🙂

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DIY – Voice recognition system by students from Cornell

Posted on December 28, 2006 by max
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Here’s a cool DIY voice recognition system by computer engineering students at Cornell University. Nice job, keep up the good work!

When we think of programmable speech recognition, we think of calling FedEx customer service call center with automated voice recognition response systems. We also think of PC-based speech recognition Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Now we took that a step further. We are talking about speech recognition in a tiny M

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Video – Lockpicking with BMW Decoder Tool

Posted on December 28, 2006 by max
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Wow, my friend has a new beemer with this type of lock. Maybe new technology is actually easier to break in huh?

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Video – World’s largest vending machine

Posted on December 28, 2006 by max
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World largest vending machine!

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How To Make A Simple Matchstick Rocket

Posted on December 28, 2006 by max

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cool!

Quick and easy way to make a matchstick rocket using a match and foil. These rockets can travel as far at 20 feet.

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Boost Your Car Remote Range!

Posted on December 28, 2006 by max

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Nicely done, this will be very useful.

Easy hack to increase the range of your car remote control! Mine increased 50′ with this simple trick! Try it!

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DIY HACK – “Propeller Clock” Mechanically Scanned LED Clock

Posted on December 28, 2006 by max
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Cool propeller clock you can make!

How this clock works: A motor spins the “propeller”, and a small microprocessor keeps track of time and changes the pattern on seven LEDs with exact timing to simulate a 7 by 30 array of LEDs. It is an illusion, but it works nicely.

If you want to build this clock, you will need a few things, including: Skill with motors and mechanical things. Prior electronic experience. A dead VCR or floppy drive or other source of a suitable

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Wii HACK – Christmas Wii-remote xmms hack

Posted on December 27, 2006 by max
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Cool XMMS hack for linux or ubuntu users using the wii remote! The funny thing is he doesn’t even own a Wii console, just the Wii remote! Well, we’d probably give it some good hacks if we just had some Wii remotes too. Two thumbs up for doing XMMS on Ubuntu!

But I don’t own a Wii console. So I hacked away in linux and got it to control my xmms mp3 player. All buttons except power button work as follows:

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Video – Hoverbike, Hoverboard + Segway

Posted on December 27, 2006 by max
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Here’s hoverbike, which is basically a mix of a hoverboard and segway. Actually we have been developing our own too. Well we just got our prototype started so… we will see about the next Zedomax Hoverbike… via

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DIY HACK – Etch CNC

Posted on December 27, 2006 by max
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Check out this cool etch CNC.  Actually we were thinking of making this too, but since it’s already made, we can learn from it and make it quicker.  Awesome! 🙂

I am using a retrofit machine that fit within my budget. It’s a 2-axis machine with approximately 170x130mm travel.

The circuit board is my own design, using a ULN2803 per motor to supply approx. 0.3 amps per winding. The power supply is a standard AT hard-drive power connecto

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