Category Archives: Gadgets

Anything that could be considered a consumer gadget…

Wii HACK – Woomba, Wii controller + Roomba!

Posted on December 27, 2006 by max
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More nice Wii hacks! wiipee!

Also check out all the other Wii hacks on zedomax if you haven’t yet.

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DIY HACK – Replace your Laptop LCD screen

Posted on December 27, 2006 by max
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We’ve had a big share of broken laptops due to Beer and Vodka spills not too long ago. Here’s some tips about replacing your LCD on your broken LCD.

It helps to know your computer. If you don’t, do your research first. Some laptops have the LCD glued (epoxied) into the frame. In these cases it’s usually much easier to replace the whole cover. Most don’t have this problem though.

I’m going to show how easy it is with an Apple iBook G4. I’

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Wii HACK – Wii Pong

Posted on December 26, 2006 by max
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Check out the Wii Pong using Glovepie!

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Wii HACK – Wiimote + FlightGear = Ultimate Flight Simulator?

Posted on December 26, 2006 by max
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Remember we made a sixaxis controller for PC the other day? Well here’s a cool one using wii controller and a Linux flight simulator, tight!

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DIY HACK – Wave Bubble portable RF Jammer

Posted on December 26, 2006 by max
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Ladyada has a cool RF Jammer that you can build yourself…WOW!

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Nintendo Wii HACK – Streaming Content from Orb

Posted on December 26, 2006 by max

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Here’s a cool little hack for streaming some media from mycast.orb.com.

Here is a video showing the features of mycast.orb.com on Nintendo Wii’s Opera Browser. It Streams Recorded TV, Internet Radio, Music, and Divx. … (

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Gliffy.com – Online Collaboration tool for sharing diagrams over the net!

Posted on December 26, 2006 by max

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Here’s a cool online collaboration tool that will allow you to create and share your diagrams whether that be a project diagram or a diagram for your next robot.

They even got a plugin for wikis.

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Original Apple II+ Sells for $1,414.87 on ebay

Posted on December 25, 2006 by max
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With all the outrageous PS3s and Wiis being sold on ebay, here’s a little apple II that sells at an outrageous price.

Talking about some Apple computers that can be programmed in BASIC, check out Comfile CUBLOC embedded computers, which can run at 20Mhz, run 320×240 LCDs, and at 30 times smaller size of an Apple computer.

Well, it’s not the best comparison, but we did not expect a

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Homemade Machine Gun

Posted on December 25, 2006 by max
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Phew, finally we are on holiday vacation.  But the show must go on. I am at my girlfriend’s brother’s apartment in SF having some nice drinks and well, here’s a nice little machine gun you can make for your Christmas and New Years vacation.

So you’ve seen the Giant Python K’NEX coaster, now check out this incredible machine gun, capable of shooting “30 Ft. at 10 shots per second, with 40 bullets on its chain.

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Robot Video – Beer Pouring Robot for your lazy Christmas and New Years

Posted on December 25, 2006 by max
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This is nice except I probably wouldn’t wait this long for a beer to open, just hack it with my lighter in less than a second. If there was a robot that could use a lighter to open a beer cap, I’d be very amazed. Regardless, we give 2 thumbs up for getting the robot drunk.

Ok, so the first model wasn’t exactly “perfect” or amazing, this new version makes good of all previous shortcomings.

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