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Pac-Man Christmas Tree!

Posted on December 11, 2007 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j22cnSfE4U

Wow, a Pac-Man Christmas Tree! It’d be cool if you could play it.

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Scooting about on a Stand-up Trike

Posted on December 9, 2007 by max

Wow, check out this nifty Stand-Up Trike, tight! Will they send us a sample? (We will give it out as a prize if they do.)

Stephan Soder came up with the idea as a way to pull himself along while wearing rollerblades. He built the first one in his garage with a small petrol motor.

The commercial version is called the Easyglider X6 which riders can use with a skateboard or roller-blades or stand on a two-wheeled rear platform.

It features an electric-powered front wheel, a handbrake, a headlight, and three power levels. Optional extra

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USB Gadgets, USB Gadgets, USB Gadgets!

Posted on December 3, 2007 by max

Okay, let’s do a quick USB relay from GetUSB.info.

Check out this Dog Tag USB thingee, it might be great if you want to carry some memory around on your neck. – via GetUSB

Lindy 57-in-1 Mir

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Google SketchUp for Dummies book!

Posted on December 3, 2007 by max

OOhh.. check out this Google SketchUp for Dummies book. It might be the perfect free 3D tool you were looking for last month.

Remember when your high school English teacher explained that every word in the sentences you write needs to carry some meaning? While the rest of us missed that point, Aidan Cho

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DIY HACK – HOWTO make a Solar-powered bike helmet with night lights!

Posted on November 13, 2007 by max

Wow, it looks like there a lot of solar powered stuff that’s coming out lately. Check out this instructable that shows you how to make a solar powered bike helmet with night lights!

This project could be done in many different ways and I spent a lot of time trying different parts and ideas. The key breakthroughs for me were to use 3 AAA batteries, vs the 4AA’s that came with the Solar Panel because they were a better balance of weight to the right amount of

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DIY HACK – HOWTO make a Christmas Tree Projector!

Posted on November 12, 2007 by max

If you ever need to prepare for Christmas this year and you DON’T want to bring a real Christmas tree into your house, you can prepare yourself right by making one of theses Christmas Tree Projectors! (Warning, your cat or dog might think it’s real…)

This device, projects an image of a Christmas tree onto the wall. The size of the image ranges from only a few inches to about 5 feet depending on how far aw

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$59,000 Steampunk Watch

Posted on November 10, 2007 by max

A $59K watch? I’d probably get a minimal edition Porsche but it’s still a cool watch…

At $59,000, MB&F’s Horological Machine No. 2 (HM2) watch boasts “four dials, which offer the following measurements; ‘instantaneous jump hour, concentric retrograde minutes, retrograde date and bi-hemisphere moon phase.'”

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3-Axis servo motor drawing “HackADay”

Posted on November 9, 2007 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9x7Qdpp43M

Here’s the video if you can’t see it.  (some kinda YouTube bug…yes blame it on the big company)

Cool, check out this awesome 3-Axis servo motor drawing “HackADay”. You can get the board for really cheap from this guy.

The preprogrammed AVR microcontroller must be purchased directly from Uli Huber. We do not carry the chips.

Please include $

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DIY – Halo 3 Master Chief costume out of cardboard, fiberglass and an old bicycle helmet

Posted on October 30, 2007 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enIclsRK8uk

Here’s a cool Halo 3 Master Chief costume you can make. Check out the video, very hilarious. :p

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Huge Rubiks Cube Subwoofer

Posted on October 30, 2007 by max

Wow, check out this cool Rubiks cube Subwoofer!  I wish I had one…  It seems like this guy has all the plans and everything so next time you need to hide your new sound system from your lover or somethin’…there’s ya go.

If you are wanting to add some bass to your home theater why build a Huge Rubik’s Cube Subwoofer! It isn’t as big as this

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