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Make Balloon headed for space!

Posted on April 16, 2007 by max
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Here’s a cool video of Bre trying to track his ballon that’s headed for space. You gotta check out the real-time data tracking which is the coolest part.

Good luck in spotting your balloon!

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DIY Circuit HACK – Moon Clock

Posted on April 16, 2007 by max

A lot of Asian cultures still use the moon clock for calculating their birthdays. For whatever reason, our family still cannot figure out my mom’s birthday as it was originally recorded as a Moon day… Well we could figure it out using some moon calculators…

Anyways, check out the moon caclulator here.

Despite the hour hand only roughly modeling the sun&

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MAC TV Hack – How to run Mac OSX on MAC TV!

Posted on April 15, 2007 by max

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Well, we know we are a little behind on the MAC TV hacks, but here’s how to run Mac OSX on MAC TV.  Check out the funny Apple fights Apple hacks also… These guys need some vicodin…seriously… that’s so anal dudes…(probably some dudes dressed in Louis Vuitton shirts and thinki

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DIY HACK – How to make a Wireless Wall LCD Digital Photo Frame

Posted on April 14, 2007 by max

Here’s a nice wireless wall digital photo frame howto.

A quick search of the web turned up several do-it-yourself articles by photographers that had built their own digital frames – typically from discarded laptops. The laptop based digital frames have larger screens (10” to 15”), and tend to be reasonably inexpensive to build (provided you own a discarded laptop).

The laptop projects that I saw had a couple of common issues, however. All of them involved taking the laptop apart completely and ge

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DIY CELLPHONE HACK – Receive police transmissions!

Posted on April 14, 2007 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnDk9KLezt4

This is got to be a joke…

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DIY – Dress made out of Wood!

Posted on April 14, 2007 by max

Wow, check this out, a dress made out of wood! (well carved actually) Kalina made all sorts of stuff out of wood. Check out some of her other cool creations.

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ENERGY SAVING HOUSE – Heliotrop House that rotates to keep the sun in

Posted on April 13, 2007 by max

Wow, check out this cool energy saving house!

The balcony rail is a solar vacuum tube to heat water. Photovoltaics on the roof rotate independently to track the sun, generating four to six times the energy needed for the house, making it beyond zero energy and into “das Plusenergiehaus” or a “Plus-energy House.” If that is not enough, there is on-site composting, chemical free sewage treatment and rainwater catchment.

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DIY PC CASE MOD – CompuBeaver

Posted on April 13, 2007 by max

Check out the CompuBeaver, a PC that does looks like a Beaver made out of a taxidermy beaver!

This is funny: (I feel bad for the beaver though…poor animal)

Because the inside was foam, I needed more internal structure and decided to fiberglass it. As awful as fiberglass is to deal with, it sure is strong stuff, and would allow drilling, etc., for the components and cords without fear of everything cav

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Maker Faire 2007 Zedomax USB Portal Preview

Posted on April 13, 2007 by max

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Here’s a preview of our USB Portal Project we will be showcasing at Maker Faire 2007.

It’s basically a BASIC programmable USB device so you can connect embedded devices easily to your PC whether that be a video game, industrial application, or whatever that you can think of.

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SnoDeck – a motorized snow skateboard!

Posted on April 13, 2007 by max
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Tight, here’s SnoDeck, a motorized snow skateboard! Although you can do nollie or take it to your nearest swimming pool for some crazy ghetto half pipes, at least you can go out in the snow and enjoy ridin’ around before the snow melts. (if the snow melts that is, but if it doesn’t, this might be a permanent solution for your cool weather)

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