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DIY Hovercraft – How to build a hovercraft

Posted on December 11, 2008 by max

I’m really surprised this works as well as it does. It’s just some plywood and a leaf blower. But this guy really floats around. With some tweaking, I bet it could work even better.

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Hovpod Hovercraft!

Posted on August 9, 2008 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q7jul_QmW4

Now, we haven’t covered many hovercrafts for awhile but here’s another hovercraft called Hovpod that can go on practically any surface including water, snow, sand, and more. (Update: Ooops, we did cover it before here.)

Hov Pod hovercraft are very easy and fun to dr

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Quadski an ATV and Jet-Ski Combo!

Posted on March 2, 2008 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq8Fn55axd4

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F2-dGdP4eY

Tight, need to get one of these one day huh?

via DailyTechImpressions

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DIY HACK – The Redneck 30 minute hovercraft using cardboard box and save precious resources too!

Posted on August 16, 2007 by max

Yep, you CAN make a hovercraft during your lunch break now. Just follow the directions!

I built a working hovercraft using cardboard and a shop vacuum in 30 minutes.

You can build a hovercraft quickly and easily using cardboard, duct tape, and a vacuum. There are excellent instructions available on the Internet. I adapted these standard instructions by substituting cardboard for plywood. In fact you build a hovercraft out of most anything that’s more or less air

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DIY HACK – Homemade Balancing Skateboard!

Posted on March 12, 2007 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGbbag9dklU

Wow, check out this awesome homemade balancing skateboard. As a skateboarder myself, this is way too cool…

It’s very similar to a snowboard to ride, requiring no user input other than the movement of your body mass. Leaning forwards and backwards controls the velocity and moving your weight from heal to toe controls the turn radius. It’s easy and very intuitive to ride.

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Roboman Hoverboard!

Posted on February 8, 2007 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG9uFFS4JIU

Wow, I wish this was real…

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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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CNET’s James Kim and family missing — have you seen them?

Posted on December 4, 2006 by max

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We’ve received word that a respected member of our tech community, James Kim (whom many of you may know as CNET’s senior editor of digital audio), and his family have gone missing. As we understand it, last weekend James, his wife Kati (above right), and his very young girls Penelope (left) and Sabine (baby), drove from their home in the SF Bay Area to Seattle. They were expected back some time Sunday, bu

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DIY HACK – Hovercraft gone wild at Make!

Posted on December 1, 2006 by max

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Check out these guys smashing on their new shovercrafts! Awesome DIY on how to make one too.

Get your motors running, put your safety helmet, ear protection and safety glasses on, steady your fire extinguishers and prop open your first aid kit… Now you’re ready for he ultimate in diy sports – Shovercraft! Combining all

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Looking back at Zedomax DIYs

Posted on November 28, 2006 by max

Here’s a look back at some of our cool and idiotic DIYs. Maybe you can digg up some ideas for the winter holidays:

OR you can goto this link to view in pictures:

(Come to think of it, we could probably hack some of our DIYs together and make a Nintendo Wii wireless controller)

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