June 11, 2006

Strange Music Devices

This cool DJ ready iPod setup is one of the top 10 strange music devices over at TechEBlog. If you can’t put your own together why not go the easy way and buy this contraption. “Some Japanese DJs are building a mixer out of two iPods lashed to a couple of controllers that will enable not only cutting, mixing, and fading, but also SCRATCHING — a system they plan to

Bike POV Displays RPM

This bike mounted POV is unique, there have been quite a few floating around recently but I have never seen one that calculated and displayed the RPM of the device. Based on wheel diameter the current speed would also be easy to calculate and display. Original article (link within text is converted to English) Here are some links to some other Bike POVs: Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link

HEMI-Powered BBQ Grill

I love to BBQ but I am not sure I am satisfied with my department store model after looking at some of these crazy BBQs. “Tim Kowalec built this HEMI-powered BBQ grill for Chrysler’s “What Can You HEMI?” contest in 2005. Tim’s “manly man’s barbecue grill” featured a 5.7-liter V-8 HEMI engine, and can cook 240 hot dogs in 3 minutes!” Via: Fosfor Gadgets

Projection LCD Clock

This clock hack is a neat idea. Passing light through the LCD allows the clock image to be projected on a wall. To make the project a bit cooler it activates with a remote control. The inspiration was the watch projection clock project. ” This is a clock that projects the time onto the wall of a darkened room whenever any IR remote control (like a TV remote) is pointed

Holo TV

This technology looks great, but does this mean I will have to watch a movie three or four times to see everything? “Invented by Tibor Balogh, these flat panel “holo TVs” are capable of displaying images in 3-D — or so it seems. Peugeot and Reanult are already interested in the product. The smaller 4:3 monitor displays 7.4-megapixels while the 16:9 monitor can display up to 9.8-megapixels, and lastly, the