June 2006

FLAMEOSAPIEN, Flame Throwing Robosapien V2

  Marcus from Evosapien is working on a flame throwing mod for the Robosapien. I look forward to reading and seeing more details in the near future. “Don’t Try This At Home! I am an untrained WACKO!!!!! Do not even contemplate attempting this hack for yourself unless you fully understand the potential danger it poses. (eg. Loss of home, painfull burns and missing hands)”

Nintendo controllers Mouse Hack

If you have an extra Nintendo controller laying around why not put it to good use and make it into a mouse. “If you are like me you get really excited when you find two Nintendo controllers at the Salvation Army. One was priced at $1.00 and the other at $.37 (i didn’t fight the pricing). Of course, they get home and meanwhile occupy a part of my brain that

DIY Matchbox Pinhole Camera

If you are looking to build an easy pinhole camera have a look at this one. “Here’s my latest contraption which uses 35mm film to provide square images of 24 x 24mm. Using this size means that you can get up to 50 exposures on a standard roll of 36 exposure film. Now that’s what I call economy! The image edges suffer from distortion that gives a “Diana” quality to

Reef  Sandal Bottle Opener

How do you improve on an existing idea? Make it multifunctional! You will no longer have to pack a bottle opener when you go to the beach if you are wearing these Reef sandals. “Reef makes the Fanning sandal as a tribute to pro-surfer and party-animal extraordinaire Mick Fanning. Surfers know that you have to bring as little as possible with you to the beach, because you have nowhere to

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