June 2006

Two Foot Walking Linux Robot
Cool Gadgets

Seems like Linux is finding its way into everything. You can now include robots to the list… Original non translated page. “The industrial technology research institute of independent administrative corporate body (the product entire research) May 26th, 2 foot walking robot “HRP-2m Choromet which loads real time Linux ([chiyoromete])” it announced. The product entire research recognition venture and the like develops jointly, sells to the university and the like as

Robocup 2006
Complex Hacks

  Here is some action from Robocup which is being held in Germany this year. “The RoboCup Federation and its German section, the German RoboCup Association have authorised the the HVG Hanseatische Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Division MESSE BREMEN and the Center for Computing Technologies (TZI) of the University of Bremen to host the RoboCup 2006 World Championships.”

Huge CoolerMaster Heatsink
Insane Equipment

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Ok for most things bigger is better, and that is usually the case for heat sinks. But there is a point where you have to say this is big enough. What is the CoolerMaster trying to cool? Is this going to replace the watercooling system in my car? “Next up we go to CoolerMaster and their industrial air-conditioner inspired Space Navi unit. Again, this one is cool, pun intended, and

Bandit Music Machine
Crazy Hacks

You have to check out this music machine, it is amazing. Watch the Video. “I found Philip and his creation, “Bandit” playing outside the cathedral in Bath, England. Bandit is a unique musical machine of Philip’s design which allows him to play a guitar-like instrument entirely with his feet, while he simultaneously plays a fiddle in the normal way. Philip uses his left foot to choose one of about 10

CD-Changing Lego Robot
Crazy Hacks

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If you are looking for a way to automate the laborious chore of ripping a ton of CDs why not make a CD-Changing Lego Robot to do it for you? “I recently bought a Squeezebox from Slim Devices, which is a way cool WiFi device for listening to your music collection. I was then faced with the task of ripping c300 CDs, and of course instead of just doing a

Squeezebox audible caller ID
Cool Gadgets

If you like to automate everything the Squeezebox audible caller ID hack is for you. Never miss a call again because you have the tunes cranked and no more looking at the caller ID box to see who is calling! “As described elsewhere, I’ve now got my music collection ripped onto a server PC. A new problem then became apparent: when the phone rang, I had to find (a) the

DIY Wood Amp
Cool Gadgets

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This is quite a unique looking amp. It was built using a kit from Chipamp.com, There aren’t very many wood amps around… Hopefully heat isn’t a problem 🙂 I would hate to see the outcome if it was. Chipamp.com has some simple to build DIY audio amp kits. This one is a their LM4780 Dual Mono Kit. This is what you get in the kit: “LM4780 Dual Mono Kit Contents