August 2006

The Time Fountain

  Nate True has made a very cool device that is controlled by a PIC microcontroller. The controller uses a strobe effect to make water drops look like they are running backwards! “It all started when my friend Jesse told me that if you get a strobe light fast enough, you can make it look like dripping water is going in slow motion or even backwards. This phenomenon happens because

Ant Farm

We all remember the old style ant farms… This new version looks nothing like the old ones, someone needs to set up an ant cam using one of these things. 🙂 “Fascinating creatures ants. Sure you hate to see them in your socks or making a B-line for that pizza crust crumb you forgot to sweep up at the local LAN party. But let’s give credit where credit is due.

Convert a Picture into ASCII

Click on the images above to see some amazing ASCII work. The IMG2TXT: ASCII Art Made Easy page makes quick work out of any picture. “This script takes the URL of a GIF, JPG, or PNG image and converts that image into ASCII text or colored HTML. Not very useful, but pretty cool.” Via: Kahsoon

Xbox 360 Case Mods

Check out these XBox 360 mods, mods aren’t just for computers anymore. “Some people like to trick out their cars with a fancy paint job and an expensive set of wheels. Others like to trick out their Xbox 360’s similarly with a fancy case modification complete with LED lights and more. Whatever you’re trickin’ out, most likely it will cost you a buck, or two, or more. It probably won’t

Virtual Piano

This Virtual Piano doesn’t look practical, but who says cool stuff needs to be practical… Looks like it is using the same technology as the laser keyboard. “Digital Information Development (DID) has developed a highly portable virtual piano that is played with a keyboard consisting of projected laser beams. The box-shaped device measures about 10 x 3 x 3 cm (4 x 1 x 1 in.) and weighs about 100

Cool iPod Speakers

These iPod Speakers are not the type of speakers you can use anywhere since they are made from glass but they are much better looking than the standard types. “These are remote iPod speakers I scratch-built for my wife’s iPod shuffle. It’s all scientific glass and aluminium construction. The sub-woofer is an inverted glass dome, and a fresnel lens from a rail-car. The guts of the thing is borrowed from