November 2006

Toriton Plus: Water Surface as Music Controller

  This water instrument looks like fun to play, doesn’t look like the easiest project to build but I might have to add it to the list. “It is really very easy. I do not claim to be an electronics professional, or even know anything about anything. The laser shines through the water in the dish, and LDR’s on the other side respond to the position of the laser points

Soda Powered Rocket

  Here is a neat Mythbusters spoof. Watch the third video (click more) for the scientific version. 🙂 “When Mythbusters said that you couldn’t make a Coke and mentos powered rocket, these two mythbusters decided to prove them wrong. If you like Mythbusters, science things, rockets, or just watching things blow up, you’ll get a kick out of this.”

PS3 Grill

Instead of smashing a PS3 why not put it to good use. The second photoshopped image was the inspiration for the real PS3 Grill. “When the final case design of the Playstation 3 was released, it was widely critsised as looking exactly like a George Foreman Grill. A few months later, Photoshopped pictures started emerging on the internet of the Playstation 3 with a grill built into it. So, after

Hacking Microsoft Xbox 360 - DVD Drive Firmware flashing

  If you are tired of damaging games you bought, this hack might be a great way for you to simply play with a backup of the game. “Once you have this firmware you can then patch it to remove the media lock allowing you to boot backups. All the dics you burn have to be Dual Layer, even if the burned image is only 3gig, it must still be

Hover Mouse

Never seen a hover mouse before. I wonder what keeps the mouse on the desk? “The CrazyPC Hover Mouse is the world’s first 100% friction-less mouse. Utilizing advanced, patent-pending electromagnetic hovering technology, the Hover Mouse floats one centimeter above the mousing surface at all times. It is a well established fact, that friction results in wear to your mouse and decreased accuracy while gaming. Since the Hover Mouse is friction-less

NES Guitar Mod

Seems like anything can be made from an old NES system, including a guitar. “For the courageous (and musically gifted) this god of a man posted a quasi-DIY guide here, complete with extra pictues. How much would you pay for one of these babies? This god of a man sacrificed his NES, the best system evar, to make a freakin’ awesome guitar. Unlike the Halo fanboy who made the rocket

The Missing Secrets Of Nikola Tesla

  Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht over at Diggnation mentioned this Nikola Tesla video on their last episode. It is a must see! UPDATE: It has come to my attention that some of the facts on the quote below are not correct, please have a look at the comments for some corrected information. “Nikola Tesla (here played by Petar Bozovic) was a famous 19th century Yugoslavian inventor. The film recounts