Have a look at two guys that were caught filling their vehicles at the wrong time. It appears that for no reason the Gas Station Extinguishing System False Alarmed and dumped what I am thinking is dry chemical on them. Via: Gizmodo
Is is me or is this ABB IRB 340 Robotic Croissant Picker overkill? I am all for automating tasks but I have seen so many lines that are very simple and do the same task. It would seem obvious to funnel all of the items into a single stream and kick out the rejects as they go by. I have to admit that the machine looks to be operating
There are two notes below that describe the fantastic video demonstration of the MIT Autonomous Airplane Indoor Flying test. Keep your eye on this page for more info in the future. "In these flight tests, a fixed vertical landing platform was designed and attached to a concrete pole in the middle of the RAVEN flight space to allow the fixed-wing aircraft to land and perch on the pole. This
If you are lucky enough to have an iPhone you can now use it as a cool new computer interface! Have a look at TouchpadPro for more details. "Touchpad Pro lets you control your PC or Mac through your iPhone or iPod Touch. It’s got multi-touch capabilities just like the new MacBooks, though without the cost 🙂 It’s got all the features you asked for, including landscape mode, multi-touch
How can you make coffee more interesting? You could print fancy designs on it. I am not sure how practical this is but WOW does it ever look cool! Many people like to have a cup of coffee in the morning while they read their newspaper and play bingo games online. Latte Art makes your morning coffee more fun than any game you can imagine. "Long time ago, I
Felipe from Brazil sent in some pictures and a video of his Jigsaw that has been turned into a Sewing Machine. I have never seen a hack to do this before but it is a cool idea. It also looks like the presser foot and feed dog help to feed the material through the blade. I think it would be interesting to replace the feed dog with two servos
Congratulations to the last contest winner. The prize this week is a tool to help you take apart your next mod project.. This contest will run till mid next week (March 15 – 20, 2008) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in
