This PennyCam is a great idea for catching crooks in the act. I guess the camera could be mounted in anything such as the corner of the cash register however mounting it in plain view disguised as something you expect to see. It is a bit expensive but one foiled robbery is all you need to make it worth while… "I just completed my new hidden camera project called
This Beamz Laser Music Performance System looks very interesting. I am not exactly sure how the beams are playing the notes in the video since all the beam should be able to detect is when it’s broken. It seems that more information than just a broken beam is needed could play those tunes. Based on what I see (if it is just broken beams) 6 buttons could reproduce the
I wonder how many of these belt sanders they have sold? I can just imagine the product development brainstorming session where a team of people came up with this idea and proceeded to design the features. However I bet if this was left unsupervised on a job site it would be there in the morning… "It is now time to to say hello to the Hello Kitty Power Sander.
David Bue Pedersen from Volunteer Lab Rat has come up with a great way to see at a glance who is online. No need to walk up to your computer and turn off the screen saver anymore! His Online Notification Picture Frame will light up an LED behind the person who is online. The model he built has 5 pictures in it but it can handle up to 22
This Greenflight Electric Vehicle Project takes you through the construction of a few electric vehicles that were constructed by a clever 17 year old. He is trying to put together his vehicles on a small budget which makes it interesting. One of his posts indicates that Discovery Channel was coming down to do an interview with him!
We have featured the Rubens Tube here before, it looks like building them and having fun has caught on. Have a look at this cool collection of Rubens Tube projects, the Wiimote controlled Rubens Tube is one of my favorites.
Gilbondfac has a cool video that shows some cool magnetic effects including a magnetic gun.
