Here is a collection of The Incredible Machine creations. Which one is your favorite? “The Incredible Machine (aka TIM) is a series of computer games that were originally designed and coded by Kevin Ryan and produced by Jeff Tunnell, the now-defunct Jeff Tunnell Productions, and published by Dynamix; the 1993 through 1995 versions had the same development team, but the later 2000–2001 titles had different designers. All versions were
Seems like there is no end to the uses of old hard drives. This hack uses the voice coil of a used hard drive to act as a Laser Shutter. Thanks for the tip Robo. “We have developed a high-speed laser shutter based on voice-coil actuators found in generic hard disk drives. We have enhanced the shutter with a new driver circuit described below and a notched flag, achieving 500ns
The latest iRobot is the ConnectR, looks like this could be a great hackable robotic platform. It will be available soon for the mass market but unfortunately it is currently only being made available for a select few to test it. Video after the jump. “Don’t miss out on special moments at home even when you are away. The iRobot ConnectR is a fun new way to see, talk to
This LEGO Mindstorm Robotic Toilet Flush System is a very polite robot that thanks you after you use the toilet and then flushes it for you. There are full build instructions on the site so that you could build your very own. A study should be done to see if the positive acknowledgment (the thank you phrase) would lead to an increase of water consumption. 🙂 Video after the jump.
Just in time for Halloween, Robosapien get an Elmo costume and a voice change. Video after the jump. “He’s furry, red, and robotic! Meet ElmoSapien, the fusion of Sesame Street’s legendary Elmo puppet character and WowWee’s fantastic Robosapien RS Media robot. Like VaderSapien, ElmoSapien is out to dominate the world, but in funny, silly, way! Watch the video to see ElmoSapien in action.”
Congratulation to the last contest winner. The prize this week is a travel adapter so that you can keep all of your gadgets working even when you are far away from home. This contest will run for this weekend only (September 29 – 30, 2007) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done
This is a 1GB IBM hard drive from about 20 years ago. Wow how technology has evolved! Do you think that the engineers of the day would guess that today we would have more than a hundred times that storage in your pocket which also by the way has a color screen, battery and the smarts to make it play audio and video? Here are some other hard drives to
