Steam Punk Watch
This steam punk watch is functional and is guaranteed to attract some attention. It looks like you may only want to wear it for a few hours at a time though… Thanks Toshiki
Alan Parekh
Bluetooth Soccer Ball – SoundBall
Aleksei Stevens has created SoundBall, a ball that can detect if it is being spun or kicked, it then plays sounds depending on what just happened. I can see this being great fun for kids, also why not install an accelerometer in the soccer ball that is used for TV games and display how hard the ball was kicked? Via: Crave
Hacked Gadgets June Comment Contest Winner
Sorry for the delay in selecting and announcing the winner of the comment contest. The winner of the ThinkGeek gift certificate is Mr. Maigo, comment #4 on the USB Controlled Traffic Light Status Indicator article. Congratulation on winning Mr. Maigo and thanks to all who participated. “ThinkGeek started as an idea. A simple idea to create and sell stuff that would appeal to the thousands of people out there who
NES MP3 Player and Speakers
Morte Moya has created some neat NES gadgets. First he created an MP3 player from a NES controller. The next logical step was to make a speaker system from a NES game cartridge. What could be next? Video after the jump. “Some of you may have seen my NES Controller MP3 player. This is a companion project for it. I sometimes like to sit around and listen to music so
Name the Thing Contest – 13
Congratulation to winner of the last contest. The prize this week is a mini tripod, have fun snapping pictures of your latest hack with it. 🙂 This contest will run for this weekend only (July 28 – 29, 2007) . 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 the comments. Send an
Moller Flying Car Enters Production
Looks like the Moller Flying Car is finally entering production. I can’t wait to see these things zipping around. The $90,000 price tag seems like quite a bargain too. “Moller International (OTCBB: MLER) has completed tooling and has begun producing parts for its Jetsons-like M200G volantor, a small airborne two passenger saucer-shaped vehicle that is designed to take-off and land vertically (see www.moller.com). The M200G is the size of a
London Hack Day 2007 Winner
Michael Young and Nick Bilton from New York Times R&D Lab were the Hack Day London 2007 winners. They created a project that is called SHIFD. A RFID tag that’s placed on your cell phone allows your computer to “see” that you are there and allows you to organize many things using your computer. Videos after the jump. “Set your hacked (RFID-enabled) mobile phone down on your desk. The RFID