Dr. Beeby from the University of Southampton has developed a vibration powered generator which is 10 times more powerful that similar devices. “Dr Steve Beeby and his team at the University’s School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) have developed a kinetic energy generator which generates electrical energy from the vibrations and movements present within its environment. ‘This is the most successful generator of its kind and generates energy much
The guys at Blendtech have bought a few of the highly sought after iPhones and… you guessed it, they stuck one in a blender. 🙂 Here is another blending episode that destroyed some cool equipment. 🙂 Video after the jump. “Everybody knows that the iPhone can make phone calls, play movies & music, surf the web, and a lot more. But, Will It Blend? That is the question.” Via: CrunchGear
Dan’s Workshop has an example of a Grease Powered Toy Jeep. This project uses some interesting modules that take heat and output electricity. “I used two of the Marlow SP2348 modules in series for the heat to electricity converter. I used white heatsink grease to make a good thermally conductive bond between the two heatsinks. Actually, the bottom heatsink (the hot side) was just a flat plate of aluminum, about
Imagitronics has created a new interactive version of Pong. He calls it Bongo Pong, rolling right and left on a platform controls your on-screen pong paddle. Video after the jump. “I started work right away on the project. I quickly found out that Indo boards do not come cheap, with prices starting around $80, so I decided to make my own. For $6 I was able to get a short
Will the farmer be a thing of the past soon? The HortiBot is an interesting idea that could automate many tasks. With larger automation everything from planting to harvesting of crops will be able to be automated. Video after the jump. ” The vision is the Spider mounted with the HortiBot accessory kit, which transforms it into a tool carrier for high-tech plant nursing for e.g. organic grown vegetables. High-tech
Our friend Nick Chernyy from uBlog has got his hands on an Apple iPhone and worked his magic to get a shot of the CPU wafer image. “The chip contains both the ARM CPU and the RAM, three dies to be exact. The CPU had what looked to be a model number and the RAM chips had what looked to be part of a model number on the cut-away part
Congratulation to winner last week. The prize this week is a watch with a built in TV remote, have fun driving your friends nuts with this device. 🙂 This contest will run for this weekend only (July 7 – 8, 2007) . To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please note that this item is sold by one of
