In the latest edition of Business 2.0 magazine there is an article about a company that is making underwater MP3 players. It is called the SwiMP3, I was expecting it to use something like watertight headphones or something simple like that. Well it actually uses bone conduction to play the music by vibrating your skull! Nothing is in your ears, instead the system uses cheek pads to get the vibrations
How would you like to cross the country for five dollars? That is exactly what this UBC car can do! It was built to compete in the Super Millage Challenge and won. “Driving from Halifax to Vancouver in the most fuel efficient car you can buy – the Honda Insight Hybrid – would use about 240 litres of gas. Not bad when you compare it with, say, an SUV. But
The comments have been fast and furious this month. Thanks to all of you for lots of great comments. The winner is Hexypoo, the winning comment was comment number 6 on the Top 5 Spinning LED Displays. Hexypoo will get the a $50 gift certificate to ThinkGeek. Below are a few examples of cool geek items that I would consider with the gift certificate. What will Hexypoo get? I am
If you want to make a wallet that you can’t buy anywhere why not make one out of an old NES controller. “you will need: one sacrificial Nes controller small phillips screwdriver wire snip pliers UHU glue Long Zip” Via: Digg
I have seen all sorts of remote controls, but I have never seen a cushion remote before. Only thing I don’t get is how can you use the cushion without accidentally pushing the buttons? “A new generation of remote controls: a bunch of different cushions each having its own function: one for the channels, one for the power, one for the volume and so on. These remote controls can be
If you can dream it, someone has built it. 🙂 Who ever would think about creating an underwater post office? Looks beautiful though… “Vanuatu Post has created the world’s only Underwater Post Office. Situated within a marine sanctuary, off Hideaway Island near Port Vila in Vanuatu, the Post Office can receive mail delivered in person if you are a visiting diver or snorkeller or sent via the Main Post Office
If the remote controlled pigeon post turned your stomach you may want to stop reading about this project now… Noahw and Canida have made a computer mouse using a real dead mouse. “Obtain a small travel-size (hardware) mouse. This one is a wired mouse that is way to small to use comfortably every day, but perfect for going inside of a mouse. Obtain a similarly-sized (wetware) mouse. These are commonly
