Alan Parekh

Hard Drive Platter Tesla Turbine

If you have one more dead hard drive left after building the top five dead hard drive projects give the Hard Drive Platter Tesla Turbine a try. There is more information about the build at Instructables. “In the Tesla Turbine, air, steam, oil, or any other fluid is injected at the edge of a series of smooth parallel disks. The fluid spirals inwards and is exhausted through ventilation ports near

Simon Says Hack

If you liked the game Simon Says, you will like this hack. “I dont quite recall how this game evolved but the main motivation behind it is to improve cognitive processing and attention by getting the players to focus on a sequence of drum hits and then repeat that sequence. Players can use either dance-dance-revolution mats or a custom built 4-pad bongo style controller. Its being built for www.tulgeywood.us to

Top 5 Old TV Hacks

1. Plasma Globe Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 “The heart of the high-voltage generator is a standard flyback transformer transplanted from an old TV set. The globe is mostly vacuum but has a tiny amount of inert gases namely neon and xenon. When excited by the HF-HV electro-magnetic field, atoms of the gas become ionized and cause various beautiful plasma trails to be produced within the sphere. Touching the

Hacked Crazy Cars

American Inventor Spot has put together a great list of crazy cars. Not for me, but I am sure their owners love them. “People often choose cars to express themselves. You buy a Hummer and that screams out “I’m a really big man” or “I Think Green”. You buy a Bently and that screams out “I’m rich son of a b***h”. You buy a VW Bug and that screams out

Top 5 Cool Tables

1. iBar, Interactive Touch Screen Bar Table The iBar is one heck of a cool bar! “iBar is a system for the interactive design of any bar-counter. Integrated video-projectors can project any content on the milky bar-surface. The intelligent tracking system of iBar detects all objects touching the surface. This input is used to let the projected content interact dynamically with the movements on the counter. Objects can be illuminated

Douchenator Water Balloon Launcher

If you have the need to launch something farther than you can throw it, the Douchenator Water Balloon Launcher may be what you need. Simple to build and is sure to be lots of fun until someone loses an eye. Watch the video. “The launcher will shoot anything from a golf ball to a tennis ball at extremely high speed and extremely far. For wadding, a tennis ball can works

Weapon of Mass Destruction Part II

I am not even sure if I should call this a case mod since there was no case that was modified. Instead a fantastic and creative computer housing was created! “Bit-tech has what is quite probably the most outrageous case mod on the planet. The attention to detail, man-hours and photographic quality on this is simply insane. It truly is ‘da bomb’! (The case theme is a Weapon of Mass