Jesse Sullivan lost both of his arms in a work related accident. He is now the worlds first real bionic man. How does it work? “NECAL uses nerve-muscle grafts in amputees to gain added control signals for an artificial arm. Doctors take nerves that used to go to the arm and move those nerves onto chest muscles. The nerves grow into the chest muscles, so when the patient thinks “close
When you think of an RC vehicle you think electric motors right? Well that is about to change! Here are a few specs. of a Steam Powered Tank Engine: Wilesco D49 Marine Double Piston Steam Engine Boiler: Mamod SE3 Fuel: Alcohol or Solid Fuel Tablets Chassis & Gearbox: Tamiya 1/16 (Clutch drive, aluminum chassis with metal tracks) RC: 2 Channel Futaba Running Time: 10-15 min per full tank of water,
Ulyanovsk State University Professor Oleg Gadomsky has recieved a Russian patent for an “INVISIBILITY CLOAK” — a method for making things INVISIBLE. read more | digg story
Air powered engines are not new, but they sure are interesting. Take a look at this French engine. Mike Smyth has made a number of interesting small air engines. On his site he even has detailed instructions to build your own. This is what Mike says about his radial cylinder air engine “The radial cylinder configuration has the advantage that at least one cylinder is on a power stroke at
A sculpture by a MIT PhD student that uses a special wirelessly powered bulb. “Lightbulb explores two phenomena I find interesting, the stabilization of unstable systems using feedback, and wireless power transmission. Feedback systems often levitate objects, stabilize inverted pendulums, and the like. Wireless power transmission has been around since Tesla’s invention a century ago, although it is still not widely utilized. I wanted to explore these effects together.” read
Some evil genius bought a bunch of Elmo talking books, reprogrammed them to say some “evil” (cool) things and then returned them to the store. “Reprogrammed Elmo books sold to unsuspecting parents to teach kids to use the potty.” Click play to listen to the new audio! [audio:elmo.mp3] read more | digg story
What do you build before entering the center of a tornado? You build one of these hacked vehicles made from a baja racing truck. Watch his videos and the news story for more information.
