Cool Gadgets

Walkie Talkie Watches

What would airport security say when you walk through with one of these watches sporting a large antenna? “All the intelligent features seem to be getting one-by-one on to your wrist be it Bluetooth technology or the walkie-talkie feature like this cool Walkie Talkie Watch. The hi-tech watch have a full clock function apart from its walkie-talkie function which makes it a private mobile radio-communicator. IWantOneOfThose reports that, “the high

MacBook Pro Disco Keyboard

If you have turned your MacBook into a lightsaber already, you might want to try out this cool iTunes plugin that takes control of the keyboard and screen backlight. “Using an iTunes visualizer plugin from stewreo.de/keyboarddisco.html. I dimmed the backlight on the screen for better visibility of the keyboard, but the plugin can also flash the screen backlight with the music.” Via: TechEBlog and Make

Nokia Open, Cell Phone of the future?

Not sure if this Nokia concept cell phone will ever be for sale, if it does I will be first in line for it. 🙂 See Sc iFi Tech for more details. “The “Nokia Open” is/would be a cell phone that opens like a fan with a “scrollable touch screen,” which seems to be an essential-yet-nonexistent item that would need to be invented in order for this to work. The

Microsoft doing Robots

I didn’t think I would see the day that Microsoft would get into the robot game. You can download the new Microsoft Robotics Studio now. Here is the official anouncement from the Microsoft blog. “At the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition 2006, Microsoft Corp. showcased the community technology preview (CTP) of a new Windows®-based environment for academic, hobbyist and commercial developers to easily create robotic applications for a wide variety of

The giant MP3-Player LED display panel

This site includes the board layout and code to make this ATmega128 powered LED sign. If you speak German here is the original German site. “Again such a crazy project of me. It began with the fact that I with EBay a mountain LED of modules ersteigert. And from this this enormous LED became panel. Whom is too enormous, there is also a small brother. Here times the technical data:

Tactical Sniper Watch

When is a watch more than a method of telling time? When it can calculate ballistics trajectories! That is what the Tactical Sniper Watch can do. The ENIAC was doing the same thing but it was a bit bigger. “Calculate point of impact by inputting critical variables that determine elevation and wind adjustments. Works on all MILDOT, TMOA, SMOA and clicking rifle scopes. Punch in data about the ammunition you

Peltier CAN cooler

Valojuova from Finland has created a crazy DIY invention for cooling a can. The Peltier CAN cooler uses the peltier effect for cooling. Looking to cool a bit more with a peltier device? Check this out. “PWM controlled peltier cooler, 12V, 80W peltier. I can holder was lathed from aluminium by some other students. I just gave him the blueprints. Hot side is cooled with Igloo 7200 Light. I haven’t