Cool Gadgets

Largest Plasma Arc Vortex Speaker

  Have a look at this interesting Plasma Arc Vortex Speaker. Unlike the regular plasma ark speakers that you have seen in the past. Via: Hackaday “After replacing the power supply and adding an RC snubber across the flyback transformer primary, my plasma speaker is already much louder. The addition of a more powerful PSU, it allowed me to also reduce the number of turns on the primary, which increased the

Cuba Wood Burning Engraver

    There are hundreds of these booths that sell souvenirs in Varadero Cuba. They all have the capability of customizing the leather and wood crafts using Wood Burning Engravers. They all look the same, a box that plugs into 220V with a wooden hand held burning tool. There was a guy repairing one and let me snap some pictures. Inside is a modified MOT (microwave oven transformer) with just

Triton Re-Breather - Breathe Underwater

  UPDATE: Read the comments before thinking this is real. 🙁 Breathe Underwater with this Triton Re-Breather. Via OhGizmo “Triton. A state-of-the-art oxygen respirator, that allows you to breathe underwater up to 45 minutes and at a maximum depth of 15ft by utilizing our ‘artificial gills’ technology. Swim among tropical fish, marvel at exotic coral and experience the serene beauty of marine life − without having to come up for air. ”

DIY Articulating LED Task Lamp

  This Articulating LED Task Lamp is full of features such as magnetically replaceable lighting heads. Everything from the LEDs to the panel clip style can be customized or simplified to match your needs. “For the light part, I decided to use LED strips, because they’re so easy to use. Plus they’re powered with a remote and it’s always nice to be able to dim. So I cut up a

DIY Nitrocellulose Cannon

This is a neat desktop project that will help you get rid of some stress by firing you own mini canon. The design is well thought out and the video goes over the build in great detail. The system is quite simple, an electrical current creates some heat and fires some Nitrocellulose. The end result looks fantastic and would fit well on the edge of your desk ready for battle

Mooltipass - Offline Password Keeper

  Worried that a site hack will compromise your passwords? This unit stores your passwords on the Mooltipass using AES-256. “The concept behind this product is to minimize the number of ways your passwords can be compromised, while generating and storing long and complex random passwords for the different websites you use daily. It is designed to be as small as possible so it can fit in your pocket. Simply

Apple Recycling Robot

  Apple produces a lot of electronics, unlike a pop can something like an iPhone is not the easiest thing to melt down and turn into something new. Apple wants to go green by allowing the recycling of your devices when you are done with them. “Introduced onstage in a peppy video, “Liam” the robot — more specifically a robotic arm — was specifically developed by Apple engineers to pick