Monitoring power lines can be done by people but it is a time consuming and expensive. It’s a job that needs to be done because of inventions like the Bat Hook Power Tap. Hydro-Québec Research Institute and BC Transmission Corporation have developed a robot that is capable of inspecting these lines while they are still powered. That’s not a big deal right since the power lines is a perfect platform
We featured a cool GPS Puzzle Box earlier this year that Markus built. It was based on a version that Mikal Hart created. Turns out there is quite a bit of interest in these GPS Puzzle Boxes, Mikal has since written a Make article which will be published in the Fall 2010 edition of the magazine. He has also been contacted by newspapers, movie directors and TV shows wanting to
Looks like the Martin Jetpack is getting closer to being available. With an anticipated price tag of $100,000 it won’t be in most people’s budget but for the work that has gone into development that price seems quite reasonable. To make final testing a bit safer they have converted it so it can be controlled remotely. “We have converted one of the Martin Jetpacks to remote control so that we
BlindType is the coolest typing aids I have ever seen, and we have seen our fair share of crazy typing systems. I don’t do much mobile typing, I have tried the T9 predictive text entry system and hated it. I use an iPod Touch to view emails when not in the home office and unless the reply can be very short I tend to wait until I am at a
We have seen KUKA Robot Arms turned into DJ music machines and ice cream machines but this F1 Ferrari Simulator is something else! Paolo Robuffo Giordano and colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany are the ones behind this cool idea. Via: PopSci “The CyberMotion Simulator is basically a full motion simulator adapted to a racing car game. Players (or subjects, the researchers prefer to
We all know Airsoft to be a fun safe sport right? Airsoft guns shoot small round plastic pellets which can sting a bit but it’s all in good fun similar to a paintball. Kuba sent in a link to his Multi-Barrel Airsoft Machine Gun which is a bit more intimidating. There are going to be lots of tutorials on the site, a few are complete like this one. The huge
Our friend JingleJoe from England sure does a great job of making new old things. This is a modern power supply but you would never know that by glancing at it. If this is the first time looking at his work make sure you check out the old 9 volt battery box project. Via: Hacked Gadgets Forum
