Crazy Hacks

Make your Acura NSX look like a Ferrari F50

If you have a Acura NSX in your driveway and are getting a bit bored with its lines. Why not not make it into a $550,000 Farrari F50? Not sure if this was a conversion by owner or if the owner hired a shop to make the changes. I could just imagine the reaction the owner would have had if he showed up mid way through the project and saw

3D TV uses Human Eye Blinks to replace Glasses by Jonathan Post

  In many 3D TV system you need to wear special active glasses, these glasses are synced to the video signal so that the TV can display the image for the right eye while covering the left and vice versa.   Jonathan Post has created a 3D TV system that uses the same principle but instead of  LCD lenses shielding alternate eyes he simply applies a small electrical charge to

muRata Boy and Girl Demonstration and Technical Overview at CES 2011

The first video is the basic muRata Boy and muRata Girl demonstration that was being done on the hour during the Consumer Electronics Show 2011. This is actually the first CES that muRata has attended, they would have been there every year if you looked inside the electronics that were brought there by other companies though since muRata manufactures components that are very common and can be found in most

iRobot AVA Mobile Robotics Platform at CES 2011

iRobot was at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011 showing off their latest creation, it is their iRobot AVA Mobile Robotics Platform. It is a demonstration platform which demonstrates what iRobot is capable of doing. This robot is packed with technology such as 3D imaging, sonar and laser range finding. You can just imagine the possible capabilities for this platform. I could see it recording and delivering video messages within a

Dancing Robots at the Vstore booth at CES 2011

The Vstone/Kumotek booth at CES 2011 was lots of fun with their dancing robots entertaining the crowd. The dancing robots are being controlled using a video game like remote control. All of the actions are being manipulated using servo motors. They had a bunch of other cool things on display like the line following cars.

AR Drone Technical Overview - CES 2011

We have seen the AR Drone here before. This is the quadcopter that can be flown around using the WiFi from your iPhone, iPad or an iPod Touch. The accelerometers in the Apple product are used to fly the device around, you simply tip it in the direction you would like the AR Drone to fly. The quadcopter has a sophisticated onboard processor which allows the AR Drone to maintain

3D Projection Cube - HoloAd

InnoVision Labs had their HoloAd unit on display at CES 2011. The 3D effect is very good and of course there are no funky glasses to wear to get the effect. The technology uses three video images projected from above. There appears to be three angled pieces of glass on the inside of the cube which is what the image gets reflected onto.