Crazy Hacks

Inline Skating on a Roller Coaster

  Check out this guy Inline Skating on a Roller Coaster. What some people will do for fun!!! There used to be a video up on Youtube but it got pulled. If anyone knows of a new video location please post it in the comments. UPDATE. Thanks to HUB for finding a new version of the video. Not sure how long it will stay up… Via: Gizmodo and TechEBlog "An

Outlet Wall

  Here is an example of cool electrical art. As crazy as this outlet wall is there were many times that I wish that is exactly what I had behind my workbench. There is usually always just one device that can’t be plugged in because of a large wall wart or the cable just doesn’t quite reach. Via: Tugatronica "Instead of hiding your outlets behind furniture and worrying about the

RC Plane that fires Air to Ground Rockets

Pasqualy sent in this cool video of his modified RC plane that has been outfitted with rocket launchers and a camera. This is one way to get some unwanted neighbors to move in a hurry. 🙂 "I did some air to ground rocket launching with remote video from the airplane. I also let the kids on the ground do their best to shoot me down using air bust fireworks. Made

XBox 360 Laptop Version 5

  Ben Heck has just finished his latest hack which is version 5 of the XBox 360 Laptop. This time it looks even more polished than the previous versions. Unfortunately the laptop is spoken for so if you want one of these special units you may have to shell out some big bucks. Via: Techeblog “A few months ago I announced that I would be building a few more Xbox

Loo Log - Washroom Usage Monitoring

  If you live in a house that has more people than washrooms you have probably come across the situation where you are waiting for one to free up. Sven has come up with a solution, use a microcontroller to capture usage information and graph it so that you can see what the typical usage patten is like! Have a look at the recent graphs for some additional details. 🙂

Computer Transformer Videos

  Computer generated special effects seem to be getting better and better by leaps and bounds these days. I have watched the first video at least 6 times and can’t seem to find any flaws in it. I am still a pushover for real innovation thought like this video of the Sony QRIO Baseball Pitcher.

Pneumatic Bed Shaking Alarm Clock

  This is a bed shaking alarm clock on steroids! This is even more jolting than my Fire Alarm Bell Alarm Clock! It uses two sources of air, a huge air compressor under the basement stairs and air from the car compressor. A computer controls a valve which starts bed shaking action. See the video below where it is tried out at a radio station. Thanks for the tip Stagueve.