We all remember the Will it Blend videos, now we can say Can Water Cut It. These guys use a Flow Waterjet to have all sorts of fun. If you ever wanted to see a laptop cut in half, a golf club in half or a blender cut in half Can Water Cut It is the right site for you. 🙂 "What makes waterjets so popular? Waterjets require few
As we all know past knowledge narrows some of our creative thinking when attempting to solve a problem. This is not the case for the designs created by Bill Gross, he uses genetic algorithms to help him evolve solutions by having computers churn through billions of possible solutions while closing on optimal designs. He created IdeaLab to allow these ideas to come to life. Have a look at the
Alessandro Valli has been hard at work creating this Interactive Climbing Wall. My daughter loves to climb the walls at the YMCA that we go to, she would get a kick out of this creation! You may remember the other creations by Natural Interaction that we featured on the past, Interactive Floor, Multitouch SensitiveTable Skin and Grid Interface. "OVERVIEW iOO Climb turns every ordinary climbing wall into an interactive
Is the SixthSense the future of wearable computer interfaces? Everyone today has a pocket full of technology but the interaction with these devices can be clunky. This interface would allow you to interact with your camera, phone, computer amongst other items with ease. "SixthSense is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with
Kipkay shows us how to make a Confetti Cannon. Most of the parts are available at your hardware store. "What You Need… 1. A glow-plug which you can get HERE 2. Electrical Box with cover 3. Plumbing Extension Tube (12" X 1 1/4" in diameter) 4. Hobby Box 5. Momentary Switch 6. 2-AA Battery Holder 7. Epoxy 8. Rubber grommet & wire 9. Flash cotton, flash paper and Flame
Here is a cool RC Controlled Propeller Powered Skateboard. I am impressed at how quick Ryan Bavetta from Crazy Builders was able to put it together. Watch the time lapse video below to watch the 4 hour build progress a plank of wood and some parts into one of the coolest DIY skateboards I have ever seen! There is also some build details over at Instructables. "It took approximately
Weiss from Volunteer Lab Rats posted a cool picture of an old Electric Cannon in the forum. As you know we love coil guns around here! I didn’t realize that this idea had been around for this long though. I would love to see how the coil sequencing circuit was designed back then, I am thinking it would be completely mechanical. It could be as simple as the projectile
