This video of a Potato Exploding with the discharge of a Defibrillator Capacitor is very impressive. The 54uF/4200V capacitor was charged up to 3000VDC prior to the discharge. If I ever have a heart attack I think I might just tough it out and hope for the best. 🙂
Daniele Benedettelli made a LEGO robot that can solve the Rubik’s Cube automatically. Looks like the robot has been well thought of and constructed. Video after the jump. “A motor actuates a prismatic joint that pushes the side of the cube; another rotates the cube’s support; the third one has the double function to help the pusher arm to accomodate the cube on the support and to hold the cube
The Sinclair C5 doesn’t look like a vehicle that would turn many heads. Dropping a Jet Engine into the Sinclair sure changes that! Video after the jump. “I purchased the C5 from a nice chap called Ron, the entire chassis is going to be replaced and the power source will be a gas turbine. I’m going to drop the Turboshaft Kart and use the engine as a Turbo Jet conversion
John from The Hacker’s Bench has put together a selection of crazy clocks, this water clock that is located in Kanazawa Station is my favorite. It uses jets of water to either display the time or messages. If you know where we can find some more details of the build I would love to hear from you. Make sure you watch the last 5 seconds of the video to see
Robots make our life easy. They perform repetitive tasks for us without complaining. If I only had an industrial robot laying around that I could convert into a beer opener! Have a look at the Hacked Gadgets top picks of Beer Robots. What is your favorite?
Richie Burnett has a Induction Heating Demonstration that is worth having a look at. Richie has also done extensive work with Tesla coils, make sure you have a look at those also. “Induction heating is a non-contact heating process. It uses high frequency electricity to heat materials that are electrically conductive. Since it is non-contact, the heating process does not contaminate the material being heated. It is also very efficient
Most of us have seen the wood iPod that Zap Wizard created. His iPod still looks like an iPod, just different than the version that you would see in the store. Tim sent in this 2X4 wood iPod hack that takes it to the next level! Inside the block of wood pictured is a fully functional iPod Shuffle. The site has been updated, looks like the device is non-functional.
