Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht over at Diggnation mentioned this Nikola Tesla video on their last episode. It is a must see! UPDATE: It has come to my attention that some of the facts on the quote below are not correct, please have a look at the comments for some corrected information. “Nikola Tesla (here played by Petar Bozovic) was a famous 19th century Yugoslavian inventor. The film recounts
This project is not your standard weekend project! Not sure what it is shooting, airsoft pellets perhaps? “The idea of this project was to create a fully-automated sentry gun, capable of picking out a human target and accurately tracking and shooting him or her in the heart. Really, the idea was to find a cool robotics project for the summer while I was working at an advertising agency, and
We have all seen the electric shock game . This hack takes an old Reductronic exercise machine and makes it into a shock game. “Reductronic is a old system to exercise the muscles of the human body by the use of electricity , the system was hacked to interfere the nerve system and establish sinestesia with the auditive system. The electrical current circulates through the body at the rhythm
I didn’t think that the lasers in DVD burners were this powerful. If you have one that died (hopefully not because of laser failure) you might want to make your own high power laser. Be very careful when playing with something like this. I would suggest using laser goggles when operating. “The laser pictured above has a peak output measured at 225 mW (average output 200 mW). It’s a
This is a series of 9 videos that show an amazing HBO documentary about how non-secure the Diebold voting system is and how easy it is to hack. Click on the “more” link if you only see the first video on this page. HBO may take this content off YouTube but I think if their intent is to share their message with the world they will allow for it
The Concrete Computer Display looks fun, but not exactly practical. I can imagine all sorts of advertising possibilities for this type product. Have a look below for bricks made with the same process. “In co-operation with Christoffer Dupont, student of engineering; Lene Langballe, student of architecture and Dalton Beton (a Danish manufacturer of concrete components), the Innovation Lab project team has developed the first screen of transparent concrete that
These underwater robots are quite interesting, I still think that the swimming snake robot trumps them for the cool factor. ‘The swimming pool at Kobe university Japan was home to the first underwater robot festival. With around 75 % of our planet covered in water these robots will help us uncover secrets what lies in dark world underneath. Of the 21 robots showcased we pick the 3 most interesting
