Crazy Hacks

Top 5 Spinning LED Displays

1. 32 RGB LED Magic Ball With a bunch of RGB (Red Green Blue) LEDs you can make a real cool display. This one was made using a Microchip 16F628 microcontroller and serial to parallel converter chips since the 16F628 doesn’t have 32 outputs. 2. SPIN Talk about life size. The SPIN display is massive and has a nice effect. “We’ve all seen a train or a car whizzing past

FLAMEOSAPIEN, Flame Throwing Robosapien V2

  Marcus from Evosapien is working on a flame throwing mod for the Robosapien. I look forward to reading and seeing more details in the near future. “Don’t Try This At Home! I am an untrained WACKO!!!!! Do not even contemplate attempting this hack for yourself unless you fully understand the potential danger it poses. (eg. Loss of home, painfull burns and missing hands)”

Reef  Sandal Bottle Opener

How do you improve on an existing idea? Make it multifunctional! You will no longer have to pack a bottle opener when you go to the beach if you are wearing these Reef sandals. “Reef makes the Fanning sandal as a tribute to pro-surfer and party-animal extraordinaire Mick Fanning. Surfers know that you have to bring as little as possible with you to the beach, because you have nowhere to

Strange Music Devices

This cool DJ ready iPod setup is one of the top 10 strange music devices over at TechEBlog. If you can’t put your own together why not go the easy way and buy this contraption. “Some Japanese DJs are building a mixer out of two iPods lashed to a couple of controllers that will enable not only cutting, mixing, and fading, but also SCRATCHING — a system they plan to

Two Wheel Mobile NightClub

We all know motorcycles can be real loud. Well this one can compete with the best of them and it skipped a trip to the muffler shop. “This Kawasaki ZX10R is not your standard motorcycle. It has 12 loudspeakers with 1,500 watts of output, two iPod’s (one is never enough), a Sony PSP, a flat screen with DVD and remote control. Are you ready for the best part?…a connection for

Melting Metal using a Microwave

If you have an old microwave that is not being used why not use it to melt metal. “Research is nearing completion on a system that will allow the melting and casting of bronze, silver, gold, and even cast iron, using an unmodified domestic microwave oven as the energy source. To be of use for metal casting, a domestic microwave oven rated D or E (850W or 1000W) needs two

Uranium Jeans

Hacked Gadget reader Sara sent in a tip for this cool looking clothing line. “Check out “the interactive clothing concept,” brought to you by Uranium Jeans, a French company that has started making jeans and clothing with embedded thin flexible micro screens. “Luminous and communicative,” and “the very latest thing,” says the company on its website.” Via: PopGadget