Crazy Hacks

Weapon of Mass Destruction Part II

I am not even sure if I should call this a case mod since there was no case that was modified. Instead a fantastic and creative computer housing was created! “Bit-tech has what is quite probably the most outrageous case mod on the planet. The attention to detail, man-hours and photographic quality on this is simply insane. It truly is ‘da bomb’! (The case theme is a Weapon of Mass

Bar Monkey

This is what I need, no need to look up drink recipes, simply select a drink from the touch screen. The pouring spout looks great with the LED lighting. “A Bar Monkey is a machine that automatically mixes and dispenses alcoholic drinks. The original Bar Monkey v1.0 was created by Steven Avery, Dustin Cooper, and Brad Greer. The total cost of this Bar Monkey was $235 and took 3 months

Sugar Rockets

Tired of spending big money every time you want to launch a rocket. Buy your rocket fuel at 7-Eleven next time, that’s what James Yawn did. Apparently Pixy Stix make good rocket fuel, if you are skeptical as I was have a look at the videos! Sugar Rocket Launch 1 Sugar Rocket Launch 2 Sugar Rocket Launch 3 Sugar Motor Test Snickers Bar and Potassium Nitrate Burn Test “Airframe is

Cockroach Robot

How do you feel about creepy crawlies? Now think about that bug being able to drive a vehicle around your house. “Four distance sensors were positioned at the front of the robot to detect potential obstacles. When a sensor was within a close proximity of an object, a bright light would shine toward the insect from the direction of the obstacle. This was designed to work with a cockroach’s natural

Steam Rowboat

This Steam Powered Rowboat is a work in progress, it will be quite interesting when it is done. Here are a few videos of the creation in action. Video 1 Video 2 The creator was recently on Tech Now showing off how he hacks together some of his custom projects.

Fun with Gauss

What is Gauss? According to whatis.com is: “The gauss (symbolized G) is the centimeter-gram-second (cgs) unit of magnetic flux density. A flux density of 1 G represents one maxwell per centimeter squared (1 Mx ­ cm-2). The gauss was named for the German scientist Karl Friedrich Gauss.” How can this be fun? Watch the videos below and you will soon see! Check out FastMHz for more project details. “A Gauss

Top 5 Dead Hard Drive Projects

What do you do when your hard drive dies or is so small it is no longer useful? Easy, rip it apart and make something cool out of it! Here are 5 ideas to get you started. 1) Hard Drive Laser Oscilloscope (page 2) 2) Hard Drive Clock (page 3) 3) Hard Drive Speakers (page 4) 4) Hard Drive Generator (page 5) 5) Hard Drive Wind Chimes (page 6) Find