Funny Hacks

Keepon Robot Clone by Trossen Robotics

  Remember when the cool Keepon Robot took the web by storm? Well now you can have your very own! Our friends over at Trossen Robotics is proud to announce that they will be be making their Keepon Robot Clones available today. 🙂 "When Keepon first debuted, bouncing along to Spoon’s “I Turn My Camera On”, the tech community went nuts! The simple, cute external appearance of this robot and

Nickel-O-Matic Robot

  I love complex machines that take lots of complex technology to perform a simple task. This Nickel-O-Matic Robot waits for a coin and then uses tons of servos and stepper motors to print a cool message on a wooden token. "The system was built as a number of modules to make design and trouble shooting simpler. The most complex of the modules is the inkjet system. At the center

IT Industry Observations

  Many of us who work in IT know these issues all too well. How many times have you had to use one of these when you are caught hanging around the water cooler a bit more often than normal? I love the programming one "Its compiling", that is so true!    

Full Body Sweater

  Here is a fun piece of clothing. 🙂 If it’s cold in your area how about a full body swearer to warm up with? There are a few items that need to be enhanced though. Instead of the front face port you need to have a 7 inch monitor tied to your AV system so that you can watch TV, play a video game or get some work done

RC Controlled Propeller Powered Skateboard

  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

Interesting Verizon Math

  Not really related here but I know how frustrating this can be. What is so obvious to some of us can fly right over the heads of people who are "there to help". At least us who are working with electronics find it easy to slide decimals around since we need to do this for most calculations. I love when the support person says that they have a difference

Shoot your Alarm Clock with Gun O'Clock

  The Gun O’Clock product reminds me of the Phaser Blasted Alarm Clock that was featured in Make volume 8. Kipkay also did a weekend project based on it. There are so many cool clocks, I wonder which one works the best? I hope you can do math in your sleep with this math clock, or can run fast if you have a Clocky. There is some strange allure with