Funny Hacks

iPhone Rotary Phone Docking Station

  I love the look of the old rotary phones. This hack turns your old phone into a cool iPhone docking station. With 16 Watts of speakers hidden in the device there is sure to be some cool sounds coming from this covert device. "Rotary Dial 1940’s Phone fitted with an iPhone speaker dock. One speaker behind the dial (10w) on the front of the phone and two speakers in

RC Plane Drops Water Bombs

  The guys over at Flightography have a great rig for dropping water bombs! What makes it even better is their high quality camera that catches all the action. I can think of lots of fun and sneaky applications for this plane. 🙂    

Breathing Xenon produces a Deep Voice

  Looks like there is another gas to play around with, we have seen that breathing helium and sulfur hexafluoride has some crazy vocal effects. But now we have an example of breathing xenon gas to change your voice! This was done by the guys over at the Benwl’s Channel who look to be having way too much fun.  🙂 "Xenon’s anesthetic effect is 1.5 times more potent than N2O.

Indestructible Binary Alarm Clock

  If my fire alarm bell alarm clock clashes with your industrial decor have a look at this Indestructible Binary Alarm Clock. This clock will force you to get up and walk out the door before it shuts off! "When I was laying awake again I started thinking about building the ultimate alarm clock. After some tinkering I decided that it should have these features: It should use an actual

Cisco Digital Cribs Heaven or Hell Contest

  Cisco is running a cool contest with some wicked prizes. The top prizes are two $10,000 giveaways! All you need to do is record a 3 minute video about either your digital heaven or hell. You have until November 26th to enter so you will have to act fast. Here are two of my favorite videos: Ken’s Retro Crib Fully Automated and Wired House! "Submit a video (up to

Grad Gown LED VU Meter

  You may remember the Grad Cap LED Hack that we had here last year, this Grad Gown LED hack uses a bunch of LEDs that are connected to an audio detection circuit that makes it into a VU meter! It is one of the entries in the Curious Inventor Contest, this is the last day of the contest so hurry to get an entry in. "I had an idea

Flat Bulb - Why are bulbs round?

  This Flat Bulb an interesting bulb design. It seems like when something revolutionary is developed future designs tend to be very similar. Is there a good reason for light bulbs to be round? "flat bulb is designed by korean designer joonhuyn kim. unlike ordinary bulbs its volume is 1/3 smaller, reducing the cost of packaging and transport. its slim shape allows bulbs to be easily stacked and prevents breakage