Insane Equipment

Headbang Hero

  If you like Guitar Hero and had some long hair in the 80’s that you are missing this game is for you. Tiago Martins, Ricardo Nascimento and Andreas Zingerle have been working hard on a system that will bring your headbanging memories back. Strap on the long hair wig controller, load in the game software and rock out with your hair. When you are done have a look at

Making a Skull Lithophane

  Finkbuilt has a cool article up that shows a lithophane being created. One of these days I would like to put the Fireball V90 through its paces and also make one of these. "Lithophanes were a popular way to hide girlie pictures in the bottom a of gentleman’s tea cup around the end of the 19th century. An image would be molded into the porcelain in the cup so

Big TV Truck

  What is better than a plain old huge TV? One that is huge and mobile! Watch the video that shows this mobile unit being setup. I totally want to rent this Big TV Truck to watch a movie in my back yard. Only problem is that the truck would not fit! This is a perfect example of build it and hope there is demand for it. I might have

Tazer Glove

  With a few electronic parts you can build this cool Tazer Glove. It’s sure to be a shocking project. 🙂 "From simple everyday parts you can make this glove which has two modes. Mode 1 is a constant output of slightly over 300 v. while Mode 2 takes a few seconds to charge, but gives off a much more painful shock. All that voltage from a simple AA battery,

Touchable Holography

  The team over at The University of Tokyo have been working on ways to enhance the way we interact with holography. Touch has not been possible until now. The device looks like it would have lots of real world applications. Thanks for the tip John. "This project adds tactile feedback to the hovering image in 3D free space. Tactile sensation requires contact with objects, but including a stimulator in

Super Speed Robot Hands

  I would like to see this crazy robot play a match of table tennis with a human. Prepare to be amazed, these videos are unbelievable! Via: Hack a Day and Bot Junkies "Interactions in the real world (not only physical but also social and psychological interactions) are inherently parallel phenomena. By constructing models and engineering systems that take into account such parallelism, one can expect a better understanding of

Lunar Lander Game

  If you want to test your hand eye coordination this Lunar Lander Game is sure to help you out. Best of all it isn’t like all the games that we see today where you are staring at a screen. This game allows you to see a real object moving around based on your talent. Thanks Iain. The electronics for Lunar Lander are based around ATMEL AVR microcontrollers. An Arduino