If you like the idea of cruising around but find Segways to be a bit big and the Wheelman to be a bit loud have a look at these iShoes. As long as there are no exploding battery recalls I think they would be tons of fun. Via: Zedomax (http://zedomax.com/blog/2009/05/21/shoes-that-do-the-walking-for-you/) and Gizmodiva “How do the iShoes work? You simply strap them onto your shoes, and with the handheld control
Controlling your Gadgets by Sensing Electrical Signals from Eye Movements may seem like a concept that is only possible in your dreams but some researchers have made it a reality. Via: Inventor Spot "The researcher, staring at a large screen, rolls his eyes clockwise and a digital music player on the screen responds by increasing the volume of the music track being played. Then a kind of visual ping
The Western Warship Combat Club is going to be at the Maker Faire 2009 (May 30th and 31st). The Robotic Warship battle is great since it puts ship design, electronic sophistication and operator skill against each other. "The Western Warship Combat Club will have an entire outdoor arena at Maker Faire, Maker Faire.complete with a 50′ x 70′ pond and bleachers for 500 spectators per battle. There will be
We like high voltage experiments here at Hacked Gadgets. You may remember the cool Top 5 Old TV Hacks that we featured before. High Voltage Experiments are very dangerous but can be lots of fun if you are kept safe. Don’t attempt to simulate any of these experiments unless you know what you are doing! The first 4 videos are were done by XTrBass, the 4th one looks like
Mike Saunby got his hands on one of the most interesting old clocks I have ever seen. It does time and date which isn’t any great feat by todays standards but have a look at the complex electro-mechanical goodness that makes it tick. The big question here is who made the thing, there are no markings on the clock to give us any clues. Anyone know? There are some
I remember when taking electronics in college it was mentioned that you could order standard transistors, or you could order matched transistor pairs for high end audio use. A pair of transistors that were matched would work in perfect unison since even devices out of the same batch will have some slight variations. Have a look at the image below for an example of testing a ton of devices
The RiSE Version 3 robot looks freaky, it appears to be some type of small animal scampering up the pole. The University of Pennsylvania has some cool tech coming out of its Kod*lab. "Unlike RiSE V1 and RiSE V2, this newer version adopted a quadrupedal configuration, and was designed by Boston Dynamics, with input from the RiSE Project consortium. RiSE V3 uses brushless DC motors that increase power density.
