Want to stay cool and loose some weight? Why not make a fan that is powered by sugar. That is what some researchers at the University of Birmingham have done. “The scientists fed leftover caramel and nougat (mmm, nougat) to sugar-loving bacteria, which release hydrogen and organic acids as they eat. The organic acids were then fed to a second type of hydrogen-producing bacteria, and the combined hydrogen production of
If space is at a premium and your budget is small, this computer is tiny and cheap! “The CM-X270 is a small Computer-on-Module board designed to serve as a building block in embedded applications. The CM-X270W has all the components required to run operating systems such as Linux and Windows CE. Ready packages for these operating systems are available from CompuLab. The small size and low power consumption of the
What would airport security say when you walk through with one of these watches sporting a large antenna? “All the intelligent features seem to be getting one-by-one on to your wrist be it Bluetooth technology or the walkie-talkie feature like this cool Walkie Talkie Watch. The hi-tech watch have a full clock function apart from its walkie-talkie function which makes it a private mobile radio-communicator. IWantOneOfThose reports that, “the high
After seeing the post about the giant MP3-Player LED display panel Dave left a comment about this one. Thanks Dave. “Construction uses 1.6mm diameter tinned copper wire for the ground and +5V connections to the modules (ground connections run horizontally and vertically, +5V connections run horizontally). The vertical ground connections up the vertical leg of the T are 12 1.6mm diameter tinned copper wires. The horizontal power connectors are connected
The guys over at Hacker’s Bench have stumbled on a heat sink that could possible be used for this system… “The device is actually three heatsinks with 2 gigantic diodes between them making a half-wave bridge. There are no part numbers or clues on the assembly that I could find on the web, but I did look up the part numbers on the diodes (SW14CXC14C). Now, I’ve used a lot
I think I am going to enjoy the world of the future, I will have a gadget for every task. Check out this automatic lawnmower. ” * Get your lawn cut automatically * No need to collect the clippings * Very quiet, virtually silent * No gas, no oil, no emissions * User friendly * Exclusive safety features * Designed for domestic lawns of any size Friendly Robotics® is focused
This site includes the board layout and code to make this ATmega128 powered LED sign. If you speak German here is the original German site. “Again such a crazy project of me. It began with the fact that I with EBay a mountain LED of modules ersteigert. And from this this enormous LED became panel. Whom is too enormous, there is also a small brother. Here times the technical data:
