What Were They Thinking

Harpoon Car Attachment

Have you ever been cut off by the most irresponsible driver in the world? Well what you need is a Harpoon Car Attachment to teach them a lesson. Simply ram them with the harpoon and bring them to a stop, if you still aren’t satisfied release the tear gas. Via: TechEBlog

RoBo Blower - Remote Controlled Snow Blower

You might remember the  Snow Removal Robot that we featured here last year. Well now there’s another snow blower to add to the snow removal automation list. The RoBo Blower is a remote controlled snow blower that allows you to remove all the snow you want from the comfort of your living room. Thanks Chip. “Herb Spencer is the inventor of The RoBo Blower. He is a master tinkerer and

Steampunk Wheelchair Project

If you like steampunk you are going to love this. This Steampunk Wheelchair Project is a work of art, other than the obvious donor electric wheel chair platform at the bottom the unit looks like it is something crazy from the past. The sound effects really top it off. Via Adafruit and Make “What you get when you mix an 1875 Eastlake Victorian platform rocking chair with a Permobil C300

Worlds most Powerful Private Rocket

Jonathan from iTrends.dk gave us the heads up about a Denmark team who is building the Worlds most Powerful Private Rocket. Their goal is to send a person into space! Sounds like a blast, but I’m not sure I would want to be the first one to test it out. “This is a non-profit suborbital space endeavor, based entirely on sponsors and volunteers. Our mission is to launch a human

Pain Toy

When you think of toys normally you think of something that is fun and pleasurable. Well this toy by Harcos Labs is anything but pleasurable! It senses your brain waves using a Mindflex brainwave reader and if you are caught thinking hard about something…. ZAPPPPP, you get an electric shock. I think I need a reverse model of this to keep my productivity up all day, just think about the

19mm Sausage Gun

We have seen tons of cool rubber band guns and lots of potato guns but I think this is the first Sausage Gun I have ever seen. The resulting gun after a 4 hour build looks like lots of fun. I guess it would be classified as a less lethal weapon since I think it would hurt but I don’t think it could kill.

Voodoo Magic High Frequency Healing Device from the 1930s

Our friend Daniel Eindhoven from the Netherlands has got his hands on an interesting piece of ancient medical equipment. He will be refurbishing this Voodoo Magic High Frequency Healing Device from the 1930s. I wonder if Dr. Eindhoven does house calls. 🙂 It is truly quite shocking what people used to do to cure you. I guess some of its applications are not far fetched even these days though. “This