What Were They Thinking

Basics of Cymatics

  Evan Grant gives a brief talk covering the basics of cymatics. "Creative and technologist Evan Grant is founder of collective seeper. He started the company during his first year of study at Bournemouth University and has been working for the past 10 years as a director, developer and producer with a self-applied remit for innovation-led wonderment."

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

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

High Voltage Short Circuits

  You may remember this high voltage demonstration that we featured in the past. High voltage electricity is not something to play around with. Here are some interesting examples of some high voltage short circuits. We normally think that wood is a fairly good insulator but as you crank up the voltage it isn’t that good as you will see.  I wonder what a squirrel is thinking just before he

Hacked Parking Meter gives you a Thousand Dollars of Time

  A quarter gives you 15 minutes in most meters here in Winnipeg. Based on my calculations this meter is good for almost 6 weeks. Only problem here is that no mater how much you plug the meter you are only able to stay in the spot for 2 hours. I would love to see the face of the meter attendant who comes across this meter though! Here is the

Moth Head Robot

  We have seen insect robots here before such as the Cockroach Robot, that thing makes me shiver just looking at it. In this example a Moth Brain Controlling a Robot. Via: BotJunkie "The team found that the moth can steer the car and quickly adapt to changes in the way the vehicle operates — for example by introducing a steering bias to the left or right similar to the

3 Shot Taser Gun Demonstration

  Some jobs have great perks, it may be a company car, a great benefits package, free food, etc. If you were to work for Taser you could add taser guinea pig to the list of perks. The X3 Taser can shoot 3 times in a row and keep all 3 shots energized at the same time! Via: Popular Science