If my fire alarm bell alarm clock clashes with your industrial decor have a look at this Indestructible Binary Alarm Clock. This clock will force you to get up and walk out the door before it shuts off! "When I was laying awake again I started thinking about building the ultimate alarm clock. After some tinkering I decided that it should have these features: It should use an actual
***WARNING*** if you attempt any project that uses explosive materials please exercise extreme caution. These videos show you how to make a smoke grenade (second video) and how to make a pull ring that will allow it to be ignited just like a grenade.
Is your desktop quad core computer a bit slow for your liking? If SGI develops this concept into an actual product you may be able to add some horsepower to your computing needs. "Engineers at Silicon Graphics research labs developed the system to show how consumer electronics technologies and emerging marketplace trends might someday be applied to overcome the limits of today’s high-throughput clusters. The Silicon Graphics Molecule concept
In this video David Martschinske learns how to ride the Self Balancing Unicycle. You might remember when this product was introduced. When are we going to see these everywhere? They are going to make an initial run of 10 for $1500 so if you want one you better act fast. "The SBU is an electric self-balancing unicycle. It controls the forward and backward balance while the rider balances left
I hope this article doesn’t creep out as many people as the Remote Controlled Pigeon article did. It looks like researchers have found a way to take some brain cells and repourposed them to operate a robot. Have a look at this New Scientist article for more information. "It’s these spontaneous electrical patterns that researchers at the University of Reading in the UK want to harness to control a
This is a great project that has pieces of an old scanner at its heart. I love the fact that this project is very functional, keeps the dog amused and was built on a recycled parts budget. I think it just needs some kind of water sprayer in the front that squirts just before it launches to prevent the inevitable ball to the nose that dog will endure. Have
Microchip (the makers of the popular PIC Microcontroller) are in the middle of a great contest called the PIC32 Design Challenge. There are many phases to this contest, currently the hardware phase is being conducted. After this phase the current 128 participants will be down to only 32. This contest is bringing out some great projects from some creative minds! This Bathroom Utilities Management System by Brent Morse is
