What Were They Thinking

Interactive Floor

  Our friend Alessandro Valli from Natural Interaction has been working on some new creations. The video above demonstrates the SensitiveAdv device which is a hand that is projected onto the floor and reacts in real time to a foot stepping on it. The hand then proceeds to move away from the foot and starts to write on the floor. Since the hand looks very real the effect is quite

Insane Coffee Machine

Most people would just buy a regular coffee machine when they need one. But that’s just way too easy for this German tinkerer. He completely built his own coffee machine from scratch: Although the website is in German, there is a very impressing video and many pictures documenting the whole construction phase. Be sure to also check out his other projects!

Is this real or What?

Has anyone seen this Think Geek ad? I am not sure if this is a gag or not? Think Geek Ad This device claims to have a 300 foot range and has 15 amp plugs on it. The ad does not indicate power ratings and does not provide any other technical data other than they have tested it at 300 feet (sounds fishy to me) Scientists are currently working on

Diamond Thermal Grease

You read the title right, you can make thermal grease using diamonds. Have a look at this Diamond Thermal Grease article that demonstrates how to do it. I would have thought the diamonds would have been very expensive but apparently you can buy 25 Carats of diamond dust for about $30.00 on Ebay. Of course if money is no object you can make your own diamond dust. Destroying a diamond

Incredible Security Hacks

  Max Cornelisse from the Netherlands has done some incredible hacks. He is a 24 year old science grad who likes to poke fun at how insecure some systems are. I guess they could be staged but most of them look very real. Let me know what you think… Anyone able to translate what is going on in the train video? Thanks to Rutger B. for sending in this translation.

Fan Case Mod

Do you hate loud PC cases as much as I do? In past years I have bought some cheap systems and always hated how loud they were. In most instances it was just poor quality fans that caused the problem. I wonder how long this Fan Case Mod would last sitting beside me? I don’t think it would look so pretty after 10 minutes… Via: Technabob

Ring Tone Door Bell - Ding Tone

I have been thinking about hacking my boring door bell for years. I want want mine to knock on the door when the door bell is pressed. The guys over at PopSci have come up with a cool way to make what they call a Ding Tone Door Bell, have a look it looks like fun. 🙂 “If you’ve got a spare MP3 player laying around your home, it’s time