These tiny cars were built back in the mid 60s but with gas prices rising I am thinking that in the next 10 years we will see lots of cars similar to this emerge. The styling of the modern versions will be different and they will come with improved safety and signaling capability but the purpose will be the same. I for one am looking forward to having a
I am looking forward to the day that we can grow fresh vegetables in a small machine that takes a bit of room in the kitchen. By looking at this technology by Gabriela Mombach it may not be far fetched. "By designer Gabriela Mombach, the Broto Domestic Greenhouse grows plants through aeroponics (in which nutrient mists replace soil) while constantly measuring pH, temperature, nutrients, and humidity. A row of
When building something is there any reason to go half way? We don’t think so and that must have been the thought when the V8 Snowblower was being created! Actually the machine was built when the creator had a spare V8 engine with no immediate use. There are lots of very well though of features such as the handlebars that have engine coolant running through them to keep the
If you are thinking about putting on a big light show this year and time and money are not a problem then you should have a look at the Holden Lighting Display! Other than the expensive controllers it does sound like the builder does have a knack for finding good after season deals on many of his light strands. Behind the scene look at How to Build a Huge Christmas
No emails this time, we are going to do another Guess what this isn’t contest. We had lots of fun on the last one! Simply reply in the comments what this device isn’t and let us know what you would pick from ThinkGeek. 🙂 Make it funny, crazy, weird… Just use your imagination. You can enter more than once if you come up with more than one thought. With a
Lboucher wanted a snazzy Christmas light show this year so he pulled out his Parallax BS2 microcontroller and got to work. "I have always wanted to copy those crazy uTube videos of christmas light to music. Well i finally looked into it and found that everyone is generally using Light O Rama. Which is cool, but cost dam near 800 bucks for 32 channels. So i thought i would
This Automatic Turn Signal Control project by Dick Streefland could help add some cool new functionality to your car. Code is provided. "The behavior of the software can be controlled by a push button and a LED on the dashboard. You can change the blink count, blink interval, maximum activation pulse width, and the behavior of the LED. These settings are stored in EEPROM. To inspect one of the
