HowTo: RFID Cat Door
Sure you can go out and buy an automatic car door that opens when your cat gets near it, but that requires your cat to wear a special collar and you need to keep the batteries in the collar in check. Since most pet owners already have identification RFID chips injected into their cats, why [...]
DIY: Skate-wheel Dolly
Looking for an inexpensive dolly for your smartphone or small camcorder? Flickr user eok.gnah put together this dolly by using some skate wheels and a GorillaPod tripod. As you can see from the video it offers a nice smooth shot, perfect for those aspiring filmmakers who don’t have big budgets. [Via Make Magazine]
Xtoaster360
I have seen many mods in my time, but I have never seen anything like this. Modder ncaruso11 yanked out the guts of his toaster and replaced them in epic fashion with the innards of an Xbox 360. Sure it ends up being a lot bulkier than your average 360, but how cool would it [...]
$8450 Speaker Cables
I’m not about to open the debate about expensive audio cables. There are definitely two camps when it comes to expensive cables; One run by Monster Cable and the other run by everyone else and these $8450 speaker cables prove which side is right! These baby’s are made of “Solid PSS Silver” and feature “Dual [...]
Glow In The Dark Toilet Paper
How many times have you been in the bathroom taking care of business when suddenly the lights go out? Never you say? Well I have, once. Trust me, when you are caught in a situation where you are in complete darkness the only thing you want to know is where the toilet paper is, and [...]
DIY RJ-45 Cable Tester
Cable testers can be super expensive, but if your trying to trouble shoot a cable drop or run then you know how valuable one can be. Our favorite kids over at Instructables have a great how to on building your own on the super cheap. A quick trip to your local big box home improvement [...]
Turn Any NAS Drive Into A Time Machine Drive
Time Machine is a great built-in feature in OS X. When Apple first announced that they would be offering the ability to backup and restore your files and system with the ease of use that we have come to know and love from Apple I was ecstatic. Then I found out that you had to [...]
3D Video With One Camera
3D video has really started to make a strong comeback. I remember being a kid when the paper glasses with red and blue lenses were all the rage. Technology has changed a lot since then. The cost of creating 3D videos is so expensive that it prohibits the aspiring film maker from considering the option, [...]
Phaser Boasts 300mW Laser
Since you can’t walk into to your favorite weapons store and pick up a phaser just yet, hacker Luke decided to build his own. He picked up a toy phaser from Amazon for about $20 ripped out the internals only choosing to reuse the trigger, top switch and battery pack. The phaser contains two laser [...]
$150,000 In Amazon Fiasco
We have all heard of the fiasco Amazon caused when they took it upon themselves to reach into peoples Kindle and delete books. Well it has finally come around to bite them in the ass. When Amazon decided to wipe purchased copies of 1984 from peoples devices they also took a kids homework with them. [...]
USB Monitor
This monitor is small. I mean really small. It measures 77mm x 127mm x 17mm, with a 4.3 inch backlit WVGA (800 x 480) display. So what is so special about a tiny monitor anyways? We see them all the time in our gadgets and in our cars. This tiny unit is 100% USB powered. [...]
$18000 Power Cable – I’ll Take Two Please
Furutech is preying on the stupid with this $18000 power cable. Yes, I did not miss a decimal point in there, the cost of this power cable is $18000. Yes I will agree that some power cables are better than others. Better shielding, thicker gauge of wire, but $18000, you must be off your rocker. [...]
DIY: Passive Network Tap
Here’s a great Instructable that will allow you to monitor a network without the need to purchase any expensive equipment. It’s real simple to put together and will cost you less than $20 in parts at your local big box home improvement store. Companies like Network Optics make incredible taps, for all sorts of media, [...]
Videogame Alarm Clocks
By Frank on Nov 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Every hardcore gammer should alway emerge him or herself with gaming at all times. Games on your phone, games on your PDA, games on your computer, games on your tv and even gaming to wake you up. The guys over at the TechEBlog have put together a pretty cool collection of “Alarm Clocks Made From [...]
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