Drive A Car With Your iPhone, Again
A few weeks ago we showed you how some smart peeps got together to write some custom software and hardware to control a minivan via an iPhone. They did all of that for the Darpa Urban Challenge and all of it will probably never see the light of day. Now the guys over at Waterloo [...]
DIY: Auto Tracking Sentry Gun
Every wanted to build you very own auto tracking sentry gun? No? Me either, but now that I take a look at it I do want to build one. Not one that fires bullets or anything, but one that would have a water gun on it to keep people out of my office. If you’re [...]
Water Drops At 2000 FPS
High speed video can be so much fun. Watching something that we normally take for granted on high speed film can really be amazing. Remember the bullets that were shot at 1,000,000 fps? Normally when we see a bullet being fired it happens in the blink of an eye, but when it’s slowed down you [...]
Navy’s Batman Boat
Imagine being chased on the high seas by this menacing looking boat . A bunch of drug runners in Florida recently experienced just that. They tried to elude the Navy’s 80-foot $6 million “Stiletto” by sailing near reefs and sandbars at 42 knots and skimming over water that was less than 5 feet deep. The [...]
Apple Sept 08 Event: Wrap Up
Now that the “Let’s Rock” even has come and gone, let’s take a look at what Apple has brought into our laps. HD TV Shows Right off the bat Steve announced the arrival of HD TV shows to the iTunes store. The shows will cost you $2.99 a pop (instead of the $1.99 you pay [...]
Gun O’Clock
Just the other day we talked about building your own Water Gun Alarm Clock today we bring you the opposite, sort of. The Gun O’Clock allows people to shoot their alarm clock with a special gun when the alarm goes off. The contraption comes with two modes. The first mode is the “Time Mode”. In [...]
How To: Make A Water Gun Alarm Clock
Having trouble waking up in the morning? If you are anything like me then anything short of an earthquake just doesn’t cut it. I know that shooting yourself with a water gun to wake you up might not be the smartest of ideas, but then again you could always keep some soap near the bed [...]
Water Powered Calculator
This is one of the craftiest gadgets I have seen in a long time, a calculator that is power by a few drops of water, 3 drops for 3 months of power to be exact. Just think of the 10′s of millions of calculators sold or given away each year. Now imagine the batteries that [...]
A Ball That Bounces On Water
Here’s an interesting and fun concept, why not make a ball that can bounce on water, that should be hours of fun, no? The Waboba ball, which is about the size of a golf ball, has taken off like a rocket around the world after videos of it made the rounds on youtube. The ball [...]
Google Employees Get Special Toilets
People working at Google’s headquarters get some special bowls. Google HQ has installed some super-duper Japanese Toto thrones that feature front and rear cleansing (I hope the water temperature is just right) and a dryer to give you that ultra dry wrinkle free feeling. To ensure that you don’t park you butt there all day, [...]
Guitar Hero In Your Pocket
Can’t get enough of the addicting Guitar Hero game? Now you can play it anywhere, anytime. Basic Fun’s tiny Guitar Hero game offers a variety of tune from both GH 1 and GH 2, including Rock this Town, Cherry Pie, Smoke on the Water, Miserlou, Message in a Bottle, Surrender, Jessica, and Heart Shaped Box. [...]
How To Start A Fire With Air
This is one of those things that everyone should just have in their car for unforeseen emergencies. A fire-piston will allow you to start a fire anywhere at anytime without the use of a lighter or matches. “The principle of increasing temperature by method of compressing air is explained by the adiabatic process in which [...]
Build An Emergency Lamp For $1
I remember when we had the massive blackout on the East coast a few years back how hard it was for most people to have something as basic as a light source at home. Dead batteries in their flash lights, no candles, or even basic survival supplies like water and canned foods. I think that [...]
Pedal Powered Tennis Ball Launcher
Here’s an awesome hack for all of those tennis lovers. The pedal powered tennis ball launcher is built from a couple bikes and can launch tennis balls with the best of them (video after the break). “Both cleanly powered and built from 2 recycled bicycles, scrap steel and wood, leaking 5 gallon water jug and [...]
