Kind of like the modern equivalent of hiding a comic book inside the textbook you’re supposed to be studying, someone has hacked and loaded a Sega Genesis emulator onto the Nook Simple Touch ebook reader. So instead of reading at the back of the classroom, you can spend your time chasing rings. More »
Have a bunch of old 3.5″ floppy disks lying around? If you still have some left over after converting them into paintings or handbags, you might want to redecorate your room with a floppy disk lampshade.
That’s exactly what Instructables contributor Technohippy did with his spare floppies. All it took to make this floppy disk lampshade was 17 floppy disks, 44 cable ties, and some basic hand tools. While this particular design was for a ceiling fixture, there’s no reason you couldn’t apply the same concept to a table or floor lamp too. Keep in mind that you’ll want to go with a fluorescent or LED lamp inside the fixture so as not to melt your floppies, and fill your home with the noxious fumes of burning plastic.
Pop on over to Instructables for the full build instructions. I wonder what we’ll make out of USB flash drives when they’re eventually obsolete and replaced with holographic memory or something altogether different.
Look at this crazy K’Nex machine. It took 8 months to create, has over 450 feet of track and it includes over 40,000 K’Nex pieces, 8 motors, 5 lifts, 21 distinct paths, and a computer-controlled crane. That’s insane.
This crazy contraption is called “Clockwork,” a giant K’Nex ball machine created by YouTube user austron. This is his fifth major ball machine and their largest, most complex K’Nex structure.
Check the video. It’s a wild ride that takes a full 5 minutes! It’s insane to me that people create this stuff. I just wish I had the talent to make a massive machine like this. I don’t know about you, but I could watch it do it’s thing all day long.
[via Geekosystem]
What’s red or black, 4 x 4 inches and exposes itself shamelessly on the show floor at IDF 2012? If you answered Intel’s Next Unit of Computing (NUC), you’d be right. The diminutive PC was on display at Intel’s Developer Forum along with its motherboard and cooling assembly. It comes in two flavors, a consumer-geared model with a single HDMI connector and Thunderbolt (in red) and a more business-centric version with two HDMI outputs and Ethernet (in black). Both mini-systems feature a third generation (Ivy Bridge) Core i3 CPU, QS77 chipset, two dual-channel DDR3 SoDIMM slots, mSATA and mini-PCIe interfaces (for SSD and WiFi cards), five USB 2.0 ports (two back, one front, two internal) and a socket for an external 19V DC power supply. The company hopes to get the attention of OEMs and DIY-ers alike when it makes this small, light and simple computer design available in October for about $400. Check out the gallery below and our hands-on video after the break.
Gallery: Intel Core i3 NUC hands-on
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The guys at Re-Char, a small startup that makes carbon-negative products, were faced with a problem. They wanted to ship products to Kenya, but the options available were wasteful, costly, and not nearly as efficient as simply manufacturing near to the customers. To do it, in a place with little industry or infrastructure, Re-Char designed something new—a fully functioning, off-the-grid factory inside a shipping container. More »
When you have a name like the Project Sausage Drone, you know for sure that those living under the flight path of the Project Sausage Drone will not stay hungry for long. After all, the second stage of the Project Sausage Drone was successfully tested as seen in the video above after some attempts, where one is able to parachute drop sausages to hungry boys and girls below.
The Project Sausage Drone did run into some troubles, where the main concern would be getting it to take to the skies. Other problems did cause multiple crashes as well, but there is nothing quite like perseverance to get the heart going and adrenaline pumping on the cusp of success. In the end, the Project Sausage Drone managed to drop sausages safely, and perhaps one might want to rethink the airframe that is currently built from foam sheet, glue and tape, and covered in office laminating film.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: LEGO Go-Kart for humans and not minifigs, The Dark Pi Rises in the form of a drone,
This short documentary by Tyler Bastian and Cameron Trejo is called Everything is Incredible and well, it’s pretty freaking incredible. It’s about a man named Agustín from Honduras who can’t walk, lives in poverty yet still wants to fulfill a dream: to fly. He spends his days making a helicopter from trash. More »
We don’t have nearly enough Super Mario inspired board games and this one is a work of sheer genius, turning Hungry Hungry Hippos into an amazing Koopa battle where you eat everything that you can.
This awesome game is the work of crafter KodyKoala, who spent about 50 hours modifying a standard Hungry Hungry Hippos game into a work of video game art. All I know is if Mario found himself in this Koopa-filled arena, he surely would be dead.
Each Koopa model took about 10 hours to complete and if you absolutely have to own it, the game will be going up for sale at the El Paso Comic Con on September 14th. The detail is amazing. So, who wants to buy it?
[Flickr via Obvious Winner]
If you have played Fallout: New Vegas, then you know ED-E. You might even have a special place in your video gaming heart for him.
Well, Geekologie reader Will Brown made this amazing looking replica of ED-E from the postapocalyptic classic. He went the extra mile and photographed the steps so that other crafters might even be able to make their own as well. What a nice guy. He wouldn’t just shoot you randomly in the wasteland.
With a little bit of skill and some hard work, you too can make your own ED-E, although this one won’t follow you around New Vegas under it’s own power.
[via Geekologie]
The most annoying part of any DIY project is trying to keep a handle on all the little screws. If you’ve found yourself fishing under the couch for errant parts one too many times, this Magnetic Project Mat might be just what you need. More »
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