Feb 20
Looking to build a small NAS? Gigabyte’s latest ITX motherboard might be right up your alley, with its energy-efficient yet speedy Intel processor and numerous expansion options.
Feb 19
Flappy Bird may be dead, at least the original version of the ridiculously-addictive game, but that hasn’t stopped the copycats and clones, including this real-world version dubbed Flappy Bird in … Continue reading
Feb 18
If it looks like a Lamborghini, if it smells like a Lamborghini… it still might just be a Volvo. Yep, the $2 million supercar you’re staring at above was made at home from guys at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan using a thirty year old Volvo 740. The total money they spent to make a carbon copy of the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento was 15 grand. Not a bad deal!
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Feb 18
Missed out on your chance to download Flappy Bird? It’s okay. You can just make a DIY box version of the same game. It looks way more fun. That’s what Fawn Qiu did. She made an IRL version of Flappy Bird using an Arduino sensor, two servo motors, a reed switch and magnets. Oh and of course the box where it all happens.
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Feb 13
The Pontiac Trans-Am Firebird is an American classic. How do you make it even more classic? Turn it into a swing and park it in your yard. It beats a swinging tire right? Heck yeah!
YouTube user John D. Lorean took “Blackie,” his old Pontiac Trans Am, and converted it into an actual working swing. His name would imply that he should have used a DeLorean, but hey, those things are expensive and he already had the Trans Am.
It makes an amazing swing since it has comfortable seats, lights and a even built-in stereo. In the video, he presented the swing to Lisa Dalisa as a Christmas present. What a nice guy. That’s one way to get a girl into the back seat.
Feb 13
If you want to announce your love of Super Mario Bros. to your guests before they even enter your home, you need this doorbell. YouTube user Joe Tsai designed this Mario themed doorbell that chimes with the sound of coin collecting from the game.
When a guest presses the button, the counter ticks upward and it makes the familiar coin-collecting noise. Special sounds like play at certain intervals too. Every 10 coins, it makes the 1up sound, and every 100 coins you get a mushroom upgrade. Sweet.
If you want to build one yourself Joe has a tutorial to help you out. Make one and put it on your door now.
It’s the next best thing to a Mario voice saying, “It’s a me! Mario!”
[via VVV via Nerd Approved]
Feb 07
While the styling of Gigabyte’s latest tiny PC is a bit gaudy, the hardware packed inside isn’t. A quad-core AMD CPU and discrete Radeon graphics are just a taste of what’s hiding inside the wallet-sized case.
Feb 05
It may not look like much, but Dentaku’s tiny board lets you follow in the footsteps of Leo Fender, Antonio Stradivari, Ikutaro Kakehashi and other musical instrument makers. It’s called the Ototo, and it’s a small synthesizer that can be activated by any conductive material and tweaked by a variety of inputs.
The Ototo is a lot like the MaKey MaKey, except it specializes in making music. It has 12 capacitive touch keys that you can activate with your fingers or any other conductive material. It also has four inputs for its sensors. One input modifies the volume, one changes the pitch and the other two sensors tweak the “texture” of the synth. At launch, Dentaku will offer seven types of sensors. There’s a knob, a slider, a joystick, a force-sensitive button, a touch-sensitive strip, a light sensor and a breath sensor.
Augmenting the synth with one or more sensors lets you make a variety of instruments, from a cardboard saxophone to a drum made of human heads. I mean live human heads. I mean living human drums. With their heads still attached – you know what I mean. Don’t kill people.
Ototo is powered by two AA batteries or via micro-USB. Speaking of which, you can also use the synthesizer as a MIDI controller over USB.
Jam with your browser and head to Kickstarter for more info on Ototo. A pledge of at least £45 (~$73 USD) gets you an Ototo board.
Feb 04
Video game characters are some of the most popular cosplay models. Unsurprisingly, many employees at game developer BioWare also love to cosplay. Those employees decided to make it easier for cosplayers to replicate the appearance of the characters in their upcoming RPG Dragon Age: Inquisition by releasing what they call Character Kits.
The Character Kits contain information such as specific colors, materials and the fashion sense of characters. The first kit is for Dragon Age mainstay Morrigan.
This should make it much easier for cosplayers and other craftsmen – bakers, illustrators, etc. – to emulate the costumes.
Dress up as a browser and head to the BioWare Blog to download the Morrigan Character Kit. Be sure to check back from time to time to grab the others when they’re released.
Feb 04
Dropping your phone and cracking the screen can completely ruin your day. While most handsets aren’t built to be repaired, with the right tools and a little know-how, you can fix many problems with your handset for cheaper than an insurance claim.
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