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Hot Water with Sun Tracker?s Solar Powered Panels!
2008-06-08 18:04:00
Wow, check out this modded solar powered panels that “track” the sun and provide your house with nice hot water. (Videos after the jump!) The site seems to be in Russian but it looks like it’s even hooked up to update information in real-time to the visitors. Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here ...
More About: Gadgets , Earth , Energy , Educational , Solar

Folding Solar Charger for 12V DC devices!
2008-06-08 18:00:00
Here’s a nice array of solar cells that can power any 12V DC device (That’s anything with a car adaptor too). A stylish charger that´s small enough to slip in a cargo trouser pocket or glove compartment, but opens up into a powerful portable solar panel with near universal connectivity. Suitable for charging handheld devices and ...
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Concept Solar Powered CellPhone!
2008-06-08 16:59:00
Great concept, but where are the solar cells? It’s got all the basic stuff we’ve come to expect from our mobiles; powerful 5 megapixel camera with built-in software for editing and uploading to a photo album, slide-out touch keyboard with tactile feedback, and a nice big touchscreen front and center. What makes this concept unique is parts of the phone are made from a chemically based thin solar skin to charge the battery when exposed to any kind of light. We’ve recently seen patents from companies like Apple detailing this exact thing. via yankodesign 5 megapixel camera, Apple, cell phones, Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Gadgets, keyboard, patents, photo album, Solar , solar cells, tactile feedback, touchscreen, uploading
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Butterfly USB Web-cam!
2008-06-08 02:05:00
Here’s a cool webcam for your daughter although we recommend buying a laptop with a webcam already embedded. # Feature & Specifications: USB 2.0 Compatible, driver Free Web Cam # 6 white LEDs with LED brightness controller # High definition: 1.3 Mega pixels CMOS (640×480) # Frame rate: 640×480 @ 15 frame/sec, 24-bit RGB # Focus range: 30mm-Infinity # Automatic ...
More About: Design , Gadgets , Computer , Cool , Consumer

Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Electric Plane!
2008-06-08 00:55:00
Yey, at last a hydrongen fuel-cell powered electric plane that can do top speeds of 62mph! Not your jet plane but still, you are flying very efficiently. The plane is based on a two-seat Dimona motor-glider frame with a 16.3 metre (53.5 feet) wingspan. It was modified by BR&TE to incorporate a hybrid low emission engine, containing ...
More About: Fuel , Cell , Hydrogen , Plane , Electric

Motorized Spray Bottle - Let?s get Lazier!
2008-06-07 23:52:00
Aren’t you tired of pumpin’ that spray bottle?  Well, now there’s a motorized pump solution just like there are motorized breast pumps. This 48oz multi-purpose motorized sprayer makes all these tasks a breeze.  Featuring a patented dual-reciprocating pump, this sprayer works double time, (on both up and down strokes) delivering product right where you want ...
More About: Cool , Consumer , Bottle , Spray , Motorized

Asus Laptop with an embedded Projector!
2008-06-07 22:52:00
Whoa! This is a great idea! Watch as every laptop manufacturer start making a projector a necessary feature. No details on the resolution or brightness were available, but from the photo we snapped at Computex in Taiwan, it’s apparent that the current iteration will be viable only in total darkness. Moreover, the top bezel ...
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DIY - How to Make Asian Lamp from Recycled Materials!
2008-06-07 22:28:00
Here’s a cool DIY showing you how to make a Japanese lamp from recycled materials. A cheap but attractive paper “shoji” style lamp that uses mostly recycled parts and is easy to put together. via instructables Consumer , Cool , DoItYourself !, DoItYourself!, Gadgets , Household, HOWTO, lights, recycled materials
More About: Materials

B2 Bomber Crash on Video!
2008-06-07 21:38:00
Stealth B2 Bomber crashed for no apparent reason but the pilots are okay. Yey, there goes another 30 million dollars of my tax money! Air Combat Command officials released a report June 5 on the Feb. 23 crash of a B-2 Spirit at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The investigation revealed distorted data by ...
More About: Video , Government , Educational , Consumer , Stupid

Cargo Bike for Moms
2008-06-07 16:16:00
Here’s an interesting cargo bike that can carry your children to school instead of guzzling your 4×4 SUV. The popularity of the machines is likely to have been boosted by Richmond raising the cost of a parking permit for a large-engined “gas guzzler” to £150. It is also considering charging £75 for an annual permit to ...
More About: Cool , Bike , Consumer , Moms , Cargo

iPod Pillow!
2008-06-07 16:09:00
Check out iPod pillows for Macoholics. Our iPod pillow has real working buttons. Press POWER to turn on the radio, press SCAN to change the radio station, press RADIO/MP3 to change between the radio or portable music source plugged into the jack cord, and press RESET to restore the factory settings. The volume can be adjusted ...
More About: Design , Entertainment , Ipod , Cool , Consumer

Roomba + LEDs = PacMan Roomba!
2008-06-07 16:04:00
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Yes, now you can officially make bunch of these PacMan Roombas and go crazy and wild. [via make - getrobo - crunchgear] Consumer, Cool , crunchgear, Entertainment , Funny , Gadgets , Hack, nmk, pacman, roombas, www youtube
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Sunset on Mars!
2008-06-07 16:03:00
I live in Sunset , Sanfran and watch boring ol’ earth sunset almost daily but sunset on Mars ? Beautiful… As part of their Image of the Day series, NASA posted a beautiful image of a sunset on Mars sent by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on May 19, 2005. [via boingboing - laughingsquid] Consumer , Cool , Earth, mars exploration ...

Geek Gang Signs? - This is Too Funny!
2008-06-07 16:01:00
Starting a gang? You will need to definitely learn these geek gang signs… I did start a gang in middle school once… that was fun. [via newlaunches - joeydevilla] Computer , Cool , Entertainment , Funny , gang signs, geek gangs
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Desk-in-a-box!
2008-06-07 16:01:00
WTF!  It’s 2 desks ina box!  Similar to mattress-in-a-box. Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode At a glance, it appears that their “Out-of-Box” workstation incorporates 2 desks, a decent amount of desktop real estate and a ton of storage space into a fairly compact design that can ...
More About: Design , Furniture , Cool , Consumer , Desk

DIY - How to Make Color-Changing Ambient LED Lights for your room!
2008-06-07 16:00:00
Here’s a cool DIY showing you how to make color-changing ambient LED lights. Mind you, you don’t have to make one, you can probably go to IKEA and buy one for a lot cheaper nowdays. This instructable covers how to build, mount and control LED light bars to provide for full color ambient room lighting ...
More About: Color , Gadgets , Household , Cool , Consumer

Gas Saving Gadgets that could save you money!
2008-06-07 14:51:00
Well with the recent price hike of gas prices to near $4.50 in San Francisco, this gas saving gadget might save you money if you are driving like a maniac. Now this new device is not like the ones that people had been given before to which your engine will be choked or limit the ...
More About: Cars , Money , Gadgets , Earth , Educational

Ultimate Gamer?s Portable PC with 3 foldable screens!
2008-06-07 12:53:00
Looking for that ultimate PC with 3 LCD displays you can carry with you? TAIPEI, Taiwan (AVING Special Report on ‘COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008′) — <Visual News> Acme Portable (www.acmeportable.com.tw) presented its triple-monitor portable PC ‘GTS370′ during Computex 2008. via aving Computer, Computer Case, computex taipei, Consumer, Cool, Design , Entertainment , foldable screens, Gadgets , Games , LCD, lcd displays, lt, taipei ...

Table Made from Recycled Stuff!
2008-06-07 12:43:00
Lol, I like this one… is that money I see? It would seem that you are able to made useful items out of virtually any material, and in the case of these tables it is clear that it is true. These tables have been designed by Artists For Humanity to use reclaimed materials and present them ...
More About: Cool , Stuff , Made , Table

Bubble Bike!
2008-06-07 09:03:00
Bubble…bubble…bubble… The Bloom device is meant to be a subversive and inspirational tool for our concrete jungles. Similar to the tuft of a dandelion as the wind carries the seedling, we propose a way of dispersing seedlings with bubbles and bicycling. Seeds are co-mingled with a bubble mixture and upon pedaling to your destination , you ...
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Go Green and ?Digitize? your Physical Data into Digital Documents!
2008-06-06 22:55:00
Note: This is a paid review through ReviewMe. As a former IT technician, I can understand the importance of digital documents. A lot of businesses today still uses hundreds for file boxes for all their information, creating more paper waste and information hard to file, organize, and retreive. What exactly are digital documents? Basically a digital document ...
More About: Business , Earth , Cool , Physical , Data

Eye-Fi - an SD card that catches thieves!
2008-06-06 22:50:00
Lol… make sure to check the SD card label before you hook it up to your computer. The Eye-Fi hooks up to the internet and sends your photos to either an online sharing site or directly back to your home machine. In this case it was the latter, and the hapless thief not only sent the ...
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Larry and Sergey AND The Google Party Jet - The Googleplane!
2008-06-06 22:49:00
Hey, I want a party jet too! Keeping tabs on Google (GOOG) founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin got a lot easier when they bought an old Qantas 767 for about $15 million and converted it into their private party plane. Hobbyists tag their photos with info like airplane make and model, registration number, date, location, etc., ...
More About: Entertainment , Party , Cool , Consumer

DIY Living Room PC!
2008-06-06 22:48:00
Wow, this does look cool… awesome job buddy! The aim here is to build a case that could be used in any living room without scaring your grandma out of her socks. For me that is a bit of a challenge since I have no experience in this type of design. But, enough with the small ...
More About: Design , Living , Living Room , Computer , Cool

DIY LED Mask of Emotion!
2008-06-06 22:47:00
If you would like no real face, we suggest you to get this… The “Mask of Emotion”, a project from the Digital Media Design Dept at Hongik University in Korea, trades facial expressions for LED emoticons. The default setting is no expression, but if people shake hands with the wearer, the mask smiles. The project was ...
More About: Gadgets , Cool , Consumer , Yourself

Xbox HACK - How to Run Xbox Media Center from a USB Drive!
2008-06-06 22:46:00
Yes, run your Xbox media center from a USB drive. How cool is that? We’ve shown you how to turn your classic Xbox and Mac into a super-powered media center using Xbox Media Center, but what about everybody else? Well, if you’ve got at least a 1 GB USB drive and a computer that can ...
More About: Entertainment , Games , Media Center

DIY Snake Robot!
2008-06-06 21:46:00
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Did I hear snake-bot??? Yes… via hight3ch Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment , Gadgets , Robot s, snake-robot, technology, Video, www youtube
More About: Robots , Snake

DIY Hexapod CNC Robot!
2008-06-06 20:53:00
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode I thought CNC machines were impressive, this one gets an extra star from me. Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode For these two videos I’m using a 1/16″ two flute slot cutter, ...
More About: Entertainment , Robot , Gadgets , Educational , Cool

Microdia 64GB CompactFlash Card!
2008-06-06 19:37:00
CompactFlash, 64GB!!??!! BRISBANE: Flash memory company, Microdia, launched its new business in Australia with a world-first 64 GB compact flash card shown first at PMA ? the Microdia XTRA ELITE CF card has a 45 MBS data transfer rate and can store up to a claimed 19,000 photos. Microdia founder and CEO, Louis Leung, said that it ...
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Branch Bookshelf!
2008-06-06 18:30:00
Yey, this bookshelf IS creative! We wanted to take something of the feeling of the flooded environment home, a seed of the jungle to plant in your house which might invade it and take over. [via techfresh] - wokmedia bookshelf, Consumer , Cool , Design , Furniture , Gadgets, jungle
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