The guys at Hackedgadgets.com grew wary of fickle alarm clocks that do little to wake them up and are fed up with the weak ringing of standard alarms. The solution was simple: create a louder alarm clock. They accomplished this goal by hooking up a standard alarm clock mechanism to a fire alarm bell. Standard…
Author: Sabrina
IVY External Hard Drive
The IVY external hard drive is a new drive that is being created that will manipulate it’s “skin look” based on the content that is stored on it. The look is abstract and seems to be based off of shapes and colors, but is said to constantly be changing with the data that you put…
Message in a Bottle
I thought this was interesting because it’s a more modern take on a message in a bottle. Several GPS tracked bottles (first image) were sent off to sea from the South-East coast of England, hoping to reach The Chatham Islands in the South Pacific. The bottles transmitted their latitude and longitude back to Ramsgate England…
Rob Seward’s Consciousness Field Resonator
Rob Seward’s Consciousness Field Resonator mimics research in the field of micropsychokenisis, particularly in regards to computerized random number generators, set up all over the world by the Global Consciousness Project at Princeton University, that look for an unusual spike in patterns of numbers. These patterns seem to correlate with significant historical events. For example,…
Orchid Signals
Mateusz Herckza is the author of Life Support Systems- Vanda, which was created in 2004. The system is an attempt to first analyze electrical signals emitting from eight Vanda orchids and then use “language modeling techniques” to create a virtual, visual model of the orchids’ output. The model continues to reproduce orchid signals once the…
Hacking into your senses
(main article linked above) I read this article in Wired last year and found it quite amazing. It’s about hacking into one sense to give you another sense. If this technology catches on and can find a consumer base, it could provide a measure of vision to the blind! It could completely change lives. Already,…
Custom built turntable
Charles Altmann is a Danish tinkerer who began this project with his interest in building an affordable home-made tonearm for his turntable. With its completion and dizzying low cost (~5$) he embarked on a project to create a complete turntable from scratch for his garage utilizing his electrical engineering skills and love of motorcycles. This…
The French Disconnection: New Legislative Proposal To Spy On French Web Surfers
A bit too extreme, a new legislation proposes the spying of French Web surfers in order to terminate the exchange of copyrighted material. Those terminated will also face some legal repercussions; those who wish to debate their termination will have to go through a long drawn out bureaucratic process. Stating the obvious violation of privacy,…
Oil or Bandwidth? Reports Suggest That Internet Will Be Gridlock by 2010
Apparently, demand for bandwidth is so hot that it might be possible that internet accessiblity from developed countries will be gridlock. Speeds, according to International Internet Alliance (IIA), will return to dial-up speeds if not enough money is used to upgrade the internet infrastructure. This could also impact feature start-ups that could potentially be the…
Basic Stamp Command Reference
Hello, There is already a Basic Stamp command list in the folder, but I found this site useful as well. It gives very thorough explanations of all the different Basic Stamp commands and some projects to illustrate them. It might help.
Ceramic Food Warmer for Steam Radiators
What is disappointing about this item is that it doesn’t exist. It is just a concept model by some designer. Yet, it seems plausible and can be easily manufactured if there was a strong demand. The Natural Wave is a ceramic plate that fits over the radiator and keeps coffees, teas, pastries, and whatever morning…
“Rebel Art” I guess?
So I found this site that is categorized under “rebel art”. I dont really know what it means to be rebel art, and unfortunately the site is all in german. However, Im guessing rebel art is just art using unsual mediums that can be somewhat shocking. This one is my favorite. It would scare the…