Worried that you’ll button mash your 3DS to death trying to play Super Smash Bros? This $12 hardware hack might put you at ease. That’s right, dekuNukem’s project only cost $12 in parts and the code is all up at GitHub. No surprise to see an Arduino Nano in the project. The Arduino reads the […]
Flying drones? Why not race them Star Wars pod style?
Quadcopters are everywhere these days. What’s the next step in their evolutionary path? Races! This footage comes from a pre-event that happened in France. You don’t need to understand the language to see that they’re racing these drones through the woodland and driving them with video goggles. That’s right – the pilot sees what the […]
Watch as a 3D printed machine gun fires paper airplanes
Sometimes you don’t know what is missing from your life until you see it. Now you know you need a machine gun that fires paper airplanes. The design is clever. 3D printed parts put together to make a machine gun. It’s like a printer in the inside – drawing paper through rollers and spitting it […]
Fancy a cyberpunk bracelet that plays Tetris?
This bracelet comes from the same team who make the Arduboy. The Arduboy is a fully-featured PC that’s small enough to slide into your wallet. The world of tiny, wearable, computers is a world with Tetris in many interesting places.
What do the Windows 9 leaks mean for gamers?
There’s some leaks of reported Windows 9 videos. As usual; take with a pinch of salt. Windows 9 Start menu Windows 9 multi-desktop What do you think? These videos are a little hard to unpick. Sure; we get to see some of the features but it is not always clear what the demo is trying […]
A Rube Goldberg machine powered entirely by light
Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist and inventor. Rube Goldberg machines, named after him, are known for being complex ways to achieve very little. This machine created by Japan’s AU is, in some ways, a typical Rube Goldberg device. What’s unusual about it is that rather than logs of cogs, rolling marbles, dominoes and the […]
The train set of quantum levitation
I think it will be a while before Hornby can sell anything like this train set. We’ve been able to produce quantum levitation for a few years now and those of us outside the field get to catch up with progress now and then through demos. This demo is a great one. A Japanese scientist […]
Robot Sphero gets new friend. Say hello Ollie!
Do you remember the Sphero? It was a ball that combined with a robot. The result? A ball you could control like a robot. The Ollie, unlike Sphero, is a tube. This gives it very different maneuverability. The Sphero company clearly have this one pegged as a more ruggard and perhaps outdoor toy. That explains […]
Do you want? Dyson’s 360 Eye
I’ll put my hands up. I want this. There have been iRobot’s Roomba cleaners around for a while. I’ve always wanted one. My tiny Leith flat has wooden mini-steps between each room and the hallway so I’ve never got one. My assumption is that the little Roomba had no chance of making it from room […]
Watch the gears turn on this impressive steampunk prosthetic leg
This wonderful prosthesis was created by Christopher Snell. Snell’s a master at this; an expert in making all sorts of prosthetics. What gets me is how the gears on the leg are still while the model is standing still. They only start to turn when the walker begins to use his leg. I don’t think […]
