At a glance the idea of a USB coat hanger seems like a joke. An extension of all the crazy things we’ve seen adapted into USB devices of some sort or another. I had a USB missile launcher on my desk for a while. However, this USB coat hanger is actually an entry into the […]
Enjoy hentai tentacle sex with your iPad
Thank you Japan. Japan gives us anime and some of the very best tech there is. For example, over at Datacider we have a brand new iPad stand. This iPad stand is so clever that you can position it beside your sofa, next to your PC or even over your bed. It means you can […]
Steampunk Octopus and the fire rampage
This video is from Burning Man. Half of what I see from Burning Man makes me want to go there. I must be there. There are engineering geeks burning things – awesome. The other half of me… well, that’s not my scene. It’s worth noting that this is real. People made this fire and metal […]
Making a Fallout Pip-boy out of an Android Phone
This Pip-boy is pretty cool. It’s pretty advanced – well; it does plenty. It may not do everything but it sure does a lot for a Pip-Boy 3000. I think the most cool aspect of this design is that it makes use of an HTC Desire HD. That’s a good use of Android tech. Could […]
Nihon Buyo dancing robot is the cutest
Okay, this blogger doesn’t really know whether this cute little robot is really dancing Nihon Buyo style – but he is having a go at traditional Japanese dancing. In fact, his routine is described as the Lion dance. I’m going with Nihon Buyo as a style because it was designed for the theatre, involves some […]
Mobile Review: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
Sony Ericsson have been among the earliest providers of consumer friendly smartphone technology, long before the term ‘smartphone’ gained widespread traction among today’s increasingly mobile-savvy shoppers. Throughout the early to mid noughties they produced a line of Symbian-driven touchscreen handsets that helped define a vision of what convergence devices had to offer. Over the past […]
Making a mini-cannon from a BBQ lighter
I’m sure this is a challenge we’ve all wrestled with. You have a BBQ lighter. You’ve a large collection of airsoft pellets. Sounds good? But you’ve no way of using your BBQ lighter to fire those airsoft pellets with geeky vengence. Good news! This helpful video will walk you through the steps needed to transform […]
The Aeon Project: Beyond AR
The Aeon Project came in first in the Imagina Awards for Best Design and Communication. It’s about going beyond AR as we practise it today – and we certainly use Augmented Reality today in numerous phone apps and with Microsoft’s Kinect. The following is a relatively short YouTube that highlights and sells the concepts. If […]
Joe’s fire-breathing pony
Joe and co teamed up for the Hackerspace makefair and wanted to set interests ablaze. One tactic was to have impressive mohawks (that’s Joe with the pink hair) and to wear a kilt. Another tactic was to have a wimote controlled fire-breathing pony. So; there you have it. The question; “Can I have a pony” […]
A real life Wall-E
This is a bit of fantastic engineering skill and geek credit. DJ Sures has made use of the EZ-Builder Robot Control Software and the EZ-B Robot Controller to turn a toy Wall-E into a real Wall-E. The video is well worth a watch. A demo at the start and with a build towards the end. […]
