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. […]
Is this the leaked Dell Peju tablet?
We might never know if this video is a real leak of Dell’s Peju tablet as there may be design changes still to be made. It looks real though. Why? A lot of effort on the video but not really all that much to show. A fake, I think, would have faked more. This blogger […]
Giant 555 timer chip is giant
Do you need an integrated circuit to fulfil your timer, oscillator applications and pulse generation needs? You may well pick up a 1970s style, Camenzind and Ball designed 555 timer chip. That’s all when and good – but these 555 timer chips (or 555 integrated circuits) are very small. Very small. Tiny. If you had […]
Make your own hologram style video with an iPad and Kinect
What happens when you put Apple tech and Microsoft tech together? Do you get a fight? laan labs have proven otherwise with this demo of 3D style videos appearing on the iPad. You’ll get an R2-D2 vibe from this. The Princess Leia projection is a thing of the very near future. Check it out.
The flamethrower trombone of +1
Have you ever seen something and thought to yourself… good, but I can do better? That’s exactly what happened here. The team were aware of other flamethrower trombones out on display in the intertubes and thought; “Could be better!” Here’s the key thing. They actualy went ahead and built a better flamethrowing trombone. Hence the […]
How long does a wet sponge(bob) last against sulphuric acid?
This blogger knows that many Geek Native readers have a thing for science. Good science. Clever science. You know, the sort of science that interests itself in working out how resistant household objects are to sulphuric acid. It’s an everyday problem – sudden streams of sulphuric acid spraying out in the flat – so knowing […]
The sounds dial-up modems make… slowed down 700 times to creep factor 100
Do you remember old dial up modems? Once sweet music to my ear and the sound of pain to my phone bill. Good. Keep ahold of that memory and in your mind slow down the dial up tone by a factor of 7, now 70, now 700. Can’t do it? Me neither. This video solves […]
The Imerj smartpad
If you’re interested in the evolution of hardware and the convergence of devices then this is shaping up to be a good year. We’ve got laptops like the Fujitsu Lifebook TH40/D moving towards the tablet space but there’s also phone-like devices moving from the other side of the spectrum. For example, Imerj has a device […]
Fujitsu apologises for Lifebook TH40/D tablet delay
I’m really interested in the convergence of hardware. I’m especially interested to see how mobile computing pairs up with computing. My old “desk” laptop recently became a custom built PC. I travel with an Acer Aspire 1825 which has a swivel touchscreen. I can twist the screen around to turn the device into a chunky […]
