Archive for March 2011
N64Boy Advance: Game Boy Grows Up
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Modders really love the Nintendo 64 – the sheer number of portable mods we’ve featured here on the site tells us that much. Hailrazer is no stranger to the portable console scene, and he’s back with another beautifully done portable N64 mod, which he calls the N64Boy Advance, which is… |
March 11th, 2011
x-Ar Exoskeleton Arm Gives Arms Super Strength
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Ever since I saw an exoskeleton in Aliens…, I wondered why there weren’t any real ones around. Over the last decade, actual working exoskeletons have started to appear, albeit in a smaller fashion. This one is only for your arm to help you lift very heavy things. |
March 11th, 2011
Coalesse Power Pod: When is a Power Strip Not a Strip?
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Most of my power strips look the same. They are made to basically hide away under a desk or in a corner, so that the resulting cable mess doesn’t take over your desktop. That’s not what Coalesse’s Power Pod is for. This handsome power strip is circular and begs to… |
March 11th, 2011
Bluetooth Glove: From Headset to Handset
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Here’s an adorably childish hack from Rachel, the Lead Java Developer at Instructables. She stuffed the guts of a Bluetooth headset into a glove in such a way that she could actually talk on the phone by making that gesture we usually make when pretending to talk on the phone:… |
March 11th, 2011
Takara Tomy Beer Hour Turns Canned Beer into Draught
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Those wacky Japanese gadget makers must have had more time on their hands than usual when they came up with this thing.… |
March 10th, 2011
Remote Control, Anyone?
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It’s amazing how far technology has come in the last 30 years or so. Just look at this patent filing from back in 1976 for a TV remote control.… |
March 10th, 2011
Kinect-omation Hack Controls Room Lights
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Kinect hacks are the big new thing for geeks with time on their hands. That’s all fine and good since many of the hacks we have seen lately are actually things that are interesting. A hack has surfaced today that takes the Kinect and turns it into a home automation… |
March 10th, 2011
iPotti Lets You Know When the Throne is Vacant
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Years ago, when I had a “real job,” we had one bathroom in the entire place. The thing I always hated was if you waited too long to take a leak and had to go right then, someone was always in the bathroom. Apparently, I am not the only one… |
March 10th, 2011
CEA Tries to Standardize 3D Active Glasses
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We all are among friends here, so I am going to tell you the truth about 3D TV. I think 3D TV makers are douchebags. Yep, the only reason we have active glasses in the first place is that they wanted to be able to use the glasses as a… |
March 10th, 2011
Nintendo’s First 3D Video Game System: No, It’s Not the Virtual Boy
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Nintendo’s 3DS has attracted a lot of attention mostly because of its glasses-free 3D screen, which will no doubt be a joy to use for some people but will be disappointing or worse, harmful to others. Overall though it’s considered a step up from Nintendo’s earlier foray into 3D, the… |
March 10th, 2011
