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build your own robot in 2 hours or less

hacks-mods | robotics

2 Hour Robot by Fritsl

Every day, I come across all sorts of cool homebrew robot projects, but never thought I had the skills or patience to make my own. Now, thanks to a generous member of the ‘bot building community, even the most novice builders can crank out their own little robots with ease…

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March 25th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

every time a bell rings, a blog gets its hits

hacks-mods | just plain fun

Arduino Xmas Bell Hit Counter

Here’s a fun little holiday project for you mechanically-inclined folks out there. This strange looking contraption connects to your computer and rings a little bell every time a visitor hits your website…

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December 6th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

steampunk laptop winds up to power on

computing | design | hacks-mods

Datamancer Steampunk Laptop

This amazing laptop creation by Datamancer beautifully melds old world style with modern technology. Under the hood of this lovingly handcrafted wood case is a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 notebook computer, running Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux.

The system features intricate clock mechanisms below a glass top, brass details, leather wrist pads and even claw feet…

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November 1st, 2007 13 comments stumble it! author: technabob

hats off to this led chapeau

geek art & craft | strange and wonderful

LedHat

While you might think that top hats went out of fashion a hundred years ago, this funky hat hack uses modern technology to bring the classic cap into a new era.

The LedHat is a handcrafted wonder that involved soldering a grid of hundreds of individual green LEDs around the crown of a top hat. A microcontroller circuit enables the hat to display a variety of computer-programmed animations…

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October 18th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

boombox and walkman plush creations

design | geek art & craft

Fabric Boombox by VeryNiceDolls

Check out these awesome soft fabric pieces of audio gear. I can’t decide if I like the Boombox or the Walkman better.

I love how the artist even made a little pair of headphones and some cassettes to go with the portable tape player.

All were lovingly handcrafted by Israel’s VeryNiceDolls…

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September 20th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

make your own dry ice

gadgets | strange and wonderful

Portable Dry Ice Maker

Just in time for that Halloween fog machine, this strange looking contraption will let you make as much dry ice as you want. Just add a canister of compressed liquid CO2, and it’ll do the rest.

The Portable Dry Ice Maker can crank out a one-pound block of dry ice in less than a minute…

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September 17th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

playstation reincarnated as robot insect

hacks-mods | robotics | video games

Harold Ilano’s Mercury BEAM Robot

I’ve seen some interesting hackjobs in my day, but nothing quite like this. Builder Harold Ilano has built himself a little robotic insect from the remnants of an old Sony  Playstation console…

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September 10th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

make your own atari 2600 game

just plain fun | retro | video games

Lunar Lander Label

Actually, you can only make your own fake Atari 2600 box art with this fun online image generator, but it’s still fun.

You can create your own goofy labels over at Label Maker 2600. The site lets you upload your own image, a game title, as well as your colors and copyright notice. Post a comment and share your funny creations with us!
[via Insert Credit via Kotaku]

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August 10th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

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