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Batman Grappling Hook Gun Created at BYU
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Of all the gadgets and gizmos that Batman uses to fight crime, one of the ones I always thought was most interesting was his grappling hook gun that he can fire up onto ledges or the top of buildings to climb. If you’ve ever wanted to have that sort of… |
April 24th, 2012
TJ* Animatronic Puppet Puts a Robot Head on Your Desk
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If you’ve ever wanted to play with animatronics, here’s your chance to do it without breaking the bank. This low-cost robotic head is the perfect combination of plaything and educational toy.… |
April 13th, 2012
Rube Goldberg Machine Sets World Record
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We’ve seen all kinds of crazy Rube Goldberg machines, but this one is breaking records (and bursting balloons.) In fact Purdue University’s Society of Professional Engineers and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers broke their own world record this past Saturday with a machine that has 300 steps. The previous… |
April 10th, 2012
Drawing Apparatus Turns Turntables into Spirograph Robot
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Turntables can certainly be used to make art – but I usually think of them as a tool for auditory creation, not visual so much. Not so in this project, which transformed a couple of ordinary turntables into a drawing machine.… |
March 24th, 2012
Kinect-a-Sketch Updates an Old Classic
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What if you could play with your Etch-a-Sketch by simply moving your hands in the air? That would be pretty awesome. What once might have seemed like magic is now a reality. The Kinect-a-Sketch merges Etch-a-Sketch technology with gesture recognition.… |
March 21st, 2012
PriNXT Fully-Functional LEGO Printer Built By 14-Year Old
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You’re the big man in the house when it comes to fixing technology. The remote stops working, you have the ingenuity to change the batteries. The printer stops working, you use your problem solving skills to determine that there is a lack of paper. Well, I hate to burst your… |
March 4th, 2012
Lineær Clock Design: Time on the Line
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Everyone knows that time is supposed to be linear (at least the way that we experience it), but our usual representation is circular, since the watch face and clock face were designed for the convenience of returning their hands to the 12 o’clock position, not necessarily usability. This clock takes… |
February 28th, 2012
Round-the-Clock Concept Watch is Aptly Named
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You don’t see very many watch designs that truly stand out. At least not many that are affordable. Mostly they are all just wristbands with a slab of dial attached. And even the more unusual designs are simply different displays set into a traditional watch face. This Round-the-Clock bracelet concept… |
February 5th, 2012
Manifold Clock Makes Art out of Time
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The only thing that’s constant in this world is change. Thus, it makes sense that even something that’s used to tell the time isn’t constant in itself. In this case, it’s the Manifold Clock.… |
January 24th, 2012
Trax MkII Concept Watch is Militaristic and Easy to Read
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Remember that futuristic concept watch I told you about yesterday, FOUR? It had all the makings of a great watch, except that it was way too complicated for my taste.… |
January 17th, 2012
