Archive for May, 2009

Interactivation: When Music Makers and Tesla Coils Collide [Maker Faire 2009]

May 31st 2009

On display at Maker Faire 2009, Interactivation is a whimsical, slightly non-sensical cross between a six-way collaborative music machine and a Tesla coil, producing improvised sounds and scientific…
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Tags: Music Machine, Music Maker, Music Makers, Sounds, Tesla Coil, Tesla Coils

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Welcome to Solaris 8, a microscale LEGO space station

May 31st 2009

Onosendai2600’s “Solaris 8″ microscale space station is awesome with a capital awwww</em. Don’t miss the up close tour and its hilarious captions. (Especially funny if you’re an Adult Fan of LEGO and follow the scene. [Yes there is a LEGO scene now, but fortunately it's on Flickr and easy to follow.]) [via NeoClassicSpace.com]

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Tags: Adult, [...]

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Map: Band of Brothers set, Hatfield, UK

May 31st 2009

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Band of Brothers, the best WW2 series ever made, was shot primarily at the airfield outside of Hatfield, England. The sets are still standing and are visible on Google Maps.
I know where I’m when I’m next in the UK. (Which should be soonish; my pop just moved over there.)

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Tags: Band Of Brothers, [...]

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Video: How to start a dance party (Sasquatch 2009)

May 31st 2009

As I once said to a crowd of stoically swaying My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult fans who were very frustrated with my attempts to dance with them while I was two bottles to my tits on DXM: Come on, let’s just daaaance.

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Tags: Attempts, Crowd, Dance Party, Dxm, My Life With The Thrill [...]

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Puppy Monorail Makes Me Fear for Mankind’s Future [Maker Faire 2009]

May 31st 2009

newVideoPlayer(”/puppymonorail.flv”, 506, 304,””); Of all the ridiculous things one can see at the Maker Faire, the Puppy Mover Monorail might take the cake.
The scary thing about the Puppy Monorail…
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Tags: Fear, Mankind, Monorail, Puppy

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DIY Video Camera Stabilizer Provides Champagne-Level Film Making On A Beer Budget [DIY]

May 31st 2009

If you, too, want to start making Hollywood caliber videos like our man Adam Frucci, this $14 DIY video camera stabilizer project we found over at Lifehacker today will help. Now you just need to…
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Tags: Beer Budget, Budget Diy, Caliber, Camera Film, Champagne, Hollywood, Hollywood Videos, Level Film, Man Adam, Video Camera Stabilizer, Video [...]

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Will You Be Prime? [Bling]

May 31st 2009

In the tradition of the Atari ring comes this gold Optimus Prime ring from deviantartist =Dans-Magic.
It’s the perfect gift for that special someone. That same special someone who’s willing to wait…
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Tags: Atari, Bling, Gold Ring, Magic, Optimus Prime, Perfect Gift, Prime Ring, Tradition

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Energizer Energi To Go Line Now Boosts iPhone Battery Life, Sucks Up Solar [Batteries]

May 31st 2009

The folks at Energizer are updating their Energi To Go line of rechargeable battery life extenders to encompass the iPhone 3G and solar power.
The first new entries, two form-fitting, rubberized AP…
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Tags: 3g, Battery Life, Energi, Energizer, Iphone, New Entries, Rechargeable Battery, Solar Batteries, Solar Power

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Smile: The First Six-Astronaut Crew Ever at the ISS [Space]

May 31st 2009

Right now, orbiting at 250 miles above Earth’s surface, we have a permanent crew of six astronauts at the International Space Station, a first in the history of space exploration.
Both the Russian…
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Tags: Astronaut Crew, Astronauts, Earth, History Of Space Exploration, International Space Station, Iss, Smile, Space History

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Unconfirmed: Zune HD Launch Is September 5, Says Microsoft ‘Guru’ [Unconfirmed]

May 31st 2009

Microsoft “guru” Paul Thurott says the Zune HD launches on September 5. Mind you, this info comes fresh from the Zune forums, so we’ll slap a rumor on it for now with the caveat that it matches our…
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Tags: Caveat, Forums, Guru, Hd, Launch, Microsoft, Paul Thurott, Zune

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The Fallen, Of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Fame, Revealed In Full [Transformers]

May 31st 2009

From the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen we’ve seen the new Devastator robot, Megan Fox disrobing, and various trailers. But what about, you know, the Fallen? Well, this image is him….
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Tags: Fame, Image, Megan Fox, Revenge, Robot, Trailers, Transformers

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Dubiously Named Inflatable ‘Speed’ Boat Navigates Pools At Blistering 2MPH [Pool Toys]

May 31st 2009

Let me save you $100 with a tip. The wind, old as time and completely free, will push your kid around the pool on a rubber raft faster than this inflatable speedboat.
Plus, the wind doesn’t require…
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Tags: Inflatable Boat, Inflatable Pools, Pool Toys, Rubber Raft, Speed Boat, Speedboat

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Vader Back Buddy Pack Still Not As Lame As Those Three Prequels [Backpacks]

May 31st 2009

Way back in 2006, a young, eager Jason Chen brought the world word of a Yoda Back Buddy that mimicked the training scene from The Empire Strikes Back. Now Darth Vader, ever the envious Sith Lord,…
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Tags: Back Buddy, Back Pack, Backpacks, Darth Vader, Empire Strikes Back, Jason Chen, Lame, Sith Lord, Yoda

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JMicron NAND Flash Controller Could Slash SSD Prices By 50% [Flash]

May 31st 2009

JMicron is preparing to debut its new NAND flash controller at Computex, and with it the company intends to boast it can slash SSD pricing by 50% in time for the holiday season.
Officially labeled…
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Tags: Computex, Holiday Season, Jmicron, Nand Flash Controller, Slash, Ssd

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PSP Go A Dead Ringer For South Park’s Eric Cartman [Image Cache]

May 31st 2009

Either Eric Cartman has started eating electronics or the design folk at Sony have some explaining to do regarding how they thought up the PSP Go. [Thanks, Joel!]
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Tags: Dead Ringer, Eric Cartman, Image Cache, Psp, Sony, South Park

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The UMPC- Perfect E-book Reader?

May 31st 2009

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I read a lot of e-books, if you follow the Mobile Tech Manor column I do weekly you know just how much I enjoy reading e-books. I have long been an advocate of reading books on my mobile phone and I still read a lot on my phone as it’s [...]

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Nokia N97 Set To Ship Alongside Those Other Two Phones in June [Cellphones]

May 31st 2009

If this cellphone release date stuff keeps up, we’ll be seeing a cellphone releasing every day in June. The latest we can add to the list is the Nokia N97.
It’s the first Nokia N-series to sport a…
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Tags: Cellphone, Cellphones, Day In June, N Series, Nokia, Release Date, Sport

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Rumor: Netbook Debate Ends With A Quiet Settlement? [NetBooks]

May 31st 2009

Or perhaps it ended with literally nothing at all. Regardless, it appears as though the netbook debate, started by Psion and now purportedly given a finishing move by Intel, is over.
French web site…
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Tags: Debate, Finishing Move, French Web, Intel, Netbooks, Psion, Quiet Settlement

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The Home Servidor: A Server We Can See Sitting On Castro’s Desk [Servers]

May 31st 2009

Which brand goes best with your new home server: The popular Cohiba, or the unvarying mellowness of a Macanudo? I ask because this is the kind of question you’ll deal with once you install a Home…
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Tags: Castro, Cohiba, Desk, Home Server, Macanudo, New Server, Servers

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Auto-Cannibalistic Table Eats Itself Into Dirty Mess On Your Carpet [Furniture]

May 31st 2009

Cool in theory but a mess in reality, the Auto-Cannibalistic Table starts life off strong, but finishes with a whimper as a mound of dirt and vegetation on your family room floor.
Now, if artist Ate…
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Tags: Carpet, Dirt, Dirty Mess, Family Room Floor, Furniture, Vegetation, Whimper

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