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The big barbeque 2007-05-25 14:00:26 This is a barbeque with style, although it does actually look very similer to a coffin, but despite the looks this grill is some serious kit, it has more than six levels, which taper upwards, it uses wood to cook with, which is placed at the bottom, the heat and smoke rises through the levels, providing the smoked flavour that we all love.
For the real texas barbeque look and feel, the rugged looks and solid construction which only the Texans can do, the cost of which is around $500.
Source [Red Ferret]
Entertainment, heat and smoke, solid construction, texas barbeque
Maker Faire 2007 - Biological Containment Art - Junior’s Returns 2007-05-25 13:06:52 Download latest version of Flash to view video! . Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode
Check out this cool biological containment art from Philip Ross. It’s a hydroponic garden which allow just enough light using LEDs for the plants to survive but do not grow bigger. Very interesting. This might be good for saving our planet by controlling light plants receive and thus use less energy if we are ever in a closed environment due to wars and what not. (not that i’d want that happen… impeach Bush!!!)
biological containment, chemistry, Circuits, Consumer, controlling, Cool, Earth, educational, energy, Entertainment, gadgets, Government, graphics, hydroponic garden, impeach bush, leds, light plants, maker faire, Microcontroller, philip ross, photography, Shows, solar, Video Read more:Biological
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Maker Faire 2007 - The Soul Cycle 2007-05-25 07:46:52 Download latest version of Flash to view video! . Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode
Check out this cool Soul Cycle
! We saw a guy and a girl riding this through massive traffic throughout the Maker Faire. It was cool because we got some good music for free!
They were playing some good Bob Marley music, which is my favorite. (awesome!)
I guess you can get this mod for your bike, cool…
Add the element of music to your next social ride with one of our amazing Soul Cycle mobile audio systems. There’s nothing like walking down your front steps to a glowing, inviting Soul Cycle, setting your iPod on the handlebar control deck, flipping a couple switches for lights and music, and riding off to the bumping bass of a Bob Marley track. All Rock The Bike Soul Cycles offer powerful bass, amazing ease of use, durability, and great styling!
We cut our teeth making Soul Cycles for San Francisco’s Critical Mass rides, and we’ve innovated some of the most powerful fea
Maker Faire 2007 - Cool robot from High School Students! 2007-05-25 05:31:27 Download latest version of Flash to view video! . Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode
Check out this cool robot from high school students. Although we didn’t have enough time to chat with them, this is cool!
Consumer, Cool, educational, Entertainment, gadgets, have enough time, high school students, make, maker faire, makerfaire, makerfaire2007, makezine, Microcontroller, Motor, robot, Robots, Video, youtube, Zedomax Read more:School
, High School Students
Maker Faire 2007 - Multi-Touch Multimedia Device 2007-05-24 20:28:57 Download latest version of Flash to view video! . Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode
Check out this cool Multi
-Touch Multimedia
device. This could be a cool combination of touch, sound, and video for future video game controls.
MultiTouch is the ability of an input controller to detect multiple fingers simultaneously. Multitouch input devices are just starting to be seen in the real world, rather than just in the movies (the most famous being “Minority Report”). MAKE magazine has even declared them the The Future of Interfaces.
For Maker Faire 2007, I propose to demonstrate a variety of graphical, musical, video, and browser-based applications that I’ve developed that show some of the unique capabilities of use of MultiTouch controllers. Below is a picture of the custom controller I’ve built containing 3 Fingerworks iGesture pads (each capable of detecting multiple fingers simultaneously with excellent resolution and responsiveness), and a JLCooper CS3 Read more:Device
Maker Faire 2007 - Make Controller Peripherals 2007-05-24 19:16:40 Download latest version of Flash to view video! . Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode
Here’s a cool review of Make Controller and peripherals from MakingThings.com. Thanks Ann for the video!
Consumer, controller, Cool, educational, Entertainment, make controller, maker faire, makerfaire, makezine, makingthings, mcu, Microcontroller, peripherals, youtube, Zedomax
Maker Faire 2007 - DIY - Use your Icebox as a Photography Studio! 2007-05-24 18:11:25
Here’s a really simple cool way to use your icebox as a Photography Studio
. Since I got one for fishing, I can use it for my photo shoots too! (except anything I put in the icebox WILL start to smell like the ocean)
I think this is their website.
You can check out more pictures from our flickr Maker Faire Day 1 and Maker Faire Day 2.
Consumer, Cool, diy photo studio, DoItYourself!, educational, Entertainment, gadgets, makerfaire, photography studio, photo shoots, Psychology, Zedomax
Circuit Board Earings and Keyboard Cufflinks! 2007-05-24 17:37:19
Check out some of the cool circuit board earing and keyboard cufflinks if you are a hardcore hacker! Thanks Nicola for the tip!
Thought your might get a kick out of my DIY geekware over at www.acornstudios.ca
I’ve just finished updating with a whole bunch of new creations that I think your readers might like if they are into fun geeky gifts. All hand made by me up in Edmonton, Canada.
CircuitBoardEarings
, Circuits, circuit board, Consumer, Cool, cufflinks, diy, earing, edmonton canada, Entertainment, gadgets, geeky gifts, hacker, keyboard, Keyboard Cufflinks
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Little golden piggy 2007-05-24 17:00:19 Now this looks like it could be something traditional from the Far East, yet once again it turns out to be another USB Flash drive and micro SD card reader in the shape of a golden pig.
It has all the information on the Website, but there does not appear to be any mention of memory size, so we will have keep looking for that one!
# Features:
#Direct read and write T-Flash / Micro SD
# No adapter is required
# USB 2.0 high-speed transfer rate up to 480Mb/sec
# Powered by USB (compatible with USB 2.0 / 1.0)
# Small in size and portable
# Plug and play
# Support Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP and Mac OS
# Dimension: 55×20x18mm
# Weight: 9g
But the stated price for this little gem, is only $8
Source [Red Ferret]
far east, golden pig, memory size, sd card reader, usb, usb flash drive
Serious 14X Digital camera 2007-05-24 16:00:57 The camera has a scope with fully refracting optics, giving 14X magnification. The camera part has 3.1 mega pixel with 32 MB of built in memory, this should be able to store 38 hi res images or around 30 seconds of continuous VGA video, you can also add up to 2 GB of addenda memory, by using SD cards.
The camera also has a 2 inch LCD screen for image previews and uses the USB port to download photos and videos to the computer, for storage etc. The camera includes a shutter release cable for blur-free shots, a rotatable tripod adapter, and a protective carrying case. Requires two AA batteries. 11″ L x 6″ W x 6″ D. (3 1/2 lbs.)
The 14X spotting scope digital camera will cost around $500.
Source [Oh Gizmo]
aa batteries, inch lcd screen, mega pixel, shutter release cable, spotting scope, usb, usb port, Video Read more:Digital
Top of the range pet food bowl 2007-05-24 15:00:20 Now for someone who likes to treat their pet, whether it is a dog or cat, then a how about spoiling them with an automatic feeding bowl.
The bowl can be set to feed the dog or cat at intervals of your choice, this can be either 8, 12, or 24, the bowl itself is split into three sections, which means you can leave the pet indoors, knowing full well that he or she will be getting fresh food at a regular interval, instead of putting a whole days food out at once.
Another great idea is that you are able to record to special voice mail message so that your pet will know when it is feeding time.
Features:
- Bowl separated into 3 trays, lids, and slide cover
- Bowl dismantles for easy cleaning
- 4 x C batteries (not included)
- LED Low battery indicator
- 20 seconds voice recording and playback function
- 355mm (base)
- 275mm (dia of tray)
Price is $39.99
Source [Gizmodo]
battery indicator, Consumer, feeding time, fresh food, low battery, voice mail message
The healthy mouse 2007-05-24 14:00:22 There cannot really be many reason for checking your heartbeat constantly especially while surfing the net, I mean your bound to get your pulse racing a sometime, it stands to reason.
But for those who are health conscious or have to monitor the heart for health reasons then the new mouse from those clever people over at Yanko Design, have combined a heart monitor and a mouse, just don’t check your bank balance with it!!
It would be quite interesting to see this given out into a large office and see who stay the calmest, but on a more healthier point, if you have a heart compliant, this can be set up to transmit to the hospital for them to monitor at regular intervals, which has to be a good thing.
Source [Ubergizmo]
bank balance, Consumer, Cool, health conscious, health reasons, heart monitor, pulse racing Read more:healthy
A heated keyboard 2007-05-24 13:00:08 Just what we need here in the UK, where it is either raining or cold and people who work with computers all day long get a problem commonly known as “Mouse Hand” that is where you hold the mouse all day long coupled with the cold, means your hand is stuck around the mouse.
Now if we all had one of these, life would be so much better, the heated keyboard
, which will keep all of, your digits attached to your hand and not stuck to the keyboard.
The keyboard is connected to the computer via the USB port, this unique keyboard has a couple of settings, low heat around 85F to 90F, this is normal hand temperature and high heat 95F to 100F, this is normal body temperature.
Source [Gizmodo]
Consumer, high heat, normal body temperature, temperature source, usb, usb port
Homebrew CPU 2007-05-23 17:29:23 Download latest version of Flash to view video! . Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode
Wow, this was the coolest thing there, a homebrew CPU LIVE! Anyways, I got to meet Bill, maker of the homebrew CPU and take lots of cool pics and see it in action.
Thanks Bill for explaning all the cool stuff on your homebrew CPU! Just check out the video for some explanation.
via
You can check out more pictures from our flickr Maker Faire Day 1 and Maker Faire Day 2.
Circuits, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, educational, Entertainment, gadgets, graphics, Hack, homebrew cpu, make, maker faire, makezine, projects, Video
The lost game on iPod 2007-05-23 17:00:53 For anyone who has watched the series lost, the opportunity to play a game based on it would be hard to miss up, playing the characters, doing it how it should be done etc, I am getting excited already.
You will be playing Jack; I suppose that is not bad, I would prefer to be Mr. Eco! But he is dead already, so not much joy there then.
So what you do is go around looking after the wounded, make sure that the black smoke doesn’t get you and of course avoid the others like the plague.
You have a series of missions to complete over twenty seven chapters, so it would appear to be reasonable in length.
To control the game you use the control wheel, and the center button, is used for the action control, like controlling the weapons etc.
The iPod
Lost game will cost you just $5 to buy and then download.
Source [Geek Sugar]
center button, control wheel, Games, getting excited, ipod, missions, mp3
Pico Wi-Fi radio 2007-05-23 16:00:02 This neat little radio has the added bonus of having an integrated battery pack, so now you will not need to have your radio plugged into the mains in order to listen to your favorite music or radio station.
You get a two line display for the info that you need, and the machine is able to stream up to 5,500 digital radio stations via the internet, broadband will be required, or alternately there is the choice of listening to your collection of MP3’s.
The music center is water proof, but only to the extent that a few splashes will not hurt it, if you leave it out in the rain then you are just asking for trouble. Cost for this is around $300.
Source [Ubergizmo]
Audio, battery pack, digital radio stations, favorite music, internet broadband, mp3, radio station, water proof
Audio Pro Porto 2007-05-23 15:00:37 It seems that every day there is any iPod docking station with speakers etc, but this one is different to the rest, as the tall and slim design give the product a quality look and feel, the dock for the iPod is located in the top and the speakers are below, the design works because the maker states that they can still achieve a quality stereo sound even tough the speakers are so close together.
For portability the handle is located at the top as well, and there is a choice of two colors, a matt black and dusty red, the system is covered with a fake leather type material.
Unfortunately there is no launch date or any pricing information.
Source [Techna Bob]
Audio
, mp3 Read more:Porto
Zedomax Maker Faire 2007 Coverage - Electric Motorcycles 2007-05-23 14:38:02
I love motorcycles in general since I own a Gixer but WOW; I was amazed at these really cool electric motorcycles at the Maker Faire. These things have like 30 batteries hooked up to it!
Auto, batteries, Consumer, Cool, Earth, educational, electric motorcycles, electric motorcycles, energy, Entertainment, make, maker faire, makezine, Motor, photography, Shows, Travel Read more:Coverage
, Electric
, Motorcycles
The big keyboard 2007-05-23 14:00:24 At last there is a big keyboard
, with large keys that even the most short sighted person would not have trouble with.
The keyboard from Chester Creek Tech has designed this not just for people with bad eyesight, because when you work on the computer all day long, the letters on the keyboard actually begin to blend together anyhow, some evenings I think that I could do with that keyboard.
The keys are one inch square, and are available in the normal white on black or the colored kinder board, which has certain keys in different colors, like the vowels etc, these are used for learning purposes.
The prices of these keyboards are for the $79 Kinder board and $89 for the standard keyboard.
Source [Chip Chick]
Consumer, educational, keyboard, product info, short sighted
HPV - Human Powered Vehicle or Cool Bike we say 2007-05-23 10:21:16 Download latest version of Flash to view video! . Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode
Wow, there’s so much stuff still to come from our Maker Faire 2007 coverage. It’s like a massive virus or a bomb that hasn’t released itself yet…
With all the cool bikes we’ve covered in the past, this is probably the coolest bike, well at least the most technological “lookin’”. I am not exactly sure where this bike is from, I think we’ve covered it before but… it’s cool~
There’s always large-scale molding DIY if you ever want to build one yourself.
Update: Here’s the website for Human Powered Vehicle
for it. (Thanks Joseph!)
Auto, bomb, Consumer, Cool, cool bikes, dg, diy, Earth, educational, energy, Entertainment, hasn, hpv, human powered vehicle, Industrial, maker faire, molding, Sports, Travel, Video, virus, youtube
Hanging out at Hackszine 2007-05-23 09:19:12
While Garrett was working hard at the booth, I went around and made some friends like Jason Striegel from Hackszine. He’s a very friendly guy and we took some pictures together. The guy taking the picture on the left is also the author of Google Maps Hacks, cool…
You can check out more pictures from our flickr Maker Faire Day 1 and Maker Faire Day 2.
Blog, Consumer, Cool, educational, Entertainment, google maps, hacks, hackszine, jason striegel, maker faire, Web, working hard Read more:Hanging
The light snake USB headset 2007-05-22 19:00:52 The iChat USB headset, can separate the parts as with all Light Snake products, you can use ear buds, head phones and the micro phone, they have a range of 20 Khz, the microphone is 100 Hz.
These are quite a smart set ear phones, and have features of:
USB Headphone/Microphone
Perfect for multimedia applications, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), multiplayer gaming, music playback, online conferencing, voice commands and online voice chat.
Simple plug-and-play operation with Mac and Windows computers. No soundcard needed.
Convenient soft-touch volume control lets you adjust ear bud volume precisely.
Advanced digital USB streaming audio provides superior clarity with the simplicity of a single USB plug-and-play.
Use your headphones or speakers instead of ear buds by using convenient 1/8”stereo plug
Digital quality sound input without the need for a sound card.
Embedded 16 Bit ADC Input with audio signal boost.
HSDL (Host Side Data Loss) Noise Reduction Function.
48/44 KHz 16 Bit Sa Read more:light
No batteries required 2007-05-22 18:00:43 The problem with the wireless mouse is the amount of batteries
that they use, and that they always appear to run out when you have not any spares.
This mouse works differently to the rest, by because it comes with its own mouse mat which connects to the computer via the trusty old USB port, the mouse itself actually gets its power through the mouse mat, which is great, no more batteries and never again having to use touch pad or even a wired mouse.
This is ok, but the mat is likely to get on your nerves after while.
Main Features
High quality optical mouse
Wireless
No batteries required
Powered though mouse mat (included)
Mouse mat connects to computer via USB
Plug and play
Costs around $25.
Source [Gadget Weblog]
Consumer, gadget, mouse works, quality optical, touch pad, usb, usb port, wireless mouse
A water proof video cam 2007-05-22 17:00:58 At last a video
cam that is actually water
proof, unlike many others that just say that they are, we have all been there, I know.
Well Sanyo has developed a video cam that is truly water proof in fact in can be submerged up to 5 feet under water, not that is water proof.
The Sanyo Xacti E1 is a combination of great camera and water proof casing, you can take video (640 x 480), up to 6 mega pixel still shots, in all this is a great little camera, with a 2.5” screen, 5 X zoom, anti shake digital stabilizer, take stills while filming in video mode and weighs in a only 8 ounces.
The price is around $499, sound expensive, but it is a lot of camera for that price.
Source [Pop Gadget]
Consumer, great camera, little camera, mega pixel, sanyo xacti, Video, video cam, video mode, water proof
Emergency Power and Light 2007-05-22 16:00:44 If you live in area that is prone for storms, flooding or both! Then you will understand the need to be prepared all of the time, you need proper rugged tools that will get the job done, as in some cases your life may depend on it.
Black and Decker have introduced a device that they call Storm Station this will provide you with emergency light, radio, flash light and even a power sock for you to power up emergency appliances, such as charging the mobile phone etc.
The storm station will be invaluable should something bring down the power lines and cut you off for some time.
Excellent value at just $54.60
Source [Red Ferret]
Consumer, job, rugged tools, storms Read more:Emergency
Now it’s the iLoad for the iPod 2007-05-22 15:00:27 Forget using the computer for transferring your favorite tunes onto the iPod
, its just to slow! Try the iLoad, it may just look like a white cube, but when comes to transferring tracks it can do it up to five times faster, which means that a full album onto the ipod in around eight minutes, now that is quick. Although it can depend on how old the CD is, so a new one will transfer faster than an older version.
The great thing about this device, is that you do not need start up the computer just to transfer some music over, so the iLoad has taken the computer out of the ipod circle, no longer will you have to wait for your music to be transferred.
Source [Ref Ferret]
Audio, iload, ipod, mp3, music, source ref, tunes, white cube
The Sony Reader 2007-05-28 16:00:57 Another reader for your ebooks, this time from Sony
, it looks better than the average reader, and you are able to cover the screen, as the device is built like a conventional book, which opens along the side.
Using a rechargeable lithium ion battery, which takes around four hours to charge up and then it is supposed to last for around 7500 page turns, but if you use a in conjunction with the charger it will last for six hours, which I suspect is quite a bit of reading material.
In line with some of the other readers available, the Sony will cost you around $350.
Source [Geek Sugar]
Consumer, ebooks, gadgets, sonystyle Read more:Reader
The big remote control 2007-05-28 15:00:59 Now if your are one of those people who are always losing your remote control for the TV, DVD player or any other device that uses one, you will know how frustrating it can be, especially as it always happens when there is something on the TV that you really want to see, but cannot be bothered to get up.
Thanks to Brookstone, there is a great solution that means you will never lose the remote control again, and it does not mean that you need to hang around your neck. The giant remote control as you can see from the image is slightly larger than the average device, it measures 11” x 5” x 1”, uses only two AA batteries and can be programmed with nearly 300 codes, so there is bound to a couple in that you can use.
Features.
Controls up to six devices
This remote controls your TV, VCR, DVD player, satellite, cable and auxiliary A/V device.
Controls virtually any brand
Features 296 codes to control most popular brands of A/V devices.
Requirements
Uses two AA batteries (not included)
USB Flash, Laser and LED Light 2007-05-28 14:00:23 The humble USB port what would life be like without it? There are so many gadgets that need to use the USB ports these days that is no wonder that the laptops of today are not literally covered with the little ports.
This device is the ultimate tool for computer people, having all these thing all in one gadget can be ideal for some people, and nightmare for others, so what do you get?
With this you will get a flash drive, a laser pointer to point at things on the wall and just in case there is a power failure, you can always use the handy flash light, a handy gift for the person who just loves gadgets.
Specifications:
1) Capacity: 64, 128, 256, 512MB
2) Compatible with USB version 1.1/2.0
3) Use flash disk with laser light and LED flashlight light
4) Hot plug and play via USB port
5) No external power supply required
6) Write speed: 650Kbps
7) Read speed: 958Kbps
Data retention for over 10 years
9) Supports Win98/Me/2k/XP, Mac OS 8.6 and above
Source [Red Ferret]
flash dis Read more:Flash
, Laser
Have a drink on your cell phone 2007-05-28 13:00:10 If you like a little tipple every now and then, you maybe interested in hearing about the cell phone
flask, it actually looks like a cell phone, so you can carry it and nobody would know that you had a little supply, for medicinal purposes only.
The flask comes with a leather attachment that the flask can go into, and then it can be placed on your belt, which even more tries to prove that you have phone rather than a flask, which is very handy because then you can walk around with your cell phone that is in the shape of a bottle! Then nobody would know!
Source [Shiny Shiny]
cell phone, Consumer, flask, funny, medicinal purposes, tipple
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