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Cool Tools Show & Tell Video Podcast 002

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Watching Supervillains Try to Find Dates Through Speed Dating Is Hilarious

3 weeks agoTechnology / Gadgets : Gizmodo

Supervillains are so consumed with being evil and doing bad things against humanity and/or superheroes that they don't really have time to go dating. Sad, right? What should they do? Why go speed dating! World of Heroes imagined how supervillains like Darth Vader, Joker, Bane, Cobra Commander, Doctor Octopus and others would do on a speed dating run. Show More Summary

The 10 best hacking videos

Say goodbye to the rest of your day. Here are the top 10 best videos about real hacking. We’ve already covered the absolute worst that hollywood has to offer, twice. Then, we did the best that hollywood could pull off. Now we’re enjoying the real thing. Feast your eyes on hacking as it actually happens. [...]

Keurig hack runs a water supply line to your coffee maker

We were skeptical about Keurig machines when we first heard about them. Although we still scoff at the added waste of throwing away a plastic container of used grounds for each cup of coffee made, we tried one at the in-laws and it does brew a great cup of Joe. One of the draws of [...]

Flipperbot Robotic Sea Turtle: Teenage Robot Ninja Turtle

Scientists and researchers continue to emulate animals when designing and building robots, since animals know what they are doing. For instance, if you want a robot that can crawl over sand really…

Samsung Galaxy S4 Review (Sprint)

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is arguably the most highly anticipated phone of 2013, at least so far. After all, with the massive success of the S III, the S 4 has big footsteps to follow in. The design of the S4 is hardly an overhaul, instead the S4 looks nearly identical to the S4, and The post Samsung Galaxy S4 Review (Sprint) appeared first on Chip Chick.

Vietnam Has a Fire-Breathing Dragon

The next time you travel to Vietnam, make sure you check out their 85 milion dollar fire-breathing dragon. An 85 million dollar glowing neon fire-breathing dragon, that is. It can breathe both…

Rattle generator is a new type of dynamo for a bicycle

This project is in one of our favorite categories; the kind where asking “why?” is the wrong question. [Berto A.] built the device after observing some power generation by placing a large magnet next to a mechanical relay coil and quickly clicking the relay’s lever. From this humble beginning he built up the RattleGen, a [...]

What are the best hacking documentaries?

Continuing with our series of best and worst portrayals of hacking, we’re gathering our resources to bring you the top 10 Hacking Documentaries. Again, we feel the strongest resource is the hacking community, so lets hear what you think should qualify.  While it would be fantastic to only have documentaries, if there is a hollywood [...]

Euphonia: A Free Cinematic Film About Our Love Affair With Technology

3 weeks agoTechnology / Gadgets : Gizmodo

This wonderful 53-minute movie, released for free on Vimeo and produced with no budget, tells the story of of a high schooler obsessed with experiencing the world through technologically created sound bites. More »

Motorcycle helmet makes you a highway Predator

3 weeks agoTechnology / Gadgets : Crave

(Credit: NLO Moto) We've seen some pretty cool custom motorcycle helmets, even a few Predator heads here and there. But none of those quite reach the level of cool demonstrated by Russian company NLO Moto's Predator helmet. Some of the customizations available. Show More Summary

Bill Nye, LeVar Burton in first White House Vine

3 weeks agoTechnology / Gadgets : Crave

Who needs a Reading Rainbow when you've got six seconds of rough cut footage? (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) What do you get when you combine some celebrities with serious nerd cred and a few incomplete sentences? The first official...Show More Summary

Police Box Kit Makes Your Fridge Cooler on the Outside

Doctor Who fans may remember this picture of a refrigerator that’s been modified to look like the TARDIS, or at least a traditional British police box. It turns out that the people…

Google Earth gets Leap Motion support, lets you explore the planet with touch-free control

3 weeks agoTechnology / Gadgets : Engadget

How are you celebrating Earth Day? If you're one of 10,000 Leap Motion devs with an early unit, you could very well be exploring Mount Everest or venturing through the Amazon, just by waving your hands. Google's Earth app, which hasShow More Summary

Hackaday Links: Sunday, April 21st, 2013

Regular reader and master hacker [Bill Porter] got married. Congratulations [Bill] and [Mara]! The two of them just couldn’t leave their soldering irons at home. The actually swore their vows by soldering together a circuit during the ceremony (blinky wedding dress, el wire tuxedo, and all). [Kevin] sent in a link to [Red Fathom's] hacked [...]

3D printing some sweet music

If you don’t mind ending up with oddly shaped 3D printed parts you can get your printer to sing to you. The exhibit shown above is doing just that. The Lulzbot is being driven specifically to produce a certain frequency of sound with its stepper motors. The results of a few different songs are what’s [...]

Filter can separate water from Coke

The sheer awesome filtration power of the OKO filter is on display here as a fellow from Japan's RocketNews24 uses it to separate the clear, relatively benign H2O out of the Black Waters of American Imperialism.

Watch Star Wars: Episode IV Distilled Down to 60 Awesomely Animated Seconds

4 weeks agoTechnology / Gadgets : Gizmodo

Want to watch A New Hope today? Want to watch it every day? Just can't find the time? This awesome, animated, 60-second speedrun should help. From the folks who brought you high-speed versions of Back to the Future and The Matrix, this redux is waaaaay better than that special edition stuff. What's your guess for Episode VII; better or worse than this? [1A4STUDIO] More »

Larry Page: Android powers Google Glass, obviously

4 weeks agoTechnology / Gadgets : Crave

(Credit: Google) Google uses its Android mobile operating system to power its Glass devices, Chief Executive Larry Page confirmed yesterday. "Obviously Glass runs on Android," Page said toward the end of the conference call reporting Google's strong first-quarter financial results. Show More Summary

Semi-automatic pick and place machine

This is a fascinating take on building your own pick and place machine. It does an amazing job of automating the hardest parts of hand assembly, while relying on human dexterity to achieve the hardest parts of automation. It’s a semiautomatic pick and place machine driven by an Arduino and controlled by an Android tablet. [...]

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