Cool. Its a pencil sharpener in a wind-up robot toy.
[via Boingboing via Gizmodo]
Author: John
HX-2142 – Micro DV Recorder
Now, this could be used for things like R/C airplanes, model rockets, and just to have in your backpack in case your buddy makes an ass of himself while your out drinking. Its got a 300K pixel CMOS sensor and 2MB of built in memory but you can stick a 64 MB SD/MMC card in it. It can only do 20 min of 20 fps video at 320×240 but if you want better quality at a lower frame rate (12fps) you can shoot at 640×480. Ok, it’s not going to replace your camcorder but you have to admit, it darn small. Looks cool!
[via red ferret]
The Q-Car
I can’t see these as being street legal here in the US, or even terribly economical as they only seat one person. However, they would make the commute to work pretty fun. I wonder if you can drive them on the sidewalk. In case your wondering, I have some other photos of cars from Japan here.
[via red ferret and core77]
Chumby
I was reading Hack-a-day this morning and saw that there is a new ultra cool hacker friendly device called a Chumby. The Chumby is a wifi enabled iPod’ish PDA like appliance that
Hardware:
266 MHz ARM controller (the MX21 by Freescale)
32 MB SDRAM running at 133 MHz bus speed
64 MB NAND FLASH ROM
320×240 3.5″ TFT LCD with PWM-controlled LED backlighting
Stereo 2W speakers
Headphone output
Ambient light sensor
Bend sensor (to pick up when you squeeze the chumby)
Two USB 2.0 ports, one on the main board and one on the outerware electronics
WiFi connectivity via a USB dongle plugged into the main board
Circuitry to detect the presence of wall adapter power and auto-fallback to backup battery power
Switching power supply network that can eat between 6V and 14V
Available microphone input on the chumbilical bus
Available SPI bus on the chumbilical bus
Serial debug port set to 115200 8N1
[via Christine.net, Scottjanousek ,hack a day]
Lumalive Gear On The Way
How cool will this be?
Lumalive fabrics feature flexible arrays of colored light-emitting diodes (LEDs) fully integrated into the fabric – without compromising the softness or flexibility of the cloth. These light emitting textiles make it possible to create materials that can carry dynamic messages, graphics or multicolored surfaces. Fabrics like drapes, cushions or sofa coverings become active when they illuminate in order to enhance the observer’s mood and positively influence his/her behavior.
23, a Strange Number
Something what people believe just fascinates me. Take the number 23 for instance. I was looking through that odd source of information, Wikipedia, when I happened across an entry for the number 23. Ok, what could be so strange about 20 + 3? Plenty.