Category: Cool

Take the Doctors Advice

Tiki Bar TV

Take the advice of good Doctor Tiki and administer a London Fogcutter as soon as you can.
This has GOT to be the absolute best video podcast on the ‘net. Beats Rocketboom hands down for production value. While Lala is no Amanda, Lala looks a date you would have more fun with. 🙂
With it’s pleasantly retro atmosphere, Tiki Bar TV lives up to its tag, “Forbidden cocktails & swingin babes in swank bachelor pad”. The past episodes give a handy and humorous tutorial on how to mix various drinks like a Trader Woody and the Hulla Balloo. Go sign up for the podcast and get the older episodes and take a trip to the Tiki Bar.

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Cool IR Auto Adjusting Door

slat door

There is a new door design out now, as you come up to the threshold the sensors in the multiple sliding slats see you and will slide just enough to let you through. This way the loss of cold/hot air inside the room is minimized. The video linked to from Boing Boing shows it in action with the normal minor glitches that happen in product demos. Works with non-human shaped objects like boxes too. This would make a nice pet door.
The sensors used in each door slider look to be the same Sharp IR detectors that many robot builders use. You can also find them in those sometimes annoying motion sensitive sinks and toilets.

Automatic door… Japan style

LEGO 3D Chocolate Printer

Chocolate 3D printer

I’d like to see some of the results of his contraption…

Using lego and a few custom components a 3D printer for chocolate is possible. I did this project a long time ago so the documentation is incomplete, but hopefully it will inspire someone to rebuild it and fill in the blanks.

Some of the other projects at Instructables are pretty neat as well, its like Flickr for people who build things.

3D chocolate printer made from LEGO

IMSAI Series Two USB Case or Real Retro Computer

IMSAI Case

The classic IMSAI micro computer is back! Well, kind of, the IMSAI Series Two USB has the ability to house a Zilog eZ80 Acclaim 50 MHz computer or an ATX or mini-ATX PC (if you just want that retro look).
Now, what I want to know is if they will have support for an 8 inch floppy drive!
The guys on MAKE are going go nuts over this one.
[via Boing Boing]
IMSAI Homepage

Helium Movies

up up and away

What do you get when you cross a digital camera, some rubber, and a few cubic feet of helium? No, not a presidential press corps junket, you get ‘Helium Movies’!
This guy attached his digital camera to a few large balloons, put it into movie mode and hit the timer. When it went off he let go. The result is a rather nauseating down shot of the launch site. Pretty cool if you think about it. One of the (now) hacker friendly CVS video cameras would be perfect for this sort of thing. What a cool way to grab a unique shot of a family picnic or a camping trip. Just remember to use a nice light weight strong tether or your never going to see your results!

[via MAKE]
Helium Movies