Oh yeah, this is some real hydro powered goodness here! I love the idea of attaching a tiny video camera to a water rocket. It brings a time honored classic toy into the modern age.
[via MAKE]
Category: Cool
Wood Burning Hot Tubs
The heat source for these are great, its a wood burning stove that is actualy submerged in the tub. Build a fire in it and close the door and your water is hot in no time.
The heater works great with conventional pumps, filters, jets and chemicals but many of our owners prefer bathing in the age-old Japanese style… changing the water frequently. The average tub with a 450 gallon capacity heats up at the rate of 30 degrees F, or more per hour, so there’s no need to keep the water hot as in conventional systems. You also avoid the need to spend a fortune on electricity and maintenance. With a tub full of water and an armload of wood, you can enjoy a luxurious hot bath in any weather, all year around
[viaTreehugger]]
Lorem Ipsum
That seemingly fake gibberish that you find as a placeholder in documents isn’t just gibberish after all. With roots as far back at the 1500’s it has enjoyed a permanent place in the world of typesetting.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
I bet you never knew that did you.
Reactive Aquarium Visualy Responds to Fish
First the fish bot and now this? Is the next thing to come a blimp flown by a fish?
"A device that explores the many aspects of biosonic and infrasonic sound. Video capture from outside the tank is combined with the data from flow sensors inside the tank (measuring currents caused by the fish’s swimming patterns). These inputs are combined to create audio and video output. Bae (the designer) suggests that, "even if the fish can’t speak and express its feelings in a human way, it has an energy and communication skill in its own way. Vibration is the medium of interaction, and I chose it for its universality in the physical, emotional, and spiritual realms."
Personally I’m happy to know that I can now get Winamp visualizations for my aquarium.
Futuristic Fish Tank Enables Fish To One Day Overthrow Mankind
LED Lights
The new LED light bulbs from Philips will change color and brightness with one touch, squeeze, or turn. They are also energy efficient and last 10-20 years. Good work. Expect to see these in coming months or years.
Philips’ New "Simplicity" LED Bulbs
The Sputnik Robot
I like the look of this robot design. The text to speech would be cool to use if your having it do guard duty.
[via OhGizmo! ]