Nice keyboard hack- For programmers like me with wrist pain, I have made a simple keyboard modification that lets you press the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift keys with your thumbs. Just like those expensive $240 Kinesis keyboards, but made using a $30 K’nex building toy. (K’nex is like Lego but uses rods instead of bricks). Link.
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Drawing from the myth of Cinderella a pair of elegant sexy shoes with a crystal tip but with a new power inside: a stun gun. It’s just a shielded, potential weapon, meant to be used only once, as the wearer has to break the glass to use it. Cinderella is no more without defenses; waiting for the prince to save or worse to chose her [via] Link.
Some DIY versions on the way I bet…Eastman Industries has taken the lawn mower to a new level (literally). The HoverMower is designed to hover slightly above the ground on a cushion of air, making it more maneuverable, extremely light, easy to propel and able to reach previously inaccessible places like extreme inclines, wet grounds, and tight, difficult to get at places. [via] Link.
Build a machine out of Lego that takes Lego soccer balls from an input hopper to an output hopper at a minimum rate of one per second by any means you can devise. Define a standard interface for this kind of machine so that the output of one will reliably feed the input of the next. Now invite hundreds of Lego fanatics to use their imagination to build modules of all different sizes and types to meet this standard – then connect them all end to end to make the biggest Rube Goldberg contraption in history. Thanks Steve! Link.
The Corporate fallout Detector scans barcodes off of consumer products, and makes a clicking noise based on the environmental or ethical record (selectable via the “sensitivity” switch) of the manufacturer. It explores issues of corporate accountability and individual choice. Due to increasingly complex global supply chains, a single product we buy may contain parts made by various companies all over the world. Link.
Review of the $20 RFID mouse- Designed with A4Tech’s Innovative Radio Frequency Identification Technology. This Battery-Free Wireless Optical Mouse is absolutely Interference-free from any wireless frequency. In addition to that, the RFID Mouse Pad is directly power activated & the mouse creates huge cost saving for its users. Most importantly, this technology avoids unnecessary pollution caused by batteries. [via] Link.
Sensors embedded in a glove monitor the heart and hand sweat glands of a sleeping person to record emotional arousals provoked by the brain during dreaming periods. The resulting records – hypnograms – are 3D drawings that the user may learn to interpret and use as introspection tools over time. [via] Link.
