Kitchen gadgets are a lot of fun – mostly because they aim to solve an extremely specific “problem” and a little bizarre all at once, like this one – a one click butter cutter, over 60 prototypes and 5 years in the making (that’s a lot of butter!)… [via] – Link. Goes great with the […]
These little notepads have a 3.5″ floppies as their hard protective covers, for $10 it could be a good gift for someone who has actually used a floppy disk, or you could make your own pretty easily with a drill and some wire / clear thread… [via] – Link. Related floppy projects: SD/MMC card in […]
I’m catching up on unpacking and finally got my little open source squeezable, Wi-Fi bean-bag computer, the Chumby, set up… What’s a Chumby? – Chumby, a compact device that can act like a clock radio, but is way more flexible and fun. It uses the wireless internet connection you already have to fetch cool stuff […]
Today is an interesting day for portable ebook readers, looks like there was a bit of a leak and Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader made a debut – Link. And more exciting, well, for me, I got my hands on the new Sony reader that will be coming out soon and immediately starting making/using/creating content, including […]
Mark made an LED flashlight from an old garage door remote. Link.
Daisung says, “I’ve uploaded some photos of my analogue phone + old Nokia phone. I’m currently overseas so I’ve had to leave it behind, but every time I’ve used it, I got great reactions out of people who were extremely curious. The handset works just like a regular phone by the way!” Link. Update 9/1: […]
Justin says, “What do you get when you bring over 150 kids into a workshop and tell them they can build whatever they want? That is what we did at the Bakken Summer Science Camp and they came up with some amazing stuff. Boats, cars, robots, secret alarms, ping pong ball throwers, light up dog […]
