Dan Provost over at Studio Neat managed to brute force one of those fancy new Smart Covers onto his first generation iPad by gluing four rare earth magnets to the spine of the iPad. It doesn’t turn the iPad screen on or off and you’ll have four magnets glued to your iPad when you’re not using it, but it does perform as a cover and stand.
Brainiac CFL Light Bulb: Sadly, only a concept design at this point. From Belarusian firm solovyovdesign. [via NOTCOT]
Fortunately, Austrian filmmaker Benjamin Hable has discovered that you can use your cell phone, digital camera, or other CCD-equipped gadget (rather like the special sunglasses discovered by “Rowdy” Roddy Piper’s character in John Carpenter’s 1988 conspiranoia flick They Live) to see the fnords. Benjamin made Augmented Paranoia for a January 17 exhibition called bits and ohm, and used the public-domain portrait of Stephen Colbert released for the Colbert Nation Portrait Challenge. Reminds me of a project I did a few years back ( (also inspired by They Live) involving deliberately burning subliminal messages into the phosphors of analog TV tubes. [Thanks, Benjamin!]
The claim of penetrating a razor-blade impresses me, although I note the only metal penetration in the video is thin aluminum, which has been painted, possibly so that it will absorb more light energy. There’s also some cool shots capturing the pulsed-laser’s plasma ball in midair.
What does the top edge of say, your utility closet door look like? I’m betting that you’ve probably never seen it, even if you’ve lived in your home for awhile. And although there’s not a lot of room to hide stuff in there, well, if you’re like me, the stuff you want to hide is usually on the smaller side. Not many people think of the space inside the door as a hiding spot, but it’s right there in easy reaching distance when you need to get to it. And it’s devious enough that, yes, I think this trick will still be effective even after we blog it all over the tubes.
Check out this fun Bluetooth Handset Glove from Rachel over at Instructables. Place and receive calls with internationally recognized hand gestures. Roaming fees may apply.
Theremin Orchestra – Masami Takeuchis instrumental ensemble looks amazing and sounds even better.
Smoke Ring Machine – Ali Momeni shows off his programmable smoke ring generator.
Pulse-Jet Bike – Robert Maddox pulse-jet engine-powered bike makes tracks.
[Trouble Maker] Drink Beer on CSPAN Bill Barminski demonstrates a simple video hack.
