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Watch That Tiny $74 1.5GHz Android-Powered Thumb-Puter In Action If you’ve never wanted to learn how to crochet, this will make you want to start. Who knew the Android robot would be even cuter in crochet form? You can make one following these complete instructions or buy one for $US25.
While the nightmarish beer-belly-ready Iron Man suit was WRONG and disturbing, this homemade version of the original suit is a perfect reproduction of the original. And still disturbing. As you can see in the gallery, it’s perfectly made, with the same finish and every single detail of the real Iron Man suit, down to the last notch and junction.
Believe it or not, Rufus Terrill, owner of a downtown Atlanta bar named O’Terrills, has had it with the drug dealers, vandals, and other riff-raff that frequent the area around his business. So, he has done what any sane American man would do in this situation—build a robot out of a meat smoker to law down the law. The “BumBot,” as many of O’Terrills’ patrons have dubbed it, is basically a meat smoker mounted onto a three-wheeled scooter. Armaments include a spotlight, loudspeaker, water cannon and an infrared camera. Plus, the whole thing is covered in rubber for protection.
Some crazy people are making their own projectors from scrapped parts: modified 8″ LCD screens from cheap DVD players, chunky power converters, circuitry salvaged from dead AV equipment and hundreds of LEDs put together to create powerful lamps. The result are high-definition ghetto machines capable of delivering good images out of, literally, trash. I discovered dozens of them thanks to the2jakes, the guy who made that amazing homemade head mounted display control for the PS2. More info and massive gallery after the jump.
Low resolution, slow and almost totally useless: this homemade mobile phone-based surveillance camera is one of the best inventions ever. I don’t know if it’s the Gilliamesque looks, the 80s phreaking flavour or the fact that the solenoid relays—which control the mobile phone keys—make it feel like an Old West telegraph machine, but I would definitely snatch it after seeing it in action:
Behold the Corpulent Stump, a rocket launched by a couple of crazy Scottish enthusiasts. Weighing 110 pounds, the home-made projectile, built from scratch by 39-year-old IT worker Richard Brown, reached speeds of 469 mph for its minute-long flight, became the most powerful non-commercial rocket to be launched in the UK before, alas, it crashed into the Scottish heather just two miles from its launch. More pics below.
Sure, it can’t repair or refuel your X-wing, nor can it project a video on your wall, but it can get you drunk. If given a choice between the original R2 and this guy… well, I’m just saying it wouldn’t be an easy decision. [Geekstir via Coolest Gadgets]
What’s better than waking up to a face full of steam in the morning? A face full of steam and a loud alarm. This steampunk clock was made by a Boing Boing reader out of a 1910 clock case, some parts from Home Depot, and various car wrecks. It looks pretty interesting, but we would have put up a few more lights and pipes to shoot out steam. [Flickr via Boing Boing]
2Dive is a mini-sub that Very Clever Personâ„¢ Michael Henrik Schmelter knocked up in his spare time. The vessel can dive to a depth of 100 metres (328 feet) and you can see him taking it out in the bay of Kiel, Northern Germany, in the gallery after the jump. [Spiegel via Spluch]
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