Archive for March, 2010

iPhone stand make from fork and spoon

Here’s one fantastical iPhone stand idea that’s totally bent on being a true original work of art. This iPhone stand is make from bending of fork and spoon. If you are looking for something cool to sit on your work desk this got to be the one. Another good thing about this stand is that it has clear access at the bottom allow charging at the same time.

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Pet washing machines

Japanese inventors have just come out with a new way to help pet owner to save money. Normally sending your pets to be washed by groomers will cost you around $30 but leaving your pet in this washing machine will cost you only $5. A lot of Japanese have begin to use this washing machine located at Tokyo to wash, rinse and blow dries their pets. The whole process take up about 30 minute. However it may take sometime before your pet is use to it. It maybe even better if one can install this at home, save the trip of going to the pet shop each time you want to wash your pet.

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Microsoft’s Innovative Skinput Gadget

Microsoft latest gadget still in developing is capable of turning a human arm into a touch screen display. This is done without needing to implant anything onto the human. Chris Harrison and colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, collaborating with Dan Morris and Desney Tan at Microsoft’s research lab in Redmond, Washington, assembled an acoustic bio-sensor to detect sound patterns created when tapping a forearm or palm. Each part has a specific acoustic signature that can be associated with functions like dialing a phone or playing Tetris. Pinching and flicking gestures can also be used for commands.

According to researches, a tiny system beams a keyboard or menu onto the user’s forearm and hand from a projector housed in an armband. Tapping the “buttons” causes ripples to run through your skin and bones. An acoustic detector, also in the armband, then calculates which part of the display is to be activated.

Already there are twenty volunteers who have examined the gadget said they found it easy to navigate. The system could use wireless technology like Bluetooth to convey commands to many types of device — including phones, iPods and even PCs. According to the researchers we will begin to see such interfaces emerge within the next five years.

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Nikon camera cakes

After a long day of shooting and composing your photo. It would be nice and relaxing to sit down and have a cup of coffee and cake. What will you feel if you cake turn out to look exactly just like your DSLR? The cakes by debbiedoescakes have been sculpted with a level of realism that is truly awe-inspiring even matching the color of the cameras to that of the originals and as for the mind blowing detailing. These cake look so real that at first glance one may thought it is a real camera. Do remember to celebrate with your love one with this camera cake if photography is their hobby, he or she definitely will be surprise and love the cake.

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DIY soup can coffee bean roaster

Definitely a good a way to reuse your metal can after you have empty the contents inside. By combining the can and a cordless hand drill you will get an automate coffee roaster. According to the person he spend less than 10bucks and 30min to build this device. What he does is cut and fold vanes into the drum to aid the tumbling. A second soup can drum focuses the heat from his stove-top burner. For more detail in building this device you can visit his site at angelfire.

Here is a video of it working.

Look at some of the lovely beans spinning inside.

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