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DIY Modder makes ammo counter for weapons

Mech — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:08:53 +0000

This is an ammo counter that was built by a DIY modder named Michael Ciuffo.

As you can see, it resembles those ammo counters that you see in a lot of FPS games. Some of you might remember that Ripley had a digital one on her futuristic rifle in Aliens.

The gun can be used on a lot of different weapons. I wish that I had a list of armaments that it accommodates, but it has to do with an accelerometer to detect recoil from the gun.

According to my Source, the maker has seen so many requests for these ammo-counter that he wants to start putting it into production. I have no idea when he will get started, or how long it will take to market them. I wonder how much he will charge.

I think this is one of those times when life imitates art. Does anyone think that this is odd that someone builds an accessory for armaments that was inspired by video games or science fiction movies like Aliens?

So what is next for inspiration for DIY-ers. Can I make some suggestions? How about some of the cool weapons that we saw in District 9? How about the gun Samus Aran uses in the Metroid series? I’m pretty certain that we are working on every 2054 advancement that we saw in Minority Report.

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Creative Stair Climbing assisting tool

Mech — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:41:57 +0000

This little bird, beside just looking cute, it also a big help. The bird, called the Companion Bird goes on top of railings and helps the elderly or less mobile people to climb the stairs. It was designed by Kim Bo-kyung & Baek Eun-ha.

I’m not really sure how helpful the bird would be but I think it might be useful for people who have a hard time gripping things (perhaps due to arthritis). The bird would enable people to climb the stairs without having to readjust their grip- they could grip the bird once and slide it along with them all the way up the stairs. Plus it adds a pop of color and visual interesting to the handrail. Good idea.

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Latest world smallest car

Mech — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:12:21 +0000

A British builder has transformed a 39-inch-high by 26-inch-wide childrens coin-operated ride into a road-legal automobile car. This tiny car can reach a top speed of 60km/h.

Here how it look like when compare to other car on the road. It look so tiny, i wonder will any driver miss seeing this car on road.

iPhone 4 gets stuffed inside Canon SLR body

Mech — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:19:08 +0000

It seen like people just cannot get enough of iPhone 4. This is just one of the brilliant idea to improve the iPhone camera capability. It may seen not practical but it does ring the manufacturer bell. The next DSLR we seen in five years time may have the feature to attach iPhone onto it.

Anyway this DIY have the iPhone 4 slotting in with a satisfying click, while the entire lens mechanism has been shifted over to line up with the iPhone’s camera (and make room for an Apple sticker). Check out the video to have a feel of how it works.

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Bendable Bicycle Wraps Around Poles

Mech — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:52:55 +0000

Locking up bikes to poles in an urban environment is always a tricky proposition. Often you will see bikes with two locks, one for each wheel and of course the frame. But with this ingenious invention by 21 year old Kevin Scott, the bicycle will fold over itself around the pole:

A ratchet in the seatpost part of the frame is used to tighten or bend the bike’s frame. Once it’s in the curved position, you can use a single lock to secure both wheels and the frame. I’m not sure how rigid a cable pulled frame will be over the long haul (you definitely don’t want it going all limp while you’re riding! that’s what she said) but it’s an interesting idea that should be explored further.

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Aquabike

Mech — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:00:33 +0000

This is a homemade amphibious bike made from water bottles by Li Jin from China. He uses a total of 8 giant water bottles to act as pontoons to make the bicycle to be able to float on water. And the back of the wheel is fitted with paddles so as to propels the bicycle forward.

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Combination of Supercar and Superbike

Mech — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:25:33 +0000

This is by far the weirdest diy i ever seen. The combination of Supercar and Superbike. I wonder is the bike the one controlling the direction or is the car steering wheel responsible for it? This DIY project done by Frenchman François Knorreck, took him over a 10 year span in which he spent over 10,000 hours building it from the frame up. The combining of a car and a bike definitely involve some tricky engineering to balance it properly.

There are a total of 3 exhaust pipes. The hubs and brakes come from a VW Golf GTI, the wheels are from an Audi 80, headlights and blinkers came from BMW and Renault cars, the bike’s headlight comes from a Kawasaki 1000 RX bike, the tail lights from a Citroën Xantia car and that’s a 3CL motorcycle used. The bodywork was made from 63 custom molds.

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Child creates vacuum cleaner-powered Spider-man suit

Mech — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:48:24 +0000

Kids are getting smarter and innovative now. This kid by the name of Hibiki Kono used two 1,400 watt vacuum cleaners so that they have enough power to suck up against a wall. The end result is a super suit that is a little Iron Man and Spider-man at the same time. Maybe his idea should be mass produce for kids. As they always dream of being some marvel super hero. But of course the equipments produce should try to limit the height or have mattresses and harnesses while playing with it.

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Batman Golf Cart

Mech — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:10:24 +0000

Golf is getting more and more popular these days. But the design of golf cart do not seem to have much changes. This just happens to have been created by a Warner Bros employee who works in LA. This batman golf cart definitely feel more robust and fast as compare to the old type of golf cart. Hopefully his creation will soon be a part of the tour of the studio, at least it should be added. There is no current tutorial or any hint on how this was made. This is just a picture that someone captured while on the studio grounds, so there really isn’t much information at all to go with it.

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Classic Mac turned into iPad dock

Mech — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:47:57 +0000

Well you finally got yourself the latest and greatest in Apple technology, but the iPad is so large that none of the small holders will work to hold it upright. Sure, you could just purchase a cheap new accessory or you could get creative. Take your very old outdated classic Mac and turn it into a dock. Sure, it’ll make you look incredibly behind in the times, but you’ll get to remember the retro technology from not so long ago. You won’t be able to purchase this one, so you’ll have to get busy and make one yourself if you’re interested.

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