Posts Tagged ‘amazing’

Lego printer (Self made and is workable)

Watch the video, this is a real working Lego printer. This person designed/built/coded it all from scratch including analog motor electronics, sensors and printer driver, the USB interface uses a “wiring” board. It took him about 3 weeks working evening to complete this lego printer.

CarPuchino: The Coffee Powered Car

It’s the world’s first coffee powered car! The Car-Puchine was created by BBC1’s Bang Goes the Theory program out of a 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco. Surprisingly the car can hit up to 60mph.

It takes a little over half a pound of coffee for every mile driven or about 56 espressos per mile (how many frappes per mile is that? about the same?). Cheap coffee costs around $5 per pound, so we’re talking about $10/mile. By comparison at $3/gallon for gas and 25mpg, that’s about 12 cents per mile. And lets hope you don’t want to fill up on Starbucks premium roast…forget about it.

Of course that doesn’t factor in having to stop every 40 miles to add in more coffee grinds and then every 60 miles to change the coffee filters. I’m going to assume you are buying pre-ground coffee and not grinding your own beans, cause that would be just silly. But at least the car probably smells fantastic. You can make back some of that extra cost by saving on car air fresheners and of course coffee breaks.

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Multi-Function Pen is 12 Tools in One

That pen above might look like an ordinary pen but it’s actually a Multi-Function Pen concealing 12 different tools within it’s normal pen sized casing. Besides writing in ink, when the pen is unscrewed it reveals a plethora of tools for any handyman, do it yourselfer, or gadget lover on the go:

Inside the pen are a hole punch, short and long cutting blades, wire stripper/nail or staple remover, flathead and Philips screwdrivers, a saw, stainless steel file, scraper, tweezers, and a stainless steel fork. Now obviously this isn’t going to replace your entire tool kit but is your tool kit going to fit inside your glove compartment, pocket protector, or on your desk at work? Buy it now on sale for $11.95 at Convenient Gadgets.

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Augmented Reality Cosmetic Mirror

Giant Shiseido has come out with a Digital Cosmetic Mirror that can be used to test make-up and recommendations without even having to pick up a mascara brush. Using augmented reality to do sampling is a novel way to involve consumers, and can be a useful technology for saving on waste. All you do is sit down and let the camera scan your face. The terminal then gives you tailored recommendations. Pressing a few buttons on the touch-screen will paints the make-up onto your image in real time, allowing you to see the results instantly. You can also try out make-up that is currently making waves, along with printing out before and after photos with product information for you to go make the purchase of whichever colors caught your eye the most. Currently this machine is station in Takashimaya department store in Shinjuku. Hopefully it will ship to worldwide soon.

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DIY Lego Router

Lego it just so amazing, it can be assemble into almost anything. Now this guy has remove Linksys WRT54GL router casing and then using Lego tiles to create a new casing for this router.

This lego router is fully functional with all the port, LED and buttons still intact.  And also not forgetting that router does produce heat easily the creator also included air vents in his design to ensure adequate air flow.

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