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Thanks to X-mi for sponsoring the contest this week. They will be providing a X-mini II Capsule Speaker (PDF) to the winner. Have a closer look at the speaker by going here and clicking on the X-mini II at the top. If you are looking for music on the go these should work just great for you. “Technical Specifications This contest will run for one week (December 26, 2009 – January 1, 2010) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with “Name the Thing Contest” as the subject, and the message body consisting of:
The winner will be chosen at random from all of the correct entries. ———————————–———- Added January 12, 2009 The item to guess was a Wii MotionPlus The winner is Rolan Y. (There were 177 entries) ————————————–———- Below are some pictures of the prize.
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So we brought you the Twitter Christmas Tree that Ian made yesterday. Who knew there was another Interactive Twitter Christmas Tree. “After designing a Twitter based installation for GE Healthcare, I looked forward to putting some Arduino’s and LED’s to work on a personal project. While speaking with Psytek, a founder of a hackerspace in Brooklyn called AlphaOneLabs, we decided an interactive Christmas tree would be a lot of fun. He bought a tree. I hunted for clear ornaments to stick the led’s into, and after coming up dry, we set out to make our own.”
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Are there some people in your family that can’t make it to your New Years celebration. By using a Webcam, Digital Picture Frame and some software you can share some live pictures with that special someone. Jake Teater from Brazil shows us how to use Yawcam, a D-Link Digital Picture Frame and an FTP server to share your event with someone special. As a side benefit you will also learn how to solder without a soldering iron, that’s right, if your digital temperature controlled soldering iron ever fails you and you are in the middle of nowhere this trick could save you some frustration. |
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Have a happy tech Christmas! Of course it wouldn’t be complete without a tech tree. Our friend Ian from Dangerous Prototypes has made one cool tree. You send the tree instructions using Twitter and it will light up accordingly. Ian is using his $35 Web Platform kit and a Macetech ShiftBright module to do the dirty work. You can see the live U-Stream video of the tree here. When you are done with the tree you can sit back and enjoy some more simulated Christmas, by watching the burning Yule Log. “Using it: To choose the color of our tree, just send a color to @tweet_tree on Twitter. @tweet_tree red, green, purple, green, p, g, r, b @tweet_tree understands red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Send one color, or combination of colors to morph through. Separate multiple colors with a comma. Only the first letter of the color matters, r,o,y,g,b, & p, are acceptable color commands. @tweet_tree red, *ff0000, green, *00ff00, blue, *0000ff You can also blend custom colors using 24bit hexadecimal color codes. Here’s a color picking tool to help you choose values. Send the value as *rrggbb, where rr=red, gg=green, and bb=blue. We used the * designator because the more common # is already used for Twitter hash tags.”
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When you are working in an office environment make sure you don’t keep it serious all the time. Creative thoughts are often nurtured by some fun and entertainment. This Hidden Ping Pong Ball Shooter Prank by ckBot is a great example of this. I bet some of the best ideas were thought about that afternoon after everyone had a good laugh. Via: Make 
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This virtual face looks quite realistic. ATM machines have removed most of the tellers out of banks will this technology allow for a few sales people provide virtual help in all departments of a store? |
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The SBU (Self Balancing Unicycle) which we have featured in the past is now in the hands of Adam Savage from Mythbusters. This thing looks like tons of fun to ride! I would think the learning curve would be much less than on a traditional unicycle? “SPECIFICATIONS: • Speed 10 MPH |
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