Contraption Inventions from Japan Video

Remember the old game Mouse Trap. This video form Japan takes Mouse Trap to a whole new level. The video is a series of contraptions utilizing very simple machines to accomplish a task. In the video the contraptions use gravity, magnetics, electronics, pulleys, wind, springs, and momentum to move pieces of the machine. All …

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Cockroach Controlled Robot

This unique robot is controlled by cockroach intelligence. The cockroach is placed on a small trackball which controls the movement of the robot. The idea is to create a pseudo-intelligent robot. The cockroach is flashed with ultra-bright leds. The leds provide feedback to the roach.

DIY Fuel Injection Conversion Mod

If you have an older automobile and envy the modern fuel injections systems, this is for you. Finkbuilt blog is showing the conversion of a carbarated 1973 BMW 2002 into the modern age. The system comes compliments of Megasquirt DIY fuel injection kit. With a series of blog posts Finkbuilt describes the journey …

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Hacking a Toaster Oven into a reflow Oven

Surface mounted Electronics are becoming the more and more popular. They are small, cheap and are the preferred method used in most electronics. For the average electronic hobbyist, they also are a challenge to work with. Most the time you need a magnifying glass and tweezers just …

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DIY Hot Tub Project

J. Kelly McCoy’s Homemade hot tub project has every thing that I look for in a project for this site. A true home built project that not to many people would have even attempted. J. Kelly started off with some parts from eBay and a dream. He took a huge plastic livestock tub …

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The Self-Assembling Chair Robot

Conceived by Max Dean and built by Raffaello D’Andrea, the creators of “The Table: Childhood,” another robotic art installation, the robot chair can fall apart spontaneously, and then drag itself across the floor and reassemble. This is a truly freaky video.

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