Archive for August, 2007

House trucks

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007



Building a house out of an old 50’s truck.
(warning: Comic Sans) Via MeFi.

A little time off

Monday, August 20th, 2007

I’ll be taking a bit of a break from posting, as I prepare for a move from the smallcave to a somewhat larger home. So, um, as you were.

decTOP

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Another very cute fanless computer debuts. The decTOP is $100 bucks and runs Linux, on eight watts of power. Via LifeHacker.

Ionic breeze for your computer

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

You know those dumb things they sell in sharper image? Shrink it down to microchip size, and it could be a great way to cool a computer.

Glow in the dark motorcycle

Monday, August 13th, 2007

This little electric motorcycle from Yamaha glows in the dark, and features iPod connections and controls. It has a 40km range and a top speed of 30km/h. Via MetaEfficient.

Eyeball telescope

Monday, August 13th, 2007

The IMT is the smallest telescope in the world, designed to be implanted in the eye. It’s designed to refocus the center of the field of vision onto a healthy patch of receptors, in the eye of an older patient with macular degeneration.

Fiat 500 Redux

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Fiat: The pride is back.

Handheld gas turbine

Friday, August 10th, 2007

This handheld turbine can supposedly generate 2.6 kW by spinning at 600,000 rpm. That’s more than twice the power supplied by a standard household solar array, and plenty more than a typical household needs, all in a device the roughly three inches long.

Mini Michael Jackson

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

For the record, I think this is dumb. But I haven’t posted anything in three days, so have at it.

Casimir Effect reversible?

Monday, August 6th, 2007

Really tiny stuff sticks together, because at some point there’s less going on in the vacuum between them than there is going on in the vacuum around them. You know how when you try and meditate by clearing your mind and end up thinking about the fact that you’re thinking of nothing, and then eventually you’re trying to figure out what to eat for dinner? The universe does that too. Anyway, apparently these scientists have concieved of a lens that can reverse the effect.
A more technical description of the problem and solution is available here.

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