All you need is some unwanted vinyl records, a drill, some screws, and, of course, DVDs (or CDs) that need holding.
Just watch the video to figure out how to make a pretty stylish retro-looking DVD/CD Holder.
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Via: Metacafe
Archive for March 11th, 2008
11
Mar
DIY Retro DVD/CD Holder
Okay, so you have a small apartment and you already have the Single Person Cooker, but you want to save even more space? Try the BedUp. The BedUp is a clever piece of gadgetry that takes your bed and stores it in the ceiling during the waking hours. When the time comes to catch some Z’s you simply retract the bed from the ceiling. Genius space saving! BedUp saves 4 square meters of valuable space. You can even have it “floating” in the air if you don’t want to move the furniture underneath. Sick.
The BedUp can be tailored to any size or color. Models start at $4,300.
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Via: Born Rich
Perfect for those that enjoy biking at night is the Turn Signal Biking Jacket. Using the LilyPad Arduino microcontroller board and LEDs, a biker can signal to drivers much easier without having to use arm signals. By using the controls embedded in the wrist, signaling your turns are no longer a problem in the dark. No more wearing those hideous bright reflector vests.
Photo from leahbuechley’s Flickr page.
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Via: MAKE
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots looks like one mighty fine game. In the demo, we see Solid Snake’s new moves and get to see his OctoCamo in action. Pretty awesome. The graphics are easy on the eyes as well. We even see Snake pull out a men’s magazine, which made me laugh.
Too bad I don’t own a PS3.
The game is scheduled to hit stores in June 12.
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Via: TechEBlog
I like Apple’s Cover Flow feature. It rocks. But, would you like Cover Flow for your search results? That’s what Searchme is attempting to do. Instead of listing your search results in a list, like traditional search engines, Searchme organizes the results in the aforementioned Apple style.
It does look cool, but I wouldn’t want to use it. I want to be able to scan the results as fast as possible. If I have to “flip” through each search result, no thanks Searchme.
Searchme is still in beta. You can sign up for the private beta at Searchme.com
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The geeks at MIT hopes to solve the parking problem in congested cities with their City Car concept. The City Car is an emissions-free electric car that is “stackable”, similar to the way grocery and shopping carts stack. While stacked, the cars are automatically recharged. The plan is to deploy a stack of City Cars in city centers to create a network of “urban transportation that takes advantage of existing infrastructure such as subway and bus lines.” The idea is this: once someone gets off the subway or bus, the user simply walks up to a stack of City Cars, scans their credit/debit card, and drives off in a City Car. Upon reaching their destination, the user simply drives up the stack of City Cars and parks. Ideally, the city would be littered with piles of these high-tech cars.
The cars themselves feature fully integrated in-wheel electric motors with a suspension system called, “Wheel Robots.” The Wheel Robots provide 360 degree of movement. When “stacked”, each car shrinks 50% of its full size, taking up only 1/8 the parking space of a conventional vehicle. The cars would be cheap to mass produce and would follow some sort of rental business model.
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Panasonic seems well aware of the amount of broken TVs the Nintendo Wii has caused. To help combat the problem, Panasonic plans go back and use the old-school method of TV making. Basically, the plan is to use thicker, high-strength CRT glass on all of its flat-screen displays.
“In a demonstration for New Scientist at a seminar in Valencia, Spain, Panasonic hung a 250-gram steel ball on the end of a cord and let it swing 40 centimetres onto a screen to simulate an impact equivalent to the Wii remote being thrown hard at the screen from across a room.
Even after a wince-inducing 1000 strikes on the same spot, the glass remained intact and unmarked. By contrast, a conventional flat screen cracked after a single strike, exposing its electronic innards to the atmosphere and stopping it working.”
Hopefully, the new TVs will remain thin and sexy. Though, it is nice to hear one TV manufacturer helping the gamers out.
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Via: New Scientist [Image via Wii Damage]
11
Mar
USB Cell: I want one
This isn’t your ordinary AA battery. Called the USB Cell, it’s a clever little device. Inside, it’s a rechargeable Ni-MH battery. However, to recharge the USB Cell, you simply plug them into an USB port. The top green part of the batteries can be flipped over to reveal the USB plug. Recommended charging time is 5 hours via USB or 7 hours in an approved 250 mA Ni-MH charger. The product page claims that these Ni-MH batteries provide 10-25% greater capacity than NiCD batteries.
Get the USB Cell for £12.95 ($26) at I Want One Of Those.
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Via: Gadgets Club
