Is there any limit to how small circuits can get. It seems that whenever there is an obstacle a solution is found.
Source: Electronic Products
“Addressing the challenges in ever-shrinking ICs of maintaining functionality while consuming less energy in a smaller space, researchers at semiconductor solutions provider Infineon (Munich, Germany) have developed what is presented as the first complex circuit fabricated using 65-nm multigate FET (MGFET) technology. With a footprint approximately 30% smaller than devices using current single-gate technology, the new transistors have quiescent current a factor of 10 lower with the same functions and performance.
Fabricated in three dimensions using conventional manufacturing processes and materials, the gate electrode of the transistor encloses the depletion potential barrier on several sides (multigates), thus offering three times the contact surface to ensure that the transistor can be really switched off. The MGFET prototype created contains more than 3,000 active transistors and is as powerful […]
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Want to be a DJ? You can go hands on with a modified Wiimote called the WiiJ. But when you get serious the Kuka industrial robotic DJ is the only way to go!
Videos and more pictures after the jump.
“The Juke Bot is a pair of Kuka industrial robots; each is surrounded by a set of platters (you know, vinyl LPs). The two bots act independently, deftly grasping an LP, and then bringing it to a platform with a phonograph needle. Delicately, the robot presses the LP against the needle and begins to rotate it forward and backward, creating a unique performance sound.”
Via: Robot Gossip and Technovelgy
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Thinklabs has the first stethoscope where you might need to say “iPod not included” when showing pictures of it. Although the $495.00 version does come with a 2GB iPod.
Think you could build your own? You probably could, here is a reference to use as a head start.
“In a conventional stethoscope, the diaphragm vibration causes air pressure behind the diaphragm to change, which passes up the tubes as a sound wave to impinge pressure changes on the listener’s eardrums. Losses occur throught the tubing and there is no amplification.
Thinklabs developed a technology that replaces air pressure changes with electric field changes. Having captured diaphragm movement as an electrical signal, it can be amplified and processed with the full power of current technology. The resulting electrical signal is a perfect analog of the air pressure changes at the diaphragm of a traditional stethoscope, ensuring that the electrical signal truly captures the […]
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Hacked Gadgets friend FastMHz has been busy doing all sorts of experiments, and this crazy mad scientist has captured it on tape for our enjoyment! Not sure if all fingers and toes are still accounted for, I think I would be hiding (cowering) behind something solid for most of these tests.
After watching the video those wall mounted can crushers seem so useless, I want to crush cans using a huge electrical discharge! I also have never seen a water capacitor, hopefully FastMHz can fill us in on how to build it and how well it works…
“I’ve just finished a new video my handheld air cannon, an electrothermal cannon (first one I’ve ever seen by a hobbyist), and exploding wires, along with another use for the induction launcher…also got some high power single stage coilgun shots in there…”
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Here is a list of 5 cool coil guns, either one would be fun to try out. Remember that coil guns can be dangerous, if you build one and shoot out your eye don’t say you weren’t warned.
5. The Mk II Coil RIfle
This is the second gun that Nicholas Howard has built.
“This is my second coil rifle, it has a firing energy of about 5 joules and it charges in about 10 seconds. the power source is the 12V 3.5AH SLA batery. This supplies the power to the 12v-240v inverter that provides the 240v requiered by the rectifacation circut. The 400v output from this circut is used to charge the two 400v 2200uF capacitors used to supply the energy to the work coil. it is capable of shooting through multiple soda cans.”
4. 18 Shot Repeat Coilgun
This one packs the punch of an automatic.
“Here it concerns a three speed CG in […]
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Check out the review of the Quasicade EX by Retro Thing.
“It’s here! Our first Retro Thing TV video review. You’ll see me assemble the Quasicade EX, a DIY kit that lets you build your own stand-up arcade cabinet.
We worked hard to bring this to you, and really hope that you enjoy it. Don’t forget to let your retro gaming friends know to come here and check out this new video. Let us know what you think of this video by posting in the comments section.”
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This waterfall display is impressive, I would have loved to see it in person.
“From Detroit to Beijing, the Jeep Waterfall has mesmerized auto showgoers from across the globe. Tune in to discover how this H20 wonder works.”
Thanks Frank S.
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Add some light to your house with Illuma Wall.
“With Duo-Gard’s new IllumaWALL, you can flood your house with daytime sunlight AND make it glow like a colorful lantern after dusk in uneartly colors like green and pink. If you’re really ostentatious, you can even liven up the neighborhood with a pulsating spectrum of pink, yellow, green, and blue. Add in your favorite musical tracks and you’ve got yourself a party.
Made of translucent polycarbonate panels and custom-programmable LED’s, the applications for IllumaWALL seem both endless and endlessly entertaining. The array of Duo-Gard’s IllumaWALL’s colorful lighting schemes is made possible by the programming capabilities of LED’s, whose versatile nature can transform the wall from steady ambient glow to a light show of pulsating colors in seconds.”
Via Inhabitat and Engadget
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It seems that vibration is a very common element in modern gaming. Lots of joysticks have it built in to give the player a more immersive experience. For example a bomb explodes close to you and you can feel it in the joystick, you get shot and you feel that too. The Virtual Impact Suit takes it to the next level, you would literally feel the bullet hit you in the chest!
Code and schematics are available on the site.
” The PC Virtual Impact Suit takes in-game bullet hit events into real life physical impacts on player’s body. It currently supports the popular Half-Life 3D first-person-shooter game, and connects to the PC via a USB port.
The electromechanical suit is powered by low voltage.
For those who would like to build their own Half Life Impact Suit system, the following is being provided as free, and for non-commercial use only. “
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Here is the version 2 of the Airsoft Turret. If this is the first time you are seeing this have a look at Version 1 first.
“As promised here is version 2.0 of the airsoft turret project. Based on an overwhelming amount of fan feedback from the first project we decided to make the platform a little more flexible by supporting both USB and Radio Controlled interfaces so more people with different interests will be able to tinker with it. So for this project we will be detailing the construction of the turret and building the base as more of an experimental platform so you can choose what method you want to use.”
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I love multiple monitors, I don’t think I could go back to just one. But I only have two, three when I extend my desktop onto the laptop screen… This setup makes me feel like my system is just a toy. I think I need a new resolution for this year, more productivity from bigger monitors (and more of them)…
“For those of you who are tech-heads, I’ll list the specs: Quad G5/4GB/750GBx2/2×30″ (right), Dual G5/3GB/750GBx2/1×30″ (left,upper)/G4-1.33/120GB/2GB/17″ (left, lower). For my uber geek friends — center lower - Sony wireless 15″ tv; Sonos wireless remote; and about 6TB of portable drives, oh, and the two G5’s are connected via GigE so they share drives and data in as near real time as possible, and there are six CF card readers, three FW400 Lexar’s, two FW800 Sandisk’s, and one USB2 Sandisk - sweet for the redundant ingest of […]
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This plane must be a rush to fly. The music is a great match for the video.
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If you are looking to make a car mod that will keep people from riding your bumper this is one solution. Instead of modding your own car you could just buy this one.
“WORLD’S ONLY JET CAR WITH TWIN JET ENGINES
2 - T58 General electric Jet engines with afterburners
Ready to race !”
Via: OhGizmo
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If you are ever in Brussels, this building is a must see.
“Touch is a project by the Belgian digital design and art lab, LAb[au], Laboratory for Architecture and Urbanism.
The project takes as a starting point Brussels’ 145 m high Dexia Tower, from which 4200 windows can be individually colour-enlightened, by RGB-led bars, turning the façade into an immense display.
Instead of considering this infrastructure as a flat screen (surface) displaying pre-rendered video loops, the project is working on the architectural characteristics of the tower and its urban context. The characteristics of the building; orientation, volume, scale… are used as parameters to set up a spatial, temporal and luminous concept, which moreover allows people to directly interact with the tower.
On Place Rogier, at the bottom of the tower, a station is mounted where people can interact either individually or collectively with the visual and luminous display (= the tower) through a multi […]
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