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Re-purposing for the purpose of music…I love it!

I've seen many different things that were never intended to make music end up making music due to somebody's awesome creativity, but this has got to be one of the most well done I've seen yet...

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Dig out the old 386 and 486 desktop computers out of the garage we now have a use for them! Youtube user Fun to the Head has stuffed two 3.5 inch floppy drives and two 5.25 inch floppy drives into a vintage computer case, with the magic of a modern PIC microcontroller the system is able to come to life and play the drives as if they were instruments.

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Woke up to another foot of snow this morning... I wouldn't mind except most of our snow had just melted. I guess thats what I get for living in Wisconsin.

Personal jetpacks not so far from a reality!

If you have the $100k to spend on it...

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Looks like the Martin Jetpack is getting closer to being available. With an anticipated price tag of $100,000 it won’t be in most people’s budget but for the work that has gone into development that price seems quite reasonable. To make final testing a bit safer they have converted it so it can be controlled remotely.

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R/C car controlled by arcade game… I want one!

This is awesome! If I ever find 2 months with nothing to do (lol) I will definitely be building one of these...

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Via the HacDC Blabber list comes this giddy-with-awesome cardboard racetrack with camera-mounted R/C cars and an arcade racing cockpit where the driver controls the vehicle. The builder, Malte Jehmlich, says he spent several months working on the project. It's WipEout meets vintage R/C racing. I want! [Thanks, Daniel Packer!]

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Microsoft invents bidirectional battery holder..

Its so simple and so genius! I too know to many people that just put the batteries in any way and then complain because the device doesn't work...

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Looks like Microsoft is trying to make our lives a bit better with their new battery holder design. What is so cool about a battery holder that needs to be talked about? Well this battery holder can accept the battery inserted either way. I know so many people who just slot the batteries into everything and wonder why it doesn’t work… This device would solve this issue since it doesn’t care how it is installed.Read more at hackedgadgets.com
 

Hilarious Butterfinger commercial…

It honestly made me laugh out loud when i saw it on tv which is pretty rare for commercials lately...

Pepper Mouth, a completely useless gadget…

Not sure why anyone would pay for something like this...

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With Pepper Mouth, the user will get sprayed in the mouth whenever they type a swear word on their computer keyboard. This is sure to be a hit with parents trying to keep their kids online use clean. Only issue is that the user can just unplug the USB device and toss it in the drawer.

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Kid pulls his own tooth out with a rocket!

This is so cool even though there is sooo much wrong about it... I just can't believe the kid had the guts to push the button! I can't help but think that his mom had no idea this was going on and probably had a few choice words for the dad when she found out...

Cellphone (G1) powered cellbot completely powered and driven with cellphones!

I don't see any practical use for this but sure would be a ton of fun to play with!

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The folks at cellbots.com are at it again. This time around they've swapped out all the 5v components for 3.3v and in doing so have wired everything to run off the G1's internal battery.

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World record remote control car jump.

I have an RC car similar to these (though it's got a lot of dust on it these days) and I can tell you that when you get that kind of power behind these things, it's nearly impossible to go straight let alone land a jump of any kind. Nice job!

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