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Winduino…An awesome digital wind chime!

Very clever idea and sounds great too! The best part is, since it’s digital you can make it sound however you want. Some assembly required. :D

Amplify’d from blog.makezine.com
The Winduino II is a wireless, digital version of an Aeolian harp that can be listened to on its own or used as accompaniment for other instruments. Still based around the Adruino BT Bluetooth board, the Winduino II has several improvements over the last version which has vastly improved the performance of this unique sound generating device. The Winduino II also has a custom stand, so the device can be used inside or hung from a hook or tree branch outdoors.
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I always heard that ham radio was an addiction…

I think this guy might need to talk to someone about his problem.?.

I know this is more than just ham radio but it sounds like that’s how the “problem” started.

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500X The Ham Car
Ham radio appears to be more of an addiction than a hobby to the seller of this $500 Dodge. Every surface is covered with $25K in communications equipment for every conceivable band (FM/UHF/HF/VHF/SPACEMAN)
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USB ports built right into the outlet…it’s about time!

I would imagine these will be very expensive but when you figure most name brand adapters are no less than $20 these probably won’t be overly priced at $40. Obviously you couldn’t retrofit your entire house with them (unless money isn’t an object) but if you replaced the commonly used ones with them it would probably be worth it.

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You can pre-order yours now at Fastmac. Supposedly they will ship “in early 2010.” Or you could just make your own. If you try it, remember Louie the Lightning Bug: “You gotta play it safe around electricity.” [via Slippery Brick]

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A clock with no hands makes a pretty awesome clock!

Some of the things people come up with these days is just amazing and this is definitely one of those things. It’s so simple yet so genius!

In case you can’t see them, the hands are projected using LED’s around the perimeter of the face of the clock.

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The folks at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories are at it again, this time (get it?) with a kit version of the Bulbdial clock. We first saw the concept for this device over a year ago, when it was proposed by David Friedman of Ironic Sans. EMSL decided to take on the challenge of constructing it, and built a prototype. Now, just in time for the holidays, they have released it as an open source kit.

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The 25 most influential microchips of all time

E.T. would not have been able to phone home without #2.

I personally take a big interest in all things electronic and without these chips, most of the things we take for granit today would not exist.

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If it weren’t for the TMC0281, E.T. would’ve never been able to “phone home.” That’s because the TMC0281, the first single-chip speech synthesizer, was the heart (or should we say the mouth?) of Texas Instruments’ Speak & Spell learning toy. In the Steven Spielberg movie, the flat-headed alien uses it to build his interplanetary communicator. (For the record, E.T. also uses a coat hanger, a coffee can, and a circular saw.)

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