16Kj of electricity wreaking havoc on everyday electronicss…

Here I sit on a lazy Sunday afternoon, looking for things to write about and things to spur my imagination. Finding a few crafty fellows zapping the hell out of common electronic parts with 16 kila joules of electricity is certainly attention worthy. The video above is full of electronic deaths in epic if not somewhat visually unimpressive spark shows. Though there are a few gems. Go ahead and give it a look. Hacked Gadgets > Fast...

Street legal bumper car navigating the urban jungle…

Street legal bumper car navigating the urban jungle…

Some kids spend the long stretches of summer and winter breaks playing video games and sleeping in late. The more entrepreneurial meanwhile take a seemingly innocent bumper car and transform it into a 100% street legal driving machine… Ready to feel the wind in your hair? Getting in touch with the open elements and looking geeky at the same time has never been cooler. The car you see above is an actual bumper car that has been modified to meet all road going laws. ...

The Word Clock

The Word Clock

Clocks have had the same general design and means of telling time for centuries. Sure they’ve progressed technologically from say a sun dial to a digital clock that displays numbers, but the overall concept is the same. Also true, attempts to radically change the way time is displayed such as some clocks which show the time in binary or with some other creative combination of fancy shapes and or characters are often hard to decipher. The Word Clock however is...