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Wall-E Is Real, EZ-Robot Makes It So

We've seen some really weird and cool ideas for robots over the years, but EZ-Robot may have just secured a special spot in its customers' hearts by creating a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) robot kit. The Canadian start-up company made it possible to put together all sorts of robotic shapes and sizes, as the primar...

13 December 2011
03:18 GMT

Building a Laser Microscope at Home

This YouTube video shows just how easy it is to build a laser microscope in your own home, with which to conduct at least rudimentary scientific observations. The best part is that the instrument can be built for only a few dollars. Its main component is a standard, presentation laser, of the type used in conferenc...

10 November 2011
05:45 GMT

DIY Enthusiasts Show Off Electric Cars at Meeting

Between September 21-25, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was the home of do-it-yourself enthusiasts who create electric cars. People from around the country arrived at the rally, to display their creations at the EVCCON 2011 gathering. There are numerous electrical vehicle (EV) conversion shops across the United States, wh...

28 September 2011
07:36 GMT

DIY Upgrade Kits from OWC Lets One Easily Migrate from HDDs to SSDs

While most users are still attached to their hard disk drives, OWC figured it would make it easier for them to move to solid state storage by offering a means by which the switch can be made without the need for outside assistance.As end-users probably know, solid state storage has been gaining traction on both the ...

15 December 2010
04:09 GMT

Pixel Qi Sunlight-Readable Displays Headed for Tablets

As some may know, Pixel Qi is a company that has become fairly known on the display market for its sunlight-readable screen, and it seems that the company is going to press forward with this technology, even getting ready to bring out 7-inch models for tablets.The largest issue with liquid crystal displays when it c...

20 September 2010
04:34 GMT

Pixel Qi Innovative Displays Sell Out in a Day

When it comes to displays of any kind, the first technology that pops into one's mind is, most often, LCD. Unfortunately, liquid crystal displays have certain drawbacks that prevent them from becoming ideal display solutions, the most notable of which is their ability to make their images become invisible under ...

2 July 2010
04:46 GMT

Pixel Qi Makes LCDs More Efficient and Sunlight-Readable

Liquid Crystal Displays were a great breakthrough when they were created, but the one issue that has still not been resolved is their lack of or reduced visibility when exposed to sunlight. Basically, this issue makes notebooks and netbooks more or less unusable outdoors. To remedy this problem, Pixel Qi has come for...

8 March 2010
06:55 GMT

OCZ's Neutrino Netbook to Come as a DIY System

People attending OCZ's booth at this year’s CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany were able to set their eyes on the company's first Atom-based netbook, dubbed Neutrino. The system comes in a 10-inch form factor and is built on the familiar Intel Atom platform that is featured across most netbooks currently ...

10 March 2009
10:11 GMT

Red Point Measure, a New, Modern Approach to Precision

You don't necessarily have to be a constructor or interior designer/decorator to instantly see that the Huang Qiaokun's Red Point Measure device is the very definition of affordable precision. For those who are making all sorts of measurements inside people's homes or in their own residences, the Red P...

12 February 2009
07:04 GMT

OCZ Unveils New 15-Inch DIY Gaming Notebook

OCZ is probably among the first choices of most computer enthusiasts out there when it comes to high-performance memory or computer-related accessories. However, the company has also entered the world of personal computing with its DIY (Do-It-Yourself) notebook lineup, a concept that allows computer enthusiasts to co...

31 October 2008
06:37 GMT

Build Yourself a Surface Computer for Only $500

Microsoft's revolutionary Surface computers have already hit the shelves of a few selected companies such as AT&T and it seems that this kind of approach will revolutionize the way we interact with our computers. The extremely intuitive software teams up with a natural user interface (the hand) to put all the ne...

6 May 2008
03:38 GMT

When Puzzles Are Not Enough, Try Via's ARTiGO DIY Kit

Via unveiled today a brand new product that lets the user go beyond the classical, end-user computer experience. The new DIY kit allows enthusiasts to build their own compact personal computer, a nifty experience worth trying between accessing two URLs. The VIA ARTiGO Builder Kit is designed by the creators of the Pi...

11 December 2007
09:54 GMT

A 1GB MP3 Player the Size of an Acorn

Indeed, the question in the subtitle isn't at all a joke. So far we've seen all sorts of daily gear getting smaller and smaller, in an endless challenge for miniaturization, heading for the ultimate portability; if some tens of years ago bigger was better, we could say that today "smaller AND better is bett...

11 December 2007
05:58 GMT

The Primitive Drum Machine

What you see in this picture can easily be named a drum machine. Now, I know it has a very poor resemblance to a Boss Dr. Rhythm or some other well-known drum-stations; nevertheless, it is a drum-machine as it clearly features both a machine (see the motor on the left) and a drum. Even more, to see how complex things...

18 April 2007
04:47 GMT

Seagate's Do-It-Yourself Data Recovery

One of the most annoying things is when you delete a folder in which you later realize that you had important information. From that point on a struggle goes on to get back whatever it was that you lost. So, first things first, you have to get some piece of software to help you do the trick. That being said, you surf...

12 April 2007
05:40 GMT

Pool-theater

OK, so you have or just have bought a house which has a swimming pool but you definitely don't like to swim. Neither do you want to have three trucks of earth filling up the pool so you can use the ground for something else. What to do?Some Wisconsin pool-owners, much like in the situation above decided that the...

20 March 2007
04:39 GMT

Nintendo Guitar

So you had an old Nintendo console and it broke down. Cool, there are lots of people like you, so far. After seeing that nothing more can be done for the console to come back to a functional state, you somehow avoided to throw it in the garbage truck, instead it has ended somewhere in the attic or basement - still, t...

2 March 2007
05:01 GMT


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