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Great Ideas. Latest. Simple Ideas That Are Borderline Genius. 25 clever ideas to make life easier. 30 Organization Tips, Tricks and Ideas That Will Make You Go Ah-ha! 25 (more) clever ideas to make life easier. .

25 (more) clever ideas to make life easier

We heard you loud and clear. When we published our first list of clever ideas to make life easier last year, we received an overwhelming response. So without further ado, here’s another 25 ingenious household tips and organisational tricks that will have you saying, “Why didn’t I think of that?!” Source: chezerbey.com Got an empty kitchen shelf? Source: maillardvillemanor.com Wall mount cutlery trays and add a cup hook in each compartment for brilliant jewelery storage. Tacit: A Haptic Wrist Rangefinder. Tacit is a wearable system that translates the distance to anything you aim your hand toward into pressure on your wrist.

Tacit: A Haptic Wrist Rangefinder

The closer the object, the greater the pressure. Sweep your hand around, and the device conveys to you a tactile image of your surroundings. I designed Tacit to help vision-impaired people navigate their environments, but it’s also a fun and effective sensory enhancement for fully sighted people — especially in the dark. My first version of Tacit was a headband with vibration motors that ran faster when objects came closer. But this design had a distracting “mad science” look, and most obstacles, like furniture, are below head level. I realized that it was my own sighted prejudice to want to attach vision-simulating sensors to the head. For rangefinders, I used two $30 ultrasonic sensors that detect objects up to 10′ away, angled apart to take in a broader swath.

IR ASC - infrared light against surveillance cameras. A Huge List of Cool Stuff. Amazing skateboard designs. ThisIsWhyImBroke.com - StumbleUpon. Funny Gifts For Christmas. 11 Housewarming Gifts for the Dedicated Gamer. Since we brought you The Retro Fun and Games House, I've found a lot more products that will make serious gamers feel right at home in their own homes.

11 Housewarming Gifts for the Dedicated Gamer

Some are for sale; others are handcrafted, so you may have to plan ahead for a special occasion. 1. Space Invaders Bath Towels These Space Invaders bath towels come in two colors and three designs to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the game (which was last year). Don't worry about whether it will match your bathroom's decor; the colors are black and white. 2. DigitalSoaps makes bars of soap in the shape of game controllers! 3. Iceblox is an ice cube tray that gives you ice in the shape of game pieces we all know and love. 4. Every kitchen needs oven mitts and pot holders. Absolutely Genius Ideas. Cool & weird inventions. Hack Your Own Super Fridge. THE MOST AMAZING TABLE EVER.

Disposable Cameras. There are lots of disposable camera Instructables on the site.

Disposable Cameras

It was hard to choose, but I've included some great ones! Need a taser, a coil gun, a flash grenade? Well then, this disposable camera guide is for you! From simple everyday parts you can make this glove which has two modes. Mode 1 is a constant output of slightly over 300 v. while Mode 2 takes a few seconds to charge, but gives off a much more painfu... Watermelons Are Nature's Kegs. Badass Gadgets: 13 Stellar Examples of Aggressive Hardware Design. In a mission to rescue hardware enthusiasts from the eternally twee and precious, Gadget Lab proudly presents this collection of badass gadgets -- shining examples of aggressive, purpose-built hardware design.

Badass Gadgets: 13 Stellar Examples of Aggressive Hardware Design

Each of the products in this round-up is imbued with an aesthetic subtext that approaches you with a face slap, puts you in a submission hold, and whispers coldly in your ear, “Fear me. Respect me. Honor my fearsome posture.” Don’t be frightened. Cutlery like machetes and tactical tomahawks share billing with more conventional hardware specimens, like a flashlight and a computer mouse. We kick off our collection with an exceedingly sharp selection that should make all fruit-stand vendors quake in fear.

There aren’t many tools more obviously badass than a machete, and there aren’t many machetes more badass than the Southern Grind GrandDaddy. While we didn’t get the chance to hack our way through the Amazon rainforest, we did give the $225 GrandDaddy a run through common produce. 11 Creative Ideas for Every Household & Coolest Photo. Sci.electronics FAQ. These materials are provided as-is, with no support.

Sci.electronics FAQ

They are not being maintained. At present they are being kept available because we're aware people still refer to them - but we reserve the right to remove this archive, without notice, at any time. Contents: From: squish@endor.uucp (Shishin Yamada) [...] Anyways, the following is a cutout from the group sci.electronics. Oh, lastly, if you're looking for ANALOG transmitters, I would look into Radio-Electronics recently for posts about their "Air-Hop" voice transmitter, or into Forrest Mims III "Circuit Cookbook. "