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Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote
Chung Lee is the PhD student from Carnegie Mellon University who has been rocking Nintendo fanboy hearts pretty hard by making the Wiimote do some spectacular feats- he's managed to create a headtracking simulation through the Wiimote, creating an amazing 3D window on the world.
posted to technology by FurQ, Apr 18th
: score: 260 : 253 clicks
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The Steampunk Laptop
An HP laptop encased in a wood and brass frame with glass-encased clockwork gears, complete with clock-winding key to boot and redone keys.
posted to technology by jBot, Mar 5th
: score: 80 : 1103 clicks
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Humanoid robot drawing portraits
A robot that can recognize faces and draw them.
posted to technology by Brad, Dec 29th
: score: 222 : 552 clicks
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Anonymous on FOX11
A laughably bad news report on a hacker gang named "Anonymous". Dangerous, powerful, always in pursuit of LULZ.
posted to technology by Brad, Aug 16th
: score: 111 : 1038 clicks
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Urban Street Sightings
Submit and vote on the best urban images captured by the new Google Maps street view tool.
posted to technology by Brad, Jun 1st
: score: 111 : 1773 clicks
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[JV] Robot Suit
Japanese robot suit can assist the wearer by increasing his strength ten times, but cannot yet transform into a motorcycle.
posted to technology by Bargaintuan, Feb 15th, 2007
: score: 82 : 539 clicks
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Popularity Dialer
Ever wanted to look popular for your friends? Or some hot girl? Maybe you've just been stuck in an awkward situation and would love to get a phone call to save your behind. This site could save your life.
posted to technology by padawan3000, Jan 23rd, 2007
: score: 1 : 95 clicks
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Chumby
The chumby is a wifi device that, at basic levels, acts as clock radio. It also can be physically hacked and many widgets will be made available. And it's called a "chumby"
posted to technology by psyconius, Aug 28th, 2006
: score: 1 : 19 clicks
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Phone Trick
Insert a number and a number to call, and a voice will call and say the text.
posted to technology by Planettroy, Jul 1st, 2006
: score: 64 : 6257 clicks
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Impatient Child
"A funny video of a kid going insane while his computer starts up."
posted to technology by Brad, Feb 24th, 2006
: score: 111 : 1378 clicks
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One Free Minute
A mobile sculpture designed for anonymous public speech. When you call the cellphone inside One Free Minute, you get connected for exactly a minute to a 200 watt amplifier and speaker which can be heard more than 150 feet away from the sculpture.
posted to technology by choadwarrior, Oct 29th, 2005
: score: 113 : 870 clicks
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99 Bottles of Beer
Programs in almost 800 different languages, all doing the same thing: printing the lyrics to '99 Bottles of Beer'.
posted to technology by BiggerJ, Sep 12th, 2005
: score: 64 : 414 clicks
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Find a nuclear reactor near you!
A database with every nuclear reactor on the planet with an easy search system.
posted to technology by Fred_Guy, Sep 11th, 2005
: score: 1 : 691 clicks
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World's Largest Panoramic Picture
Pan and zoom across the world's largest digital image, composed of 2.5 billion pixels. Enhance... enhance... enhance...
posted to technology by pasq242, Nov 30th, 2004
: score: 1 : 1635 clicks
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RoboDump 1.0
"RoboDump is a robot. Sort of. And it poops. Sort of. Forever. A horrible, never-ending bowel movement complete with straining grunts, horrific gas, splashes, and pee sounds."
posted to technology by Brad, Nov 12th, 2004
: score: 111 : 1180 clicks
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Urinal Dot Net Archives
A collection of some of the best urinals of the world.
posted to technology by Brad, Oct 19th, 2004
: score: 111 : 959 clicks
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Glucoboy
"GLUCOBOY® is a glucose meter that can be inserted into a Nintendo GAMEBOY®. The product operates independent of the video game system but downloads video game programs that are contained within its circuitry into the GAMEBOY as a reward for maintaining good blood sugar control."
posted to technology by Brad, Dec 30th, 2003
: score: 111 : 682 clicks
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The Soulmate Calculator
"This Soulmate Calculator will calculate the number of American singles you must meet to find your soulmate. It uses the latest statistics from the U.S. Census and the National Center for Health Statistics."
posted to technology by Brad, May 14th, 2003
: score: 111 : 1025 clicks
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You're In Control (Urine Control)
"The You’re In Control system uses computation to enhance the act of urination. Sensors in the back of a urinal detect the position of a stream of urine, enabling people to play interactive games on a screen mounted above the urinal."
posted to technology by Brad, May 4th, 2003
: score: 111 : 426 clicks
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Billy Bass Hack
"The Billy Bass Hack adds a 20 second re-recordable "special" message to the Billy Bass talking fish made by Gemmy Toys. The movements of the head, tail and mouth are also re-recordable, and the original factory messages are still available."
posted to technology by Brad, May 2nd, 2003
: score: 111 : 498 clicks
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The Brannock Device
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Brannock Device, the industry standard in foot measuring technology for over 70 years!
posted to technology by Brad, Apr 30th, 2003
: score: 111 : 348 clicks
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Can You Spot Your Offender?
Pro Tech Monitoring has created "the most effective way to supervise offenders released into the community" by using a GPS receiver, wireless communications and central monitoring to provide 24/7 satellite tracking. The offender's location is given to the victim, law enforcement and parole and probation officers.
posted to technology by Anijunga, Apr 23rd, 2003
: score: 101 : 280 clicks
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Digital Angel
Digital Angel offers advanced wireless Safety, Location and Condition Systems, with GPS and proprietary sensor technologies. The Digital Angel System allows you to "locate a loved one or pet easily, find out quickly if someone has an emergency situation, has fallen or wandered away" by sending an alert to your computer, cell phone, text pager or PDA, and is accompanied with GPS information to locate the individual within 75 feet. Check out the Demo tab to see each alert call in action.
posted to technology by Anijunga, Apr 23rd, 2003
: score: 101 : 207 clicks
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Audi-Oh
"Audi-Oh™ is a revolution in stimulation technology for men or women. Sound is converted into infinitely variable pulses of pleasure."
posted to technology by Brad, Apr 21st, 2003
: score: 111 : 457 clicks
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Colin Fahey's Tetris AI System
"This article describes how to use a common USB "web camera", a personal computer, an inexpensive relay board, and custom software, to form an "Artificial Intelligence" (AI) system
capable of playing the classic video game Tetris running on a separate personal computer."
posted to technology by Brad, Mar 5th, 2003
: score: 111 : 301 clicks
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Atomic Clock Synch
If you're like me, you want your watch, VCR, computer and microwave all synchronized with an atomic clock. XP has an app built in to do this, but if you're on an older OS you can download a program that'll do the same thing.
posted to technology by gabe, Sep 16th, 2002
: score: 86 : 318 clicks
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AOLiza
Since we were talking about Eliza....
posted to technology by evil_deceiver, Jul 9th, 2002
: score: 100 : 242 clicks
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Go ask A.L.I.C.E.
Richard Wallace's A.I. program that is often confused for a human
posted to technology by Anijunga, Jul 9th, 2002
: score: 101 : 572 clicks
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ASIMO: Honda's Humanoid Robot
I just saw a commercial for it last night and was amazed to watch it fetch the morning paper.
posted to technology by Anijunga, Jun 27th, 2002
: score: 101 : 333 clicks
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