Category Archives: Lifestyle

The umbrella that is supported by the shoulder

21st
Aug. × ’09
By Venu Thomas
I must confess that I love this strange device, a holder for the umbrella that is inserted into the shoulder and gives you both hands free. If I was not going to just me, but every time it rains I need to have both hands free because I have a ton of folders, papers and [...]
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How to discover and share music on Twitter

18th
Aug. × ’09
By Venu Thomas
One of the wonders that Twitter has and from which even the most bitter are being set, is the almost infinite possibility of functioning as a gold mine of information. Amid the superficial layers of soil is a treasure ready to be discovered. We should not be Indiana Jones, just be a Shorty to find [...]
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Paper Transformer 3

31st
Jul. × ’09
By Venu Thomas
Unbelievably easy but beautiful paper transformer!
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Scanimation

31st
Jul. × ’09
By Venu Thomas
This term comes from Scanimate: The name of an analog computer animation developed from late 1960 and early 1980. Here I will show an optical illusion based on the book Scanimation Rufus Butler Seder, which works with three sequential frames of movement and a transparent film overlaid with vertical lines. These lines are three times [...]
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Manual illustrated preparation CAFE

22nd
Jul. × ’09
By Venu Thomas
This is what they like coffee, this illustrated manual will solve their doubts about the right mix to get it perfect cafe. Now this may make it much like coffee at home instead of paying a fortune for it.
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WOW! EaGlider

4th
Jun. × ’09
By Venu Thomas
A few days ago I had a post about Scarper, a mix of motorcycle and scooter trial, now it is the turn to Eaglider, although this is not a definition. I like it, seems fun, manageable and easy to use. 2 foot boards one on each side make going straight and fast easy, powered by [...]
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Programmable LED Color Matrix

1st
Jun. × ’09
By Venu Thomas
The guys from Evil Mad Science created a matrix of 625 LED color call Peggy 2, which can be easily programmed to display text or visual effects. Link: via Boing Boing Video:
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Kobia: The emotional robot

25th
May. × ’09
By Venu Thomas
More human or robot? What is I prefer the robots look good with a mechanic, I find that the more human emotions are trying to give, are more horrific. Kobia is the case, the Emotional Humanoid Robot “developed by the Japanese company Tmsuk and Waseda University, which uses not only his face but his whole [...]
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Map of the types of plugs

25th
May. × ’09
By Venu Thomas
Power Plugs and Sockets all over the World, or the type of plug is used in different regions of the world – although it seems that those assigned to China is wrong. Link: via Eurocom Click to see large image.
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Festo Bionics: AquaPenguin, AirPenguin, Interactive Wall, Molecubes, iFab and FinGripper

24th
May. × ’09
By Venu Thomas
The following video is a trailer for the “Bionic Learning Network 2009” from Festo. They employ various universities, institutes and development companies with bionic solutions for automated systems. As a by-product of this impressive and aesthetically pleasing, such as autonomous robots AquaPenguin or AirPenguin the flying variant thereof. Videos for each project can be found [...]
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