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The International Dance Party looks like an unassuming flight box. But as soon as its radar detects people dancing, its motorized face drops to reveal two speakers running 600 watts of the world's best unfiltered Eurohouse and other assorted Electro Boogie. But really, it's hard to explain how incredible this machine is, unless you watch the video:
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International Dance Party: Instant Disco in a Box Creates Infinite Party Loop
The International Dance Party looks like an unassuming flight box. But as soon as its radar detects people dancing, its motorized face drops to reveal two speakers running 600 watts of the world's best unfiltered Eurohouse and other assorted Electro Boogie. But really, it's hard to explain how incredible this machine is, unless you watch the video: More »
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We bet Stormtroopers wouldn't mind crowding around Samsung's latest 1080p projector, the SP-A800B. It makes use of TI's newest DLP chip, delivering a 24fps film mode and a 10,000:1 contrast ratio. No price or street date, but since it's an "ultra high-end model targeted to the content creation industry and home theater," we're guessing the price will suit the audience. Two more snaps and full specs after the jump.
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Samsung's SP-A800B 1080p DLP Projector Perfect for Death Star's Theater Room
We bet Stormtroopers wouldn't mind crowding around Samsung's latest 1080p projector, the SP-A800B. It makes use of TI's newest DLP chip, delivering a 24fps film mode and a 10,000:1 contrast ratio. No price or street date, but since it's an "ultra high-end model targeted to the content creation industry and home theater," we're guessing the price will suit the audience. Two more snaps and full specs after the jump.More »
diy
Beginner's Guide to Soldering or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Skin Burns
A lot of the DIY projects we feature require soldering, which unlike soldiering, doesn't usually involve loss of life, but is still painful as crap. Instructables has a guide on soldering for beginners, which is totally useful if you didn't spend a semester soldering your fingers together because your female lab partner didn't know what she was doing (but managed to help you through the "math" part of the class). [Instructables via Lifehacker]
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Self-Stirring LEGO Mug
Using the power of magnetism, David Ye created a self-stirring mug out of LEGO, some magnets and a mug. We thought it would be some kind of weak 10-stirs-per-minute contraption, but the video actually shows that it's like a miniature whirlpool in there. We'd rig one up ourselves, but we're afraid we'd add too much power and end up sloshing burning coffee all over our faces. Which isn't all that much different from our current situation. [Instructables]
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The Digital Newsstand
This super-cool project by some dude takes an old newspaper box and hooks up a 17-inch monitor to it so he can get digital headlines every day. Inside the box he stores the monitor, a Mac mini, and speakers/subwoofer for some audio as well. Using AppleScript, he fetches the front-page news of various other newspapers from Newseum so he can get a quick view of what's going on every morning. More »
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How to Build a Tetris Shelf
We've shown you those Tetris shelves a couple times over the years now, but they're still really, really expensive to the point where you'd have to live inside it in lieu of an actual apartment. Here's how you can build your own on the cheap. More »
diy games
Pong, Anytime, Anywhere
As part of the ECE 476 Microcontroller Design course at Cornell University, two students have taken the game of Pong and added a new twist. This version of Pong can be played on any flat surface using two laser-sensing paddles and a laser projector that projects the Pong ball. The entire project only set the duo back $48. Hit the link below to get all of the nitty-gritty details about the game, how it works and even videos of the two designers—Adrian Wong and Bhavin Rokad—playing the game. Nice work guys. More »
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Ravezooka Weapon Fires Sound, Not Bullets
Rather than firing live ammunition, the Ravezooka shoots music. Confused? With a pull of the trigger, the Ravezooka emits sounds at different frequencies depending on the distance to the target at which you're aiming. Closer targets will cause the Ravezooka to emit lower frequency sounds while targets that are further away cause it to emit higher frequency sounds. Additionally, an LED spits out a beam of light to help your aim be as true as ever. More »
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Sign of the Apocalypse: Digitizing, Emulating the Sun
What you say? What is so special about artificial light? This is. Olle Essvik has developed the Sunclock. Basically it is a lamp that emulates the sun—at sunrise the light will illuminate lightly and gets more intense as the day goes on the then as the sun sets it will fade away. More »
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SIMveillance: Where Surveillance Cameras and The Sims Converge
SIMveillance is a project that takes a surveillance camera and transforms the recorded video into scenes from The Sims 2. It was recently demonstrated in San Jose, Calif., focusing on a public square where people went about their normal business. Unbeknownst to them, their each and every more was being recorded by the video camera and were instantly translated into Sims on a different monitor. Très cool, indeed. More »
peripherals
Dead Hard Drive DIY Projects
Alan over at Hacked Gadgets has compiled a list of the top five projects for a dead hard drive. A couple of which we have covered in the past but this is a nice comprehensive list for those tech junkies with some time to kill and a knack for taking computer components apart. Now I have some good ideas on what to do with my dead 120 GB Maxtor that still holds all of my
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Dremel Precision Modding Tool
Take a look at this battery-powered modding tool—the Dremel Stylus is a hand-held device which is like a cross between a dentist's drill and a power screwdriver, and appears to be well-suited for all of those intricate hands-on projects. If you have some precision sanding or polishing to do around the house, or especially fine detailing, cleaning or engraving, here's the specialized tool for you. Looks pretty nice for $69. More »
