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The M.A.D. Gamepad is a mini USB gamepad that features an even minier steering wheel. We're not sure it's the most practical, ergonomic gamepad we've ever seen, but we sure admire the effort and, we'll be honest, the ludicrousness. Here's what just the wheel looks like:
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"Application Description: The Wheel is a gestational age calculator (also known as pregnancy wheel)....The Wheel easily and accurately determines the estimated delivery date, or due date, of a pregnancy based on the first day of the woman's last menstual period. Once the ED is determined, The Wheel simplifies the precise calculation of the gestational age of a fetus anytime during the pregnancy in large, easy-to-read characters."
Price: $15
Try finding that on your BlackBerry, Mr. Important Businessman.
For those who don't like the floating steering wheel of Mario Kart Wii (because it lacks the realism of driving around a banana-spewing bulletmobile), this wheel mount by JTT isn't a bad solution. Using a suction cup to attach the wheel to any flat surface, the top tilts 120-degrees so you can compete old-lady or bus-driver-style. But for $28, we really wish it had the famous Chinese-girl-driving-wrong-on-one-way setting. Oh well. I guess good old fashioned psychotic "don't-cut-me-off"-motherfucker-Caucasian will still serve me as well as it always has. [JTT via GoNintendo]
12:00 PM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By Jason Chen
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Latest by n/a: @Gujustud: Yea, I've been using Windows all my life. Hell, if I was a total Mac fanboy, I wouldn't choose to run XP via bootcamp. Well, it's nice to know you're a MS fanboy more »
Digital Wheel Art, a wheelchair painting program to help disabled people make art, was on display at the Maker Faire event in NYC tonight. Creator YoungHyun Chung was inspired to create the device after seeing children with cerebral palsy whose limited movement stifled their artistic expression. Here's how it works, plus a video of the system in action.
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11:30 PM on Thu Jun 5 2008
By Benny Goldman
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Latest by UniComp: I just hope handicapped people don't expect me to watch them while they do this. I was bored with the video 10 seconds into it. more »
It seems like something that would have been invented before, and by red-blooded Americans for whom off-roading is a way of life, but the Trailcart, according to TreeHugger, is the world's "first pedal-powered four-wheel-drive off-road vehicle," and it was invented by a clever German fellow named Frank Fraune.
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10:20 AM on Mon Jun 2 2008
By Wilson Rothman
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Latest by n/a: @Optimus-Prime: actually you get more torque if your ass has some leverage behind it so this design is "better" than standing, but you do look like a total jerk as if your riding a recubent bike (dont get me started more »
If you haven't quite earned a license for Mario Kart driving, you can bypass the tacky training wheel and head straight for a realistic, grown-up solution. Blazepro is now offering a beefed-up racing wheel for the Wii that promises better driving accuracy. And, since the base can be attached to any desktop for better stability, chances are it can deliver on that promise. When your skills improve, you can even detach the wheel for traditional in-air gameplay. Available for only $5.87. [Superufo via Wii News]
At first glance I thought that this homemade wheel mount was absolutely ridiculous—and with good reason. However, the fact that I recently played Mario Kart with my novice girlfriend leads me to believe that there could be a place for a mount like this. Using only a couple of 36-inch bungie cords and a plastic crate, you can build what is essentially a training wheel for the game that helps beginners settle down with the Wiimote and master the basic steering movements. Just don't let any of your gamer friends catch you using it. A video of the steering wheel mount "in action" is available after the break.
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Nintendo Power Contest: Wii Wheel Cost Driven Down to $9.99
Your friends still aren't worth the cost of admission to your place for a game with Nintendo's Wii Wheel, but they're getting closer now that a Nintendo Power contest rules page lists the peripheral at $9.99. [GoNintendo]
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10:45 AM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Adam Frucci
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Remember that romantic scene from Ghost with the wet pottery and the steamy groping? This USB pottery wheel mod will never, under any circumstances, re-create such an intense moment by the side of your computer. But it is pretty entertaining to watch a hard drive coupled with sweaty fingers create asymmetrically clay shot glasses. [via everythingusb]
10:39 AM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By Mark Wilson
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