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Cool Techie Geeky Stuff...
By: Mac Date: September 1, 2011, 4:23 pm
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[glow=red,2,300]Ferrofluid (fluid with iron bits) Sculpture
[/glow]
I've seen non-newtonian demonstrated with speakers, but this is
just even weirder with the magnetisation
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUz1ZI-w6LQ
Here's basic non-newtonian demo
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v0c0Al5X0g
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Re: Cool Techie Geeky Stuff...
By: Mac Date: September 4, 2011, 11:44 am
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This is Techie in a primeval kind of way. Genius.
I my quest to figure out how to lift boulders into my brothers
truck without getting hurt I ran across this classic.
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCvx5gSnfW4
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Re: Cool Techie Geeky Stuff...
By: ChipRawks Date: September 4, 2011, 12:11 pm
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Mr. Block = Stonehenge Reloaded
[IMG]
HTML http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/notworthy.gif[/img]
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Re: Cool Techie Geeky Stuff...
By: Mac Date: September 26, 2011, 10:43 am
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Blight Solar Blind
First Place winner @ Greener Gadget Design Competition.
Pretty cool idea.
[quote]Blinds are handy things. They give us privacy at night
and block the sun�s rays during the day. But what if there was a
way to capture the light from the day and give it back at night
to illuminate the house? That�s the thinking behind Vincent
Gerkens� concept design which takes a Venetian blind and
combines it with flexible solar cells and electroluminescent
foil to produce the �Blight� � that�s short for �Blind Light�,
but I�d be tempted to give the name some more thought if I were
Vincent given the images of pestilence and decay the word
evokes. The Blight captures solar energy during the day and uses
it to power the electroluminescent foil covering the blinds to
produce light at night.[/quote]
HTML http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/blight-solar-blind.jpg
HTML http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/blight-solar-blind-1.jpg
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Re: Cool Techie Geeky Stuff...
By: Mac Date: September 26, 2011, 10:46 am
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Another cool idea from a 2nd Place Winner at the Greener Gadget
Design Competition.
Gravity Powered Lamp
[quote]Clay Moulton of Springfield, Va., who received his master
of science degree in architecture (concentration in industrial
design) from the College of Architecture and Urban Studies in
2007, created the lamp when he was an industrial design graduate
student. The light-emitting diode (LED) lamp, named Gravia, has
just won second place in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition
as part of the Greener Gadgets Conference in New York City.
Concept illustrations of Gravia depict an acrylic column a
little over four feet high. The entire column glows when
activated. The electricity is generated by the slow fall of a
mass that spins a rotor. The resulting energy powers 10
high-output LEDs that fire into the acrylic lens, creating a
diffuse light. The operation is silent and the housing is
elegant and cord free -- completely independent of electrical
infrastructure.
The light output will be 600-800 lumens - roughly equal to a
40-watt incandescent bulb over a period of four hours.
To "turn on" the lamp, the user moves weights from the bottom to
the top of the lamp. An hour glass-like mechanism is turned over
and the weights are placed in the mass sled near the top of the
lamp. The sled begins its gentle glide back down and, within a
few seconds, the LEDs come on and light the lamp, Moulton said.
"It's more complicated than flipping a switch but can be an
acceptable, even enjoyable routine, like winding a beautiful
clock or making good coffee," he said.
The design is based on future developments in LED technology.
With current technology, Moulton concedes, a great deal of
weight �- tons -- would be required, and current LEDs are not
sufficiently efficient. But there are many exciting developments
occurring in the field of LED technology so this futuristic lamp
could one day become a household item.
Moulton estimates that Gravia's mechanisms will last more than
200 years, if used eight hours a day, 365 days a year. "The
LEDs, which are generally considered long-life devices, become
short-life components in comparison to the drive mechanisms," he
said.
The acrylic lens will be altered by time in an attractive
fashion, Moulton said. "The LEDs produce a slightly unnatural
blue-ish light. As the acrylic ages, it becomes slightly
yellowed and crazed through exposure to ultraviolet light," he
said. "The yellowing and crazing will tend to mitigate the
unnatural blue hue of the LED light. Thus, Gravia will produce a
more natural color of light with age."
He predicted that the acrylic will begin to yellow within 10 to
15 years when Gravia is used in a home's interior room.
A patent is pending on the Gravia.[/quote]
HTML http://images.sciencedaily.com/2008/02/080220221822.jpghttp://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/gravia-2.jpg
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Re: Cool Techie Geeky Stuff...
By: ChipRawks Date: September 26, 2011, 3:07 pm
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Some very cool and interesting stuff indeed.
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Re: Cool Techie Geeky Stuff...
By: Mac Date: October 4, 2011, 7:25 am
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Aw crap, I just bought a bunch of round bolts... >:(
Machine drills square holes in metal
HTML http://www.wimp.com/squareholes/
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Re: Cool Techie Geeky Stuff...
By: Mac Date: October 4, 2011, 11:32 am
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[center][font=georgia]Nikon Small World 2011[/font]
HTML http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44732413/ns/technology_and_science-picture_stories/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1[/center]
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Re: Cool Techie Geeky Stuff...
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 4, 2011, 11:53 am
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[quote author=Mac link=topic=262.msg2358#msg2358
date=1317731106]
Aw crap, I just bought a bunch of round bolts... >:(
Machine drills square holes in metal
HTML http://www.wimp.com/squareholes/
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Wow. That's pretty damn impressive. I will take those round
bolts off your hands for a mere 1 cent apiece. Take the offer
Son, you're not gonna find a better deal anywhere else. ;D
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Re: Cool Techie Geeky Stuff...
By: Mac Date: October 4, 2011, 1:46 pm
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Oh no you don't.
I'll make thems sonsabitches work somhow
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