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Look, we understand the need to find a project to occupy your time and interest. So we're not going to ask the wrong question (why?) for this one. This guy hates the creme that connects the chocolate cookies to make an Oreo. So he built a complicated system to separate the cookies and remove the creme. Check out the video after the break for a hardware overview (where we catch a glimpse of an … [Read more...]
Posts Looks like Redbull is harnessing the power of open source hardware to market their product to hackers everywhere. We'd say that it worked because here we are, posting up some free advertising for them. It seems that a rep for the company dropped off a package at a hackerspace in LA called Null Space Labs. It came in what is obviously a laser cut wooden box, a material that tends to make … [Read more...]
So this is the world's strongest robot arm. Great... no really, that's wonderful. We think lifting a 1000 kilogram dumbbell is a good way to show it off to the public. But with great power came the world's most over-the top marketing. Well, maybe not as bad as the shake weight but it's getting there. In the video after the break you'll see that there is plenty of adrenaline-pumping music and … [Read more...]
'There's a sucker born every minute" -P.T. Barnum This morning we've been having a heated discussion at the Hack a Day offices (read: legion of doom) over Dyson's new offering, a "bladeless fan". At first this seemed extremely exciting, but how is the air being moved? We were hoping for a device operating via ionic wind but that's simply not the case. Some of us think the bladeless claim is an … [Read more...]
Ars technica is reporting on the ruling from the FTC about the software shenanigans of Kmart and Sears. The marketing geniuses behind the parent company of Sears and Kmart decided they needed more information about the users of their website. Their solution? Offering $10 to users who install their custom software which phones home with data on just about everything they do on their computer. Not … [Read more...]
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