Engadget reports that some dude is selling a shitload of old computer equipment on ebay: There’s no other way to put it; this is just about the sickest collection of gear we’ve ever seen available on eBay. The Freeman PC museum is currently auctioning off a collection of 441(!) vintage computers, hundreds of accessories and [...]
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Shitload Of Vintage Computers For Sale On Ebay
October 14th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware
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First Plane Built Totally By Computers
September 27th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff
The BBC reports of the first plane every made using only a computer without the use of prototypes or wind tunnels: By doing away entirely with physical prototypes, a French airplane manufacturer has found that virtual reality can deliver very real savings, reports David Reid. Planes are complicated things to make, and the journey from [...]
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Control Your Computer With A Laser Pen, A Web Cam & A Wall……
September 21st, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware
This is definatley one of the coolest hacks I’ve seen lately. Here’s some comments from the Hax0r himself: “I wanted to be able to control my music player, xmms, using a laser pointer and a wall. I drew the symbols for rewind, stop, play, forward on paper sheets using fluorescent ink so it looks cool [...]
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Get Your Own Robot Slave
August 30th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Mobiles & Gadgets
The BBC reports that it’s now possible to get your own personal domestic robot: A robot that recognises up to 10 faces and understands 10,000 words is to be offered to Japanese consumers looking for a high-tech helper in the house. The one-metre tall humanoid Wakamaru robot is being marketed as a mechanical house-sitter and [...]
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Overclocking Yourself
August 28th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff
Tomshardware has an excellent (and somewhat funny) roundup of all the different drinks you can have to “overclock” yourself: As IT professionals, we all appreciate the value of optimized hardware, the best, tweaked software, and the cleanest code. When a computer is slow, we inject it with a new lease on life by giving it [...]
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The Ultimate Linux Based Car PC
August 13th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Cars & Tuning, Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware, Linux, Mobiles & Gadgets
Somebody has built The Ultimate Linux Car PC: I am throwing up this page because I have yet to see a decent LINUX based CarPC that shows the potential of what can be achieved if the effort is put forth. I have spent the last month or so tweaking the software as well as fabricating [...]
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Japanese Develop Most Realistic Andriod Ever
July 27th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Math & Science
It seems those pesky Japs have done it again. This time they’ve developed the most realistic android to date: Japanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet devised – a “female” android called Repliee Q1. She has flexible silicone for skin rather than hard plastic, and a number of sensors and motors to allow [...]
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Star Wars Models That Can Actually Fly
July 26th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Movies
I just saw this great link on Boingboing about people building remote controlled Star Wars craft that can actually fly! Check it out is you’re a Star Wars fan, you won’t be dissapointed.
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Teach Your Bayesian Filter To Play Chess
July 20th, 2005 · No Comments · Coding & Web Development, Cool Geeky Stuff
Someone with a lot of imagination has made a cool hack in which he trained a Bayesian filter to analyze old chess games and from that play chess! An excerpt: Many people these days depend on Bayesian filters to protect them from the ever present email scourge that is spam. Unlike older technologies, these programs’ [...]
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Cool Casemod In A Coffin
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware
Just wanted to post this cool casemod I found:
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