Say what?! Science fiction is becoming science reality. The famous 80s cartoon The Jetsons featured flying cars amongst other things. Now, the company Terrafugia is making some big headlines. Although some of their prototypes have been in the works for many years, they got approved and made it to a big milestone: First announced back…
He Made A Laser With Used Computer Parts
Did you know you could make one of these with old pc components? Wow. If more people could use cyber waste parts to recycle them into other uses maybe the landfills of the world would be on the decline and it would help the environment. A quick excerpt from the narrator himself, here is what…
Guy Makes A Crazy Death Ray In His Backyard Using Solar Power
This thing works and is amazingly powerful.. This is one clever DIYer and he takes things to the next level. At first glance the thumbnail on the video looks like a traditional lens. Perhaps one made of glass or some other transparent compound. However, in this home invention he makes an “aqua lens” and uses…
Guy Makes A Generator From Old Washing Machine Parts
Free power anyone? DIYer gets clever in this video and makes a power generator from scrap. This is pretty cool and he lists out the parts and how tos step by step. Although this particular power generator might not solve the world’s energy problems, it is a step in the right direction. Hardly a day…
This Refrigerator Doesn’t Use Electricity And Stays Cold
Will this catch on? Apparently some ambitious students came up with a new way to keep things cold. And of course, using electricity is not only a financial burden for many households, there are of course some areas that don’t even have access to electricity and their food can go bad. If future iterations improve…
A Razor That Shaves With A Laser…
No way? This is either one of the best inventions ever or too early to get excited. Either way, the ambitious team founded by Morgan Gustavsson has been making some serious headlines. The personal shaving and razor industry is a multi-billion per year industry. Traditionally it has been dominated by the mega brands and…
Bike Collects Moisture From The Air And Converts To Drinking Water
Is this for real? If this thing really works well it can be a game changer. The inventor James Dyson mentions his inspiration are the billions of people without clean drinking water. He also mentions that it took him over 30 experiments to achieve this particular iteration. If nothing else this thing is very cool.…
Guy Makes Rocket Engine At Home…Seriously
That is awesome… It is not everyday that an actual rocket engine is assembled at home. NOTE: DO NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT THE SUPERVISION OF A PROFESSIONAL. Even if you are versed in these things be safe. The experimenter in the video states he made it for demonstration purposes and notes this: Solid-fuel rockets cannot…
Guy Makes A Power Generator That Runs On Backyard Creek
Whoa! This is a really clever usage of DIY skills. If you are fortunate enough to have a running flow of water in the vicinity, this home inventor shows you how to make hydro generator. There is a bit of machining involved as well which he shows you in his garage. NOTE: DO NOT TRY…
Guy Makes Personal Copter With A Bunch Of Drones..Wow
Now that is inventive.. This is a very clever use of drones. The home experimenter just gathered a lot of them and configured them in a way to harness their collective lift! The famous Wright brothers from North Carolina are famous for being obsessed with flying and they succeeded. Now, we have a version of…
New Type of Glass Is Insanely Strong
Watch them test it on video.. As we have more devices and tech type products, the demand for strong glass keeps increasing. Now this team thinks they have something that will meet the challenge: This is a new type of glass which will be manufactured in the future. It will replace ordinary glass in the near…
Guy Makes An Unusual Instrument Transmitting With Coiled Springs
You won’t believe what it sounds like.. This fascinating design was done by a man named Gorkem Sen. Here is some information about it how it works: Yaybahar is an electric-free, totally acoustic instrument. The vibrations from the strings are transmitted via the coiled springs to the frame drums. These vibrations are turned into sound…
They Made A Tractor Beam That Works With Sound
Science fiction is fast becoming science reality. Now Star Wars and other movies about tractor beams may not be so far off: A team of researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Sussex in collaboration with Ultrahaptics have built the world’s first sonic tractor beam that can lift and move objects using sound waves. Tractor…
How Does This Fridge Stay Cold Without Electricity?
Refridgeration is not only a comfort of the western world but also often times a necessity for food preservation. And of course electricity can be a challenge in some parts of the world. This clever team however may have invented a refridgerator that solves this problem: A team of students in Canada has invented a cooling…
Guy Makes A Cool Vortex Device At Home
This home experimenter makes a really cool vortex configuration using copper wire and some type of board. There have been a lot of different YouTube videos that are related to “Tesla coils” and other similar types of configurations. No one knows for sure if this can lead to energy efficiency or if it is just…
This Trash Can Lid Is Powering A Steam Engine
Wait what? This home inventor and experimenter has made a very clever steam engine of sorts. Using solar power and a bit of ingenuity this device is described as such: Using a mylar blanket and a trash can lid to make a parabolic mirror the sunlight powers a small steam engine. Just a note: Do…
The Lightest Metal Ever…
Light and strong metals have incredible technological and medical applications. Tungsten for example has gotten a lot of press lately for these reasons. And apparently they have made a metal now that is lighter than all other metals: Microlattice is the lightest metal ever made. At 99.99% air, it’s light enough to balance on top…
7 Futuristic Inventions That Are Actually Out Now
Here are 7 awesome inventions that are actually out now. Some of these seem so obvious in retrospect but they are here now. One of the inventions on the list has to do with the 3D printing revolutions, except it is a pen. If you haven’t seen it yet, it allows you to draw in…
Triple 3W Red Lasers Made In A Garage [Video]
Styropyro does it again with another awesome home laser experiment. DO NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT THE SUPERVISION OF A PROFESSIONAL: In this video I fire up the “Mitsubishi G84” laser diode, a 2.5W rated laser that is supposed to fire two laser beams. It turns out that my laser actually spits out three beams!! This…
Will This Device Clean Up Smog?
This is quite an ambitious and impressive project, and it may just work. Have you ever seen pictures of Beijing or perhaps any major metro area? The air quality can be very smoggy and this team may be able to combat it: The world’s largest smog vacuum cleaner has arrived. Award-winning Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde…