This is a pretty exciting TED talk in regards to dropne technologies and related devices. A brief intro can be found here: In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D’Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D’Andrea…
File Sharing Using Raspberry Pi Box – Awesome
Here we have yet another awesome creation using Raspberry Pi, a personal file sharing box. Wow. Many of us remember Napster the first mainstream p2p music service which eventually got shut down. And there are of course legal file sharing applications such as Dropbox, Box.com and many others. But, what if a site went down…
Guy Makes a Lego Tank with WiFi Powered by Arduino
Ok what’s cooler than legos and tanks? How about a wifi controlled lego tank made at home and controlled by arduino! The maker has a brief description here: A Lego tank that is controlled over Wi-Fi with an #arduinoAtHeart. Features include full remote control, automatic and manual front head-light control, 12+ shot rubber-band guns, full…
A Motor Almost Entirely 3d Printed at Home
Ok this is pretty rad! The gentleman in this video 3d prints a motor from home. He also walks you through which parts he uses and the 3ds max program from Autocad. To make things even cooler is this is supposed to be an atmospheric motor. So not only was it printed with parts from…
Behold the Awesome Firmenportrait Volocopter VC200
Aside from looking cool what it this thing? Alexander Zosel is the CEO of e-volo and explains this awesome invention. He claims this is the green helicopter of the future. It is called the Volocopter and it can fly by remote control yet looks big enough to hold a person? They show it off in…
Are bionics the Future of Medicine and More?
The area of bionics is pretty interesting. Hugh Herr from MIT’s Media Lab discusses what he thinks the future holds and how his accident has inspired him to research this field. Here is a briefing on him: Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature’s own designs. Herr…
Give Treats to Your Dog and Say Hi with iCPooch
How many times have you heard the neighbor’s dog barking, or maybe your own when the family or owners are away? Dogs of course are very social animals and get stressed out and anxious when they are seperated from their pack. The girl in this video comes up with a great invention and gets the…
Obsessed Inventor Makes an Awesome Jetpack
This is really awesome and the Martin Jetpack pushes the edge of imagination. If memory serves correct this gentleman has been working on a real jetpack for over 28 years. How cool is that? There are people that mocked him as his previous demonstration day only got him a couple feet off the ground. Apparently…
These Sensors May Shape the Future of Robotics
The teams at MIT are often incredible and their breakthroughs in the areas of optics and robotics are no exception. There is a new technology called GelSight. Originally it started as a system for imaging microscopic objects. However, they have found an interesting and potentially more disruptive application for this technology in robotics. It gives…
Guy Builds a Tesla Coil at Home and Shows You How
Nikola Tesla is the famed inventor and scientist from the 1800s who has pioneered so many improvments in regards to energy. In this video the home scientist shows you how to make tesla coils at home. So what is a Tesla coil? A Tesla coil is a device that uses resonant circuits and alternating current…
The World’s First Gaming Robot – Mecha Monsters
Here we have the world’s first gaming robot. Wait what? That’s right. Inventor Silas Adekunle is the founder and CEO of Reach Robotics. As an avid gamer and there are probably millions of others who would want to interact with an actual gaming bot. Behold the Mecha Monsters. They are awesome fighting robots that can…
Futuristic Fire Extinguisher + Sound Waves Can Put Out Fires
Here is one of those inventions that make you say “Why didn’t I think of that?”. Behold the latest in fire extinguishing technology. Messy foam everywhere? Forget it. This thing works with Sound Waves and these inventors and firefighters across the world are excited about this thing: Firefighters may be snuffing blazes with deep-toned sound,…
Inventor Makes a Flying Car..Is This For Real?
It looks like a prop from a sci fi movie. This tenacious inventor and tenacious individual has been obsessed with making a real functional flying car. When asked what it feels like to be off the ground in this thing the inventor describes it, at the risk of counding cliche as similar to “being on…
Efficient Hydro Generator Made at Home
Ok this is pretty cool. This home inventor makes a vertical turbine hydro generator system using a stream in his backyard. Mark from this video was also seen on the television show “America Unplugged”. He takes us to his barn to show us more of the components he used and information on how to construct a…
Guy Makes RFID Garage Door Opener Using Arduino
If you’re an arduino fan or just learning, or havent’t heard about it here is a breakdown. Arduino is an open source microcontroller that you can program to do amazing things. Their boards are inexpensive and have a wide array of configurations such as the Ethernet Shield, Yun, Leonardo, Wifi Shield and more. The basic…
Guy Makes Water Powered Jetpack and Explains How
Totally awesome this guy demonstrates a water powered jetpack which really works. It is based on Newton’s third law but instead of using propellant it pumps out a massive amount of water per minute using a jetski as a pump. It is still a form of rocket science albeit a simpler demonstration. “All forces come…
This Horticulturalist Makes a Home Auqaponics Using Arduino
This gentleman is fascinating and very creative. He grew up on a Christmas tree farm and went to college to get a degree in horticulture. He always wanted to start his own farm but that can be costly to manage, irrigate and fertilize. Currently he’s growing cilantro, chives, onions, parsley, basil and other herbs and…
Ahhh! The Laser Guy Makes a Homemade Death Ray Robot
This clip is really awesome as the home inventor shows us how to take a remote controlled robot, (the model they use here is called an attacknid) and turn it into a death ray laser drone wow! It can be used to battle other robots and he starts out by testing the voltage with a…
Home Tetris Coffee Table Table Made With Arduino
Ok this home Arduino enthusiast makes an incredibly cool LED coffee table that is a giant game of Tetris. How awesome is that? If you don’t know what Arduino here is the description from their site: Arduino is a tool for making computers that can sense and control more of the physical world than your…
3D Printed Motor Runs Like a Perpetual Machine
The 3D printing revolution is in full swing and systems like the Makerbot by Stratasys and the Cubify 3D cube printer make this a possibility at home. The costs of manufacturing many small parts and cool inventions is dropping because of the ability to produce items right from your garage. There is no need to…
