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Now in its third year, Lego Mindstorms NXT continues to be the coolest robotic toy on the market. Toy is used loosely here, as its $250 price tag and features are anything but juvenile.
A 32-bit processor that you can program and multiple sensors, including touch, sound, light, and ultrasonic, allow your imagination to run wild. [...]
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From the do-it-yourself department comes this clever little trick only a geek could appreciate. Take a slim USB flash memory drive, dismantle a USB cable (functionality optional), and amaze your friends and coworkers as you show off your destroyed USB cable-come-flash drive.
Check out the full scoop with photos of each step at Evil Mad Scientist [...]
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This is too totally cool. And totally geek.
It seems this guy, Mark Hoekstra, a self-described “professional hobbyist, maker or hardware hacker”, had a ‘black tie’ event he was invited to. For those of you who aren’t socially adept enough to know yet: “Black Tie” means tuxedo, especially in The Netherlands, where Mr. Hoekstra [...]
