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1. Top Five Solar Powered Gadgets - 2011-05-04 00:20:12-04
   Over the years, we have seen many gadgets and some very interesting new technology, but by far the most interesting is solar powered stuff. For a long time the only things capable of being powered by small solar cells was a calculator, but the industry has moved on due to massive investment and now solar cells are much more efficient. This means that we will be seeing more gadgets and technology being powered by solar cells, which has to be a good thing. I have compiled a list of what I think are a good top five gadgets that all rely on solar energy to work, but the list does not stop there are hundreds of solar powered gadgets coming to the market as the technology becomes better and more importantly more cost effective. The NOVOTHINK hybrid solar iPhone charger case When it comes to the iPhone, most users will know that it eats battery power, which can be an issue for users who are out of the office or home. but this case not only protects the device it will also charge the battery too, in fact two hours of direct sun light will provide the user with thirty … Continue reading →

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2. 2011 Top 5 Military Tech/Gadget Round Up! - 2011-05-04 11:34:34-04
   Zedomax.com reader GeeP 9 asked us yesterday to cover more military technology and gadgets, so here’s the Top 5 round-up of what’s happening in the military sector: 1. Military has been working on a new technology that could potentially turn diesel exhaust into drinkable/usable water, meaning all military diesel humvees might be able to turn its waste gases into water in the desert. (Read more at Inhabitat) Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing a method to convert diesel exhaust into purified drinking water. Called capillary condensation, the process is being developed to help military personal out in the field. It will use the waste produced by the military's gas-guzzling Humvees to safely provide drinking water without putting military personnel at risk. 2. Featured above is the KnightHawk 3G, a “self-contained” cellular network that can be attached to humvees to support communication between soldiers. These days there are many new military gadgets that support 3G cellular network meaning with this in place, there can be more stability and usability of those gadgets and more. KnightHawk is a complete‚ self-contained WCDMA cellular network that operates within the 2100-MHz band. This single-carrier high capacity wireless base station provides 10 watts … Continue reading →

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3. Five Cool Gadgets Used For Spying - 2011-05-04 23:59:30-04
   When we think of spying and gadgets, we naturally think of the James Bond and Mission Impossible movies, in these films the use of ultra high tech is common place and yet in the real world this equipment would have been only available to governments and other organisations due to the cost. But recently the cost of technology has dramatically fallen to the point where tiny pin hole video cameras can be owned by just about anyone. So for the average person in the street this means even more surveillance and the possibility of being caught on camera just as they trip over or do something else that others would think is funny! Therefore, from the world of secret government departments to the more open world of social networking and YouTube, we have found some cool gadgets that could turn just about anybody into a Jason Bourne! Sunglasses with built in video camera Who would ever suspect that the person wearing these fashionable sunglasses was actually filming all that was going around them and with the built in microphone nothing is going to escape these super shades, which can run on battery power for around three to four hours. These … Continue reading →

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4. How to Build a DIY LM555 Digital Adding Machine! - 2011-05-05 12:03:52-04
   Here’s an incredible DIY LM555 Adding Machine that Alan Yates built, it can do adding and subtraction using method of complement numbers.  This is like a digital version of old Adding machines people used to use back in the day. The device was built with experimentation and modular testing in mind. Each decade ring is independently resetable and most multi-drop signals have diode isolators. Similarly carry-chain defeat is supported should I want to break up the accumulator into several parts. As such it uses a few more parts than are absolutely necessary. You could easily omit some of the diodes and resistors, but it would have been much harder to test each component in isolation without the current topology. The only notable issue I had building it was a frustrating reset bug that turned out to be a rail sagging problem. Additional decoupling at the edge of the board cured it. The 555s really crowbar the supply while changing state and at reset all of them draw a rather large pulse of current. It can count at up to 100 Hz reliably. I often tested parts of it using mains noise on my body or a signal generator to clock … Continue reading →

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5. Overclocked Nexus S vs. Overclocked G2 Phone! - 2011-05-05 12:09:42-04
   What I have here is a 1Ghz Nexus S overclocked to 1.3Ghz and a 800Mhz G2 Phone overclocked to 1.516Ghz going head-to-head on battle to see who is the fastest phone with all the latest updates on the phones. Who will win? Find out and play the video! If you want to know how to overclock your Nexus S, head on over to my other site NexusSHacks.com and also for G2 Phone, check out G2Hacks.com. This post Overclocked Nexus S vs. Overclocked G2 Phone! was originally from zedomax.com Featured, Featured Gadgets, FIGHT, G2 Phone, g2 phone, Gadgets, Nexus S, Nexus S, overclocked, Smartphones

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6. How to Build a DIY Electric Fan Scooter! - 2011-05-05 12:28:11-04
   Do you want to annoy the crap out of your neighbors, not by building a 480HP car that deserves to make all the noise it wants but by building (probably less than 5HP) scooter that uses the most annoying fan in the world and its top speed is about 2MPH? Well, now you certainly can as the guys from MIT who built the infamous shopping cart with a fan have finally graduated and built something even better, the DIY electric fan scooter! Watch the video after the break. Seriously, this is pretty cool sh**. via hackaday This post How to Build a DIY Electric Fan Scooter! was originally from zedomax.com build, DIY, DIY, electric, fan scooter, Featured, Featured DIYs, Featured Gadgets, Featured Hacks, Gadgets, Hack, how-to, HOWTO, Projects

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7. DIY Book Xylophone! - 2011-05-05 12:35:06-04
   What do you think will happen when you use books (yes real books, not e-books) as hitting pad for a xylophone? You get a DIY Book Xylophone, capable of auto-playing tunes and also giving you pleasure of thumping/punishing your old hack books you’ve already read a thousand times. A guy in Japan made this, very interesting read although Google Translate isn’t working all that perfectly. via make This post DIY Book Xylophone! was originally from zedomax.com Audio, book xylophone, Circuits, Computer, DIY, diy xylophone, Featured, Featured DIYs, Featured Gadgets, Featured Hacks, Gadgets, Hack, Microcontroller, Music, Projects

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8. Atrix 4G Hack – How to Enable WebTop Without Laptop/Multimedia Dock! - 2011-05-05 12:53:14-04
   I was hugely disappointed to find out that after purchasing my Atrix 4G and connecting it to my LCD monitor via HDMI cable, the Atrix 4G doesn’t do WebTop unless you connect it using an Atrix 4G Laptop Dock ($499) or Atrix 4G Multimedia Dock($83). I already forked out several hundred dollars on a brand new phone, why do companies have to be so damn evil and make you pay for EVERYTHING? No worries though, the Android development community have found a way to hack the WebTop app so you don’t need a dock. For full step-by-step instructions, go check out this post at Atrix4GHacks.com. This post Atrix 4G Hack – How to Enable WebTop Without Laptop/Multimedia Dock! was originally from zedomax.com Atrix 4G, atrix 4g, atrix 4g hack, DIY, enable webtop, Featured, Featured DIYs, Featured Gadgets, Featured Hacks, Gadgets, Hack, how-to, HOWTO, laptop dock, multimedia dock, Projects, Smartphones

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9. Win a Luxury Leather Recliner! [Contest] - 2011-05-05 13:02:32-04
   You know I have love for these super-expensive luxury recliners, well, my friend just told me about a contest that’s ending May 15th (you still got 10 more days) where you can win one of these nice, luxury leather recliners. How do you enter? You will need a blog, you can see details here. This post Win a Luxury Leather Recliner! [Contest] was originally from zedomax.com Contest, Contest, Featured, luxury recliner

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10. Five Devices Powered by Water - 2011-05-05 23:51:53-04
    Green technology is big business; the race is on to find the idea that can produce power but in a green way. To this end, there is extensive research taking place in the fields of solar and wind power, but considering the amount of water on this planet maybe this is direction that we should be looking at! To show that water power is being looked into as a viable alternative to carbon based power, I have gathered five interesting pieces of technology or gadgets that use water as a source of power, some are useful everyday items. While others may be just a way of showing the potential of water power, whatever the case all offer a viable alternative to current technology. The Jetlev Flyer water powered jetpack When it comes to water powered technology, the Jetlev Flyer has to the one thing that heads the list, this incredible device it like the jet pack used by James Bond in the movie Thunderball, except instead of using jet fuel for power, the Jetlev Flyer is powered by plain old water! It works on the same principle as a fire fighters hose and we know how powerful they can be, … Continue reading →

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