Build: Electronic picture frames

I found this very cool guide for turning your old laptops in a digital picture frame that you can post of your wall. Doesn't seem like it's that complicated of a build but what I really think that is interested about is that he found thin power cords that match the colour of his wall. It's very difficult to detect the cables, unless you are looking for them.Electronic picture frames have gotten pretty cheap recently but still a cool idea for any old laptops laying around the house. The entire build can be found here. Keep on building.

Build: Multi Touch Surface

I haven't been posting much since I've sort of started my exams today, but I will try my best to keep it up to date. I recently found this very interesting build for a multi-touch surface that seems pretty cool. It use internal refraction to work and the disturbance when it is touched. Very interesting build and even has a pretty cool video to show it off. The link can be found here. I've also added the video here if your interested to watch it.

Bacon Crazy

I just thought that I would post two different recipes that I found based on the best food every invented, Bacon. Both recipes seem to look very good but they will probably kill anyone that eats them. They both seem to start out the same way with the cooking of a bacon weave. The first one, the bacon explosion, seems to be a layer of bacon stuffed with Italian sausage and crispy bacon. Warning as they do state that it has at least 5,000 calories and 500 grams of fat. This is the more healthy between the two recipes in my opinion. The second recipe seems to be some sort of bacon burrito, a layer of bacon stuffed with melted cheese. I don't know if it would taste good but it would definitely be something to try. The bacon explosion can be found here while the bacon burrito can be found here. I know this post doesn't really go with the whole theme of my blog but it's bacon and I love it. Hopefully I'll get into the flow of doing more posts.
Keep Building.

Tech news: OnLive

I've been pretty busy recently with mid terms and assignments recently and I haven't had much time to post anything new. But today I found an interesting article on cnet about an of a new game distribution system called OnLive. It promises to allow you to play the most recent video games on any computer, it works something like stream my games which I have previously posted about. Their server runs the game in encodes it as a video over the Internet to your computer and interacts with keyboard communication. Seems to work with Voip headphones which is a good idea. I don't know how good of an idea this will actually be when you consider the price, the fast Internet speed (I personally don't think broadband can handle HD streaming), as well as the fact that these server can only have a certain amount of clients per server. It would defiantly be something to try but I don't think it will really take off until Internet providers look to increase their Internet speeds through new technologies, but there really hasn't been much advancement in that field at least very little relative to the introduction of broadband. Anyways keep on building.

Story: Solar power batteries

I found a very cool little story about a new product that will be coming out by SunCat batteries. It is a pretty interesting idea but I don't know how well it would actually work out. I like the idea of solar energy but it's just not practical, at least not until they make further advances in the technology. The picture is a home-made version of their design. I would love to see some one design this as a build but I have no idea were you would find flexible solar cells. Anyways here is the story if your interested. Keep on building.

Story: Scotch tape X-rays

A little while a go I found this very interesting little story on the Internet that claims that there was a scientific discovery that when you peel scotch tape from human skin it emits x-rays. I have no idea if this is actually possible but it sounds very interesting so that I thought that I would post it. The go on to talk about the applications of this for taking x-rays in third world countries that are unable to afford x-ray machines. I don't think that scotch tape would create enough x-rays as a regular x-ray tube but you never know. Keep on building.

Build: USB solar charger

A little while ago I found myself on an interesting little site. It's a simple design that seems to be pretty cheap to make. I'm pretty happy that at the end of the video he does a real-life test of the solar array rather then just his indoor testing because that light the he uses for that is fairly strong. I don't really think that there is a large amount of energy that can come from this build since most days, atleast not here in Toronto, are not as sunny. But go ahead a build it and prove me wrong. Here is the video anyways for anyone that is interested. Keep building.