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Amazing Steampunk Gadgets...

Amazing Steampunk Gadgets

| February 25, 2010 | 1,127 Views |

Steampunk gadgets are great, not always ergonomic or even efficient, but eye-catching and awe-inspiring nonetheless. That’s why, every so often, we like to post a list of the blogosphere’s favorite creations. Our first ‘steampunk’ article of 2010 feature’s some crazy devices from the mind-bogglingly useful, to the insanely impractical. Steampunk Toilet Created by Patrick...

Apple Tablet Custom MacBook...

Apple Tablet Custom MacBook

| January 14, 2010 | 1,389 Views |

Praised by reviewers as “versatile” and “sturdy and sleek,” the Modbook is the pioneering slate-style Mac tablet that lets you draw and write directly on the screen. It combines Axiotron’s hardware and software technology, a Wacom Penabled digitizer and an Apple MacBook to create a powerful tablet computer like no other. Custom Apple Tablet...

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| December 11, 2009 | 1,454 Views |

Thank you for visiting HighTech EDGE Computer IT and Military News Blog. As you explore you will notice a broad range of topics and interesting articles regarding the military, computer electronics, software, design, and more. The Blog contains a large collection of great articles, so we have created this page to help you search and find the best and most popular articles on this...

Wood iPod...

| June 21, 2009 | 1,060 Views |

This stylish iPod mod was done by Josh D from Australia. Utilizing Australian red cedar and camphor laurel, Josh recovered his is iPod Mini with a wooden case built around an original iPod case. Using his trusty Dremal tool, Josh craftily recovered the guts of his old pod Mini with red cedar. The click wheel is constructed from a piece camphor laurel that has been shaved down to just...

The Worlds Worst Cell Phones...

The Worlds Worst Cell Phones

| June 13, 2009 | 22,871 Views | 11 Comments

Some mobile phones are beautiful, packed with features and easy to use, but others, have none of these traits. In this article we look at some of the world’s ugliest and most impractical mobile phones. The Siemens Xelibri Line The Xelibri phones from Siemens were so odd and ugly that instead of becoming the ‘consumer must have’ as many first envisinoed, the brand...

Big Mess Of Wires Homemade CPU...

Big Mess Of Wires Homemade CPU

| May 29, 2009 | 928 Views |

A Californian videogame developer has built his own single 8-bit CPU using 1,253 pieces of wire, 18 months of time and around $1000. The aptly named Big Mess of Wires (BMOW), made by Steve Chamberlin from Belmont, California, went on display with hundreds of other exhibits of DIY technology, hacks, mods and projects, at the Maker Faire held over the weekend. Chamberlin designed his...

Segway Bionic Arm for GIs...

Segway Bionic Arm for GIs

| March 20, 2009 | 2,617 Views |

A new high tech prosthetic arm, designed by the man behind the Segway electric scooter, Dean Kamen, could have amputees back in action sooner than expected. The Luke Arm, named after the bionic hand sported by Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movies, weight no more than a human arm and boasts the same range of motion and tactile sensitivity. Kamen and his team at DEKA, began research...

Cadillac 1 Presidential Limo...

Cadillac 1 Presidential Limo

| March 14, 2009 | 1,376 Views |

Over 1 million supporters attended Barack Obama’s historic Inauguration on January 20th. Sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America, Obama beat the odds to become the countries first African-American President. Cadillac 1 Presidential Limo Turning up to such an event with all the world’s eyes firmly fixed, requires a certain air of power, dignity, and...

R2-D2 DVD Projector...

R2-D2 DVD Projector

| March 9, 2009 | 1,424 Views |

Here is a fantastic ‘geek’ custom projector you can actually buy. The highly anticipated R2-D2 Video Projector from Nikko Home Electronics, is a perfect addition to any fanboy’s bedroom, home theater or underground layer. The R2-D2 projector mod is ½ scale and comes with some cool features including DVD reader, iPod compatible dock, game console dock and a...

Mac Mini Inside Apple Disk II Case...

Mac Mini Inside Apple Disk II Case

| February 17, 2009 | 1,241 Views |

Just a couple of decades ago, who would of thought that a fully functional PC would fit into a case the size of Apple’s Disk II Floppy Drive case? Well, technological advancements and a many hours tinkering has helped Charles Mangin’s Mini Mac find a new home nestled snuggly inside one. The pics say it all, pretty impressive retro case mod….nice job. Related...

Retro NES Controller iPod Shuffle Case M...

Retro NES Controller iPod Shuffle Case Mod

| February 15, 2009 | 1,579 Views |

This great little iPod Shuffle/Nintendo NES mod may look basic, but its fully-functional-self was probably far from simple to create. Not only does it sport all the original ins and outs, the up-down-left-right control, start, select and A double as the controls for the iPod shuffle. NES Controller iPod Shuffle Mod The mod was created by the ‘Technicolorcavalry’, nice...

The M41-A Pulse Rifle...

The M41-A Pulse Rifle

| January 18, 2009 | 3,203 Views |

The M41-A Pulse Rifle, featured in the 1986 sci-i thriller, Aliens, is one of the world’s most famous filming props. Made from three real weapons (the World War II vintage M1A1 Thompson, the Remington 870 shotgun and the SPAS-12), the M41-A’s that featured in the cult classic were fully functional models that fired 45 cal. blanks, and blank 12 gauge shot gun rounds. In...

X-49A Speedhawk Developer Piasecki Dies...

X-49A Speedhawk Developer Piasecki Dies

| January 5, 2009 | 3,067 Views | 1 Comment

Early last year, one of America’s pioneers of rotary aircraft, Frank Piasecki, sadly passed away. Piasecki was best known as the man who successfully developed the first tandem-rotor helicopter. In 1940, Piasecki and a former class mate, Howard Venzie, formed a company called PV Engineering. The company built a single-seat, single-rotor helicopter designated the PV-2 that took its...

Glass Keyboard Concept...

Glass Keyboard Concept

| September 16, 2008 | 1,985 Views |

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The First Million Dollar Laptop From Luv...

The First Million Dollar Laptop From Luvaglio

| June 19, 2008 | 3,093 Views |

The first million dollar laptop to hit the stores is rumored to be on its way, and could be in the form of this luxury notebook by a UK company called Luvaglio. The Luxury good manufacturer Luvaglio announced last year that they had been working on developing a high-end luxury laptop, Luvaglio CEO Rohan Sinclair Luvaglio told reporter earlier last year: “Unlike many of the highly...

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