RFID Tagging Used To Create Music (video)
RFID Tags have many uses, and are normally used to transfer data from an electronic RFID tag, to a reader for the purpose of identifying and tracking objects. However innovative modders have found a more rewarding use, using RFID for the creation of music using their RFID Beat Box. The RFID Beat Box instrument created [...]
Gigantic Stratolaunch Plane Could Replace Shuttle Program In Near Future (Video)
The magic word here is ‘could’ as three prominent (and very rich) investors team up for the ultimate nerd dream: building a giant plane. Hold on, because by ‘giant plane’ is meant an aircraft so huge, it will take a 12,000 foot runway to take off. That’s the Stratolaunch, a beast of a delivery vehicle [...]
Underwater Superstructure In Mediterranean To Track Neutrinos
Seriously, the underground CERN has got nothing on this soon-to-be-realized project. Since the universe is chock full of tiny particles whose very existence could go a long way in explaining a lot of stuff, scientists all over Europe think it’s important to bother tracking one particularly illusive something: neutrinos. To spare the reader a lengthy explanation, [...]
New Ozone And Hydrogen Superweapons Kills Bacteria Without Remorse
Okay, maybe calling them ‘superweapons’ is too sensational. But the effectiveness of two new anti-bacterial solutions is beyond doubt. First, an effort to more efficiently disinfect hospitals and operating rooms has brought a new spray solution that can destroy the most lethal bacteria through a process not so far removed from bodily functions. This new [...]
Retro Rotary Phone Modded To Control iPhone’s Siri Assistant (video)
We have featured a number of Siri mods here on Geeky Gadgets, since its was launched earlier this year by Apple as its iPhone 4S personal assistant. Modder Davis Remmel has now created a fun and unique way to interact with Siri on your iPhone, using an old retro dial phone together with a Bluetooth [...]
Tabstrummer Is Half Keyboard, Half Guitar (video)
A new stand-alone programmable MIDI controller has been created called the Tabstrummer, which is half guitar and half keyboard. Its allows chords to be programmed into it and then played back at the press of a button. The Tabstrummer has been built using a Atmel microcontroller and features a MIDI output as well as an [...]
Tokyoflash Kisai On Air Watch (Video)
The latest geeky watch from the guys over at Tokyoflash started out as a fan designed concept which was designed by Iskender and Adilet Asanaliev, the Tokyoflash Kisai On Air Watch. The Tokyoflash Kisai On Air Watch features a minimal design, with a colored touchscreen LCD display, have a look at the photos and video [...]
Ready For Some Starship Enterprise Engine Noise? (Video)
What? It’s true. Some enthusiastic trekkie with an ear for music recently uploaded a ‘soundtrack’ of engine noise from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It’s supposed to stir a mood to fit whatever activities you’re engaged in, whether it’s ironing your Starfleet uniform or dusting off that bookshelf full of Star Trek paperbacks. The amazing part is [...]
Google Engineer Builds Awesome LAN Party House
If you are a serious gamer, what could be cooler than building your own LAN party house, that what Kenton Varda, a Google engineer decided to do, and as you can see in the photos below, Kenton’s house has 12 fold out computer stations. As well as the twelve fold out computer stations, which are [...]
Click Keypad LED Watch
If you are looking for a watch that it completely different than your average timepiece, then have a look at the Click keypad LED watch, which has obviously been inspired by a keyboards numeric keypad. If you push one of the numbers on the Click Keypad Watch, the time will blink on the individual keypad [...]
Retro Steampunk Radio iPhone Dock
If you are looking for something a little different to charge and sync your iPhone with, then you may want to check out this fun retro steampunk radio iPhone dock, which was inspired by old vintage tube radios.
Nerdy Bacteria News: Scientists Fiddling With Arsenic-Inclined Bacteria Genome
Ah yes, this is an old story. Turns out that not long ago, a scientist named Felisa Wolfe-Simon (pictured below in a hat) discovered an incredible bacteria that subsisted on a diet of arsenic in California’s arid Mono Lake. Intrigued, her colleagues have since been trying to understand exactly what equips the bacteria to survive [...]
