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A new USB device has been unveiled today by SparkFun called the Electric Sheep which has been deigned to provide Android developers with an easier route to create Android apps and accessories using Android open accessory protocol. The new Electric Sheep board created by SparkFun is based on the ATMega2560 micro-controller and bootloader and features a USB-host [...]

We have featured a number of amazing remote controlled vehicles and aircraft here on Geek Gadgets but never one that has been powered by steam. This awesome steam powered remote controlled trike has been built by YouTube user ‘prallplatte’. The trike weighs in at 19 lbs and is powered by two large boilers and is [...]

If you have a few old vintage camera in the attic gathering dust, that aren’t worth a fortune you could give them a new lease of life like Flickr user Jason Hull. Jason has taken a number of vintage cameras from the 1950s and 1960s and transformed them into retro nightlights.

For this years Halloween MIT student Tyler Christensen thought he would make something a little different to wear and opted for a Tesla Coil Musical Hat. The creation is powered by a 28V A123 battery pack and all the electronics are included in the hat along either side. Watch the video after the jump to see the Tesla Coil Musical Hat in action.

Seen below is a home-made flame pistol built by an enthusiast who wants to light camp fires better. It looks real nice but the ‘making’ part is rather complex. Also, it’s a very dangerous tool that no one in their right mind should use indoors. Then again, no one in their right mind would put [...]

Thankfully it’s just a concept. Short of riding a block of ice on two wheels, the Moto Undone is a bizarre take on camouflage ingenuity. It’s a 1,000w electric motorcycle whose body is covered in shiny chrome. The effect is, from a distance, the rider looks like he/she is floating in mid air. An awesome [...]

Fine, the claws aren’t coming out between his knuckles. The point is they are real blades. Ice skating blades, to be specific. Here they’ve been sharpened to deadly, uh, sharpness. It can cut salami a dozen different ways for sure. The guy wearing them? He’s no Logan, and he sure doesn’t have enough chest hair. [...]

Trust us, after you read this, you’ll be very interested about the movie. But first, let the facts be laid bare. Evan Glodell recently embarked on an indie film project with a pair of cameras he built from scratch. The first was derived from the SI-2K Mini, a digital cinema camera. The SI-2K, once stripped [...]

What do you get the geeky that has every gadget available? Well how about a very unique $500 printed circuit board toilet which has been created and is currently available to purchase over on the Etsy website. The makers PCB Creations are well known for building amazing creations using printed circuit boards including shoes and bananas but [...]

If you have always wanted to be able to fire crossbow bolts with the flick of your wrist this homemade Wristbow complete with laser sights might be just the thing you need to go with your Batman outfit. The DIY wrist crossbow took around 10 days to make from scratch and fires bolts made from [...]

Firstly: Woah! Second: The detail is incredible. Third: You should read this whole post to learn how it was made. Okay, let’s get started. Seen below is the famed Anti-Materiel Rifle from the Halo universe, a dread weapon that has done its fair share of alien extinguishing during the protracted Human-Covenant War.

Neil Fraser is the kind of geek who’s lovable and totally insane at the same time. For Halloween this year, he had a crazy idea involving Google Street View. What he did was build himself a Street View helmet using papier-mâché and an aluminum shell. The result is quite startling.